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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Buster Keaton: Volume 1 (1923)
8.9/10
Director: Buster Keaton, John G Blystone
Starring: Buster Keaton
Comedy genius Buster Keaton stars in and directs two genuine silent film classics. "Our Hospitality" (1923, 75 mins) - Keaton plays a New Yorker who r... Read more
Buster Keaton: Volume 2 (Steamboat Bill Jr./Convict 13/Daydreams) (1928)
8.9/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Buster Keaton
Comedy genius Buster Keaton features in this compilation of two one reel shorts and a feature-length classic. They are; "Steamboat Bill Jnr." (1928, 6... Read more
Bustin' Loose (1981)
6.1/10
Director: Oz Scott
Starring: Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson, George Coe, Robert Christian
Starring comic genius Richard Pryor, this raucous, light-hearted comedy is the entertaining tale of shifty ex-con Joe Braxton who after finding himsel... Read more
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)
5.7/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Jeff Corey, Tom Berenger, William Katt
William Katt and Tom Berenger star in this prequel to the classic 1969 Western starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Made a decade after the origin... Read more
Butter (2011)
6.2/10
Director: Jim Field Smith
Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Garner, Olivia Wilde, Ty Burrell, Rob...
Director Jim Field Smith's gentle satire stars Jennifer Garner as Laura Pickler, the wife of the longtime winner of a local butter-carving contest. Wh... Read more
Butterflies are Free (1972)
7.2/10
Director: Milton Katselas
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Eileen Heckart, Edward Albert
A sensitive, touching comedy about a blind young man (Edward Albert) who is determined to make a life for himself despite his handicap. Good performan... Read more
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon (1952)
7.1/10
Director: David Butler
Starring: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames
Doris Day and Gordon MacRae reunite for this sequel to 'On Moonlight Bay', which sees the continuing adventures of the Winfield family after Doris' be... Read more
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
6.7/10
Director: George Sidney
Starring: Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret , Maureen Stapleton
Some of Broadway's most memorable songs come from this satire of Elvis Presley's army induction. Conrad Birdie, the teenage idol, is drafted and agree... Read more
Bye Bye Morons (2020)
6.8/10
Director: Albert Dupontel
Starring: Virginie Efira, Albert Dupontel, Nicolas Marie, Jackie Berroyer
A seriously-ill woman tries to find her long-lost child with the help of a man in the middle of a burnout and a blind archivist. Read more
C'est La Vie (Le sens de la fête) (2017)
6.9/10
Director: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Starring: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Paul Rouve, Suzanne Clement, Gilles Lellouche, Judith Ch...
When a luxury wedding celebration in a 17th-century French castle gets terribly out of control, waiters and photographers witness a monstrosity. Read more