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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Standing Still (2005)
5.8/10
Director: Matthew Cole Weiss
Starring: Amy Adams, Adam Garcia, Jon Abrahams, Colin Hanks, Mena Suvari, Ethan Embry, Lau...
When a bunch of old college friends reunite for a wedding, the scene is set for some awkard and even ugly confrontations. Michael and Elise both have... Read more
Standing Up for Sunny (2019)
Director: Steven Vidler
Starring: RJ Mitte, Sam Reid, Matt Nable
An isolated guy with cerebral palsy is railroaded into helping an unassertive comedienne, and finds love and acceptance through stand up comedy. Read more
Standing Up, Falling Down (2019)
Starring: Billy Crystal
A comedy about the unlikely friendship that kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A., forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island... Read more
Stardust Memories (1980)
7.4/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper
Woody Allen plays a troubled filmmaker attending a film seminar weekend where space aliens confide that they enjoyed his earlier, funnier movies. He a... Read more
Stardust Memories (Blu-ray) (1980)
7.2/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper
Woody Allen plays a troubled filmmaker attending a film seminar weekend where space aliens confide that they enjoyed his earlier, funnier movies. He a... Read more
Stark (1993)
6.5/10
Director: Nadia Tass
Starring: Ben Elton, Colin Friels, Jacqueline McKenzie, Deborra-Lee Furness, Bill Hunter,...
Ben Elton stars in his own adaptation of his first and best-selling novel, filmed entirely in Australia. He plays CD, a layabout whose obsession with... Read more
Starsky and Hutch (2004)
7/10
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Juliette Lewis, Snoop Dogg
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are 'the man', partnered with their trademark red and white Ford Torino in this hilarious spoof of the hit '70s crime dram... Read more
Starter For 10 (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Tom Vaughan
Starring: James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Charles Dance, Lindsay Duncan
Set against the backdrop of 1980s England, this bittersweet British romantic comedy follows working-class college student Brian through his tumultuous... Read more
Starter For 10 (Blu-ray) (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Tom Vaughan
Starring: Charles Dance, Lindsay Duncan, Rebecca Hall, James McAvoy, Alice Eve
Set against the backdrop of 1980s England, this bittersweet British romantic comedy follows working-class college student Brian through his tumultuous... Read more
Starting Over (1979)
6.4/10
Director: Alan J Pakula
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Frances Sternhag...
Burt Reynolds is an attractive middle-aged man who suffers a crisis of confidence when ditched by his ambitious singer wife (Candice Bergen), until he... Read more