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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Decline and Fall (2017)
6.8/10
Director: Guillem Morales
Starring: David Suchet, Eva Longoria, Jack Whitehall, Stephen Graham
The series sees Paul Pennyfeather as an inoffensive divinity student at Oxford University in the 1920s, who is wrongly dismissed for indecent exposure... Read more
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
7.4/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Amy Irving, Billy Crystal, Elisabeth Shue, Judy Davis, Woody Allen
Woody Allen goes into autobiography again with this tale of a self-involved novelist who keeps twisting his real-life friends and family into characte... Read more
Deep End (1970)
7.2/10
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring: Jane Asher, Karl Michael Vogler, Diana Dors
15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan. Read more
Deep End (Blu-ray) (1970)
7.2/10
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring: Jane Asher, Karl Michael Vogler, Diana Dors
15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan. Read more
Deerskin (Le daim) (2019)
6.7/10
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Adele Haenel, Albert Delpy
A man's obsession with his designer deerskin jacket causes him to blow his life savings and turn to crime. Read more
Def Comedy Jam Allstars Vol. 1 (2002)
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Chris Tucker
Throughout the 1990's Russell Simmons' 'Def Comedy Jam' on HBO exposed hilarious, predominantly African-American comedians to the public, creating man... Read more
Def Comedy Jam Allstars Vol. 2 (2002)
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Steve Harvey, Mo'Nique , Tommy Chunn
Throughout the 1990s Russell Simmons' 'Def Comedy Jam' on HBO exposed hilarious, predominantly African-American comedians to the public, creating many... Read more
Def Comedy Jam Allstars Vol. 3 (2002)
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Cedric The Entertainer, Joe Torry, J Anthony Brown, Sommore
Throughout the 1990's Russell Simmons' 'Def Comedy Jam' on HBO exposed hilarious, predominantly African-American comedians to the public, creating man... Read more
Defending Your Life (1991)
7.3/10
Director: Albert Brooks
Starring: Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant
This winning tale revolves around Albert Brooks who dies in a car crash and finds himself in Judgment City. There he meets thelove of his deat (Meryl... Read more
Defendor (2009)
6.8/10
Director: Peter Stebbings
Starring: Elias Koteas, Sandra Oh, Woody Harrelson, Michael Kelly, Kat Dennings
Arthur Poppington (Woody Harrelson) doesn¹t need superpowers or fancy toys to fight crime. Armed only with a childlike sense of wonder and his quirky... Read more