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 Muse (1999)
5.6/10
Director: Albert Brooks
Starring: Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone, Andie MacDowell, Jeff Bridges
Fearful that he is losing his creativity, screenwriter Albert Brooks seeks help from successful fellow scribe Jeff Bridges. His secret turns out to be... Read more
The Mystery Of Henri Pick (2019)
6.7/10
Director: Remi Bezancon
Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Alice Isaaz
An editor discovers a novel that she considers to be a masterpiece, in a library whose particularity is to collect the manuscripts refused by the publ... Read more
The Mystic Masseur (2001)
5.9/10
Director: Ismail Merchant
Starring: Om Puri, James Fox, Ayesha Dharker, Jimi Mistry
"The Mystic Masseur" is a wry, affectionate delight, a human comedy about a man who thinks he has had greatness thrust upon him when in fact he has me... Read more
The Myth (2005)
6.2/10
Director: Stanley Tong
Starring: Jackie Chan, Hee-seon Kim, Tony Leung (Ka Fai), Ken Lo, Mallika Sherawat
Jackie Chan plays two roles in this time-bending comic fantasy. He is both Qin Dynasty General Meng Yi, and his contemporary reincarnation, archaeolo... Read more
The Naked Gun (1988)
7.6/10
Director: David Zucker
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy
A short-lived tv series ('Police Squad') was the inspiration for this box-office bonanza from the same guys who gave the world 'Flying High'. Leslie N... Read more
The Naked Gun (2025)
6.5/10
Director: Akiva Schaffer
Starring: Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson
Lieutenant Frank Drebin Jr becomes a police officer like his legendary father and must save the police department from shutting down by solving a case... Read more
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell Of Fear (1991)
Director: David Zucker
Starring: George Kennedy, Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Robert Goulet, O J Simpson
The second hilarious entry in the satirical film series focuses on Leslie Nielsen's effort to stop villainous business mogul Robert Goulet from making... Read more
The Naked Truth (1957)
6.9/10
Director: Mario Zampi
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price, Georgina...
Terry-Thomas is a shifty peer of the realm, Peter Sellers is a TV celebrity, Peggy Mount is a best-selling novelist, Shirley Eaton is a gorgeous model... Read more
The Names of Love (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Michel Leclerc
Starring: Zinedine Soualem, Jacques Gamblin, Jacques Boudet, Sara Forestier
Michel Leclerc's delightful, sexy and audacious crowd-pleaser about a forty-something Jewish scientist who falls in love with a flamboyant Algerian be... Read more
The Nanny Diaries (2007)
6.2/10
Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Nicholas Reese Art, Alicia Keys...
A whimsical heartwarmer with college graduate Annie (Scarlett Johansson) deciding to buck her mother's career wishes and take on a nanny job with weal... Read more