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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Dan in Real Life (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Peter Hedges
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Steve Carell, Dane Cook, John Mahoney, Dianne Wiest, Emily Blu...
Steve Carell shines in this romantic comedy as a widowed advice columnist struggling to raise three young girls on his own. While travelling to Rhode... Read more
Danger 5 (2011)
8.4/10
Director: David Ashby, Dario Russo
Starring: David Ashby, Sean James Murphy, Natasa Ristic
Set in a bizarre 1960's inspired version of World War II, this action comedy series follows a team of five spies on a mission to kill Hitler. The acti... Read more
Danny Collins (2015)
7/10
Director: Dan Fogelman
Starring: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale, Christopher Plummer
Al Pacino plays an aging 1970s rock star who is still packing arenas and living a decadent life with a girlfriend way too young for him. On his 64th b... Read more
Dark Horse (2011)
6/10
Director: Todd Solondz
Starring: Christopher Walken, Mia Farrow, Selma Blair, Justin Bartha, Donna Murphy, Jordan...
Writer/director Todd Solondz ("Welcome to the Dollhouse", "Happiness") offers up another black comedy with the story of Abe (Jordan Gelber), a corpule... Read more
Dark Shadows (2012)
6.2/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Jonny Lee Miller, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jackie E...
Director Tim Burton and star Johnny Depp pay tribute to the popular gothic soap opera (1966-1971) with this unique blend of horror and comedy. After s... Read more
Dark Star (1974)
6.4/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Brian Narelle, Dan O'Bannon, Dre Pahich, Cal Kuniholm
A cult classic that began as a $6,000 project by a group of Californian students, 'Dark Star' is an earth spaceship on a mission to find and destroy a... Read more
Date Night (2010)
6.3/10
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Taraji P Henson, Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Common
Phil Foster (Steve Carell) worries that he and his wife Claire (Tina Fey) have fallen into a rut, so he attempts to break their domestic routine with... Read more
Date with an Angel (1987)
5.7/10
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Starring: Emmanuelle Beart, Phoebe Cates
An aspiring composer discovers a broken-winged, beautiful angel in his swimming pool. When everyone finds out, he must deal with his jealous fiancé, h... Read more
Dave (1993)
6.8/10
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Frank Langella, Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Ving Rhames, Kevin...
A warm Capra-esque fantasy in which an idealistic actor is hired to impersonate the US President. When the chief executive has a heart attack, our her... Read more
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
7.2/10
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: etc ..., Dave Chappelle, Mos Def
Innovative comic Dave Chappelle treats a Brooklyn neighbourhood to a free block party with guests like Kanye West, Mos Def and, re-united after seven... Read more