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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Bullet Train (Blu-ray) (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
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
7.5/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly, John Cusack
A funny perceptive look at the theatre world of the 1920's stars John Cusack as a young playwright dealing with a bootlegger backer, a meddling bodygu... Read more
Bullshot (1983)
6.4/10
Director: Dick Clement
Starring: Alan Shearman, Billy Connolly, Diz White, Mel Smith, Ron House, Ron Pember, Fran...
An outrageous spoof of Sapper McNeile's 1930s "Bulldog Drummond" secret agent stories complete with stolen formula, mad professor, hapless heroine and... Read more
Bulworth (1998)
6.8/10
Director: Warren Beatty
Starring: Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Oliver Platt, Paul Sorvino, Jack Warden
Disillusioned by the banality of his own political career, Senator John Jay Bulworth (Warren Beatty) hires a hitman to end his misery. During his last... Read more
Bunny and the Bull (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Paul King
Starring: Julian Barratt, Edward Hogg, Noel Fielding, Simon Farnaby
From the director of 'A Mighty Boosh', comes this road movie set entirely in an apartment. Reclusive Stephen Turnbull (Edward Hogg) hasn't been outsid... Read more
Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell (1968)
6.8/10
Director: Melvin Frank
Starring: Gina Lollobrigida, Janet Margolin, Lee Grant, Peter Lawford, Phil Silvers, Shell...
With her long-held secret about to emerge, ravishing and resourceful Carla Campbell (Gina Lollobrigida) is in a fix. It seems that during World War II... Read more
Burglar (1987)
5.1/10
Director: Hugh Wilson
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait, G W Bailey, Lesley Ann Warren, John Goodman
A retired cop blackmails ex burglar Bernice into paying him $20,000 - thus burgling. Paid to get a dentist's jewelry back from her ex's apartment, som... Read more
Burn After Reading (2008)
7/10
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt, Ric...
The Coen Brothers return to black comedy territory, spinning a yarn of espionage and intrigue populated chiefly by the functioning clueless. John Malk... Read more
Burn After Reading ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
7/10
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Brad Pitt, David Rasche, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Olek...
The Coen Brothers return to black comedy territory, spinning a yarn of espionage and intrigue populated chiefly by the functioning clueless. John Malk... Read more
Burn Burn Burn (2015)
6.8/10
Director: Chanya Button
Starring: Jack Farthing, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Laura Carmichael
Following the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip to spread his ashes. Seph and Alex take turns driving. Dan... Read more