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 Optimists (1973)
7/10
Director: Anthony Simmons
Starring: Peter Sellers
AKA: "The Optimists of Nine Elms." Peter Sellers shines in this charming family drama as a London street performer who befriends two downtrodden child... Read more
The Orville (2017)
8/10
Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes
Set 400 years in the future, the show follows the adventures of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth's interstellar Fleet.... Read more
The Other Guys (2010)
6.7/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson, Steve Coogan, Will Ferrell, Dwa...
Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate each other and the monotony... Read more
The Other Guys (Blu-ray) (2010)
6.6/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson, Steve Coogan, Will Ferrell, Dwa...
Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate each other and the monotony... Read more
The Other Side of Hope (Toivon tuolla puolen) (2017)
7.2/10
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
Starring: Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Ilkka Koivula
Khaled, a Syrian refugee stows away on a freighter to Helsinki. Meanwhile, Wikström is a traveling salesman who wins big at a poker table and buys him... Read more
The Other Women (2014)
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Don Johnson
After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been betraying. And when yet another love affair is discovered, all three w... Read more
The Out Of Towners (1969)
7.1/10
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis are perfectly matched as the hapless Kellermans of Twin Oaks, Ohio, in Neil Simon's tumultuous comedy hit. The top candid... Read more
The Out-Laws (AKA Clan) (2012)
Starring: Barbara Sarafian
Clan draws you into the lives of the Goethals sisters, tied together by the premature death of their parents, they've clung to each other like a real... Read more
The Out-Of-Towners (1999)
5.3/10
Director: Sam Weisman
Starring: Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, John Cleese
Farewell, Ohio. Hello, hilarity! Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn reunite for this exhilarating comedy based on the Neil Simon screenplay. They play Henry... Read more
The Overnight (2015)
6.1/10
Starring: Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman, Judith Godreche
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A fam... Read more