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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CB4 (1993)
6.2/10
Director: Tamra Davis
Starring: Deezer D, Chris Elliott, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Phil Hartman
A satirical mockumentary look at Gangsta Rap in the spirit of 'This is Spinal Tap', co-written by Chris Rock who also stars. 'Cell Block 4' are three... Read more
Cedar Rapids (2011)
6.3/10
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Anne Heche, John C Reilly, Sigourney Weaver, Ed Helms
To call insurance agent Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), "naïve" is a gross understatement. He's never left his small hometown. He's never stayed at a hotel. And... Read more
Cedar Rapids (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.2/10
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Anne Heche, John C Reilly, Sigourney Weaver, Ed Helms
To call insurance agent Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), "naïve" is a gross understatement. He's never left his small hometown. He's never stayed at a hotel. And... Read more
Celebrity (1998)
6.3/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Bebe Neuwirth, Charlize Theron, Famke Janssen, Hank Azaria, Joe Mantegna, Judy D...
Kenneth Branagh plays a Woody Allen-like neurotic New York magazine writer, with a messed up love-life and career, in this acerbic look at fame and in... Read more
Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: Elijah Wood, Eric Christian Olsen, Emma Roberts, Andy Samberg, Chris Messina, Ar...
Can a divorced couple remain best friends? Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) are high school sweethearts who married young and are now... Read more
Cemetery Junction (2010)
6.9/10
Director: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Starring: Emily Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes, Matthe...
Written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, 'Cemetery Junction' is a nostalgic coming-of-age comedy set in 1970s Reading, where three... Read more
Central Intelligence (Blu-ray) (2016)
6.3/10
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart
After he reconnects with an awkward pal from high school through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espiona... Read more
Chalk (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Mike Akel
Starring: Troy Schremmer, Chris Mass, Janelle Schremmer, Shannon Haragan
Life in the trenches at a typical American High School is hilariously satirised in this spot-on mockumentary that follows four beleaguered teachers th... Read more
Chances Are (1989)
6.4/10
Director: Emile Ardolino
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Ryan O'Neal, Cybill Shepherd, Mary Stuart Masterson
A romantic comedy with a twist about the reincarnation of Cybill Shepherd's murdered husband in the form of a younger man (Robert Downey Jr). With Rya... Read more
Change of Plans (2009)
5.8/10
Director: Daniele Thompson
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner, Karin Viard, Pierre Arditi, Patrick Chesnais, Christopher Th...
Two's company, three's a crowd and eight is definitely way more than enough in writer-director Daniele Thompson's ("Orchestra Seats") comic ensembler,... Read more