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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Bruce Almighty (2003)
6.7/10
Director: Tom Shadyac
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall, Catherine Bell
Railing against God after being passed over for a promotion, fed-up TV reporter Jim Carrey encounters the Big Guy Himself, who offers him the chance t... Read more
Bruno (2009)
4.9/10
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Banagale, Bono, Chris Martin, El...
Satirist and shapechanger Sacha Baron Cohen ('Borat') returns with another stinging socio-political offering, this time aimed squarely at the world of... Read more
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
7.1/10
Director: Don Coscarelli
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Heidi Marnhout, Bob Ivy
In this oddball low-budget horror comedy flick, Elvis (Bruce Campbell) and JFK (Ossie Davis) are living out their days in an East Texas retirement hom... Read more
Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
6.8/10
Director: Gregor Jordan
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Anna Paquin, Gabriel Mann, Leon Robinso...
Made in 2001 and held up by the post-September 11 climate, this controversial dark comedy focuses on a group of misfit American soldiers stationed in... Read more
Bugonia (2025)
7.4/10
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Alicia Silverstone
A wildly entertaining psychological thriller, the film follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap a powerful CEO they believe is an alien ou... Read more
Bugonia (Blu-ray) (2025)
7.4/10
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Alicia Silverstone
A wildly entertaining psychological thriller, the film follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap a powerful CEO they believe is an alien ou... Read more
Bugsy Malone (1976)
6.9/10
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi
A musical unlike any other! 'Bugsy Malone' is a gangster musical satire set in 1929 New York City, a city populated by hoodlums, showgirls and dreamer... Read more
Bugsy Malone ( Blu-ray ) (1976)
6.9/10
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Florrie Dugger, Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, John Cassisi
A musical unlike any other! 'Bugsy Malone' is a gangster musical satire set in 1929 New York City, a city populated by hoodlums, showgirls and dreamer... Read more
Bullet Train (2022)
7.4/10
Director: David Leitch
Starring: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Hiroyuki Sanada,...
Five assassins aboard a swiftly-moving bullet train find out that their missions have something in common. Read more
Bullet Train (4K Ultra HD) (2022)
7.4/10
Director: David Leitch
Starring: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Hiroyuki Sanada,...
Five assassins aboard a swiftly-moving bullet train find out that their missions have something in common. Read more