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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Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
7.1/10
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, William Young, Christopher Guest, Kelly Reilly, Thelma...
Following the death of her husband, Mrs Henderson (Judi Dench) is encouraged to take up a quiet hobby, however she has quite a different idea. She bu... Read more
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)
7.6/10
Director: Dan Ireland
Starring: Rupert Friend, Robert Lang, Anna Massey, Joan Plowright, Zoe Tapper, Marcia Warr...
Mrs Palfrey (Joan Plowright) has been uneasy since her husband passed away, and decides to move from her home in Scotland to London, to be nearer her... Read more
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
7.1/10
Director: Anthony Fabian
Starring: Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Jason Isaacs
In partnership with the House of Dior, "Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris" tells the story of a widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London who falls madly in love... Read more
Mud And Sand (1922)
5.8/10
Director: Gilbert Pratt
Starring: Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel brilliantly lampoons Rudolf Valentino as Rhubarb Vaselino who lives in a small village, where he and his friend, Sapo, enter a bullfightin... Read more
Mullet (2001)
6/10
Director: David Caesar
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Susie Porter, Andrew S Gilbert, Belinda McClory
'Mullet' is about a sweet fish that no-one wants to eat. It's about wild card Eddie Maloney, whose nickname is Mullet. And it's about life in a sleepy... Read more
Multiplicity (1996)
6/10
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring: Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin, Richard Masur
Michael Keaton can't meet the workload, so he clones himself for a round of comedy metaphysics in this sweet natured romp co-starring Andie McDowell. Read more
Mumford (1999)
6.9/10
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Ted Danson, Martin Short, Robert Stack, Mary McDonnell,...
Writer/director Lawrence Kasdan's ("The Big Chill") charming comedy is set in the bucolic small town of Mumford, where new psychologist Loren Dean's o... Read more
Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
6.4/10
Director: James Bobin
Starring: Fozzie Bear, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the Great, Ricky Gervais, Tina F...
Two Frogs! One Pig! Intrigue! Music! Mayhem! Muppets! There's plenty of fun for the whole family as Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Animal and the entire... Read more
Murder Party (2007)
6.1/10
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Starring: Chris Sharp, Sandy Barnett, Macon Blair, Paul Goldblatt, Beryl Guceri
Social misfit Christopher figures he'll be home alone on Halloween when he finds an invitation to a 'murder party'. He slaps together a cardboard cost... Read more
Murder Party (2022)
5/10
Starring: Alice Pol, Eddy Mitchell, Miou-Miou
Follows Jeanne, a brilliant architect that suddenly has to investigate the murder of the landlord and patriarch of the mansion she was assigned to ren... Read more