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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School for Seduction (2004)
5.1/10
Director: Sue Heel
Starring: Kelly Brook, Dervla Kirwan, Neil Stuke, Emily Woof, Jessica Johnson, Margi Clark...
In the British tradition of comedies like 'The Full Monty' and 'Calendar Girls' this feel-good film stars Kelly Brook as Italian temptress Sophia, who... Read more
Schultze Gets The Blues (2003)
7/10
Director: Michael Schorr
Starring: Horst Krause, Harald Warmbrunn, Karl Fred Muller, Ursula Schucht
Schultze is a middle-aged accordionist whose lust for life is re-invigorated when he hears a Cajun zydeco riff on the radio. He becomes obsessed with... Read more
Scooby-Doo (2002)
5/10
Director: Raja Gosnell
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Row...
The Hanna-Barbera cartoon canine and his ghost busting pals come to life (computerized, in one case) in this hilarious, hair-raising hit. Fred (Freddi... Read more
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
5/10
Director: Raja Gosnell
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Set...
A masked villain is wreaking mayhem on the city of Coolsville with a monster machine that creates real-life versions of Mystery Inc's former foes. Jin... Read more
Scoop (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane, Kevin McNally, Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen, Fenel...
Woody Allen continues his love affair with London, following up thriller 'Match Point' with this comic supernatural mystery that once again stars Scar... Read more
Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010)
7.5/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Kieran Culkin, Alison Pill, Chris Evans, Michael Cera, Brando...
Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), whose life of garage band practice and other laid-back pursuits is turned upside-down when he... Read more
Scott Pilgrim vs the World ( Blu-ray ) (2010)
7.5/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Kieran Culkin, Alison Pill, Chris Evans, Michael Cera, Anna K...
Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), whose life of garage band practice and other laid-back pursuits is turned upside-down when he... Read more
Screwed (2000)
5.7/10
Starring: Danny DeVito, Dave Chappelle
A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's b... Read more
Scrooged (1988)
7/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bill Murray, John Glover, Bobcat Goldthwait, David J...
Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a cynical TV executive planning a live adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol. Frank's childhood wasn't a particularly pl... Read more
Search and Destroy ( The Four Rules ) (1995)
5.3/10
Director: David Salle
Starring: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Illeana Douglas, Ethan Hawke, Dennis Hopper, Jo...
A badly-in-hock nobody (Griffin Dunne) on the outer limits of show biz, schemes to obtain financing for his dream movie project, an adaptation of the... Read more