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Comedy movies

Explore comic situations, funny characters and humorous storytelling.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 24,285 films · Page 540.

DeadHeads (2011)

buddy film, Comedy horror, Parody, Zombie, zombie comedy

Mike and Brent are inexplicably coherent zombies who become self-aware during a zombie attack. As Mike's memories slowly come back to him, he recalls wanting to visit his girlfriend so that he can tell her that he loves her. Brent adopts a feral zombie which he dubs "Cheese", and they set off, not knowing that they are being tracked by an evil corporation.

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The Dock Brief (1962)

Comedy drama, Crime, Satire

In a cell under the Old Bailey, two men meet. One is Wilfred Morgenhall, a single barrister who never gets any cases and is overjoyed to have won this dock brief, the defence of an accused individual with no lawyer (at public expense). The other is his client Herbert Fowle, an insignificant man who just wants to plead guilty to murdering his wife and get it all over.

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Neria (1993)

Comedy

Harare, 1990. Neria and Patrick, a married couple, both work and earn money in the city and live a modern egalitarian lifestyle. But when Patrick is killed in an accident, his family uses traditional Shona custom to deprive Neria of her property and children.The film starts showing Neria and Patrick enjoying a modern life in the city with their two children.

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Pretty Baby (1950)

romantic comedy

Patsy Douglas comes up with an ingenious way to get a seat on the crowded New York subway: she pretends to have a baby, using a doll discarded by the advertising agency where she works. One day, however, her agency's primary client, short-tempered Cyrus Baxter, happens to be seated beside her. (His chauffeur had abruptly quit after Baxter berated him for getting stuck in a traffic jam.) He is delighted when he overhears that she named her "child" Cyrus after him.

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Lost in Alaska (1952)

Adventure, Comedy

In 1890s San Francisco, firemen George Ball and Tom Watson rescue "Nugget Joe" McDermott from committing suicide by drowning. Joe wants to die because his girlfriend Rosette no longer loves him. Joe receives a telegram the next morning from Rosette claiming that she still loves him.

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Nobody's Perfekt (1981)

Comedy

Three therapy patients — Dibley (Gabe Kaplan), whose memory often fails him; Swaboda (Alex Karras), who believes that his late mother is still alive and living with him; and Walter (Robert Klein), who has three personalities — want the city to buy them a new car after theirs is totaled by a pothole. Legal means prove to be insufficient, so the three of them hatch a plan to extort the money from the mayor (Arthur Rosenberg).

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The Singles Ward (2002)

Comedy

After faithfully serving a full time mission for his church and marrying, Jonathan Jordan finds himself recently divorced and once again a member of the LDS single adult world— a world whose ultimate goal is Eternal Marriage. Disenchanted, Jordan stops going to church. He even creates a stand up routine lampooning the Mormon way of life.

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Saved by the Belle (1939)

Comedy

The Stooges are itinerant salesmen in the fictional South American country of Valeska, described as a "thriving kingdom in the tropics." Although frequent earthquakes barely disrupt the tranquility of the town, a latent revolutionary fervor simmers beneath the surface. The leader of the burgeoning rebellion, coincidentally the proprietor of the inn where the Stooges are lodged, decides to close the establishment. When the trio cannot pay their bill, they make a hasty escape but are arrested soon after for peddling without a license.

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Cane e gatto (1983)

Action, Comedy, Police Film

A playboy (Tomas Milian) who makes a living out of seducing women and stealing their jewellery accidentally ends up witnessing a Mafia murder. He must work together with the man who has been constantly trying to catch him, Lt. Alan Parker (Bud Spencer), in order to save his life.

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Rewers (2009)

Comedy, Drama

This film is set in Warsaw in the 1950s, with a few flash-forwards to present-day Warsaw. The main character is Sabina, a quiet, shy woman who has just turned thirty, and lives with her mother and ailing grandmother. Sabina lacks a man in her life, and her mother tries hard to find a husband for her.

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Space Ship Sappy (1957)

Adventure, Comedy, Science fiction, science fiction comedy

The Stooges meet up with Professor A.K. Rimple, an eccentric figure, and his daughter, who solicit the trio's assistance in a space expedition. Embarking on the mission, they arrive at the planet Sunev (a reverse spelling of Venus), where they encounter three captivating female extraterrestrials.

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Shooting the Warwicks (2015)

Comedy drama

TV producer Mickey Wagner and his crew propose an idea to TV executive Ben; they wish to create a reality show, in which the family it centers on is kept unaware that they are being filmed, thus creating a show featuring genuine reactions. Choosing a target at random, Mickey's crew member Shane picks Dennis Warwick. Mickey calls Dennis, telling him that he and his family - made up of his wife Katherine, their teenage daughter Amy, and their dog Harry - have won a free trip.

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God Said Ha! (1998)

Comedy, stand-up comedy

The film is a monologue based on Sweeney's one woman stage show of the same name where Sweeney discusses her memories of her brother Michael getting diagnosed with lymphoma and her own personal experiences when she discovered that she also had cancer.

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She'll Have to Go (1962)

Comedy, independent film

When cash-strapped brothers Francis and Douglas discover their wealthy grandmother has bequeathed the family fortune to distant cousin Toni, a French maid, they immediately start plotting. When Toni visits, both men attempt to woo her, but when their efforts fail, they decide on murder as their likeliest option to acquire the money.

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Americano (2005)

romance film

Chris McKinley (Jackson) is a recent college graduate backpacking through Europe. He is trying to enjoy and gain as much as he can from his last days there before he starts his new career back in the United States. When he reaches Pamplona along with two friends, he meets three new people.

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Hey DJ (2003)

LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy

Hey DJ chronicles the journeys of DJ Hound Dog. From Miami to Ibiza he struggles to break into the club scene. With the support and advice of some of the best DJs in the world he tries to find the night (and the love) of his life.

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Pido Dida: Sabay Tayo (1990)

romantic comedy

Pido (Rene Requiestas) and Dida (Kris Aquino) grew up together in an orphanage believing they are siblings. Soon after a family adopts both of them, they leave the house due to abuse. They later reach a shanty town and found themselves living within the area with Nanay Bachoy (Vangie Labalan).

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