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 Wheeler Dealers (1963)
6.5/10
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Lee Remick, James Garner, Phil Harris, Chill Wills, Jim Backus
A big-time Texas wheeler-dealer (who's actually Ivy league-educated, but plays dumb) runs out of money, and goes to New York City to raise $1.5 millio... Read more
The White Lotus: Season 1 (2021)
7.6/10
Starring: Jennifer Coolidge
Set in a tropical resort, it follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week. Read more
The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
6.7/10
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Starring: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Kevin Pollak, Michael Clarke Dunc...
Bruce Willis is a Chicago mob hitman and Witness Protection Program participant who moves into a suburban Montreal neighbourhood next to dentist Matth... Read more
The Wild Boys (Blu-ray) (2017)
6.8/10
Director: Bertrand Mandico
Starring: Sam Louwyck, Nathalie Richard
The tale of five adolescent boys enamored by the arts but drawn to crime and transgression. After committing a brutal crime aided by Trevor, a deity o... Read more
The Wild Party (1975)
5.5/10
Director: James Ivory
Starring: James Coco, Raquel Welch, Perry King
With the arrival of talking pictures, a silent film comedian (a Fatty Arbuckle-type) throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career. His pla... Read more
The Winning Season (2009)
6.6/10
Director: James C Strouse
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Rob Corddry, Emma Roberts, Rooney Mara, Shareeka Epps
Divorced deadbeat dad Bill (Sam Rockwell) gets a shot at redemption when he is brought on to coach a girls' high school basketball team. As soon as he... Read more
The Witches (2020)
5.3/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Chris Rock
A young boy and his grandmother have a run-in with a coven of witches and their leader. Read more
The Wog Boy (1999)
5.8/10
Director: Aleksi Vellis
Starring: Lucy Bell, Vince Colosimo, Nick Giannopoulos
Nick Giannopoulos found success with stage revues like "Wogs Out of Work" and "Wog-O-Rama" by comically exploiting his ethnic immigrant background. No... Read more
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
8.2/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Jon Favreau, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Rob Reiner, Jean Dujardin,...
Director Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed portrait of '90s-era excess offers a darkly funny take on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCa... Read more
The Wolf of Wall Street ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
8.2/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie
Director Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed portrait of '90s-era excess offers a darkly funny take on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCa... Read more