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 Big Tease (1999)
6.3/10
Director: Kevin Allen
Starring: Craig Ferguson, Frances Fisher, Chris Langham
A bright, witty comedy/mockumentary about a Scottish hairdresser determined to compete in a huge L.A. Hairdressing Competition. This fish-out-of-water... Read more
The Big White (2005)
6.4/10
Director: Mark Mylod
Starring: Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Giovanni Ribisi, Tim Blake Nelson, W Earl Brown, W...
Paul Barnell (Robin Williams) is in big trouble. He's up to his eyeballs in debt, his wife (Holly Hunter) is going slowly insane and an ambitious ins... Read more
The Big Year (2011)
6.2/10
Director: David Frankel
Starring: Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, Jack Black
Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson combine their comedic talents in this warm and funny romp about three amateur bird watchers who engage in a... Read more
The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
5.3/10
Director: Ken Annakin
Starring: Vittorio De Sica, Raquel Welch, Robert Wagner
Robert Wagner, Raquel Welch, and some incompetent European gangsters kidnap an American gangster who they think has a lot of money. Read more
The Bird People In China (1998)
7.6/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Mako , Renji Ishibashi, Masahiro Motoki
Set in the beautiful Yunnan Province of China, a comically lyrical story of a Tokyo salaryman and a Yakuza debt collector on the trail of a lucrative... Read more
The Birdcage (1996)
7/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Christine Baranski, Dianne Wiest, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Robin Williams, Cal...
This American version of 'La Cage Aux Folles' features the performances of Robin Williams, Nathan Lane and Gene Hackman. About a gay couple who must '... Read more
The Black Cat (1941)
6.3/10
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Broderick Crawford
Elderly Henrietta Winslow lives in an isolated mansion with her housekeeper and beloved cats. As her health fails, her greedy relatives gather in anti... Read more
The Blue Rose (2013)
7.1/10
Starring: Antonia Prebble, Siobhan Marshall, Matt Minto
A contemporary, smart investigative drama in which the lowly back-room office staff join forces to fight for justice in a corrupt corporate world. A... Read more
The Blues Brothers (1980)
7.9/10
Director: John Landis
Starring: Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Belushi, James Brown, Henry Gibson, Dan Aykro...
Engagingly nutty comedy about John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd trying to raise money to save an orphanage by reuniting their old band and nearly destroyin... Read more
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Director: Richard Curtis
Starring: Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost, Tom Sturridge,...
Aka "Pirate Radio". In 1966, a rusty fishing trawler christened Radio Rock floats just outside British territorial waters, broadcasting illicit rock '... Read more