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 Parole Officer (2001)
6.4/10
Director: John Duigan
Starring: Steve Coogan, Lena Headey, Stephen Dillane, Om Puri, Steven Waddington
Not long into his new job, inept probation officer Simon Garden (Steve Coogan) witnesses a serious crime and is framed for murder. The only way to pro... Read more
The Party (1968)
7.6/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Marge Champion
Peter Sellers in one of his best roles plays a clumsy Indian bit player who has just destroyed a remake of 'Gunga Din', and finds himself at a posh pa... Read more
The Party (2017)
6.6/10
Director: Sally Potter
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patricia Clarkson, Timothy Spall, Emily Mortim...
Janet hosts an intimate gathering of friends in her London home to celebrate her political ascension. After her acerbic best friend and others arrive,... Read more
The Party ( Blu-ray ) (1968)
7.6/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Claudine Longet, Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers is a disaster-prone actor from India who is at first thrown off the set by the producer of a film then invited to his posh Hollywood par... Read more
The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
7.7/10
Director: Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
Starring: Zack Gottsagen, Dakota Johnson, Shia LaBeouf, Bruce Dern
The Peanut Butter Falcon is an adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak (22), a young man with Down syndrome, runs... Read more
The People Under the Stairs (Blu-Ray) (1991)
6.3/10
Director: Wes Craven
Starring: Bill Cobbs, Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Ving Rhames, Wendy Robie, Kelly Jo Mi...
When young Fool (Brandon Adams) breaks into the home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he discovers a disturbing scenario where incestuou... Read more
The Perfect Catch (2005)
6.7/10
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jack Kehler, Scott H Severance, Ione Skye
The American version of Nick Hornby's acclaimed novel, Fever Pitch, stars Jimmy Fallon as Ben a man obsessed, not with soccer, but with baseball. Dre... Read more
The Perfect Score (2004)
5.7/10
Director: Brian Robbins
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Erika Christensen, Chris Evans
Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfec... Read more
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020)
6.4/10
Director: Armando Iannucci
Starring: Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi
A modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles. Read more
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
8/10
Director: Luis Bunuel
Starring: Adolfo Celi, Adriana Asti, Bernard Verley, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Claude Brialy, M...
Bourgeois convention is demolished in Luis Buñuel's surrealist gem "The Phantom of Liberty". Featuring an elegant soiree with guests seated at toilet... Read more