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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Beerfest (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Starring: Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Mo...
German-Americans Todd and Jan decide to pay a first-time visit to the old country after their grandad dies, and end up competing in an underground dri... Read more
Beeswax (2009)
6/10
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Starring: Katy O'Connor, Alex Karpovsky, Tilly Hatcher, Christy Moore, Janet Pierson, Magg...
From indie director Andrew Bujalski ('Funny Ha Ha', 'Mutual Appreciation'), 'Beeswax' revolves around the personal and professional entanglements of t... Read more
Beetlejuice (1988)
7.5/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe, Winona Ryder, Catherin...
Michael Keaton stars as the title character, a wacko freelance bio-exorcist who removes humans from the homes of troubled ghosts. A peculiar and energ... Read more
Beetlejuice ( Blu-ray ) (1988)
7.5/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe, Winona Ryder, Catherin...
Michael Keaton stars as the title character, a wacko freelance bio-exorcist who removes humans from the homes of troubled ghosts. A peculiar and energ... Read more
Before You Go (2001)
5.7/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Julie Walters, John Hannah, Joanne Whalley, Patricia Hodge, Victoria Hamilton, T...
Directed by veteran British filmmaker Lewis Gilbert ('Shirley Valentine', 'Educating Rita'), 'Before You Go' is based on Shelagh Stephenson's play 'Th... Read more
Begin Again (2013)
7.4/10
Director: John Carney
Starring: Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightley, James Corden, CeeLo Green, Hail...
The latest film from writer-director John Carney (Once), Begin Again is a soul-stirring comedy about what happens when lost souls meet and make beauti... Read more
Beginners (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Ewan McGregor, Mary Page Keller, Melanie Laurent, Keegan Bo...
A semi-autobiographical comedy drama from Mike Mills, "Beginners" explores the confusion and surprises of love through Ewan McGregor's Oliver, who mee... Read more
Being Julia (2004)
7/10
Director: Istvan Szabo
Starring: Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon, Bruce Greenwood, Miriam Margolyes
Hell hath no fury like the diva scorned in Istvan Szabo's wonderfully entertaining adaptation of the W. Somerset Maugham novella 'Theatre'. Sparkling... Read more
Being There (1979)
8/10
Director: Hal Ashby
Starring: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Ri...
Peter Sellers gives the performance of his career as Chance, a middle-aged gardener who's led a sheltered life and whose thoughts and behaviour are to... Read more
Belle of the Ninties (1934)
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: Mae West, Roger Pryor
Ruby Carter is an infamous cabaret entertainer plying her trade along the Mississippi. Having no trouble surviving on her own terms in a man's world,... Read more