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 Cobbler (Blu-ray) (2014)
5.8/10
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Adam Sandler, Melonie Diaz, Steve Buscemi
A cobbler, bored of his everyday life, stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to become other people and see the world in a different way. Read more
The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
6/10
Director: Dusan Makavejev
Starring: Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, Kris McQuade, Max Gillies...
Eric Roberts plays Becker, an aggressive marketing executive for the Coca-Cola company, assigned to figure out why sales in hot, dry Australia are dro... Read more
The Collection ( Harold Pinter ) (1976)
6.1/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Alan Bates, Helen Mirren, Laurence Olivier, Malcolm McDowell
Set in the rarefied world of West End boutique owners and fashion designers, The Collection takes as its departure point, the moment when four elegant... Read more
The Comeback Trail (2020)
8.7/10
Director: George Gallo
Starring: Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, Zach Braff, Emile Hirsch, Shery...
Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting... Read more
The Commitments (1991)
7.6/10
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball
A grand, feel good musical/comedy about the life and times of a pop group formed by a Dublin hustler (Robert Arkins) to put Irish music on the map. Pl... Read more
The Complete Denis Leary: Lock and Load / No Cure for Cancer (2006)
Starring: Denis Leary
Two of the best stand-up shows from the frenetic-tongued chain-smoking cynic, Denis Leary. 'No Cure for Cancer' debuted on Showtime in 1991 and is pa... Read more
The Concert (2009)
7.6/10
Director: Radu Mihaileanu
Starring: Miou-Miou, Melanie Laurent, Alexsey Guskov, Lionel Abelanski, Laurent Bateau, D...
25 years ago, Andrei Filipov was a prodigy - once the celebrated conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra, the greatest orchestra in Russia. Today he works... Read more
The Confirmation (2016)
6.4/10
Director: Bob Nelson
Starring: Clive Owen, Maria Bello, Matthew Modine, Robert Forster, Tim Blake Nelson, Patto...
Clive Owen shines in this irresistible comedy as Walt, a down-on-his luck carpenter tasked with entertaining his eight-year-old son Anthony while Anth... Read more
The Couch Trip (1987)
5.7/10
Director: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Donna Dixon, Charles Grodin, Walter Matthau
Dan Aykroyd and Walter Matthau team up for this comedy about a computer hacker who escapes from a mental institution, impersonates the head of the fac... Read more
The Country Doctor (2016)
6.5/10
Director: Thomas Lilti
Starring: Christophe Odent, Francois Cluzet, Marianne Denicourt
François Cluzet (The Intouchables) is Jean-Pierre, a much-loved doctor in a rural French town. He reassures and cares for his patients day and night,... Read more