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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Billy T Live (1990)
Starring: Billy T James
On April 29, 1990 one of the greatest events of New Zealand entertainment took place in Auckland. This was no run of the mill stage show, it was Billy... Read more
Biloxi Blues (1988)
6.6/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Matt Mulhern
Neil Simon continues the semi-autobiographical adventures of young Eugene Jerome in this witty comedy. Here Eugene finds bootcamp life in 1942 Alabama... Read more
Bird On A Wire (1990)
5.9/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Bill Duke
This chase comedy finds Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn on the run from a group of dangerous drug dealers who'll stop at nothing to eliminate them. Read more
Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
7.7/10
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Starring: Edward Norton, Michael Keaton, Naomi Watts, Amy Ryan, Andrea Riseborough, Emma S...
Michael Keaton stars in this award-winning black comedy written, directed and produced by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Struggling actor Riggan Thomson... Read more
Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) ( Blu-ray ) (2014)
7.7/10
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Starring: Edward Norton, Michael Keaton, Naomi Watts, Amy Ryan, Andrea Riseborough, Emma S...
Michael Keaton stars in this award-winning black comedy written, directed and produced by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Struggling actor Riggan Thomson... Read more
Births, Deaths and Marriages (2019)
Director: Beatrice Joblin
Starring: Geraldine Brophy
One family. One weekend. One hell of a home video. Births, Deaths and Marriages is a slice of life kiwi comedy about life, death and everything in bet... Read more
Black Dynamite (2009)
7.4/10
Director: Scott Sanders
Starring: Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Meet Black Dynamite (Michael Jai White, who also co-wrote), the smoothest, baddest cat on the street. He's a ladies' man and the man with a plan. He's... Read more
Black Sheep (1996)
6.3/10
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Starring: Chris Farley, David Spade, Tim Matheson, Christine Ebersole, Gary Busey, Grant H...
A gubernatorial candidate hires a wormy special assistant whose only job is to make sure the candidate's well-meaning but incompetent brother doesn't... Read more
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
7.8/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Robert John Burke, Topher Grace, Ashlie Atkinson, Adam Driver, Rya...
From Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. Its the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first Afri... Read more
BlacKkKlansman (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.8/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Robert John Burke, Topher Grace, Ashlie Atkinson, Adam Driver, Rya...
From Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. Its the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first Afri... Read more