Sweet Liberty (1986)
Comedy
A history professor watches Hollywood remake his Revolutionary War novel in his small-town backyard—and decides to disrupt the production.
Comedy movies
Explore comic situations, funny characters and humorous storytelling.
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The Bellboy (1960)
Comedy
A mostly silent hotel bellhop stumbles through a series of absurd mishaps in a comedy that insists it has no plot.
Get Smarter: Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control (2008)
Comedy, spy film
When a prototype invisibility cloak is stolen, its distracted inventors must track it down before it falls into dangerous hands.
God Forgives... I Don't! (1967)
Action, Comedy, Spaghetti Western, Western
A presumed-dead outlaw resurfaces after a train robbery, drawing an old friend and an insurance agent into a dangerous search for the stolen gold.
The April Fools (1969)
Comedy, romance film, romantic comedy
Wall Street broker Howard Brubaker is married to Phyllis, who does not love him. Catherine is the stunning French wife of an equally uncaring husband, Howard's philandering boss, Ted Gunther. The evening of the day Ted promotes Howard, Howard attends Ted's house party where Ted urges him to pick up an available woman there and proceeds to show him how.
Our Ladies (2019)
Coming-of-age, Tragicomedy
In 1996, five best friends attend a strict Catholic school for girls in the Scottish Highlands town of Fort William. They get the opportunity to go to Edinburgh for a choir competition, but they are more interested in drinking, partying and hooking up than winning the competition. The group includes Orla, who is in recovery from leukemia and has an attitude of living life to the fullest; Finnoula, a brainy girl who is desperate to experience life beyond her small town; Chell, a wild child struggling with the loss of her father; Manda, a sharp-tongued, witty girl; and Kylah, a musical protégé with a rebellious spirit.
Action Hero (2010)
Comedy, Parody
The film begins with Brian Thompson's explanation that the movie is his answer to the question: "What's it like to work with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steven Seagal or Jean-Claude Van Damme?" By combining the distinguishable features of these movie stars, he created one fictional character, Vardell Duseldorfer or VD. VD is an aged and retired action movie star who is now a drug addict and alcoholic. VD plans to return to fame through directing and starring in a science fiction movie called Hard Times on Mars.
The Alibi (2006)
Comedy, Drama, romance film, romantic comedy
A man who runs an alibi agency, a service for adulterous husbands and wives that provides airtight alibis, runs into trouble with his latest client. In order to remedy the problem, he has to rely on an enticing woman, his assistant and partner. The plot thickens when he switches identities with one of his clients for a weekend, and the client's girlfriend dies in an accident.
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)
Comedy, Comedy drama
The film is set in a Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn barbershop where customers come to hang out, discuss various issues, and get a haircut. The manager, Zack, took over after Joe was killed by a gangster who used the shop as a front for a numbers racket. Zack wants to keep the shop legitimate but the gangster wants to continue the deal he had with Joe.
Housekeeping (1987)
Comedy, Drama
After losing their mother, two sisters are raised by an unconventional aunt whose way of life clashes with their small town’s expectations.
Grace of My Heart (1996)
Comedy, Drama, musical film
An aspiring singer finds her way into the pop songwriting world of the 1960s, where writing hits for others may be easier than finding her own voice.
Fay Grim (2006)
Action, Comedy, Comedy drama, Crime, Secret Agent, thriller film
Seven years after the events of Henry Fool, Fay Grim (Parker Posey) is contacted by a CIA agent (Jeff Goldblum) who, believing her husband Henry (Thomas Jay Ryan) to be deceased, coerces her to try to locate Henry's confession notebooks. Fay is launched into a world of espionage as she travels to Paris to retrieve some of the journals, each having mysteriously appeared in the hands of the most unlikely of people. Simon Grim, Fay's brother and Nobel Prize–winning poet, remains home with his sister's son, the CIA agent, and his publisher.
Hobgoblins (1988)
Aliens, Comedy, Comedy horror, fantasy film, Horror, monster film, Science fiction, science fiction comedy
A new security guard discovers that escaped hobgoblins can turn people’s fantasies into deadly experiences.
Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel (2008)
Comedy
Home Movies (1981)
Biography, Comedy, independent film
A film instructor known as The Maestro champions a technique called "Star Power"—which teaches students how to avoid the fate of becoming "an extra in your own life," since "the camera never lies." His pupil Dennis Byrd films everything that happens at home, and is presented as a "tragic example of someone who refused to star in his own life." Dennis has a rivalry with his more favored brother James, who runs a 70s-style EST-type summer camp called "Spartanetics", a mother prone to dramatic outbursts, and a philandering father.
I Got the Hook Up (1998)
Comedy, hood film
Working out of their van, Black (Master P) and Blue (Johnson) deal in TV sets and boomboxes, but then a driver mistakenly drops off a cell phone shipment. Business is on the upswing, but then the local crime boss, Roscoe, and his enforcer, T-Lay (Tom Lister Jr.), have a deal go sour and blame Black and Blue.
Paradise (2013)
Comedy drama
After a plane crash changes her life, a sheltered young woman heads to Las Vegas to discover a world beyond her conservative hometown.
Transylmania (2009)
Comedy horror, Parody, teen film, Vampire
A group of American college students studying in Romania find their semester at a former vampire king’s castle tangled up with a centuries-old supernatural threat.
Josh and S.A.M. (1993)
Adventure, Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, Family Comedy, fantasy film
After family tensions send two brothers on the road, Josh's elaborate story about Sam sets their journey on an unpredictable course.
Sweetie (1989)
Comedy, Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, Family Drama, Tragicomedy
A superstitious factory worker's strained relationship and troubled family life are upended when her erratic sister returns home.
Girlfriends (1978)
Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama
When her best friend moves out to marry, a Manhattan photographer must navigate loneliness, ambition, and a changing friendship.
These Old Broads (2001)
Comedy
Network television executive Gavin hopes to reunite celebrated Hollywood stars Piper Grayson, Kate Westbourne, and Addie Holden in a TV special after their 1960s film musical Boy Crazy is re-released to wide public acclaim in the 1990s. Though the three women share the same agent, Beryl Mason, Gavin's seemingly insurmountable obstacle is that they all cannot stand one another.
Digging for Fire (2015)
Comedy drama, Drama, Tragicomedy
A backyard discovery draws a married couple into a weekend of digging, distraction, and questions about their relationship.
Casper's Scare School (2006)
children's film, Comedy, Computeranimation, fantasy film, Ghost
When Casper is ordered to learn how to scare humans at Scare School, he must navigate its lessons and the schemes of a vampire bully.