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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Dean Spanley (2008)
7.2/10
Director: Toa Fraser
Starring: Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Peter O'Toole, Art Malik, Judy Parfitt,...
A whimsical and hypnotic tale, set in Edwardian England, and starring Peter O'Toole as the cantankerous father of an exasperated Jeremy Northam. Their... Read more
Dear Wendy (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Starring: Jamie Bell, Bill Pullman, Michael Angarano, Danso Gordon, Novella Nelson, Chris...
Scripted by Lars von Trier and directed by Dogme co-founder Thomas Vinterberg, this is a wry, sharply observed perspective on American gun culture thr... Read more
Dear White People (2014)
6.1/10
Director: Justin Simien
Starring: Dennis Haysbert, Kyle Gallner, Tessa Thompson, Malcolm Barrett, Tyler James Will...
This film is a social satire that follows the stories of four black students at an Ivy League college where controversy breaks out over a popular but... Read more
Death at a Funeral (2010)
5.7/10
Director: Neil LaBute
Starring: Chris Rock, Danny Glover, Keith David, Loretta Devine, Luke Wilson, Martin Lawre...
Funny remake of the 2007 Frank Oz comedy follows the offbeat members of an African-American family as they gather for the funeral of their patriarch.... Read more
Death at a Funeral (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Frank Oz
Starring: Peter Dinklage, Keeley Hawes, Matthew Macfadyen, Ewen Bremner, Daisy Donovan, Al...
A black comedy with a dysfunctional British family gathering to mourn the passing of their patriarch. However, far from a dignified funeral, the mourn... Read more
Death at a Funeral ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Frank Oz
Starring: Ewen Bremner, Peter Dinklage, Matthew Macfadyen, Kris Marshall, Alan Tudyk
A black comedy with a dysfunctional British family gathering to mourn the passing of their patriarch. However, far from a dignified funeral, the mourn... Read more
Death Becomes Her (1992)
6.5/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini
Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis star in this jet black comedy about the illusion of staying young and the price one must pay to do so. Stre... Read more
Death to Smoochy (2002)
6.4/10
Director: Danny Devito
Starring: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito, Jon Stewart
A biting satire of the children's entertainment industry about a disgraced Bozo the Clown-like TV personality who targets his replacement - a purple,... Read more
Deathgasm (2015)
6.3/10
Director: Jason Lei Howden
Starring: Milo Cawthorne, James Blake, Kimberley Crossman
Brodie is the new kid in town. With a crack-addicted mum and an obsession with all things metal, he doesn't fit in to his white-bread neighbourhood or... Read more
Deathgasm (Blu-ray) (2015)
6.3/10
Director: Jason Lei Howden
Starring: Milo Cawthorne, James Blake, Kimberley Crossman
Brodie is the new kid in town. With a crack-addicted mum and an obsession with all things metal, he doesn't fit in to his white-bread neighbourhood or... Read more