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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Down Among the Z Men ( The Goon Show Movie ) (1952)
4.7/10
Director: Maclean Rodgers
Starring: Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Michael Bentine
The only feature film made by the fabulously funny Goons: Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe. This has The Goons in a story of crominals... Read more
Down Periscope (1996)
6/10
Director: David S Ward
Starring: Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Bruce Dern, Rip Torn
A maverick naval officer is finally given a submarine to command: a diesel-powered sub with a crew of navy misfits. Their mission: to outmanoeuvre the... Read more
Down Terrace (2009)
6.5/10
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Julia Deakin, Kali Peacock, Mark Kempner, Tony Way, Kerry Peacock, Robin Hill, R...
Father and son, Bill and Karl (real-life father and son, Robert and Robin Hill), have just been released from jail, but all is not well in Down Terrac... Read more
Downhill (2020)
4.8/10
Director: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Starring: Will Ferrell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Zach Woods
Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their... Read more
Downsizing (2017)
5.7/10
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: Matt Damon, Udo Kier, Christoph Waltz, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis
Thanks to a scientific breakthrough, consumers can mitigate their impact on the planet - and ensure their savings last a lifetime - courtesy of an irr... Read more
Downsizing (Blu-Ray) (2017)
5.7/10
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: Matt Damon, Udo Kier, Christoph Waltz, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis
Thanks to a scientific breakthrough, consumers can mitigate their impact on the planet--and ensure their savings last a lifetime--courtesy of an irrev... Read more
Dr Knock (Knock) (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Lorraine Levy
Starring: Sabine Azema, Michel Vuillermoz, Audrey Dana, Pascal Elbe, Alex Lutz, Omar Sy, A...
Knock, a retired crook-turned-qualified doctor, arrives in the small village of Saint-Maurice to implement a method' that he believes will make him ri... Read more
Dr Plonk (2007)
6.7/10
Director: Rolf de Heer
Starring: Paul Blackwell, Magda Szubanski, Nigel Lunghi
It is the great year of 1907 and Dr Plonk, eminent scientist and inventor, calculates that the world will end in exactly 101 years. He must get to the... Read more
Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Bill Irwin, Christine Baranski, Jeffrey Tambor, Jim Carrey, Clint Howard, Molly...
Aka "The Grinch". The beloved children's author Dr Seuss' tale is transformed into a frenetic big-screen fantasy thanks to director Ron Howard and st... Read more
Dr Seuss' The Lorax (2012)
Director: Kyle Balda, Chris Renaud
Starring: Danny DeVito, Betty White, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle
From the "Despicable Me" team comes this charming, computer-animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' cautionary fable about Ted (voiced by Zac Efron), a 12-y... Read more