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 Hoax (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Starring: Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, Stanley Tucci, Julie...
In 1971, Clifford Irving pulled off a journalistic coup by obtaining the memoir of notoriously reclusive billionaire, Howard Hughes. No, actually he j... Read more
The Hollywood Sign (2002)
5.3/10
Director: Sonke Wortmann
Starring: Tom Berenger, Jacqueline Kim, Rod Steiger, Burt Reynolds
Based on the best-selling novel by Leon De Winter, "The Hollywood Sign" is a masterful ensemble and character-driven piece of story telling, starring... Read more
The Holy Roller (2010)
5.7/10
Director: Patrick Gilles
Starring: Mark Hadlow, Simon Barnett, Angus Benfield
A struggling preacher is tricked into starting a church in a nightclub by its unscrupulous owner, who sees it as a way to repay his gambling debts to... Read more
The Honeymooners (2003)
5.6/10
Director: Karl Golden
Starring: Alex Reid, Jonathan Byrne, Justine Mitchell, Conor Mullen, David Nolan, Eamonn H...
A sweetly boozy Irish romantic comedy about David, a jilted groom who goes on a bender and decides to take depressed birthday girl, Claire, on what wo... Read more
The Hospital (1971)
7.2/10
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Diana Rigg, George C Scott
A black comedy-drama centering on Dr. Herbert Bock (George C. Scott), a bitter, suicidal surgeon. While patients at the hospital die left and right du... Read more
The Host (2006)
7/10
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Ah-sung Ko, Hae-il Park, Bae Doo-na
AKA 'Gweomul'. 'Godzilla' meets 'Alien' in this monster movie with everything, from Korean director Joon-ho Bong. Following a careless toxic waste le... Read more
The Hot Rock (1972)
6.8/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Robert Redford, George Segal, Zero Mostel, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn
Fresh out of prison, thief Robert Redford is coaxed by brother-in-law George Segal to join his planned heist of a priceless diamond from a museum. The... Read more
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
6/10
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: Beau Bridges, Jodie Foster, Rob Lowe, Nastassja Kinski, Wilford Brimley
Based on John Irving's ("The World According to Garp") serio-comic novel about an unconventional family and its bizarre adventures - social, sexual, a... Read more
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
4.6/10
Director: Paul Morrissey
Starring: Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Kenneth Williams, Denholm Elliott, Joan Greenwood, Hug...
Andy Warhol's filmmaker buddy, Paul Morrissey put together an all-star cast for this irreverent take on the Arthur Conan Doyle classic. Peter Cook and... Read more
The House of Magic (2013)
6.3/10
Director: Ben Stassen, Jeremie Degruson
An utterly charming and marvellously realised effort across the board, this action-packed fantasy adventure comes from the Belgian animation studio re... Read more