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Something Funny
Looking for a different kind of comedy? Take in these mirthly pleasures; left-field laughs from outside the comedy canon.
Humour is subjective, so they say, and the films here might not top your typical rib-ticklers’ league tables. But for our money these are amusements supreme; comedy at its most subtle, sophisticated and surreal.
La Grande BouffeLa Grande Bouffe
Comedy1973130 minsDirector: Marco Ferreri
Marco Ferreri's provocative and controversial satire about four friends who retreat to a country mansion with the intention of eating themselves to death.
Computer ChessComputer Chess
Comedy201391 minsDirector: Andrew Bujalski
Andrew Bujalski’s hilarious and surreal comedy about the birth of computer culture, set in an early 1980s conference where primitive programmers take on chess masters.
Whisky Galore!Whisky Galore!
Comedy194983 minsDirector: Alexander Mackendrick
Ealing's thirstiest comedy: "the longest unsponsored advertisement ever to reach cinema screens"?
DogtoothDogtooth
Drama200993 minsDirector: Yorgos Lanthimos
Yorgos Lanthimos' scary, witty tale of a dysfunctional Greek family is original, ingenious and sadly relevant as a study of parent-child relationships
UnrelatedUnrelated
Drama200896 minsDirector: Joanna Hogg
On a Tuscan break a fortysomething woman finds herself drawn to the company of a group of partying teens, including a young Tom Hiddleston (in one of his earliest roles).
Amour FouAmour Fou
Period drama201492 minsDirector: Jessica Hausner
Jessica Hausner’s long-awaited follow-up to Lourdes is a devilish anti-Rom-Com in which a German poet seeks mates for a suicide pact.
The GigolosThe Gigolos
Comedy200794 minsDirector: Richard Bracewell
A highly original comedy following a pair of professional male escorts and their interactions with their lonely, over-50s 'regulars'.
DelicatessenDelicatessen
Comedy1990100 minsDirector: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jeunet and Caro's endlessly inventive and wildly enjoyable post-apocalyptic black comedy, about a sinister butcher and the circus clown who becomes his nemesis.
King of EscapeKing of Escape
Comedy200990 minsDirector: Alain Guiraudie
A film about tractors, aphrodisiacs and forbidden love from Alain Guiraudie, the Cannes award-winning director of Stranger by the Lake.
Straight to HellStraight to Hell
Comedy198786 minsDirector: Alex Cox
Alex Cox’s anarchic homage to the spaghetti western, with arguably cinema’s wildest cast: Dennis Hopper, Joe Strummer, Courtney Love, Grace Jones and Shane MacGowan.
The FallsThe Falls
Animation & Artists Moving Image1980195 minsDirector: Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway's epic first feature, constructed as an excerpt from an imagined, filmic directory listing everyone affected by VUE – the Violent Unknown Event
La Règle du jeuLa Règle du jeu
Drama1939102 minsDirector: Jean Renoir
Renoir's depiction of an intransigent society teetering towards disaster was derided upon release and only later acclaimed as one of cinema’s most vital films.
Penny Points to ParadisePenny Points to Paradise
Comedy195172 minsDirector: Tony Young
The first screen outing for Goon Show stars Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe in a cheerful comic escapade set in Brighton.
Let's Go CrazyLet's Go Crazy
Comedy195133 minsDirector: Alan J. Cullimore
Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan shine in a series of sketches and multiple roles, in this madcap mixture of music-hall and anarchic comedy.
Fun at St. Fanny'sFun at St. Fanny's
Comedy195580 minsDirector: Maurice Elvey
Ronnie Corbett features in this quick-fire vintage classroom caper, featuring enough old jokes to fill a Christmas cracker factory.
The Slappiest Days of Our LivesThe Slappiest Days of Our Lives
Comedy195373 mins
A young Peter Sellers voices this compilation film of silent slapstick footage, featuring Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Laurel and Hardy.
The Master of the HouseThe Master of the House
Drama1925107 minsSilentDirector: Carl Th. Dreyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer’s richly detailed tragicomedy of domestic manners is by turns funny, intensely emotional and deeply affecting.
The Machine that Kills Bad PeopleThe Machine that Kills Bad People
Comedy195284 minsDirector: Roberto Rossellini and Luciano Emmer
Roberto Rossellini's film about a photographer who is given the power to rid the Earth of 'evil-doers'.
The ImmigrantThe Immigrant
Comedy191724 minsSilentDirector: Charles Chaplin
One of Chaplin’s most famous early shorts finds the Little Tramp aboard a ship bound for America, mistakenly accused of being a pickpocket.
Behind the ScreenBehind the Screen
Comedy191624 minsSilentDirector: Charles Chaplin
Chaplin sends up the movie business itself, playing a scene-stealing actor, David, in constant conflict with a tyrannical studio boss called Goliath.
The CountThe Count
Comedy191624 minsSilentDirector: Charles Chaplin
In Charlie Chaplin’s classic short he plays a tailor who impersonates a nobleman at a society ball, only to discover his boss is practicing the same ruse.
Easy StreetEasy Street
Comedy191726 minsSilentDirector: Charles Chaplin
The Little Tramp decides to start anew and train as a police officer; what could possibly go wrong when he’s posted on the beat in ‘Easy Street’.
The VagabondThe Vagabond
Comedy191626 minsSilentDirector: Charles Chaplin
One of Chaplin’s most accomplished films for Mutual, in which the Tramp rescues a girl from a band of gypsies only for her to fall for a rival.
The PawnshopThe Pawnshop
Comedy191626 minsSilentDirector: Charles Chaplin
One of the most popular shorts Charlie Chaplin made for Mutual, The Pawnshop features a famous sequence in which he dissects an alarm clock, prefiguring the mechanics-inspired humour of Modern Times.
The FiremanThe Fireman
Comedy191625 minsSilentDirector: Charles Chaplin
In this classic Chaplin short, he comedy great plays a bumbling fireman who gets caught up in an insurance scam.
The FloorwalkerThe Floorwalker
Comedy191628 minsSilentDirector: Charles Chaplin
Chaplin’s first comedy for Mutual Films features the first film use of an elevator as a source for slapstick.
One A.M.One A.M.
Comedy191626 minsSilentDirector: Charles Chaplin
One of Chaplin’s most ingenious shorts, this stunning showcase for his solo comic talents sees him playing a drunken man returning home to navigate his apartment.
The AdventurerThe Adventurer
Comedy191726 minsSilentDirector: Charles Chaplin
In his final film for Mutual, Chaplin plays a convict who escapes from prison only to become an unlikely member of high society.
The CureThe Cure
Comedy191725 minsSilentDirector: Charles Chaplin
In one of his essential shorts for Mutual, Chaplin plays a drunkard who checks into a health spa – with a case full of booze.
The RinkThe Rink
Comedy191625 minsSilentDirector: Charles Chaplin
Formidable physical comedy is the order of the day in this dynamic Chaplin short, in which he plays a waiter running rings around an angry customer.