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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Duck Soup (1933)
8/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern
In postage-stamp sized Freedoria, Prime Minister Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) declares war on neighbouring Sylvania just for the hell of it in this sati... Read more
Duck Soup, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers (1931)
7.8/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern
'Duck Soup' In postage-stamp sized Freedoria, Prime Minister Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) declares war on neighbouring Sylvania just for the hell of it... Read more
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
5.5/10
Director: Danny Leiner
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Marla Sokoloff, Kristy Swanson, Jennifer Ga...
For stoned slacker buds Jesse (Anton Kutcher) and Chester (Sean William Scott), it was the best night of their lives... if only they could remember it... Read more
Duets (2000)
6/10
Director: Bruce Paltrow
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Huey Lewis, Maria Bello, Andre Braugher, Paul Giamatti, Scott S...
A bar in Omaha, Nebraska, is the spot where participants congregate for a karaoke contest that promises $5000 to the winner. Among the crooners this y... Read more
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
7.3/10
Director: Peter Farrelly
Starring: Teri Garr, Lauren Holly, Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels may be to the 90s what Laurel and Hardy were to the 30s in this tale of two dim-wits who unwittingly become involved in a... Read more
Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
5.6/10
Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels
The average person uses 10% of their brain capacity. Imagine what he could do with 1%. Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise their signature role... Read more
Dumb and Dumberer When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)
7.3/10
Director: Troy Miller
Starring: Eugene Levy, Derek Richardson, Eric Christian Olsen, Mimi Rogers
Set back in the 80s when Harry met Lloyd in high school where they cross paths with a mean principal and a bunch of other outcasts much like themselve... Read more
Dumb Money (2023)
6.9/10
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, America Ferrera, Sebastian Stan, Shailene...
Everyday people flip the script on Wall Street and get rich by turning GameStop into one of the world's hottest companies. In the middle of everything... Read more
Dummy (2002)
6.6/10
Starring: Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga, Jessica Walter, Ron...
An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may t... Read more
Duplex (2003)
5.9/10
Director: Danny De Vito
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller, Eileen Essell, Harvey Fierstein, Justin Theroux, Ja...
In director Danny DeVito's darkly funny tale, novelist Ben Stiller and magazine editor wife Drew Barrymore move out of their cramped Manhattan apartme... Read more