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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Man of the Year (2006)
6.2/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: David Alpay, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Linney, Christopher Walken, Robin...
Robin Williams plays late night talk show host, Tom Dobbs, who's tired of the state of American politics, and for a lark decides to put his money wher... Read more
Man on the Moon (1999)
7.4/10
Director: Milos Forman
Starring: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti
In an acclaimed performance that borders on channelling, Jim Carrey plays kamikaze comic genius Andy Kaufman, who delighted in tricking, perplexing, a... Read more
Man's Favourite Sport? (1963)
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, Maria Perschy
A renowned fishing 'expert' (Rock Hudson), who's never had a rod and reel in hand, finds himself in deep water when an attractive PR woman he's hooked... Read more
Management (2008)
5.9/10
Director: Stephen Belber
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn, Woody Harrelson, Margo Martindale, Fred Ward, Tzi...
A sweetly off-beat romantic comedy with Steve Zahn as Mike, a maladjusted loner working in his parents' motel, and Jennifer Aniston as travelling pain... Read more
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
7.4/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston, Diane Keaton, Woody Allen
Great chemistry between Woody Allen and Diane Keaton as a married couple who suspect their seemingly harmless neighbour has murdered his wife. Read more
Mannequin (1987)
5.9/10
Director: Michael Gottlieb
Starring: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, James Spader
A young artist, searching for his vocation, makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it. Finding the mannequin in a store window, he gets a... Read more
Mansfield Park (1999)
7.1/10
Director: Patricia Rozema
Starring: Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Frances O'Connor
Jane Austen's classic novel is the basis for this controversial and acclaimed adaptation from Canada's Patricia Rozema. Frances O'Connor is Fanny Pric... Read more
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Blu-ray) (2021)
7.7/10
Director: Dean Fleischer Camp
Starring: Jenny Slate, Isabella Rossellini
A cash-strapped documentary maker decides to make his newest documentary about a mollusk shell he finds living in his Airbnb with his friends. Read more
March of the Wooden Soldiers ( aka Babes in Toyland ) (1934)
Director: Charles R Rogers, Gus Meins
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlotte Henry
This enjoyable fantasy has Stan and Ollie as toymaker's assistants in the land of Old King Cole where they eventually save the town from boogeyman. Read more
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
6.1/10
Director: Noah Baumbach
Starring: Jack Black, Ciaran Hinds, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Turturro, Fl...
An insightful dramedy starring Nicole Kidman as Margot, an acerbic short story writer who attempts to reconnect with estranged sibling Pauline (Jennif... Read more