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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Undercover Brother (2002)
5.8/10
Director: Malcolm D Lee
Starring: Aunjanue Ellis, Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards, Billy Dee Williams
Riotous spoof of blaxploitation films boasts Eddie Griffin as the title hero, an Afroed, kung fu-fighting fellow stuck in the 1970s, recruited by a se... Read more
Une Parisienne (1958)
Director: Michel Boisrond
Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Charles Boyer, Henri Vidal
Brigitte Bardot is the daughter of the French Premier, and married to Henri Vidal, his chief aide. When Vidal shows signs of infidelity, Bardot fights... Read more
Universal Language (2024)
6.9/10
An absurdist triptych of seemingly unconnected stories finds a mysterious point of intersection in this tale set somewhere between Winnipeg and Tehran... Read more
Unmade Beds (2009)
6.6/10
Director: Alexis Dos Santos
Starring: Fernando Tielve, Deborah Francois, Iddo Goldberg
Alexis Dos Santos' vivid and seductive feature is a lyrical tale of two solitary expats crossing paths in the cosmopolitan art-rock milieu of a sprawl... Read more
Unplugging (2022)
4.1/10
Starring: Keith David, Lea Thompson, Eva Longoria, Matt Walsh
To revive their marriage and reconnect, a couple takes a self-prescribed digital detox weekend to a remote mountain town. What starts as a perfect wee... Read more
Unstrung Heroes (1995)
6.7/10
Director: Diane Keaton
Starring: Andie MacDowell, John Turturro, Michael Richards
Inspired by writer Franz Lidz's autobiographical book, this poignant comedy-drama focuses on a 12-year-old son of a wacky inventor and sickly mother w... Read more
Untold Scandal (2003)
7.1/10
Director: Je-yong Lee
Starring: Mi-suk Lee, Do-yeon Jeon, Yong-jun Bae, Hyeon-jae Jo, So-yeon Lee
An excellent Korean adaptation of the French novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, set amidst the aristocracy of the 18th century Chosun Dynasty. Lady Cho... Read more
Up (2009)
8.3/10
Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Delroy Lindo, John Ratzenberger, Edward Asner, Bob Peterson...
Another animated masterpiece from the whizzkids at Pixar, telling the story of 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his... Read more
Up ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
8.3/10
Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Delroy Lindo, John Ratzenberger, Edward Asner, Bob Peterson...
Another animated masterpiece from the whizzkids at Pixar, telling the story of 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his... Read more
Up in the Air (2009)
7.4/10
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: George Clooney, Melanie Lynskey, Vera Farmiga, Danny McBride, J K Simmons, Jason...
George Clooney is a downsizing consultant who has spent his entire life in airport hotels, collecting air miles and browsing the departure lounge reta... Read more