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 Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
5.9/10
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Joe Don Baker
Eddie Murphy portrays a conman who makes his way into Congress. Once there he develops a sense of responsibility. Features Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralp... Read more
The Double (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Richard Ayoade
Starring: Cathy Moriarty, James Fox, Noah Taylor, Wallace Shawn, Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasi...
Deadpan Richard Ayoade's follow-up to the terrifically spiky teen black comedy Submarine is a Dostoevsky-inspired tale of a nerdy office clerk, Simon... Read more
The Drama (2026)
7.2/10
Director: Kristoffer Borgli
Starring: Zendaya , Robert Pattinson, Alana Haim, Mamadou Dioume, Hailey Gates
A happily engaged couple (Zendaya, Robert Pattinson) is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails. Read more
The Dream Team (1989)
6.5/10
Director: Howard Zieff
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst
A delightful comedy about four mental patients who become separated from their therapist on a day out and discover that maybe they aren't as looney as... Read more
The Drone (2019)
3.9/10
Starring: Anita Briem
A newlywed couple is terrorized by a consumer drone that has become sentient with the consciousness of a deranged serial killer. Read more
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
5.6/10
Director: Melvin Frank
Starring: George Segal, Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn and George Segal star in this rough and tumble comedy that bounces from San Francisco's Barbary Coast to the wilderness of Utah. The Dirtw... Read more
The Duke (2020)
6.9/10
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Matthew Goode, James Wilby, Helen Mirren, Anna Maxwell Martin, Fi...
In 1961, 60-year-old Kempton Bunton stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. He sent ransom notes saying t... Read more
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
5.1/10
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Lynda Carter, Johnny Knoxville, Willie Nelson, Burt Reynolds, Jes...
'The Dukes of Hazzard' get the makeover treatment with Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott as the good ol' boys and Jessica Simpson as their bare... Read more
The Durrells (2016)
8.2/10
Starring: Keeley Hawes, Josh O'Connor
Based on the real-life events of the Durrell family as they resettle from England to Greece. In the funny, feel-good drama, a family leaves their Eng... Read more
The Durrells (Series Two) (2017)
8.2/10
Starring: Keeley Hawes, Josh O'Connor
Follow the further adventures of the eccentric Durrell family as they embrace life on the gorgeous Greek island of Corfu. Based on Gerald Durrell's tr... Read more