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 Catch (2016)
7.2/10
Director: Simon Mark-Brown
Starring: Ruth Wynne, Laura Hill, David Capstick, Nicol Munro, Tainui Tukiwaho
A Scotsman, a Maori and an Englishman enter a fishing contest... How far will they go to win? Two mates Kiwi Scotsman Brian and Maori man Wiremu... Read more
The Cemetery Club (1993)
5.8/10
Director: Bill Duke
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis, Diane Ladd, Danny Aiello, Lainie Kazan, Christin...
Lifelong friends meet weekly to celebrate the past and present. This comedy filled with much Jewish humor is about the widows Doris, Ester and Lucille... Read more
The Change-Up (2011)
6.3/10
Director: David Dobkin
Starring: Alan Arkin, Leslie Mann, Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde
Growing up together, Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) and Dave (Jason Bateman) were inseparable best friends, but as the years have passed they've slowly drifted... Read more
The Chaplin Revue (1958)
7.9/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin
Compiled by Chaplin himself in 1958 and featuring a musical score he composed, this rib-tickling collection features three of his finest short films.... Read more
The Charlie Chaplin Collection: Volume 6 (1914)
7.5/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Charles Inslee
A collection of 4 Charlie Chaplin shorts: "The Knockout" (1914), "The Fireman" (1916), "The Cure." (1917) and "A Night Out" (1915). Read more
The Chaser's War On Everything: Season 1, Episodes 14-26 (2006)
8.6/10
Starring: Julian Morrow, Chas Licciardello, Chris Taylor, Craig Reucassel, Andrew Hansen
'George W. Bush waged a 'War on Terror', but only The Chaser has had the vision and courage to wage a 'War on Everything'. 13 more episodes, featuring... Read more
The Chumscrubber (2005)
7/10
Director: Arie Posin
Starring: Jamie Bell, Camilla Belle, Justin Chatwin, Glenn Close, Rory Culkin, Tim DeKay,...
When disaffected teen, Dean (Jamie Bell), discovers the body of his friend hanging in his bedroom, he doesn't bother telling any adults as he doesn't... Read more
The Circus (Blu-ray) (1928)
8.2/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Allan Garcia, Henry Bergman
When we first meet Chaplin's Tramp in this comic gem, he's in typical straits: broke, hungry, destined to fall in love and just as sure to lose the gi... Read more
The City Of Women (1980)
Director: Federico Fellini
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucel, Bernice Stegers
Marcello Mastroianni stars as the bruised, baffled, bedazzled man who stumbles into a feminist convention, setting off a series of wild surrealistic f... Read more
The Closet (2000)
7.4/10
Director: Francis Veber
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Gerard Depardieu, Michel Aumont, Thierry Lhermitte
Hilarious farce from Francis Veber ('The Dinner Game') in which Daniel Auteuil, a boring accountant, is told that he's been fired from his job. As he'... Read more