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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Crime Spree (2002)
6.6/10
Director: Brad Mirman
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, Johnny Hallyday, Renaud , Said Taghmaoui, Steph...
Aka "Wanted". Daniel Foray is the leader of a wacky group of burglars in Paris. When Daniel is instructed by his boss to go to Chicago to pull off an... Read more
Crimewave (1985)
5.8/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Louise Lasser, Paul Smith, Brion James, Reed Birney
After his successful debut with 'The Evil Dead', director Sam Raimi pays tribute to slapstick comedy with this weird crime story set in Detroit. Co-wr... Read more
Critical Condition (1986)
5.2/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Richard Pryor, Rachel Ticotin, Ruben Blades
Playing a criminal who fakes insanity to avoid prison, Richard Pryor ends up in a hospital psychiatric ward. That's when the craziness starts as he es... Read more
Crooked Business (2008)
4.9/10
Director: Chris Nyst
Starring: Kelly Atkinson, Jay Laga'aia, Firass Dirani, Teo Gebert
Small time hustler Elmo, and his best mate 'Stand-Up' Stevie are a couple of knockabouts trying to make an easy buck. They're not exactly criminals bu... Read more
Crooklyn (1994)
6.9/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly
An uplifting look at a family in a crowded but cosy Brooklyn neighbourhood in the 1970s, focusing on young Troy (Zelda Harris) who has a special relat... Read more
Cruel World (2005)
3.8/10
Starring: Edward Furlong, Daniel Franzese, Andrew Keegan, Susan Ward, Sanoe Lake, Laura Ra...
Reeling from his dismissal from a reality show, a deranged runner-up holds a group of co-eds hostage on the set of his own fictitious show, where lose... Read more
Cruella (2021)
7.4/10
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Paul Walter Hauser, Mark Strong, Kayvan Novak
Before she becomes Cruella de Vil, teenage Estella has a dream. She wishes to become a fashion designer, having been gifted with talent, innovation, a... Read more
Cruella (4K) (2021)
7.4/10
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Paul Walter Hauser, Mark Strong, Kayvan Novak
Before she becomes Cruella de Vil, teenage Estella has a dream. She wishes to become a fashion designer, having been gifted with talent, innovation, a... Read more
Cruella (Blu-ray) (2021)
7.4/10
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Paul Walter Hauser, Mark Strong, Kayvan Novak
Before she becomes Cruella de Vil, teenage Estella has a dream. She wishes to become a fashion designer, having been gifted with talent, innovation, a... Read more
Cruise of the Gods (2002)
6.7/10
Director: Declan Lowney
Starring: Steve Coogan, James Corden, David Walliams, Rob Brydon
Both warmly funny and surprisingly touching, this one-off BBC comedy united the twin comic talents of Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan ("The Trip") for the... Read more