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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Blindfold (1966)
6.1/10
Director: Philip Dunne
Starring: Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Warden
A New York psychiatrist is solicited by government agents in connection with a former patient of his who also happens to be a scientist wanted by cert... Read more
Blithe Spirit (1945)
7.2/10
Director: David Lean
Starring: Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Rex Harrison, Margaret Rutherford
David Lean adapts Noel Coward once again ('This Happy Breed', 'Brief Encounter') with excellent results. Rex Harrison is an author writing a book on... Read more
Block-Heads and Related Shorts (1938)
Director: John G Blystone
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis
"Block-Heads" is one of the most popular Laurel and Hardy feature films. In World War One, Stan is left to guard a trench only to be discovered - stil... Read more
Blockers (2018)
6.3/10
Director: Kay Cannon
Starring: Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz
Julie, Kayla and Sam are three high school seniors who make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night. Lisa, Mitchell and Hunter are three overprot... Read more
Blockers (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.3/10
Director: Kay Cannon
Starring: Gary Cole, Gina Gershon, Leslie Mann, John Cena, Kathryn Newton, Ike Barinholtz,...
Julie, Kayla and Sam are three high school seniors who make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night. Lisa, Mitchell and Hunter are three overprot... Read more
Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
5/10
Starring: Kenny Everett, Pamela Stephenson, Vincent Price, Gareth Hunt, Don Warrington
Six scientists investigate a strange phenomenon at the creepy Headstone Manor, the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier that took the lives of... Read more
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
5.7/10
Director: Howard Brookner
Starring: Esai Morales, Jennifer Grey, Julie Hagerty, Madonna , Matt Dillon, Randy Quaid,...
The mobsters and molls who populated the "Roaring '20s" New York of writer Damon Runyon come alive in this comic tale of rumrunners, dancehall girls,... Read more
Blue Jasmine (2013)
7.3/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Andrew Dice Clay, Cate Blanchett, Peter Sarsgaard, Bobby Cannavale...
Woody Allen wrote and directed this comedy drama starring Cate Blanchett, Peter Saarsgard and Sally Hawkins. Single, broke and suffering from a nervou... Read more
Blue Jasmine ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
7.3/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Andrew Dice Clay, Cate Blanchett, Peter Sarsgaard, Bobby Cannavale...
Woody Allen wrote and directed this comedy drama starring Cate Blanchett, Peter Saarsgard and Sally Hawkins. Single, broke and suffering from a nervou... Read more
Blue Juice (1995)
5.3/10
Director: Carl Prechezer
Starring: Sean Pertwee, Ewan McGregor, Catherine Zeta-Jones
'One out of the box' is this charming, offbeat number dealing with a group of surfers during one hot summer in Cornwall. Sean Pertwee plays the former... Read more