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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Slackers (2002)
5.3/10
Starring: Devon Sawa, Jason Segel, Jason Schwartzman
When geeky Ethan discovers three fellow students scamming the examination system, he blackmails them to win over the college's most popular girl. Read more
Slap Shot (1977)
7.4/10
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Strother Martin, Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Jerry Houser, Jen...
Paul Newman plays an ageing player-coach of an ice hockey team who's a loser until he instructs the members of his team to behave like 'animals' durin... Read more
Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
5.6/10
Director: Crispian Mills
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Michael Sheen, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Margot Robbie
An illustrious British boarding school becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site unleashing unspeakab... Read more
Sleeper (1973)
7.3/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory, Woody Allen
'Sleeper' is loaded with hilarious sight gags and brilliant wit as Woody pokes fun at everything from sex to politics to health foods in this look at... Read more
Sleeping Dogs Lie (2005)
6.3/10
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Starring: Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Geoff Pierson
Daring his fiancee Amy (Melinda Page Hamilton) to confess her most unwholesome indiscretion, strait-laced John (Bryce Johnson) becomes shocked beyond... Read more
Sleepwalk with Me (2012)
6.8/10
Director: Mike Birbiglia
Starring: Carol Kane, James Rebhorn, Lauren Ambrose, Mike Birbiglia, Cristin Milioti
Winner of a 2012 Audience Award at Sundance, comedian Mike Birbiglia wrote, directed and stars in this sincere and hilarious film, based on his off-Br... Read more
Slipstream (2007)
5.1/10
Director: Anthony Hopkins
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Christian Slater, John Turturro, Stella Arroyave, Michael Clark...
Anthony Hopkins directed, wrote and stars in this Lynch-ian, stream-of-consciousness drama about a screenwriter whose reality and imagination are abou... Read more
Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
6.6/10
Director: Tamara Jenkins
Starring: Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei, Natasha Lyonne
Writer/Director Tamara Jenkins' witty and engaging coming-of-age comedy focuses on 15-year-old Vivian (Natasha Lyonne) and her strangely nomadic famil... Read more
Small Apartments (2012)
6.1/10
Director: Jonas Akerlund
Starring: Amanda Plummer, Billy Crystal, Dolph Lundgren, James Caan, Rosie Perez, Saffron...
Franklin Franklin (Matt Lucas) plays the alphorn and dreams of Switzerland. His crazy brother sends him fingernail clippings in the mail. One of his n... Read more
Small Time Crooks (2000)
6.7/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Hugh Grant, Jon Lovitz, Michael Rapaport, Tracey Ullman, Woody Allen, Elaine May
Woody Allen directs and stars in this wonderful comedy playing a career petty thief who hatches a scheme to buy a cookie store with wife Tracey Ullman... Read more