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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Mary and Max (2009)
8.1/10
Director: Adam Elliot
Starring: Barry Humphries, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Eric Bana, Renee Geyer
Mary Dinkle (voice of Toni Collette), a chubby lonely eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz (Philip Seymour Hoffman... Read more
Mary and Max ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
8.1/10
Director: Adam Elliot
Starring: Barry Humphries, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Eric Bana
Mary Dinkle (voice of Toni Collette), a chubby lonely eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz (Philip Seymour Hoffman... Read more
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Col...
Now an adult with three children, bank teller Michael Banks learns that his house will be repossessed in five days unless he can pay back a loan. His... Read more
Mary Poppins Returns (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Col...
Now an adult with three children, bank teller Michael Banks learns that his house will be repossessed in five days unless he can pay back a loan. His... Read more
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
5.5/10
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson
In this surreal musical satire, Bob Dylan plays an imprisoned rock star let out to perform at a benefit concert for the poor of a fictitious country,o... Read more
Masterminds (2016)
5.8/10
Director: Jared Hess
Starring: Owen Wilson, Kate McKinnon, Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis
Based on the story of an actual heist, we follow a hapless security guard in a dead-end job, driving an armored vehicle, transporting millions of othe... Read more
Matando Cabos (2004)
7.6/10
Director: Alejandro Lozano
Starring: Tony Dalton, Ana Claudia Talancon, Pedro Armendariz, Kristoff , Raul Mendez
This dark Mexican comedy is a satirical look at a kidnapping gone awry when a couple of incompetent crims accidentally nab the janitor instead of the... Read more
Match (2014)
6.7/10
Director: Stephen Belber
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino, Matthew Lillard
Patrick Stewart gives a captivating performance in this witty, emotionally gripping adaptation of director Stephen Belber's own Tony Award-nominated p... Read more
Matchstick Men (2003)
7.3/10
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Bruce McGill, Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman
Obsessive-compulsive con artist Nicolas Cage and partner Sam Rockwell make good livings with slick scams in the Los Angeles area. Cage believes he has... Read more
Matinee (1993)
6.8/10
Director: Joe Dante
Starring: Cathy Moriarty, John Goodman, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz
John Goodman is delightful as a movie schlockmeister (inspired by real-life producer William Castle) who's about to preview his latest 'scare-the-pant... Read more