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 Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle: The Egg and I / Ma and Pa Kettle / Ma and Pa Kettle Go To Town / Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
Director: Charles Lamont, Chester Erskine, Edward Sedgwick
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Percy Kilbride, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Richard Long
First, the hillbilly husband and wife played by Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride are introduced in the all-time favourite barnyard comedy 'The Egg and... Read more
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
7.5/10
Director: Stephan Elliott
Starring: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce
The outrageous tale of three drag queens who hit the road in a pink bus called Priscilla and head to Alice Springs to perform a cabaret show. Terence... Read more
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert ( Blu-ray ) (1994)
7.5/10
Director: Stephan Elliott
Starring: Bill Hunter, Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving, Terence Stamp
The outrageous tale of three drag queens who hit the road in a pink bus called Priscilla and head to Alice Springs to perform a cabaret show. Terence... Read more
The Aki Kaurismaki Collection: Part: 1 (1983)
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
Starring: Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpaa
Aki Kaurismäki is known for his extremely minimalistic style. He has been called an auteur,[5][6] since he writes, directs, produces and usually edits... Read more
The Aki Kaurismaki Collection: Part: 2 (1983)
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
Starring: Kati Outinen, Markku Peltola, Ilkka Koivula
Aki Kaurismäki is known for his extremely minimalistic style. He has been called an auteur,[5][6] since he writes, directs, produces and usually edits... Read more
The Alibi (2006)
6.9/10
Director: Matt Checkowski, Kurt Mattila
Starring: Steve Coogan, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Selma Blair, Sam Elliott, James Brolin, Hen...
AKA 'Lies and Alibis'. The confidence man gets a slick makeover with Steve Coogan revealing yet another side of his engaging screen presence as Ray E... Read more
The Amazing Adventure (1936)
7.6/10
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Starring: Cary Grant, Mary Brian
Based on the novel by E. Philips Oppenheim, Cary Grant stars as Ernest Bliss, an unhappy playboy who bets his cynical doctor he can live for a year on... Read more
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
7.4/10
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell
In one of the first films to satirize America's gung-ho attitude to war, James Garner (in his favourite role) plays Charley Madison, a soldier who's n... Read more
The Angels' Share (2012)
7/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: William Ruane, Gary Maitland, Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw
Escaping a prison sentence by the skin of his teeth, the wayward and disillusioned small-time criminal and new father Robbie (Paul Brannigan) is given... Read more
The Angels' Share ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: William Ruane, Gary Maitland, Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw
Escaping a prison sentence by the skin of his teeth, the wayward and disillusioned small-time criminal and new father Robbie (Paul Brannigan) is given... Read more