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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They're a Weird Mob (1966)
6.7/10
Director: Michael Powell
Starring: Chips Rafferty, Walter Chiari
1960s Sydney - a sprawling city of three million easy going, down to earth and hilariously funny people. Fresh off the boat is innocent Italian immigr... Read more
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
6.6/10
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
Starring: Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Calista Flockhart, Kathy Baker, Valeria...
An all-star cast shines in this comedy-drama of five vignettes, as modern women deal with a myriad of problems. Glenn Close struggles with loneliness;... Read more
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
6.9/10
Director: Simon Aboud
Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Anna Chancellor, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Jessica Brown Findl...
A reclusive young woman who dreams of becoming a children's author finds an unlikely mentor in the rich curmudgeon who lives next door. Read more
This Giant Papier-Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy (2016)
7.6/10
Director: Christian Nicolson
Starring: Christian Nicolson, Sez Niederer, Lewis Roscoe, Daniel Pujol, Joseph Wycoff
Three ordinary guys are thrust into a parallel world of an old Sci-Fi movie. Trapped in a low budget universe they must somehow fight their way home b... Read more
This Is 40 (2012)
6.2/10
Director: Judd Apatow
Starring: Albert Brooks, John Lithgow, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Megan Fox
Writer/director Judd Apatow's funny and insightful comedy updates the lives of Pete and Debbie from his earlier film "Knocked Up". Faced with turning... Read more
This Is the End (2013)
6.6/10
Director: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Starring: Emma Watson, James Franco, Jay Baruchel, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, Danny McBride...
"This Is the End" follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. James Franco, Seth R... Read more
This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
6.6/10
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Jane Fonda, Rose Byrne, Timothy Olyphant, Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Dax Shepard,...
When their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week, alon... Read more
This Means War (2012)
6.3/10
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy
C.I.A. operatives wage an epic battle on each other when they discover they are dating the same woman. Read more
This Must Be the Place (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: David Byrne, Frances McDormand, Harry Dean Stanton, Judd Hirsch, Sean Penn, Kerr...
Paolo Sorrentino ("Il Divo") helms this comedy drama about a one-time rock star who sets out on an unlikely odyssey to track down the Nazi camp guard... Read more
This Town (2020)
5.4/10
Director: David White
Starring: Robyn Malcolm, Rima Te Wiata, David White
A comedy about love, murder and finding the one. Starring David White, Alice May Connolly, Robyn Malcolm and Rima Te Wiata. Coming soon to cinemas. Read more