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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. 24,286 films · Page 545.

Some Freaks (2016)

Drama, romantic comedy

Three oddball friends attend Benjamin Franklin High School in Rhode Island. Jill is punk and overweight at 250 pounds, Matt comes from a poor background and only has one eye, wearing a skin-colored eyepatch, and Elmo, who is short and unattractive, is gay. When Matt and Jill begin to date and explore their teen sexuality, Elmo feels even more isolated.

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Late Bloomers (2011)

Comedy, Drama, Marital Tragedy

A couple, Adam (William Hurt) and Mary (Isabella Rossellini), are both heading into their sixties, but react to this differently. A retired teacher, Mary begins to make adjustments to their home to make it more practical for their age. Adam is defensive to any changes and fiercely defends his progression as an architect.

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Brothers' Nest (2018)

Comedy

One cold morning in Victoria, brothers Terry and Jeff arrive at the family home with plans to kill their stepfather, Rodger, who married into the family after the suicide of their biological father. Their motive is to get their dying mother to change her will and testament, as well as to take revenge on Rodger for being an irresponsible parent. Rodger is expected to return home at night to sell the family's horse.

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Gravesend (1997)

Crime, Drama, hood film

After a quick narration by director Stabile, as well as a flash forward, the film's story gets underway by showing Zane, Mikey, Ray and Chicken spending a Saturday night in Ray's basement. Throughout the film, the backgrounds of the four young men are explored by Stabile via past exposition: Ray's parents died while he was young, and he had a very bitter and contentious relationship with his older brother and new guardian Mark. Zane grew up without a father, and had trouble staying in school before ultimately being kicked out of his mother's house due to his behavior.

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Earthly Possessions (1999)

Comedy drama, romance film

An adaptation of Anne Tyler's novel of the same name about a middle aged housewife who feels her life is going nowhere, Charlotte Emory, plans to withdraw all the money from her bank account and leave her husband, a minister who has been taking her for granted for years. Then a young bank robber, Jake Sims, grabs her at gunpoint, takes her hostage and they make their getaway on a bus.

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Lily in Love (1984)

romantic comedy

Fitz Wynn, a truly talented but overly satisfied stage actor, wants to star in a new movie written by his wife Lily. She does not feel her Fitz is right for the part, and explains to him why and what she is looking for in the role. Fitz proceeds to orchestrate his own transformation into Roberto Terranova, a blonde Italian who seems to be exactly what Lily wants.

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Good Luck (1996)

Comedy, Drama

Hines plays a former dental student, Bern Lemley, who had to quit school just before finals because of a car accident that left him in a wheelchair. D'Onofrio plays a former pro football player, Ole Olezniak, who was blinded in a freak accident on the field. Before their accidents, Bern had been a tutor for Ole, and, after quitting his post-accident job as a denture technician, he approaches Ole about teaming up to enter a white-water rafting race on Oregon's Rogue River.

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The Mint (2015)

Comedy drama

The Mint follows J. Fontain, a record producer, in his downward spiral after his parents die and is left to run the family's once successful record label. Things become increasingly stressful and unbearable which causes Fontaine to push everyone away, especially his close friends and girlfriend, Vicki.

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Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (2014)

Comedy, independent film, romance film

Akin is hired to work a summer job on a farm owned by Jeremiah and his daughter Sarah. As he arrives at the property, he removes his wedding ring before getting out of the car, and tells the other two he is single and has no children. He is given a room to live at the farm for the summer.

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It's a Joke, Son! (1947)

Comedy

When the Daughters of Dixie nominate Magnolia Claghorn as a candidate for state senator, the local political machine run by northerners fears that its candidate will be defeated. Through the Claghorns' daughter's boyfriend Jeff, the members of the machine concoct a plan to run Magnolia's husband Beauregard to split the antimachine vote. However, when Beauregard attracts great popularity, they must seek to stop him.

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We Were Dancing (1942)

romantic comedy

Vicki Wilomirska, an impoverished Polish princess, falls madly in love while dancing with the charming but penniless Austrian baron Nicki Prax. She ends her engagement to wealthy lawyer Hubert Tyler. Nicki and Vicki marry secretly, but are soon exposed by one of Nicki's ex-girlfriends, home decorator Linda Wayne.

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Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)

Comedy, Heist

Grand Duke Nicholas Wladimirovitch Goduno is a hard-up Russian aristocrat who owns a London boutique. At an art exhibition he slips on a banana skin and, recovering, hears the ghosts of his ancestors suggesting he steals the imperial diamonds. He assembles a team of female accomplices and posing as models they steal jewels by attaching them to carrier pigeons.

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