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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Blades of Glory (2007)
6.3/10
Director: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Starring: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Jenna Fischer, William Fichtn...
Will Ferrell and Jon Heder ('Napoleon Dynamite') join forces for this comedy on ice as two rival skaters whose competitive antics find them both banne... Read more
Blame It on Fidel! (2006)
7.6/10
Director: Julie Gavras
Starring: Nina Kervel-Bey, Julie Depardieu, Stefano Accorsi, Benjamin Feuillet, Martine Ch...
It's 1970 in Paris, Charles de Gaulle is dead, the socialist Salvador Allende has come to power in Chile, and French women are demanding their rights.... Read more
Blame It On Rio (1983)
5.7/10
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper
Michael Caine and Joseph Bologna are best friends who journey to beautiful Rio de Janeiro for a vacation with teenage daughters Demi Moore and Michell... Read more
Blazing Saddles (1974)
7.8/10
Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston, Mel Brooks, Harvey...
Hollywood Westerns were never the same after director/co-writer Mel Brooks put them through the comedy wringer with this tasteless, hilarious spoof. C... Read more
Blazing Saddles ( Blu-ray ) (1974)
7.8/10
Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Slim Pickens, Madeline Kahn, David Huddleston, Mel...
Hollywood Westerns were never the same after director/co-writer Mel Brooks put them through the comedy wringer with this tasteless, hilarious spoof. C... Read more
Bless This House (1972)
6.2/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Terry Scott, June Whitfield, Diana Coupland
Sid Abbott (Sidney James) and his pal Trevor (Terry Scott) have a hobby - home-brewing. Their latest creation is brandy, which is secretly stashed in... Read more
Bligh (1992)
6.1/10
Director: Ted Emery, Kendal Flanagan, Amanda Smith
Starring: Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski, Michael Veitch, Peter Moon, William McInnes
The year is 1806, nobody has any money, the government is a joke and conmen are running the place. Full of adventure, romance and plenty of sheep this... Read more
Blind Fury (1989)
6.3/10
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster, Nick Cassavetes, Brandon Call
Blinded and left to die in Vietnam, Nick Parker (Rutger Hauer) has been missing in action for more than two decades. Finally home, he sets out to find... Read more
Blinded by the Light (2019)
6.9/10
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Billy Barratt, Bruce Springsteen, Viveik Kalra
Javed is a Pakistani teenager who experiences racial and economic turmoil while living in Luton, England, in 1987. He writes poetry as a way to escape... Read more
Blinded by the Light (Blu-ray) (2019)
6.9/10
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Billy Barratt, Bruce Springsteen, Viveik Kalra
Javed is a Pakistani teenager who experiences racial and economic turmoil while living in Luton, England, in 1987. He writes poetry as a way to escape... Read more