Comedy
Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? A: The fish. Much like that joke, comedy comes down to personal taste and what one finds funny or not. Some like their humour light and frothy and very generalised, while others like it to have an edge and go for a more twisted, darker humour. The motherlode of this genre can be scrolled below. Either way, we're sure there will be something for everybody in the subsections on the left.
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Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989)
6/10
Director: Percy Adlon
Starring: Alex Winter, Brad Davis, Judge Reinhold, Marianne Sagebrecht
Bavarian-born Marianne Sagebrecht ('Bagdad Cafe') has settled with American husband Brad Davis in Stuttgart, Arkansas. She's become obsessed with spen... Read more
Ross Noble: Fizzy Logic (2007)
8.1/10
Director: Peter Callow, Ross Noble
Starring: Ross Noble
In 2007, UK stand-up comedian Ross Noble took his unique brand of humour Down Under. The result is "Fizzy Logic", a live show recorded in front of a r... Read more
Rough Diamond: The Complete Series (2005)
7.5/10
Director: Simon Langton, Paul Harrison
Starring: David Jason, George Cole, Roy Marsden, Gary Whelan
AKA 'Diamond Geezers'. Award-winning actor David Jason stars as cheeky diamond thief Des Parker in this hugely successful comedy drama. He's a master... Read more
Rough Night (2017)
5.2/10
Director: Lucia Aniello
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Ilana Glazer, Zoe Kravitz, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell
Jess is an engaged politician who reunites with three of her college friends for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. The night of hard partying soon... Read more
Royal Flash (1975)
6.8/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Joss Ackland, Alan Bates, Britt Ekland, Bob Hoskins, Malcolm McDowell, Oliver Re...
Based on the second novel in George MacDonald Fraser's Harry Flashman series, this spirited, swashbuckling comedy from director Richard Lester feature... Read more
Rubber (2010)
5.8/10
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Starring: Jack Plotnick, Wings Hauser, Stephen Spinella, Roxane Mesquida
'Rubber' is the story of Robert, an inanimate tyre that has been abandoned in the desert, and suddenly and inexplicably comes to life. As Robert roams... Read more
Ruben Guthrie (2015)
5.8/10
Director: Brendan Cowell
Starring: Patrick Brammall, Abbey Lee, Alex Dimitriades, Jack Thompson, Robyn Nevin, Brent...
Life is good for ad man Ruben Guthrie. He leads a party boy lifestyle, has a model fiancée and lives in a house on the water. He's at the top of his g... Read more
Ruby and Quentin ( Tais-toi! ) (2003)
4.9/10
Director: Francis Veber
Starring: Jean Reno, Gerard Depardieu
Ruby (Jean Reno) has only one thing on his mind: to avenge the death of the woman he loved at the hand of a criminal. Quentin (Gerard Depardieu) has v... Read more
Ruby and Rata (1990)
6/10
Director: Gaylene Preston
Starring: Vanessa Rare, Yvonne Lawley, Simon Barnett
The winning flick about Ruby, an elderly woman not yet ready for a retirement home and Rata, a would be rock singer and solo mother well practiced in... Read more
Ruby Sparks (2012)
7.2/10
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Starring: Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Elliott Gould, Steve Coogan, Paul Dano, Chris...
Suffering from writer's block ever since his success as a teenage author, Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano) believes he's on the verge of a breakthrough... Read more