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 Boat That Rocked ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
Director: Richard Curtis
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Bill Nighy, Chris O'Dowd, R...
Aka "Pirate Radio". In 1966, a rusty fishing trawler christened Radio Rock floats just outside British territorial waters, broadcasting illicit rock '... Read more
The Bobo (1967)
5.5/10
Director: Robert Parrish
Starring: Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi, Adolfo Celi, Hattie Jacques, Kennet...
Peter Sellers is Juan Bautista, a hopeless matador who really wants to be a singer. Trying his luck in Barcelona, he gets a gig at a local hotspot wi... Read more
The Bonfire Of The Vanities (1990)
5.5/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith
This controversial adaptation of Tom Wolfe's caustic satire, directed by Brian De Palma, stars Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis and Melanie Griffith. Read more
The Book of Life (2014)
7.3/10
Director: Jorge R Gutierrez
Starring: Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Ron Perlman, Christina Applegate, Ice C...
From producer Guillermo del Toro and director Jorge R. Gutierrez comes a breathtaking animated comedy with a dazzling visual style unlike anything you... Read more
The Boss Baby (2017)
6.3/10
Director: Tom McGrath
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Lisa Kudrow, Steve Buscemi, Tobey Maguire, (Voices of)
A suit-wearing briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his seven-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. A new baby's arriva... Read more
The Boss Baby ( Blu-ray ) (2017)
6.3/10
Director: Tom McGrath
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Lisa Kudrow, Steve Buscemi, Tobey Maguire, Voices Of
A suit-wearing briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his seven-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. A new baby's arriva... Read more
The Boss of It All (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Lars von Trier
Starring: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Iben Hjejle, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Inventing a fictitious supervisor who makes all of his company's unpopular decisions, an industrial bigwig (Peter Gantzler) gets into a jam when he wa... Read more
The Bounty Hunter (2010)
5.5/10
Director: Andy Tennant
Starring: Christine Baranski, Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler
Milo Boyd (Gerard Butler), a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter N... Read more
The BoxTrolls (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable
Starring: Ben Kingsley, James Urbaniak, Jared Harris, Toni Collette, Simon Pegg, Nick Fros...
Based on Alan Snow's book Here Be Monsters!, The Boxtrolls is, first and foremost, a magnificent work of design. Visually, the movie looks like a visi... Read more
The BoxTrolls ( Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D ) (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable
Starring: Ben Kingsley, James Urbaniak, Jared Harris, Toni Collette, Simon Pegg, Nick Fros...
Based on Alan Snow's book Here Be Monsters!, The Boxtrolls is, first and foremost, a magnificent work of design. Visually, the movie looks like a visi... Read more