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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St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)
5.4/10
Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
Starring: Celia Imrie, Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, David Tennant, Juno Temple, Tamsin Ege...
The schoolgirls of St. Trinian's start a new term amidst the usual chaos and excitement. A rollercoaster-style treasure hunt for the legendary Fritton... Read more
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
6.4/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy
The new Brat Pack are featured as recent college grads having their problems. One critic referred to this as 'The Little Chill'. With Demi Moore, Rob... Read more
St. Trinians: The Belles of St Trinian's / Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1954)
Director: Frank Launder
Starring: Alastair Sim, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Joyce Grenfell
The Belles of St Trinian's: A wonderful flimization of Ronald Searle's cartoons about a completely crazy school for girls, run by a dotty Headmistress... Read more
St. Vincent (2014)
7.3/10
Director: Theodore Melfi
Starring: Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Terrence Howard, Jaede...
Maggie (McCarthy), a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her 12-year old son, Oliver (Lieberher). Forced to work long hours, she has... Read more
St. Vincent (Blu-ray) (2014)
7.2/10
Director: Theodore Melfi
Starring: Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Terrence Howard, Jaede...
Maggie (McCarthy), a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her 12-year old son, Oliver (Lieberher). Forced to work long hours, she has... Read more
Stage Beauty (2004)
7.2/10
Director: Richard Eyre
Starring: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Tom Wilkinson, Rupert Everett, Ben Chaplin, Richard...
Adapted from Jeffrey Hatcher's play and based loosely on the life of Ned Kynaston (Billy Crudup), a 17th century theatre star noted particularly for h... Read more
Stakeout (1987)
6.6/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe
A fast and funny cop thriller about a pair of detectives (Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez) who strive to apprehend a psychotic killer who has esca... Read more
Stalag Luft (1993)
6.8/10
Director: Adrian Shergold
Starring: Geoffrey Palmer, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Stephen Fry, Sam Kelly
Deep in wartime Germany, something is stirring. Behind the barbed wire of a POW camp, brave allied heroes are plotting to escape, led by their daring... Read more
Stalking Santa (2006)
5.7/10
Director: Greg Kiefer
Starring: Chris Clark, Daryn Tufts, Lisa Clark, Narrated by, William Shatner
A devoted 'Santaologist' in search of the world's greatest living mystery attempts to cut through government conspiracy, big business hush-ups, and co... Read more
Stand Up Guys (2012)
6.5/10
Director: Fisher Stevens
Starring: Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Christopher Walken, Julianna Margulies
After serving 28 years in prison for refusing to give up information on one of his close criminal associates, Val (Al Pacino) is released and picked u... Read more