Goat on Fire and Smiling Fish (1999)
romantic comedy
Comedy movies
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The Civil Dead (2022)
Comedy
Clay is an unemployed photographer, living in Los Angeles with his wife, Whitney. When she leaves town for a work trip, he promises he'll get out of the house and take some photos. Clay tries a get-rich-quick scheme to pay rent, staging a fake open house in his apartment.
Calling All Curs (1939)
Comedy
The Stooges are skilled veterinarians, entrusted with the care of Garçon, an esteemed poodle belonging to socialite Mrs. Bedford. Following a successful surgical intervention to remove a thorn from Garçon's paw, the Stooges are visited by two ostensibly benign reporters from The Daily Star, who express interest in featuring the clinic in their publication.
All the World's a Stooge (1941)
Comedy
Wealthy Ajax Bullion is disgruntled when his eccentric wife announces that she has arranged to adopt a refugee – she enthusiastically explains that "it's really quite the thing socially". Meanwhile, Ajax grapples with a severe toothache, prompting his wife to insist he visit the dentist while she prepares the nursery. Simultaneously, the Stooges are at work washing windows on a tall building's scaffold.
Millie Lies Low (2021)
Tragicomedy
After missing her flight to New York due to a sudden panic attack, Millie decides to stay in Wellington and post fake updates to social media to convince others that she successfully took up an internship in New York City. Meanwhile, she spies on her friends to find out what they really think about her.
Don't Change Your Husband (1919)
Comedy
thumb|Don't Change Your Husband (1919) Based upon a description in a film magazine, Leila Porter has grown tired of her husband James Denby Porter, the glue king, as she is romantic but he is prosaic. Moreover, he is careless of his personal appearance, gets cigar ash in the carpet, and eats green onions before he tries to kiss her. She obtains a divorce and then marries James' friend Schuyler Van Sutphen, but discovers that Van Sutphen is a real beast.
Touch and Go (1955)
Comedy
Following an argument with a work superior, furniture designer Jim Fletcher quits his job in a fit of pique. He decides that England has nothing to offer him, and that the future for his family is in Australia. He eagerly sets about making emigration plans, and, despite the fact that his wife and family are less than enthusiastic about moving to the other side of the world, he disregards their reservations and presses ahead.
Oliver the Eighth (1934)
buddy film, Comedy
Laurel and Hardy, partners in a barbershop venture, encounter a classified advertisement in the newspaper placed by a wealthy widow seeking a new spouse. Initially, only Stan intends to respond to the ad, yet upon confiding his intentions to Ollie, both agree to vie for the widow's affections. This agreement, sealed with a handshake and Ollie's declaration of "May the best man win," is tainted by Ollie's deceitful act of withholding Stan's response and submitting only his own.
Arabella (1967)
Comedy
The film is a comic farce set in Italy, playing off the interaction between English and Italian stereotypes.
Easy to Look At (1945)
Comedy
Aspiring fashion designer Judy Dawson arrives in New York and befriends Gustave Levant, once a great designer himself at the House of Tyler, but now Tyler's humble night watchman. Levant asks his boss Bruce Tyler to hire Judy, who has her own ambitious ideas. Without permission, she redesigns and alters a gown intended for an important Broadway star.
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
Comedy, musical film
A small town electrician becomes a hit singer in New York after being asked to sing for a local radio program. There he gets involved with a gold digger, a thief, an opera singer and a woman he falls in love with. After suffering from bronchitis, he sings in another voice to stay on the air, but then is called a fake.
Hoofs and Goofs (1957)
Comedy
Joe finds himself unable to shake thoughts of his departed sister, Birdie. In a gesture of camaraderie, Moe and Larry play along with Joe's belief that Birdie will manifest herself downtown the next day. Upon their excursion, the trio encounters a horse purportedly embodying Birdie's reincarnation, much to the astonishment of Moe and Larry.
Myrt and Marge (1933)
Comedy
Myrt Spear's touring vaudeville revue is full of talent and bound for Broadway, but low on funds. Conniving and lecherous producer Mr. Jackson helps the show so he can romance the young star, Marge Minter.
The Steps (2015)
Comedy
Jeff (Jason Ritter), a Wall Street power broker going through a slump in business and relationship, and Marla (Emmanuelle Chriqui), a party-loving Princeton graduate, are siblings. Their father Ed (James Brolin) is a wealthy old man who has remarried and moved to Lake Country in Ontario, Canada. The siblings resentfully arrive with their Dad's lake house to meet his new wife, an ex-waitress, Sherry (Christine Lahti) and her children: redneck David (Benjamin Arthur) and his wife Tammy (Kate Corbett), failed musician Keith (Steven McCarthy) and academically inclined Sam (Vinay Virmani).
The Almost Guys (2004)
Comedy
Rick Murphy and his 73-year-old partner known only as "The Colonel" work for a repossession company. During their latest repossession of a car, they find Jim Maxwell, a famous baseball pitcher, inside the trunk of the car. As it turns out, Rick and the Colonel repossessed the car of two members of the "Mob" who were in the middle of kidnapping Jim.
Day-O (1992)
Comedy, comedy television program, Family Comedy, fantasy film
The return of an imaginary childhood friend, Dayo, helps a woman named Grace Connors through various crises, Grace struggles against her timidity to save her grandfather's restaurant. The arrival of her imaginary childhood friend spurs her on to success.
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995)
Comedy
Teenager Billy Dooley has to deal with his ultra-competitive family's annual reunion and his sudden interest in a mysterious runaway girl who happens to be at the event.
Mai shen qi (1979)
Comedy
Sit Chi-man works as a television presenter in MTV, but he is usually gets neglected by employees, including his new manager, Miss Wang. Frustrated by his eight-year contract with the company, he and his brother, Sit Chi-ying, sneak into MTV headuarters to steal his contract. However, Miss Wang's parrot alerts the assistants and Sit Chi-ying hides inside the safe box.
Where's Charley? (1952)
Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, musical film
In 19th century Oxford, Jack Chesney and Charley Wykeham are due to entertain two young ladies in their rooms, and await the arrival from South America of Charley's rich aunt, who will be chaperone. When she does not arrive, Charley has to impersonate her.
Deadly Drifter (1982)
independent film
The film is about a team, known as "Our Friends", searching for the "Old Man", who is dying. Their trip across the U.S. takes many twists and turns along the way, as is depicted through the eyes of the main character, Rex/Harrold, who ultimately questions society.
Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself (2006)
Comedy
The Legend of Gator Face (1996)
children's film, Comedy horror
Two friends, Danny (John White), and Phil (Dan Warry-Smith) live in a Mississippi town near a swamp. There is a local legend of a swamp-dwelling creature called "Gator Face". They construct a Gator Face costume by modifying a wetsuit.
Party Camp (1987)
Comedy
Camp counselor and party animal Jerry Riviera (Andrew Ross) has seen the girl of his dreams in Heather Morris (Kerry Brennan) at summer camp. Unfortunately, the strict regimen of his camp experience is not what he imagined. So, with the help of his group of young misfit campers, wiseguy Riviera sets out to buck authority and turn the experience into a non-stop party-like atmosphere.
Playing the Ponies (1937)
Comedy
The Stooges operate a struggling restaurant, the Flounder Inn, but dream of quitting the business and finding their fortune in horse racing. Two unscrupulous patrons, who own a decrepit racehorse named Thunderbolt, overhear the Stooges discussing their ambitions, and seize the opportunity to trade their horse for something of value. They casually mention to the Stooges that they own a champion racehorse but have tired of their exciting careers and would prefer the quiet life of a restaurateur.