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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Men in Black II (Blu-ray) (2002)
6.2/10
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Lara Flynn Boyle, Rip Torn, Johnny Knoxville, Rosar...
The black-suited, shades-wearing dynamic duo of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are back for more intergalactic fun in this hit sequel. With the Earth'... Read more
Men Shouldn't Sing (2007)
4/10
Director: Sarah A Higginson, Michael Bell
Starring: Jennine Bailey, Lynn Booth, Scott Koorey, Lucy MacVicar, Gary Miller, James Nati...
A sci-fi comedy musical? Why not! In a New Zealand film industry first, CPIT Jazz School graduate Michael Bell has created a stunning line-up of org... Read more
Mental (2012)
6.2/10
Director: P J Hogan
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Caroline Goodall, Deborah Mailman, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney,...
"Mental" reunites writer-director P.J. Hogan with his original leading lady Toni Collette for the first time since "Muriel's Wedding". The film follow... Read more
Michael McIntyre: Hello Wembley! (2009)
7.4/10
Starring: Michael McIntyre
Michael McIntyre's meteoric rise to fame took the comedy world by storm in 2008. He sold out over 100 tour dates around the UK and his first DVD relea... Read more
Mickybo and Me (2005)
7.3/10
Director: Terry Loane
Starring: John Jo McNeill, Niall Wright, Julie Walters, Adrian Dunbar
Set in the divided Belfast of 1970, this is the story of two young boys obsessed with 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'. Based on Owen McCafferty'... Read more
Micmacs (2009)
7.2/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Andre Dussollier, Dany Boon
From Jean-Pierre Jeunet ('Amelie', 'Delicatessen'), one of cinema's most inspired and inventive talents, comes 'Micmacs', a dazzling and deeply human... Read more
Micmacs ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
7.2/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Andre Dussollier, Dany Boon
From Jean-Pierre Jeunet ('Amelie', 'Delicatessen'), one of cinema's most inspired and inventive talents, comes 'Micmacs', a dazzling and deeply human... Read more
mid 90s (2018)
Director: Jonah Hill
Starring: Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges
Follows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old in 1990s-era Los Angeles who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friend... Read more
Mid-August Lunch (2008)
7/10
Director: Gianni Di Gregorio
Starring: Marina Cacciotti, Grazia Cesarini Sforza, Valeria De Franciscis, Alfonso Santaga...
A gentle slice of Italian life comedy, in which a middle aged man has to look after four elderly women for a few days. Still living with his 93-year-o... Read more
Middle Age Spread (1978)
6/10
Director: John Reid
Starring: Donna Akersten, Dorothy McKegg, Grant Tilly, Peter Sumner, Bridget Armstrong
A unique "comedy of manners", based on Roger Hall's stage play which was a smash hit in NZ and the UK. Colin (Grant Tilly) is the deputy principal of... Read more