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 Villa (2022)
5.3/10
Director: Thomas Gilou
Starring: Mylene Demongeot, Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Prevost, Antoine Dulery, Kev Adams
With an all-star ensemble cast, The Villa joins the ranks of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Calendar Girls and The Intouchables, with it’s touching a... Read more
The Visitor (2007)
7.7/10
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Jekesai Gurira, Hiam Abbass, Marian Seldes,...
A lonely widower and college professor (Richard Jenkins) finds his dull existence suddenly brought into focus when he befriends a pair of illegal immi... Read more
The Visitors ( Les Visiteurs ) (1993)
5.9/10
Director: Jean-marie Poire
Starring: Valerie Lemercier, Jean Reno, Christian Clavier
A record-breaking hit in its native France, Jean-Marie Poire's fantasy/comedy stars Jean Reno and Christian Clavier (who co-scripted with Poire) as a... Read more
The Voice of the Moon (La voce della luna) (1990)
6.3/10
Director: Federico Fellini
Starring: Roberto Benigni
The Voice of the Moon (Italian: La voce della luna) is a 1990 Italian dramatic comedy film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Roberto Benigni,... Read more
The Voices (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Marjane Satrapi
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver
Ryan Reynolds stars in this dark comedy thriller directed by Iranian graphic novelist and illustrator Marjane Satrapi ("Persepolis"). Reynolds plays J... Read more
The Wackness (2008)
7/10
Director: Jonathan Levine
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jane Ad...
Set on the streets of '90s New York, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) is in the sweet limbo between high school and college - chasing girls and trading pot fo... Read more
The Waimate Conspiracy (2006)
2.7/10
Director: Stefen Lewis
Starring: David McPhail, Mark Hadlow, Jim Moriarty, Helen Pearse-Otene, Janice Gray
Based on the director's comedic 1999 novel, 'The Waikikimukau Conspiracy', this grass-roots mockumentary focuses on a group of South Island Maori who... Read more
The War of the Buttons (2011)
Director: Yann Samuell
Starring: Alain Chabat, Mathilde Seigner, Eric Elmosnino, Fred Testot
Director Yann Samuell's adaptation of Louis Pergaud's classic 1912 novel about the rivalry between the children from two villages. Set in the South of... Read more
The War Of The Roses (1989)
6.8/10
Director: Danny Devito
Starring: Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Marianne Sagebrecht, Sean Astin
A wickedly delightful screwball comedy about how Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner take their divorce to the battlefield and the house comes off the... Read more
The War With Grandpa (2020)
5.6/10
Director: Tim Hill
Starring: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Uma Thurman, Jane Seymour, Rob Riggle, Oakes...
Upset that he has to share the room he loves with his grandfather, Peter decides to declare war in an attempt to get it back. Read more