Hotel Splendide (2000)
black comedy film, Dark Comedy, Horror
Comedy movies
Explore comic situations, funny characters and humorous storytelling.
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Something for Everyone (1970)
black comedy film, Comedy, Crime, Crime Comedy, Dark Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film
Handsome young stranger Konrad Ludwig is fascinated by a castle near the Bavarian village of Ornstein. He dreams of owning and living in the castle, which is the property of widowed countess Herthe von Ornstein, who lives in the dower house, financially unable to maintain the castle itself. As Konrad schemes to become one of the countess's servants, he romances the beautiful and wealthy young lady Anneliese Pleschke, daughter of a nouveau riche couple.
A Fever in the Blood (1961)
Crime, Drama
Judge Leland Hoffman and district attorney Dan Callahan take a weekend hunting trip. However, Callahan is summoned back to the city when socialite Paula Thornwall is found murdered in her posh estate. Because of the high-profile nature of the case, Callahan decides to handle the prosecution himself, thus boosting his political ambitions.
Oh Lucy! (2017)
Tragicomedy
Setsuko Kawashima is a lonely, middle-aged office worker in Tokyo who is aloof from her co-workers, lives in a cluttered studio apartment and is estranged from her sister, Ayako. One day, she meets with her niece Mika, who tells Setsuko that she signed up for a year of English classes but can no longer afford to attend, as she needs to save money and keep working. Mika persuades Setsuko to buy her out and sends her to the school for a free first class.
Worth Winning (1989)
romantic comedy
Taylor Worth is a devastatingly handsome and charming weatherman for a Philadelphia television station. A confirmed bachelor, he sees a lot of women and gains the envy of his closest friends. One of them, Ned Broudy, offers Taylor a wager, that he cannot get three randomly chosen women to fall in love with him over a three-month period of time and accept a proposal of marriage.
Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
Comedy drama, Drama, Tragicomedy
It's Halloween, and New England contractor Wiley Boon, married to his high school sweetheart Sandra and the father of three children, feels smothered after fifteen years of the same routine and is facing a midlife crisis. His best friend, local high school principal Sam Manners, is on the verge of starting a relationship with Adie Nims, a recent transplant from Florida and the new teacher at the grade school. During Thanksgiving dinner, Wiley and Sandra have a minor disagreement that prompts him to leave his family and move into a mobile home to sort through his feelings of emotional unrest.
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
Drama, Tragicomedy
The opening credits run as a man carries a large axe through the streets of London. He then enters an office and destroys a desk with the axe. The man, Andrew Quint, works for Dallafield Advertising alongside Lute.
The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)
Comedy, musical film, Western
Near the end of the American Civil War, a Southern spy with a bullet-shooting guitar is given the task of robbing gold bullion from the United States Mint in San Francisco to help finance the ill-fated Confederacy's last-ditch war effort.
Night Patrol (1984)
Comedy
Melvin White is an inept policeman who is demoted to night patrol by his pathologically lying captain Lewis, who has excessive flatulence. White's partner is Kent Lane, who has been a police officer for ten years and loves nothing more than having sex with women in the back of his police car. Fellow police officer Sue Perman is attracted to White, but White does not understand her hints and thinks of her as only a buddy.
The War Between Men and Women (1972)
Comedy, Tragicomedy
Peter Wilson is a sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, author, and swinging bachelor living in Manhattan. He detests women, dogs, and children. He is flustered by women's priorities and avoids commitment, much preferring transient physical relationships.
Out On A Limb (1992)
Comedy
The story is set within the framing device of Marci describing her wacky summer vacation to her elementary school class. Marci believed she saw her stepfather, Mayor Van Der Haven murdered by his twin brother Matt Skearns, who then comically attempts to impersonate the missing mayor. She calls her older brother, successful young businessman Bill Campbel to return to their hometown of Buzzsaw and help expose the crime.
Ali's Wedding (2016)
Comedy
Ali (Osamah Sami), the charming and musically-talented son of an Iraqi Shia cleric (Don Hany), struggles to make the right life choices despite the best of intentions. He wants to be with the girl, Dianne (Helana Sawires), he loves, but he's been promised to another girl at his father's mosque. He wants to be the great doctor that the community expects him to be, but he doesn't get the marks.
Flesh Gordon meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders (1990)
Adventure, Parody, Raunchy comedy, Science fiction, science fiction comedy, Sex Film, sexploitation film
On Earth, Flesh is being filmed for an erotic science fiction film. A major mishap occurs on the set and the director fires the whole crew. Flesh is kidnapped by a trio of outer space cheerleaders as he is leaving the set.
Arnold (1973)
Comedy horror, mystery film
Lord Arnold Dwellyn and his lover Karen have just been married. However, this is no ordinary marriage because Arnold is a recent corpse. There are also interesting conditions: Arnold is not to be buried.
