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 Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
6.8/10
Director: Herbert Ross
Starring: Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Marilyn Chambers
Boisterous call girl Barbra Streisand moves into the apartment of her neighbour, shy bookstore clerk George Segal, after his complaints about her "pra... Read more
The Paleface (1948)
7.6/10
Director: Norman Z McLeod
Starring: Bob Hope, Jane Russell
A Bob Hope comedy 'The Paleface' (1948) - Hope is a daffy dentist and a shaky gun; Jane Russell is the gorgeous gunslinger Calamity Jane, and together... Read more
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
7.7/10
Director: Preston Sturges
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, William Demarest
The captivating Claudette Colbert stars as the frustrated wife of struggling engineer Joel McCrea. In a seemingly amicable agreement, Colbert hops a t... Read more
The Paper (1994)
6.6/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei, Glenn Close, Randy Quaid, Spalding...
Twenty-four hours in the life of a New York newspaper and its harried editors, who are trying to manage their troubled private lives against the unyie... Read more
The Parent Trap (1998)
6.5/10
Director: Nancy Meyers
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Lindsay Lohan
Updated remake of Disney's 1961 family film about long-separated identical twins, Hallie and Annie, who meet accidentally at camp and decide to reunit... Read more
The Parole Officer (2001)
6.4/10
Director: John Duigan
Starring: Steve Coogan, Lena Headey, Stephen Dillane, Om Puri, Steven Waddington
Not long into his new job, inept probation officer Simon Garden (Steve Coogan) witnesses a serious crime and is framed for murder. The only way to pro... Read more
The Party (1968)
7.6/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Marge Champion
Peter Sellers in one of his best roles plays a clumsy Indian bit player who has just destroyed a remake of 'Gunga Din', and finds himself at a posh pa... Read more
The Party (2017)
6.6/10
Director: Sally Potter
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patricia Clarkson, Timothy Spall, Emily Mortim...
Janet hosts an intimate gathering of friends in her London home to celebrate her political ascension. After her acerbic best friend and others arrive,... Read more
The Party ( Blu-ray ) (1968)
7.6/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Claudine Longet, Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers is a disaster-prone actor from India who is at first thrown off the set by the producer of a film then invited to his posh Hollywood par... Read more
The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
7.7/10
Director: Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
Starring: Zack Gottsagen, Dakota Johnson, Shia LaBeouf, Bruce Dern
The Peanut Butter Falcon is an adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak (22), a young man with Down syndrome, runs... Read more