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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Erik the Viking (1989)
6.2/10
Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Antony Sher, Eartha Kitt, Imogen Stubbs, John Cleese, Mickey Rooney, Terry Jones...
Written by ex-Monty Python member Terry Jones, "Erik the Viking" stars Tim Robbins as the eponymous viking who tires of the daily grind of sacking and... Read more
Ernest and Celestine (2012)
Director: Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Lauren Bacall, William H Macy, Jeffrey Wright, Paul Giamatti, M...
Normally speaking, bears live above ground and mice live below, and they don't get along at all. Brought together by chance, young Célestine, a plucky... Read more
Escape from Planet Earth (2013)
5.9/10
Director: Cal Brunker
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, William Shatner, Jessica Alba, Jane Lynch,...
Sibling rivals from the Planet BAAB, brainiac Gary Supernova (Rob Corddry) works all the gizmos at Mission Control, while his studly brother Scorch (B... Read more
Eternally Yours (1939)
5.8/10
Director: Tay Garnett
Starring: David Nixon, Loretta Young, Broderick Crawford, Zasu Pitts
Lovely Loretta Young discovers that being a magician's wife can be tricky. She's jealous of hubby David Niven's professional status, and believes that... Read more
Eurotrip (2004)
6.6/10
Director: Jeff Schaffer
Starring: Michelle Trachtenberg, Kristin Kreuk, Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Travis West...
From the makers of "Road Trip" comes a zany comedy detailing the misadventures of a group of recent high school graduates travelling across Europe in... Read more
Evan Almighty (2007)
5.4/10
Director: Tom Shadyac
Starring: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, Wanda Sykes, John Goodman, John Mic...
A sequel to 2003's 'Bruce Almighty' with Steve Carell as TV anchorman-turned-congressman-turned-21st century Noah. After a visitation from God (Morga... Read more
Every Day (2010)
5.7/10
Director: Richard Levine
Starring: Carla Gugino, Helen Hunt, Eddie Izzard, Liev Schreiber, Ezra Miller
Directed by Richard Levine this honest comedy/drama is about a family's struggle to survive life's curve-balls that ultimately bring out the best and... Read more
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
6.3/10
Director: James Fargo
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Ruth Gordon, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo
Clint Eastwood drives full throttle into this comedy about an easy going trucker whose bare-knuckled brawling sideline takes him from honkytonk to hon... Read more
Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
7/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Tyler Hoechlin, Wyatt Russell, Glen Powell, Will Brittain, Zoey Deutch, Ryan Guz...
Can there be any doubt by now that Richard Linklater is Americas most relaxed and quietly ambitious filmmaker? After all but reinventing the coming-o... Read more
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
8.2/10
Director: Daniel Scheinert
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jenny Slate
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the liv... Read more