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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The Geisha Boy (1958)
6.5/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa
One of Jerry Lewis' funniest romps has him as a third rate magician on a tour of the Orient where he falls for a Japanese widow, befriends her young s... Read more
The General (1927)
8.2/10
Director: Buster Keaton
Starring: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender
One of the greatest films from the silent period, a true classic. Buster Keaton is an engineer on 'The General', a Confederate train during the Civil... Read more
The Gentlemen (2019)
8.1/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Colin Farr...
An American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt t... Read more
The Gentlemen (Blu-ray) (2019)
8.1/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Colin Farr...
An American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt t... Read more
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
7.3/10
Starring: Don Knotts
A timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter - until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled... Read more
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
7.3/10
Director: George Marshall
Starring: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Paul Lukas, Anthony Quinn
Ghosts and gags collide, with Bob Hope as a Manhattan radio commentator who finds himself on the run from the mob and marooned on a haunted island, al... Read more
The Ghost Train (1941)
6.3/10
Starring: Arthur Askey
High jinks and chills ensue when a group of people become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches. Read more
The Gilded Cage (2013)
7.3/10
Director: Ruben Alves
Starring: Joaquim de Almeida, Roland Giraud, Jean-Pierre Martins, Rita Blanco
Maria and Jose emigrated from Portugal 30 years ago. Ever Since, they have lived in the modest ground floor lodgings of a chic apartment building in P... Read more
The Girl Most Likely To (1973)
7.7/10
Director: Lee Philips
Starring: Stockard Channing, Edward Asner, Annette O'Toole, Larry Wilcox, Chuck McCann
Stockard Channing is the ugly duckling at high school until a car wreck has the fortunate spin-off of facial reconstruction and instant beauty. Now s... Read more
The Girl Next Door (2004)
6.7/10
Director: Luke Greenfield
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant, James Remar, Chris Marquette, P...
Eighteen-year-old Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch) is a straight arrow, over-achiever who has never really lived life until he falls for his new neighbou... Read more