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 Kings of Summer (2013)
7.2/10
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Starring: Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Erin Moriarty, Ma...
Coming-of-age comedy following three friends in pursuit of independence. Joe Toy has long suffered under his controlling father Frank and when his hom... Read more
The Kitchen Brigade (2022)
Starring: Audrey Lamy, Francois Cluzet
Cathy is a sous-chef wanting to open a restaurant. With financial difficulties, Cathy accepts a job at a shelter for young migrants. At first she hate... Read more
The Ladies Man (1961)
6.5/10
Director: Jerry Lewis
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Helen Traubel, Kathleen Freeman
Jerry Lewis at his zany best plays a woman-hating houseboy at a Hollywood home for wayward girls. Strangely enough, women fawn all over him! Helen Tra... Read more
The Lady in the Van (2015)
6.7/10
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Maggie Smith, Deborah Findlay, Alex Jennings, Frances de la Tour,...
Maggie Smith lets her hair down in the role of a real-life bumptious bag lady who lived in a van and found a permanent parking spot outside the Camden... Read more
The Lady in the Van ( Blu-ray ) (2015)
6.7/10
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Deborah Findlay, Alex Jennings, Jamie Parker, Roger...
Maggie Smith lets her hair down in the role of a real-life bumptious bag lady who lived in a van and found a permanent parking spot outside the Camden... Read more
The Lady Vanishes (1979)
5.9/10
Director: Anthony Page
Starring: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom, Arthur Lowe, Ian C...
Screenwriter George Axelrod turns Alfred Hitchcock's classic comedy-thriller into a capering screwball comedy showcase for Cybill Shepherd and Elliot... Read more
The Ladykillers (2004)
6.2/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Irma P. Hall
The classic '50s British crime comedy is transplanted to a small Southern town by Joel and Ethan Coen in this laugh-filled revamp. Tom Hanks stars as... Read more
The Ladykillers (1955)
7.8/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers
Alec Guinness teams with Peter Sellers in this fabulous tale of a group of dumb crooks who become unhinged by a sweet old lady. An Ealing Studios gem. Read more
The Ladykillers (Blu-ray) (1955)
7.7/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers
Alec Guinness teams with Peter Sellers in this fabulous tale of a group of dumb crooks who become unhinged by a sweet old lady. An Ealing Studios gem. Read more
The Larkins (2021)
6/10
Starring: Bradley Walsh, Joanna Scanlan, Amelia Bullmore, Peter Davison
A new adaptation of the classic novel "The Darling Buds of May" by H.E. Bates, following the warm-hearted, wheeler-dealing adventures of the iconic La... Read more