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 Linguini Incident (1992)
6.4/10
Director: Richard Shepard
Starring: Rosanna Arquette, David Bowie, Eszter Balint
A Manhattan waitress (Rosanna Arquette), obsessed with Houdini, schemes to get money to develop her own magic act by robbing the trendy restaurant whe... Read more
The Lion King 3 (2004)
Director: Bradley Raymond
Starring: Julie Kavner, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella
A.k.a. "The Lion King 1 1/2". Hakuna Matata! Witness the events of "The Lion King" through the eyes of Timon and Pumbaa in a hilarious spin-off from D... Read more
The Little Colonel (1935)
7.1/10
Director: David Butler
Starring: Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Evelyn Venable
In the post-Civil War South, Elizabeth Lloyd marries a Yankee. In response, her stern Confederate father vows to never speak to her again. That is, un... Read more
The Lonely Guy (1983)
6.2/10
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Steve Martin
Steve Martin is shy guy Larry Hubbard who suddenly finds himself back on the singles market in New York. Charles Grodin is his geeky pal in the same... Read more
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
6.7/10
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Geena Davis, Craig Bierko, David Morse, Brian Cox, Patrick Mal...
Eight years after she was found suffering from amnesia, mild-mannered teacher and suburban mum Geena Davis discovers she has a few hidden talents that... Read more
The Longest Yard (1974)
7.1/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Mike Conrad
A.k.a. 'The Mean Machine'. In this hilarious, rough-and -tumble comedy Burt Reynolds is a former American football pro who winds up behind bars after... Read more
The Look of Love (2013)
6/10
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Anna Friel, Stephen Fry, Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, Matt Lucas, David Wall...
The outrageous true story of Paul Raymond (Steve Coogan), the controversial entrepreneur and property baron who established the Raymond Revue Bar and... Read more
The Lost Boys (1987)
7.3/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Edward H...
A new family moves into a small California town, and the teenage son is immediately taken with a local girl, only to discover that she (and most of th... Read more
The Lost Boys ( Blu-ray ) (1987)
7.3/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Edward H...
A new family moves into a small California town, and the teenage son is immediately taken with a local girl, only to discover that she (and most of th... Read more
The Lost City (2022)
6.1/10
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt, Daniel Radcliffe
A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them both in a cutthroat jungle adve... Read more