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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Elvis and Nixon (2016)
Director: Liza Johnson
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Tate Donovan, Colin Hanks, Johnny Knoxville, Michael Shannon, Alex...
In December 1970, Elvis Presley turned up unannounced at the Northwest gate to the White House with a letter he wanted delivered to the president. See... Read more
Empire Records (1995)
6.7/10
Director: Allan Moyle
Starring: Liv Tyler, Anthony LaPaglia, Rory Cochrane
A day in the life of a group of record store employees. Filled with eccentric characters and hard-driving music featuring songs by the Gin Blossoms, T... Read more
Employee of the Month (2004)
6.2/10
Director: Mitch Rouse
Starring: Christina Applegate, Matt Dillon, Steve Zahn
Sharp and witty dark comedy about a put-upon bank manager (Matt Dillon) whose life spins drastically out of control during the course of one hellish d... Read more
Empties (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Jan Sverak
Starring: Zdenek Sverak, Daniela Kolarova
Frustrated with the apathy of his unruly students, Joseph suddenly retires from his job as a school teacher. But as a man full of humour and playful e... Read more
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980)
Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Sammo Hung, Chung Fat, Chan Lung
Action legend Sammo Hung re-invented action-comedy by combining it with supernatural horror in this inventive and incredible showcase of his martial a... Read more
Enter the Phoenix (2004)
5.8/10
Director: Stephen Fung
Starring: Eason Chan, Daniel Wu, Karen Mok, Chapman To, Law Kar Ying, Stephen Fung, Yuen B...
A goofy gangster comedy about Georgie, a young gay man, sent into exile by his embarrassed, homophobic father, and triad boss, Hung (screen legend Yue... Read more
Entourage: The Movie (2014)
8.5/10
Director: Doug Ellin
Starring: Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven, Emman...
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of... Read more
Envy (2004)
4.8/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz, Amy Poehler, Christopher Walken
Tim (Ben Stiller) and Nick (Jack Black) are best friends who've shared and shared alike, until Tim turned down the chance to invest in Nick's latest c... Read more
EO (2022)
6.7/10
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring: Sandra Drzymalska, Lorenzo Zurzolo
EO, a grey donkey with melancholy eyes, encounters good and bad on his journey through life, experiences joy, and pain, and endures the Wheel of Fortu... Read more
Equinox Flower (1958)
7.8/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiko Kuga, Keiji Sada, Teiji Takahashi
A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband. Read more