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 Winning Season (2009)
6.6/10
Director: James C Strouse
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Rob Corddry, Emma Roberts, Rooney Mara, Shareeka Epps
Divorced deadbeat dad Bill (Sam Rockwell) gets a shot at redemption when he is brought on to coach a girls' high school basketball team. As soon as he... Read more
The Witches (2020)
5.3/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Chris Rock
A young boy and his grandmother have a run-in with a coven of witches and their leader. Read more
The Wog Boy (1999)
5.8/10
Director: Aleksi Vellis
Starring: Lucy Bell, Vince Colosimo, Nick Giannopoulos
Nick Giannopoulos found success with stage revues like "Wogs Out of Work" and "Wog-O-Rama" by comically exploiting his ethnic immigrant background. No... Read more
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
8.2/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Jon Favreau, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Rob Reiner, Jean Dujardin,...
Director Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed portrait of '90s-era excess offers a darkly funny take on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCa... Read more
The Wolf of Wall Street ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
8.2/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie
Director Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed portrait of '90s-era excess offers a darkly funny take on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCa... Read more
The Women (2008)
4.9/10
Director: Diane English
Starring: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bette M...
A modern re-telling of George Cukor's classic 1939 film, based on Clare Booth Luce's play. A close-knit group of female friends find their neat suburb... Read more
The Women on the 6th Floor (2010)
7.1/10
Director: Philippe Le Guay
Starring: Carmen Maura, Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke, Lola Duenas
Charming French comedy, set in early '60s Paris, tracing the effects of an unusual friendship that develops between a stodgy Parisian stockbroker and... Read more
The World According to Garp (1982)
7.2/10
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Glenn Close, Mary Beth Hurt, Robin Williams, John Lithgow
Robin Williams is writer, wrestler and family man T S Garp in this George Roy Hill adaptation of the John Irving bestseller. With Glenn Close as his m... Read more
The World Is Yours (2018)
6.4/10
Starring: Karim Leklou, Isabelle Adjani, Vincent Cassel
A small-time dealer dreams of another life but can't afford it. To escape, he must accept one last job involving Spain, drugs, the Illuminati and his... Read more
The World's End (2013)
7/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Eddie Ma...
For Gary King (Simon Pegg) and Andy Knightley (Nick Frost), it was supposed to be the ultimate reunion - one night, five friends, twelve bars. A boozy... Read more