Strictly Sexual (2008)
Comedy, Drama, romance film, romantic comedy
"Two successful women, sick and tired of dating and relationships, decide to keep two young men in their pool house for strictly sexual purposes." In Los Angeles, the wealthy aspiring writer Donna and her best friend, an aspiring designer, Christi Ann are bored of relationships and decide to chase two escorts in a bar for a one-night stand. Meanwhile, construction workers and best friends, Stanny and Joe, come from New York but can't find jobs in Los Angeles. Without money, the guys decide to go to a fancy bar to drink and leave the place without paying the bill.
Babes on Broadway (1941)
musical film, romantic comedy
Tommy Williams (Mickey Rooney) is a talented performer with aspirations of making it on Broadway. He teams up with his friend Penny Morris (Judy Garland) to organize a charity show aimed at benefiting British children affected by World War II. Despite facing numerous obstacles, such as financial difficulties and misunderstandings, their determination and talent push them forward.
Private Parts (1972)
Comedy horror, Horror, Slasher
Cheryl Stratton gets into an argument with her roommate Judy, and decides to move out. Cheryl steals Judy's wallet and, rather than return to her native Ohio, visits the King Edward Hotel, a dilapidated hotel in downtown Los Angeles that is operated by her maternal Aunt Martha, whom she has never met. The brusque, conservative Martha allows Cheryl to temporarily stay in the King Edward, which she considers one of the "last respectable hotels in the city." Martha's central provision for Cheryl's stay is that she not wander the hotel at night.
The Captain's Paradise (1953)
Comedy
In early 1950s North Africa, a man is escorted through an angry crowd by a platoon of soldiers. They enter a fort, and it is clear he is to be executed. The commander orders the soldiers to line up.
The Farmer's Wife (1928)
Comedy, romance film, romantic comedy, silent film
thumb|thumbtime=5|The Farmer's Wife (1928) Tibby, the wife of Samuel Sweetland (Jameson Thomas) dies, and shortly afterwards his daughter marries and leaves home, leaving him on his own with his two servants. His wife had told him that he should remarry after her death, so he pursues some local spinsters who were at his daughter's wedding after he and his housekeeper Minta (Lillian Hall-Davis) make out a list of possibilities. First is Widow Louisa Windeatt, but Sweetland is shocked and angry when she rejects his advances and says she is too independent for him.
The Bargee (1964)
Comedy
Hemel Pike and his cousin Ronnie are two boatmen operating a canal-boat and its butty for British Waterways on the Grand Union Canal. Although the canals are struggling due to declining traffic, Hemel refuses to give up his traditional lifestyle. He also enjoys his reputation as a Don Juan, with girlfriends all across the canal network, something of which Ronnie is envious.
Why Me? (1990)
Comedy, comedy thriller, Crime Comedy, Heist
The Byzantine Fire, a sacred ruby on loan from Turkey to the United States for exhibition, no sooner arrives in Los Angeles than it is stolen by Eastern religious extremists and hidden inside the safe of a local jewelry store. When professional burglar and jewel thief Gus Cardinale (Christopher Lambert) breaks into the store and inadvertently steals the Byzantine Fire, he finds himself being chased around Los Angeles by the LAPD, the entire Los Angeles criminal element (whom the police have been mercilessly harassing to find the thief), two less-than-competent CIA agents, Turkish government agents and a not-too-tightly wrapped female…
Late for Dinner (1991)
Comedy, Comedy drama, Science fiction
In 1962, brothers-in-law Willie Husband and Frank Lovegren find themselves on the run after a deadly confrontation. Willie, in self-defense, kills a man, but Bob Freeman, a witness, frames them for kidnapping and murder, placing both men in a difficult situation. Willie lives with his wife, Joy, and their daughter, Jess, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Try Seventeen (2002)
Coming-of-age, Drama, romantic comedy, teen film, Tragicomedy
After 17-year-old misfit Jones Dillon drops out of college on his first day, he moves into an old apartment building where he soon becomes entangled in the lives of his kooky new neighbors, including a temperamental photographer and a self-absorbed aspiring actress. When he's not busy flirting with the ladies or learning to live on his own, would-be writer Jones divides his time between fending off queries from his alcoholic mother, penning letters to an absentee father, and indulging in an overactive fantasy life. An auto accident forces a reality check, however, nudging Jones to grow up and decide what he really wants.
The Middle Man (2021)
Comedy, Drama, Tragicomedy
The town of Karmack seeing a persistent streak of fatal accidents needs to fill the position of a Middle Man, a person taking care of casualty notification. Frank Farrelli, having been unemployed for long enough and living with his mother, gets the job and the first opportunity to attend a notification in his official capacity arrives. As weeks without accidents go by, Frank and his best friend Steve Miller go to a bar.