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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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
7/10
Director: Ken Annakin
Starring: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Robert Morley, Gert Frobe...
...or How I Flew From London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes. From the opening prologue by Red Skelton, who gives a hysterical aviatic history les... Read more
Three Amigos! (1986)
6.5/10
Director: John Landis
Starring: Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Steve Martin, Tony Plana, Alfonso Arau
In this amusing send-up of 'The Magnificent Seven', Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short play three silent screen cowboys who attempt to save a... Read more
Three Colours: White (1993)
8/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos
This story concerns a hapless Pole whose beautiful French wife (Julie Delpy) is divorcing him for no longer being able to perform in bed. Full of iron... Read more
Three Dollars (2005)
6.3/10
Director: Robert Connolly
Starring: David Wenham, Sarah Wynter, Frances O'Connor, Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik, Nico Bille...
Sophomore effort from Aussie director Robert Connolly re-teams him with David Wenham ('The Bank') who plays Eddie, a public servant and father to six-... Read more
Three Idiots (2009)
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Starring: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor
Two friends embark on a quest for their lost buddy and along the way recall a long forgotten bet, crash a wedding and come across a funeral that gets... Read more
Three Men and a Baby (1987)
5.4/10
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Starring: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson
Leonard Nimoy directs Tom Selleck, Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg as a trio of fun loving single guys who find a baby on the doorstep of their swingi... Read more
Three Men and a Cradle (1985)
6.6/10
Director: Coline Serreau
Starring: Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, Andre Dussollier
One of the funniest French films in recent years; the lives of three happy-go-lucky French bachelors are turned upside-down when a former lover of one... Read more
Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)
Director: Emile Ardolino
Starring: Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, Tom Selleck, Nancy Travis
This sequel has the title trio (Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson) confronting the posssibility of losing their ward when her mother (Nancy... Read more
Three Men in a Boat (1957)
5.7/10
Director: Ken Annakin
Starring: Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, Shirley Eaton, David Tomlinson, Jill Ireland
Escaping their dull weekday pursuits, three pals take a pleasure excursion down the Thames in a small boat. Along the way they encounter all sorts of... Read more
Three O'Clock High (1987)
7.2/10
Director: Phil Joanou
Starring: Casey Siemaszko, Annie Ryan, Richard Tyson
A nerd gets himself in hot water with the new bully, a quiet bad boy who challenges him to fight on the grounds of their high school after the day's e... Read more