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 Oh in Ohio (2006)
5.6/10
Director: Billy Kent
Starring: Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Mischa Barton, Danny DeVito, Liza Minnelli, Miranda Bai...
Parker Posey plays Priscilla Chase - the woman who has everything - perfect job, perfect husband, perfect house. But something is missing in her sex-... Read more
The Old Man and the Gun (2018)
Director: David Lowery
Starring: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover, Tom Waits, Sissy Spacek, Elisabeth...
At the age of 70, Forrest Tucker makes an audacious escape from San Quentin, conducting an unprecedented string of heists that confound authorities an... Read more
The Onion Movie (2008)
6.3/10
Starring: Steven Seagal, Len Cariou, Daniel Dae Kim
Based on the wildly popular newspaper hailed by The New Yorker as the funniest publication in the United States, this topical satire takes aim at pop... Read more
The Only Son (1936)
7.8/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
A widow sends her only son away to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him, finding him a poor school teacher with a wife and son. Read more
The Opposite Of Sex (1998)
6.5/10
Director: Don Roos
Starring: Martin Donovan, Johnny Galecki, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett, Christina Ricci
A teenage terror wreaks havoc with the life of her gay half-brother, Bill. She seduces his boyfriend, gets pregnant, steals his savings and nearly cos... Read more
The Optimists (1973)
7/10
Director: Anthony Simmons
Starring: Peter Sellers
AKA: "The Optimists of Nine Elms." Peter Sellers shines in this charming family drama as a London street performer who befriends two downtrodden child... Read more
The Orville (2017)
8/10
Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes
Set 400 years in the future, the show follows the adventures of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth's interstellar Fleet.... Read more
The Other Guys (2010)
6.7/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson, Steve Coogan, Will Ferrell, Dwa...
Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate each other and the monotony... Read more
The Other Guys (Blu-ray) (2010)
6.6/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson, Steve Coogan, Will Ferrell, Dwa...
Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate each other and the monotony... Read more
The Other Side of Hope (Toivon tuolla puolen) (2017)
7.2/10
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
Starring: Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Ilkka Koivula
Khaled, a Syrian refugee stows away on a freighter to Helsinki. Meanwhile, Wikström is a traveling salesman who wins big at a poker table and buys him... Read more