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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Soapdish (1991)
6.5/10
Director: Michael Hoffman
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg, Eli...
Riotous all-star satire about the dirt behind a fictitious soap opera, featuring Sally Field as the darling of daytime TV who finds her life falling t... Read more
Sodbusters (1994)
7/10
Director: Eugene Levy
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, John Vernon, Fred Willard, Wendel Meldrum, Max Gail
Comedy actor Eugene Levy directs this spoof Western with Kris Kristofferson as the mysterious stranger who rides into town to save the day. As evil l... Read more
Soft Beds Hard Battles (1973)
Director: Roy Boulting
Starring: Peter Sellers, Curt Jurgens, Jenny Hanley, Rula Lenska, Timothy West
Peter Sellers plays multiple characters in this World War II romp. Madame Grenier is the head of a famous Parisian brothel and after most of her Frenc... Read more
Solitary Man (2009)
6.4/10
Director: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Starring: Danny DeVito, Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Imogen Poots,...
"Michael Douglas deserves serious award attention for his triumphant performance as the tormented Ben Kalmen, a fast-talking, moneymaking New York car... Read more
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
7.1/10
Director: Ron Howard, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
Starring: Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt, Thandie Newton, Warwick Davis, Woody Harrelson, Ray Par...
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and enco... Read more
Solo: A Star Wars Story (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.1/10
Director: Ron Howard, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
Starring: Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt, Thandie Newton, Warwick Davis, Woody Harrelson, Ray Par...
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and enco... Read more
Somers Town (2008)
6.9/10
Director: Shane Meadows
Starring: Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello, Kate Dickie, Ireneusz Czop, Perry Benson, Elisa...
Tomo is a young lad from Nottingham who wants to escape the cycle of underachievement in his family. Running away to London he meets up with young Pol... Read more
Something to Sing About (1937)
6.4/10
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Starring: James Cagney, Philip Ahn, Gene Lockhart
Jimmy Cagney's at his foot-tappin' best as a New York bandleader who is offered a movie contract in this song-filled comedy that includes a few jabs a... Read more
Something Wild (1986)
6.9/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta
Jonathan Demme's wonderfully funny, unusual film with Jeff Daniels as the straight-laced stock broker whose only brush with crime - trying to get away... Read more
Sometimes Always Never (2018)
6.3/10
Director: Carl Hunter
Starring: Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe, Jenny Agutter, Tim McInnerny
A man searches tirelessly for his missing son who he has not seen in years. When a body is located, the entire family's life is turned upside-down and... Read more