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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Tehran Taxi (2015)
Director: Jafar Panahi
Starring: Jafar Panahi
The great Iranian director Jafar Panahi (Offside, The Circle) has never let being barred from filmmaking stop him. For the third time since the ban wa... Read more
Ten Canoes (2006)
7/10
Director: Rolf de Heer, Peter Djiggir
Starring: David Gulpilil, (Voice of) , Peter Minygululu, Jamie Gulpilil, Richard Birrinbir...
Rolf de Heer's uniquely enchanting and humourous fable is the first film spoken entirely in Aboriginal languages. Set before the time of Western cont... Read more
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
6.8/10
Director: Liam Lynch
Starring: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Jason Reed, Ronnie James Dio, Troy Gentile
The self-proclaimed 'greatest band in the world' attempt to convince the rest of the world of their superstar status, embarking on a rock-musical odys... Read more
Tenchi Forever!: The Movie (1999)
7.1/10
This film takes a more serious turn from the Tenchi TV series and movies. One day, Tenchi disappears in the forest near his house. Six months later, A... Read more
Tenchi Muyo! (1992)
7.1/10
Tenchi Masaki is a normal high school student in Japan, who spends the summers doing chores around his grandfather's family shrine. One day, Tenchi ma... Read more
Terri (2011)
6.5/10
Director: Azazel Jacobs
Starring: John C Reilly
The story of a bullied fifteen-year-old boy in a small town as he struggles to adjust to his difficult life. Read more
Thank You For Smoking (2005)
7.6/10
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holme...
Nick Naylor is Big Tobacco's go-to-guy when they need a good spin on something. Like premature death, lung cancer, etc. But Nick revels in the twist... Read more
That Darn Cat! (1965)
6.7/10
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Roddy McDowall, Dorothy Provine, Frank Gorshin, Ed Wyn...
The fur flies when a smart Siamese cat goes undercover and Hayley Mills and Dean Jones team up for mystery, adventure, and wild comedy in ths Disney c... Read more
That Mitchell and Webb Look: Series 1 (2006)
8/10
Director: David Kerr
Starring: David Mitchell, Robert Webb
Following on from the massive success of 'Peep Show', David Mitchell and Robert Webb return in a more traditional comedy show in the form of 'That Mit... Read more
That Night In Rio (1941)
6.7/10
Director: Irving Cummings
Starring: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda
An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue. Read more