List by Emily
"Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn."
- Irvin S. Cobb
I love films and watch a wide variety of genres, including comedy, romance, thriller, action, drama, indie, musical, documentary, fantasy, the occasional sci-fi and once or twice a horror.
When it comes to comedic movies, again I watch a variety, but I find one type of comedy to be a step above others more often than not.
The films that consistently tickle my funny bone are British comedies, which have a rather different style of humour to their often brash American counterparts – more subtle, dry and eccentric.
The following are five British films that I, and those watching them with me, thoroughly enjoyed and got a laugh (or two or twenty!) out of.