A bawdy, pacey romp in that salacious "Carry On" style we all know so well! Mostel is a slave on the look out for freedom. The scheming slave is never far from a laugh in this fast and furious farce. Mel Brooks couldn't have done better himself. find out more...

The Marx Bros penultimate film and much better than other later stuff.Cop: "Are you holding up that building?"Harpo leans away... building collapses.Watch out for the Bros delaying the baddie's getaway by unpacking his trunks as fast as he loads them. A classic. find out more...

Early Cook and Moore hilarity with the former as the Devil offering Moore's would-be suicide seven wishes in exchange for his soul. Unfortunately with every wish there is a catch as poor Cuddly Dudley finds out. A comedy classic, with an unforgettable appearance by ravishing Raquel as "Lust"! find out more...

Adapted from the classic, absurdist, anti-war novel by Joseph Heller. "Catch-22" is the story of Yossarian, a pilot who trys to opt out of flying bombing missions by being declared insane, the catch being that anyone trying to avoid bombing missions by being insane must be sane. This dark classic catches much of the flavour of the book, the insanity, the corruption and the absurdity of war. Think MASH, but non-linear - flawed but awesome. find out more...

An all-star cast hunts a fortune reportedly stashed by Hepburn's now dead, thieving husband. Everything about "Charade" sets off what Hepburn and Grant did best, romantic thrillers with some great one liners (watch out for his to her on the boat) and is swept along by Mancini's wonderful score and chic Parisian settings.

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Returning to themes he had touched upon in his earlier films Polanski develops the idea of Pinter's "two people in a room and then a third enters" with a couple on a remote island invaded by two on-the-run gangsters. Gradually the power positions shift... underlined with great black humour. find out more...

A psychotic American commander worried about the subversive effects of water fluoridisation on his "vital bodily fluids" starts off an attack on the Soviet Union. No-one can stop the fighters and no-one, as yet, knows about the failsafe Doomsday Machine. Brilliant black comedy. find out more...

The far out adventures of the cat who became a counter-culture hero. He smokes weed, he chases women, he hangs out with the street crowd and he's a dude. Based on the cartoons of Robert Crumb this was one of the cult comedies of the late hippy era. find out more...

Tony Hancock has been voted Britain's best ever comedy performer thirty-five years after his premature death in 1968.
Episodes include; The Alpine Holiday, Air Steward Hancock, The Last Of The Many, The Lawyer: The Crown vs Sidney James, Competitions: How To Win Money And Influence People, There's An Airfield At The Bottom Of My Garden and The Christmas Special: Hancock's Forty-Three Minutes - The East Cheam Repertory Company. find out more...

Elwood's sanity is brought into question when he starts seeng a six-foot rabbit. His family however are more concerned with the effect it is having on their social standing, and make moves to have him committed. A brilliant farce and deservedly famous film. Puts the C in classic. Charming. find out more...