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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Mr Bean's Holiday (2007)
6.4/10
Director: Steve Bendelack
Starring: Jean Rochefort, Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe, Steve Pemberton, Karel Roden, Emma...
Gangly goofball, Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson) wins an all-expenses-paid trip to the balmy south of France, though naturally his holiday will be anything b... Read more
Mr Bean's Holiday (Blu-ray) (2007)
6.4/10
Director: Steve Bendelack
Starring: Jean Rochefort, Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe, Steve Pemberton, Karel Roden, Emma...
Gangly goofball, Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson) wins an all-expenses-paid trip to the balmy south of France, though naturally his holiday will be anything b... Read more
Mr Deeds (2002)
5.8/10
Director: Steven Brill
Starring: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi
Charming remake of Frank Capra's "Mr Deeds Goes to Town" stars Adam Sandler as Longfellow Deeds, a loveable small-town pizzeria owner who inherits a $... Read more
Mr Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
8/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft
Gary Cooper is Longfellow Deeds who inherits 20 million dollars and wants to give it away to needy people. Director Capra won an Oscar for this irresi... Read more
Mr Fix It (2006)
5.7/10
Director: Darin Ferriola
Starring: David Boreanaz, Scoot McNairy, Paul Sorvino, Pat Healy
David Boreanaz (former vampire 'Angel') shows a flair for comedy as Lance, a man who makes a living by being a terrible boyfriend. He takes money from... Read more
Mr Hulot's Holiday ( Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot ) (1952)
Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Michelle Rolla
This wonderfully comic plotless movie about Monsieur Hulot's vacation trip to the seashore features hilarious situations and a brilliant performance b... Read more
Mr Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
5/10
Director: Michael O'Donoghue
Starring: Bill Murray, Carrie Fisher, Dan Aykroyd, Deborah Harry, Jane Curtin, Joan Hacket...
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video is the wildly demented comedy from the mind of National Lampoon's and Saturday Night Live's notoriously funny writer/performer... Read more
Mr Mom (1983)
6.5/10
Director: Stan Dragoti
Starring: Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Martin Mull, Ann Jillian, Christopher Lloyd
What happens when husband Michael Keaton loses his job and wife Teri Garr has to go to work, leaving him with the housework, the neighbours and the ki... Read more
Mr Morgan's Last Love (2013)
Director: Sandra Nettelbeck
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Jane Alexander, Michael Caine, Justin Kirk, Clemence Poesy
A.k.a. "Last Love". Michael Caine stars with Clémence Poésy in this richly nuanced, emotionally-charged story of lost souls, new-found hope and last l... Read more
Mr Nice (2011)
Director: Bernard Rose
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Crispin Glover, David Thewlis, Rhys Ifans, Omar Djalili, Elsa Pat...
Adapted from the autobiography by the real-life Howard Marks this intriguing comedy/drama details the life of Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans), an Oxford sch... Read more