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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The Actors (2002)
6.1/10
Director: Conor McPherson
Starring: Michael Caine, Dylan Moran, Michael Gambon, Lena Headey, Miranda Richardson
Down-on-his-luck actor O'Malley (Michael Caine) hangs out in the roughest pub in town to research his role as Richard III and forget his ailing career... Read more
The Addams Family (1991)
6.9/10
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd
The cult 60s T.V. series gets an update with a scheme underway to relieve the Addams family fortune right out from underneath them. The cast is perfec... Read more
The Addams Family (2019)
5.8/10
Director: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz
The eccentrically macabre family moves to a bland suburb where Wednesday Addams' friendship with the daughter of a hostile and conformist local realit... Read more
The Addams Family (Blu-ray) (2019)
5.8/10
Director: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz
The eccentrically macabre family moves to a bland suburb where Wednesday Addams' friendship with the daughter of a hostile and conformist local realit... Read more
The Addams Family 2 (Blu-ray) (2021)
6.9/10
Director: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz
The Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves involved in hilarious run-ins with all sorts of unsuspecting characters. Sequel... Read more
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
6.1/10
Director: Gene Wilder
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Gene Wilder, Leo McKern, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman
Having spent decades living in the shadow of his renowned sibling, the brother of Sherlock Holmes finally gets the chance to shine when he is called u... Read more
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
Director: W D Richter
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Peter Weller
Buckaroo Banzai is a skilled neurosurgeon and physicist who becomes bored with his scientific and medical work and embarks on a career as a rock star... Read more
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (Blu-ray) (1984)
7.6/10
Director: W D Richter
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Peter Weller
Buckaroo Banzai is a skilled neurosurgeon and physicist who becomes bored with his scientific and medical work and embarks on a career as a rock star... Read more
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
6.3/10
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Andrew Dice Clay, Ed O'Neill, Priscilla Presley, Robert Englund, Wayne Newton
Shock comic Andrew Dice Clay stars as rock-'n'-roll private dick Ford Fairlane, whose expertise is called upon when a heavy metal singer is mysterious... Read more
The Adventures of Francis the Talking Mule (1949)
Director: Arthur Lubin
Starring: Patricia Medina, Donald O'Connor, Chill Wills
While on a mission behind enemy lines in Burma, G.I. Donald O'Connor is rescued by "Francis the Talking Mule" (1949) in the debut entry in the articul... Read more