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 People Under the Stairs (Blu-Ray) (1991)
6.3/10
Director: Wes Craven
Starring: Bill Cobbs, Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Ving Rhames, Wendy Robie, Kelly Jo Mi...
When young Fool (Brandon Adams) breaks into the home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he discovers a disturbing scenario where incestuou... Read more
The Perfect Catch (2005)
6.7/10
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jack Kehler, Scott H Severance, Ione Skye
The American version of Nick Hornby's acclaimed novel, Fever Pitch, stars Jimmy Fallon as Ben a man obsessed, not with soccer, but with baseball. Dre... Read more
The Perfect Score (2004)
5.7/10
Director: Brian Robbins
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Erika Christensen, Chris Evans
Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfec... Read more
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020)
6.4/10
Director: Armando Iannucci
Starring: Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi
A modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles. Read more
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
8/10
Director: Luis Bunuel
Starring: Adolfo Celi, Adriana Asti, Bernard Verley, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Claude Brialy, M...
Bourgeois convention is demolished in Luis Buñuel's surrealist gem "The Phantom of Liberty". Featuring an elegant soiree with guests seated at toilet... Read more
The Pin-Up Girl (1944)
Director: H Bruce Humberstone
Starring: Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, Joe E Brown, Eugene Pallette
Betty Grable stars in this flag-waving musical comedy as Lorrie Jones, a military canteen worker during World War I, who dreams of fame entertaining t... Read more
The Pink Jungle (1968)
6/10
Director: Delbert Mann
Starring: James Garner, George Kennedy, Eva Renzi
A South American fashion photo shoot turns into a diamond mine seeking adventure for an American photographer and his model. Read more
The Pink Panther (1963)
7.2/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Peter Sellers, David Niven, Capucine, Robert Wagner
This film established director Blake Edwards' slightly subversive point of view and heightened the diversity of Peter Sellers. Sellers is Inspector Cl... Read more
The Pink Panther (2006)
5.6/10
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Beyonce Knowles, Emily Mortimer, Henry Cze...
Steve Martin steps into the gumshoes of the world's most inept detective - Inspector Clouseau - as he attempts to break the case of murdered star socc... Read more
The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
5.6/10
Director: Harald Zwart
Starring: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina, Aishwarya R...
As the world's most precious artefacts start disappearing, the bumbling Inspector Clouseau (Steve Martin) is called upon to join an international team... Read more