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.
Right: There's Something About Mary's hairdo...
Saving Mr Banks (Blu-ray) (2013)
7.5/10
Director: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Bradley Whitford, Emma Thompson, Jason Schwartzman, Tom Hanks, Paul Giamatti, Co...
Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks star in "Saving Mr. Banks", inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney's classic "Mary Poppins" made it... Read more
Say It Isn't So (2001)
4.9/10
Director: J B Rogers
Starring: Heather Graham, Chris Klein, Sally Field, Orlando Jones, Richard Jenkins
The Farrelly Brothers ("There's Something About Mary", "Kingpin") produced this outrageous farce starring Heather Graham as a hairdresser who falls in... Read more
Scarfies (1999)
6.5/10
Director: Robert Sarkies
Starring: Willa O'Neill, Neill Rea, Ashleigh Seagar
When five Otago University students (Scarfies) start squatting in an old abandoned house they discover a locked room with a large quantity of "weed".... Read more
Scary Movie (2000)
6.2/10
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Starring: Shannon Elizabeth, Cheri Oteri, Carmen Electra, Jon Abrahams, Marlon Wayans, Sha...
"Scream", "I Know What You Did Last Summer", "The Blair Witch Project" and other horror films are spoofed to outrageous excess by director Keenen Ivor... Read more
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
5.5/10
Director: David Zucker
Starring: Anna Faris, Anthony Anderson, Leslie Nielsen, Camryn Manheim, Simon Rex, George...
Great trilogies come in threes. David Zucker ("Flying High") takes over the directing reigns for this latest outing that features Anna Faris, Charlie... Read more
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
5.1/10
Director: David Zucker
Starring: Anthony Anderson, Craig Bierko, Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Chingy , Carmen Electra...
Spoof-meister David Zucker takes the reins (and the mickey) once more, parodying everything from 'Brokeback Mountain' to Oprah as aliens prepare to wi... Read more
Scenes From A Mall (1991)
5.3/10
Director: Paul Mazursky
Starring: Bette Midler, Woody Allen, Bill Irwin, Paul Mazursky
Bette Midler and Woody Allen team up for an insightful, funny look at the state of marriage in the '90s, courtesy of director Paul Mazursky. On their... Read more
Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006)
6.1/10
Director: Ed Blum
Starring: Eileen Atkins, Hugh Bonneville, Tom Hardy, Adrian Lester, Andrew Lincoln, Ewan M...
A Brit-ensemble rom-com-drama that takes place over one summer afternoon on Hampstead Heath, as various different couples go through the motions of th... Read more
School Daze (1988)
5.9/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell
Spike Lee produced, wrote, directed and stars in this all-black musical comedy about tensions and social divisions at a southern black university, Mis... Read more
School for Scoundrels (2006)
5.9/10
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Jacinda Barrett, Michael Clarke Duncan, Sarah Sil...
This updated version of the 1960 Terry-Thomas comedy stars Jon Heder as Roger, a love-lorn, anxiety-ridden meter reader, who enlists in a confidence-b... Read more