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 Magnificent Tati (2009)
6.9/10
Director: Michael House
Starring: Jacques Tati
Director Michael House explores the life and work of the magnificent Tati through clips and interviews with those who know his work best. Tati is foll... Read more
The Magnificent Two (1967)
5.2/10
Director: Cliff Owen
Starring: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Margit Saad
Comedians Morecambe and Wise here star as a pair of salesmen travelling to South America to peddle their wares. Unbeknownst to them, a revolution is i... Read more
The Maiden Heist (2009)
6.1/10
Director: Peter Hewitt
Starring: Christopher Walken, Marcia Gay Harden, Morgan Freeman, William H Macy, Breckin M...
It was a stroke of genius. But now the perfect crime is turning into a perfect disaster in this madcap comedy featuring Morgan Freeman, Christopher Wa... Read more
The Major and the Minor (1942)
7.5/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley, Diana Lynn
Goofball comedy with Ginger Rogers pretending to be a twelve-year-old so she can afford the train fare back to Iowa, having fallen foul of one-too-man... Read more
The Man from the Diners' Club (1963)
6.2/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Danny Kaye, Martha Hyer
An employee at Diner's Club issues a credit card to a well-known mobster and has to retrieve it in order to keep his job. Read more
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
7.3/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant
higher class of hero Henry Cavill stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin in director Guy Ritchie's action adventure The Man... Read more
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Blu-ray) (2015)
7.3/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant
higher class of hero Henry Cavill stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin in director Guy Ritchies action adventure The Ma... Read more
The Man In The Hat (2020)
6.3/10
Director: John Paul Davidson
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Stephen Dillane, Maiwenn Le Besco, Muna Otaru
The Man in the Hat journeys through France in a Fiat 500 accompanied by a framed photograph of an unknown woman. He is pursued by five angry men in a... Read more
The Man In The White Suit (1951)
7.4/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker
Alec Guinness plays an unassuming lab assistant who invents a miracle fabric that can be woven into indestructible cloth. Few films have chastised ind... Read more
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
7/10
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Starring: Bill Paterson, Christopher Plummer, Ian McNeice, Jonathan Pryce, Miriam Margolye...
In 1843 London, author Charles Dickens finds himself in financial trouble after writing three unsuccessful novels in a row. Desperate for a hit, Dicke... Read more