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 Thing About My Folks (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Raymond De Felitta
Starring: Peter Falk, Paul Reiser, Olympia Dukakis, Elizabeth Perkins
Paul Reiser wrote the screenplay and stars in this 20 year pet project about a middle-aged man, Ben, who must come to terms with his parents' divorce.... Read more
The Three Ages (1923)
8.8/10
Director: Buster Keaton
Starring: Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery
Keaton's first independently produced film sends up DW Griffith's 1916 epic 'Intolerance', only instead of greed and hatred through the ages, Buster t... Read more
The Three Musketeers (1973)
7.3/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Faye Dunaway, Fran...
This delightful, tongue-in-cheek version of the Dumas classic artfullly mixes swashbuckling adventure with the romance of the times. Oliver Reed, Rich... Read more
The Three Stooges In Colour (1936)
Starring: The Three Stooges
'Disorder in the Court' (1936) - One of the stooges friends has been accused of murder and when the stooges are asked to appear as witnesses, they do... Read more
The Three Stooges: Volume 1 (1933)
7.7/10
Starring: The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges, a hilarious trio of American knock-about comics, specialising in a madcap, violent form of slapstick comedies. Content: Rip Sew' S... Read more
The Tiger's Tail (2006)
5.9/10
Director: John Boorman
Starring: Kim Cattrall, Sinead Cusack, Moira Deady, Brendan Gleeson
Set in Dublin, this wry thriller stars Brendan Gleeson (on top form) as Liam, a property developer who becomes completely unnerved when he discovers h... Read more
The Time of Their Lives (2017)
6.1/10
Director: Roger Goldby
Starring: Joan Collins, Pauline Collins, Franco Nero, Ronald Pickup, Joely Richardson
A former Hollywood star enlists the help of a new friend in order to journey from London to France for her ex-lover's funeral, with the various mishap... Read more
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
7.2/10
Director: Charles Crichton
Starring: Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne
When the residents of a remote English village are faced with losing their local rail service, they take it upon themselves to "reclaim" a vintage loc... Read more
The To Do List (2013)
5.8/10
Director: Maggie Carey
Starring: Clark Gregg, Alia Shawkat, Connie Britton, Rachel Bilson, Johnny Simmons, Andy S...
Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting cam... Read more
The Toughest Man In The World (1984)
5/10
Director: Dick Lowry
Starring: Mr. T, Dennis Dugan
Mr. T's first starring made-for-TV movie role has him playing a tough and scowling, but softhearted, nightclub bouncer who finds himself involved with... Read more