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Kung Fu Hustle(2004)

1h 39min | Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
3.7/5 (with 1,179 votes)

It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

Animal House(1978)

1h 49min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 654 votes)

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!(1988)

1h 26min | Comedy, Crime
3.6/5 (with 1,544 votes)

When the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Life of Brian(1979)

13
| 1h 34min | Comedy
3.9/5 (with 1,878 votes)

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

Blazing Saddles(1974)

1h 33min | Western, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 811 votes)

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail(1975)

15
| 1h 31min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 2,548 votes)

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

Sleeper(1973)

3.5/5 (with 330 votes)

Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask(1972)

1h 28min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 396 votes)

A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and a journalist adventure through lab experiments and game shows, all seeking answers to common questions that many would never ask.

Ichi the Killer(2001)

2h 9min | Action, Crime, Horror
3.5/5 (with 401 votes)

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.

Directed by Takashi Miike - With Tadanobu Asano, Shinya Tsukamoto, Susumu Terajima, Nao Ōmori, Paulyn Sun, Hiroshi Kobayashi, ...

Top Secret!(1984)

1h 30min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 492 votes)

Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie(1972)

1h 41min | Comedy
3.8/5 (with 326 votes)

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.

Airplane II: The Sequel(1982)

PG
| 1h 25min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 455 votes)

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past, Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.

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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life(1983)

16
| 1h 47min | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 813 votes)

Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.

Bananas(1971)

13
| 1h 22min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 306 votes)

When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.

Dark Star(1974)

3.0/5 (with 223 votes)

A low-budget, sci-fi satire that focuses on a group of scientists whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot, that resembles a beach ball, as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.

Directed by John Carpenter - With Dan O'Bannon, Nick Castle, John Carpenter, Brian Narelle

Love and Death(1975)

1h 25min | Comedy, History, War
3.8/5 (with 374 votes)

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence(2014)

Κ-12
| 1h 40min | Drama, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 192 votes)

An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.

Directed by Roy Andersson - With Holger Andersson, Nils Westblom, Charlotta Larsson, Viktor Gyllenberg, Lotti Törnros, Jonas Gerholm, ...

Underground(1995)

2h 50min | Comedy, Drama, War
3.9/5 (with 276 votes)

A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.

Going Places(1974)

1h 57min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 185 votes)

Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dear, whether it’s cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She’s on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.

1941(1979)

12
| 1h 58min | Action, Comedy, War
2.9/5 (with 265 votes)

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

Black Cat, White Cat(1998)

3.9/5 (with 310 votes)

Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17-year-old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her.

Twins Mission(2007)

1h 39min | Action
2.6/5 (with 14 votes)

When a precious Tibetan bead is stolen by rogue members of the mysterious Gemini Clan, the protectors of the bead enlist the help of some righteous former Gemini Clan members to retrieve the bead and bring the evil disciples to justice.

Directed by To-Hoi Kong - With Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung, Sammo Hung

Time of the Gypsies(1988)

2h 22min | Drama, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 153 votes)

In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

Gozu(2003)

3.4/5 (with 83 votes)

Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.

The Phantom of Liberty(1974)

1h 44min | Comedy, Drama
3.8/5 (with 117 votes)

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl(1982)

16
| 1h 17min | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 60 votes)

Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.

Songs from the Second Floor(2000)

1h 38min | Drama, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 120 votes)

A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love, our confusion, greatness and smallness and, most of all, our vulnerability. It is a story with many characters, among them a father and his mistress, his youngest son and his girlfriend. It is a film about big lies, abandonment and the eternal longing for companionship and confirmation.

Directed by Roy Andersson - With Lars Nordh, Klas Gösta Olsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson

Irma Vep(1996)

1h 39min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 76 votes)

Hong Kong action diva Maggie Cheung (playing herself) comes to France when a past-his-prime director casts her in a remake of the silent classic Les Vampires. Clad in a rubber catsuit and unable to speak a word of French, Cheung finds herself adrift in the insanity of the film industry….

And Now for Something Completely Different(1971)

13
| 1h 28min | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 212 votes)

A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.

Amazon Women on the Moon(1987)

3.0/5 (with 65 votes)

Acclaimed director John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers) presents this madcap send-up of late night TV, low-budget sci-fi films and canned-laughter-filled sitcoms packed with off-the-wall sketches that will have you in stitches. Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment. A truly outrageous look at the best of the worst that television has to offer.

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