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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Bend it Like Beckham (2002)
6.7/10
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Juliet Stevenson
A sheer delight of a film about a young soccer player who overcomes personal obstacles to score a winning goal in the final seconds of a crucial match... Read more
Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens (1979)
Director: Russ Meyer
Starring: Francesca Natividad, Anne Marie, Ken Kerr, June Mack
Russ Meyer's final ode to the uber-bosom takes place in the fictional town of Rio Dio. With an hilariously deadpan 'plot' narration it follows the se... Read more
Bernie (2011)
6.8/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Black
Director Richard Linklater's darkly comic docudrama, based on a true story, details the unusual friendship between a likable Texas mortician and a wea... Read more
Best Defence (1984)
Director: Willard Huyck
Starring: Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw
A military weapons engineer struggles to do his job responsibly, while a hapless tank commander has to live with the consequences in combat years late... Read more
Best in Show (2000)
7.5/10
Director: Christopher Guest
Starring: Catherine O'Hara, Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Michael McKean,...
'Best in Show' follows five teams of pedigree-pup owners and their canine companions in competitions for the blue ribbon at the prestigious US nationa... Read more
Best Man Down (2012)
6.4/10
Director: Ted Koland
Starring: Frances O'Connor, Shelley Long, Justin Long, Tyler Labine, Jess Weixler, Addison...
When their obnoxious and over-served best man, Lumpy (Tyler Labine), unexpectedly dies at their destination wedding in Phoenix, bride and groom Kristi... Read more
Better Living (1998)
3.6/10
Director: Max Mayer
Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Roy Scheider, Scott Cohen, Edward Herrmann
Three grown daughters try to find their own personal ways to deal with their dysfunctional parents. The mother is an unorthodox woman with out-of-the-... Read more
Better Man (2024)
7.6/10
Director: Michael Gracey
Starring: Robbie Williams
The true story of the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams. Read more
Better Off Dead (1985)
7.2/10
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Starring: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby
This wacky and hilarious comedy stars John Cusack as a teenager who loses the girl of his dreams and thinks himself better off dead. Not a satire on s... Read more
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
7.3/10
Director: Martin Brest
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton
The heat is on in Beverly Hills Cop, the classic fast-paced '80s action comedy starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street smart Detroit cop trackin... Read more