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 County (2019)
7.6/10
Director: Grimur Hakonarson
A widowed farmer begins a new life on her own terms by fighting against corruption and injustice in her community. Read more
The Court Jester (1956)
7.9/10
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Starring: Glynis Johns, Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury
Danny Kaye has one of his best roles in this beloved comedy classic which rates as one of the funniest comedies of all time. To help restore the thron... Read more
The Crew (2000)
5.6/10
Director: Michael Dinner
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya, Seymour Cassel, Carrie-Anne Moss, J...
Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Seymour Cassel and Dan Hedaya are "The Crew", four retired 'goodfellas' who decide to get back into the game to prote... Read more
The Croods (2013)
7.2/10
Director: Chris Sanders, Kirk De Micco
Starring: Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Clar...
Animated comedy-adventure follows the world's first modern family, Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage), his wife Ugga (Catherine Keener), daughter Eep (Emma... Read more
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
7.2/10
Starring: Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Clar...
Animated comedy-adventure follows the world's first modern family, Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage), his wife Ugga (Catherine Keener), daughter Eep (Emma... Read more
The Croods: A New Age (Blu-ray) (2020)
7/10
Starring: Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Clar...
Animated comedy-adventure follows the world's first modern family, Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage), his wife Ugga (Catherine Keener), daughter Eep (Emma... Read more
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
6.8/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd, David Ogden Stiers, Charlize Theron
Putting his own comic spin on a mix of "His Girl Friday" and "Double Indemnity," writer/director/star Woody Allen plays a crack insurance investigator... Read more
The Dancing Masters (1943)
6.3/10
Director: Lee Marcus
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Robert Mitchum
Stan and Ollie show their artistic sides - not to mentoion their tutus - when they become dancing masters. Watch out for a very young Robert Mitchum... Read more
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray
Not having spoken since their father's funeral a year earlier, three brothers (Owen Wilson, Adrian Brody and Jason Schwartzman) board a train travelli... Read more
The Darwin Awards (2006)
6/10
Director: Finn Taylor
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Winona Ryder, Tim Blake Nelson, Wilmer Valderrama, David Arquett...
Joseph Fiennes is gifted, yet unsuitable, homicide detective Michael Burrows, fired from his job due to his propensity to faint at the sight of blood.... Read more