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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Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
6.5/10
Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jurgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Brigitte...
Eddie Murphy is cool as ever in this sizzling, smash-hit sequel to Beverly Hills Cop. Axel Foley (Murphy) is back where he doesn't belong. He's going... Read more
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
5.5/10
Director: John Landis
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Hector Elizondo, Theresa Randle
Eddie Murphy is back as Axel Foley, the maverick detective who took Beverly Hills by storm. When a seemingly regular bust in Detroit uncovers a deadly... Read more
Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
7/10
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla, Lou Castel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margar...
"Beware Of A Holy Whore" is Fassbinder's most autobiographical film, examining the tangled relationships which exist between a group of artists who ar... Read more
Bewitched (2005)
4.8/10
Director: Nora Ephron
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Jason Schwartzman
In an updated version of the classic '60s series, Nicole Kidman is a real witch who ends up getting cast as the new Samantha. Will Ferrell is Jack Wya... Read more
Bewitched: Season 2, Episodes 1-18 (37-54) (1965)
4.8/10
Starring: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Richard Dreyfuss, Charlie Rugg...
Bewitched continues in fine form in its second season, still brimming with fabulous guest stars, hilarious family-friendly antics and candy-floss femi... Read more
Bewitched: Season 2, Episodes 19-38 (55-74) (1965)
4.8/10
Director: Various
Starring: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Richard Dreyfuss, Paul Lynde,...
Taking the dynamics from newlyweds to parents created a whole new paradigm for the writers to play with. Darrin was worried enough about his witchy wi... Read more
Bhaji On The Beach (1993)
6.5/10
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Kim Vithana, Jimmi Harkishin, Sarita Khajuria
An assortment of women, all ethnic Indians living in England, take a trip to the seaside resort at Blackpool, where their different stories mix and pl... Read more
Bicentennial Man (1999)
6.8/10
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Robin Williams, Oliver Platt, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz
The hilarious and heart-warming story of one robot's extraordinary 200-year journey to become an ordinary man. From the director of "Mrs Doubtfire". S... Read more
Big (1988)
7.3/10
Director: Penny Marshall
Starring: Elizabeth Perkins, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks stars in this fantasy/comedy directed by Penny Marshall about a young boy who makes a magic wish and wakes up looking like Tom Hanks. Be car... Read more
Big Daddy (1999)
6.4/10
Director: Dennis Dugan
Starring: Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart
When a carefree slob (Adam Sandler) is dumped by his girlfriend because of his immaturity he decides that is time to take drastic action to win her ba... Read more