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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Me, Myself and Mum (2014)
6.7/10
Director: Guillaume Gallienne
Starring: Guillaume Gallienne, Diane Kruger
'Me, Myself and Mum' is a 2013 French autobiographical coming of age comedy film written, directed by and starring Guillaume Gallienne. A cheerful and... Read more
Mean Girls (2004)
7/10
Director: Mark Waters
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Rachel McAdams, Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler,...
Based on the book by Rosalind Wiseman, Lindsay Lohan is a young girl who, after being home schooled in Africa by her zoologist parents, suddenly winds... Read more
Mean Machine (2002)
6.5/10
Director: Barry Skolnick
Starring: Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, David Hemmings, David Jelly, Jason Flemyng
Transporting the basic plot of the 1974 Burt Reynolds hit "The Longest Yard" across the Atlantic, this smash British comedy stars soccer legend Vinnie... Read more
Meatballs (1979)
6.2/10
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill Murray, Kristine DeBell, Kate Lynch, Chris Makepeace, Sarah Torgov, Harvey...
Pack up and head off to Camp North Star, a small-time summer camp where crazy head counselor Bill Murray (in his first starring role) leads a ragtag b... Read more
Meet Dave (2008)
5/10
Director: Brian Robbins
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Scott Caan, Kevin Hart
With their home planet in danger and no place in the known universe to seek shelter, a desperate crew of miniature alien humanoids board their human-l... Read more
Meet the Fockers (2004)
6.3/10
Director: Jay Roach
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Te...
Following on from the disastrous occurences when male nurse Ben Stiller met fiance Teri Polo's parents, ex-CIA agent Robert De Niro and wife Blythe Da... Read more
Meet the Parents (2000)
7/10
Director: Jay Roach
Starring: Blythe Danner, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Ben Stiller, James Rebhorn, Jon Abraha...
For Chicago male nurse Ben Stiller, a trip with "fiancee to be" Teri Polo to her parents' Long Island home to attend her sister's wedding turns into a... Read more
Mega Time Squad (2018)
Director: Tim van Dammen
Starring: Anton Tennet, Jonny Brugh, Milo Cawthorne, Milo Cawthorne
A small-town crook finds an ancient Chinese time-traveling device that can help him pull off a heist and start a new life, but he may not survive the... Read more
Megamind (2010)
7.3/10
Director: Tom McGrath
Starring: Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, David Cross, Jonah Hill
At long last, the alien super-villain Megamind has vanquished his arch enemy, the heroic Metro Man. Bored out of his skull, he creates a new superhero... Read more
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
6.5/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Wallace Shawn, Will Ferrell, Am...
Can any story be comic or tragic depending on the telling? Woody Allen's innovative new film alternates between two versions of the same story - one... Read more