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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Bringing Down the House (2003)
5.6/10
Director: Adam Shankman
Starring: Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Jean Smart, Joan Plowright
Steve Martin and Queen Latifah star with Eugene Levy in the hit comedy "Bringing Down the House". Peter Sanderson (Martin), a divorced, straight-laced... Read more
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
8/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charlie Ruggles
One of the funniest movies from Hollywood, a classic. Katharine Hepburn is the madcap heiress with her pet leopard 'Baby', who falls for an absent-min... Read more
Britain's Greatest Comedy Heroes (2009)
Starring: Kenneth Williams, Leonard Rossiter, Ronnie Barker, Sid James
Enjoy some of the best moments ever written for TV and film as performed by four of Britain's best loved comedy performers: Ronnie Barker, Sid James,... Read more
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
7.5/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte, Woody Allen
Sitting at the Carnegie Deli are some of the Catskills' greatest comics swapping stories about the infamous, lovable agent, Broadway Danny Rose (playe... Read more
Broken Flowers (2005)
7.2/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Julie Delpy, Sharon Stone, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wr...
Bill Murray is at his deadpan best in this typically understated comedy/drama from unique auteur, Jim Jarmusch. Emotionally stilted Don Johnston (Mur... Read more
Broker (2022)
7.2/10
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Doona Bae, Ji-Eun Lim
When a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption. Read more
Bromo and Juliet (1926)
6.2/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy, Corliss Palmer
Star of the Hal Roach studios, Charley Chase is the main player in these two two-reelers, the first of which 'Bromo and Juliet' sees him reluctantly t... Read more
Bronco Billy (1980)
6.1/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis
This warmhearted yarn centres around Clint Eastwood as the owner of a fly-by-night Wild West show and the spoiled heiress who joins his entourage of e... Read more
Brothers of the Head (2005)
6.4/10
Director: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Starring: Bryan Dick, Sean Harris, Jonathan Pryce, Harry Treadaway, Luke Treadaway
Off-beat tale of rock and roll rebellion chronicles the rise and fall of Bang Bang, a fictional 1970s Brit-rock band comprised of the Howe brothers (H... Read more
Brothers' Nest (2018)
Director: Clayton Jacobson
Starring: Lynette Curran, Shane Jacobson, Sarah Snook, CLayton Jacobson, Kym Gyngell
One cold morning in Victoria, brothers Terry and Jeff arrive at the family home with plans to kill their stepfather, Rodger, who married into the fami... Read more