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Comedy Movies
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Starring Bradley CooperEd HelmsZach Galifianakis
By Todd Phillips, 2009.
When three friends (Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Bradley Cooper) finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug (Justin Bartha) -- who's supposed to be tying the...
- Superbad
Starring Jonah HillMichael CeraSeth Rogen
By Greg Mottola, 2007.
Striking a balance between raunch and sweetness is a tall order for any film, but the Judd Apatow-produced Superbad manages to serve up both in equal and satisfying portions without undercutting a consistent stream of laugh-out-loud performances and gags.
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Starring Matthew BroderickAlan RuckMia Sara
By John Hughes, 1986.
Take the day off and watch John Hughes's uproarious ode to skipping school! Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) knows every trick to faking an illness (and offers a point-by point primer). With everyone convinced he's at death's door, Ferris grabs his girlfriend (Mia Sara) and best friend (Alan...
- The Simpsons Movie
Starring Dan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy Cartwright
By David Silverman, 2007.
Homer Simpson is used to alienating people, but nothing compares to the level of animosity he's inspired with his most recent foul-up: polluting the river with toxic waste from the nuclear power plant. Now, Homer's been fired and the citizens of Springfield forced to evacuate in this first-ever...
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Starring Graham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric Idle
By Terry Gilliam, 1975.
Beware the knights who say "Ni." The Python comedy clan skewers King Arthur and his knights as they quest far and wide for the Holy Grail in this inspired piece of lunacy. John Cleese stands out as the Black Knight, who suffers gory, slow dismemberment at the hands of the mighty king himself.
- Wedding Crashers
Starring Owen WilsonVince VaughnRachel McAdams
By David Dobkin, 2005.
In this raucous romantic comedy, John (Owen Wilson) and his partner in crime, Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), are emotional criminals; they know just how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi is to crash weddings so they can meet guests who want to hook up with...
- Pineapple Express
Starring Seth RogenJames FrancoDanny R. McBride
By David Gordon Green, 2008.
After witnessing a murder involving a corrupt cop (Rosie Perez) and a drug kingpin (Gary Cole), straight laced pothead Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) must go on the run with his dealer (James Franco, in a Golden Globe-nominated role) to escape the wrath of vengeance-minded criminals.
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Starring Mike MyersRobert WagnerElizabeth Hurley
By Jay Roach, 1997.
As a swingin' fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers (Mike Myers) is the '60s' most shagadelic spy, baby! But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil (also Myers) after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick...
- Old School
Starring Luke WilsonWill FerrellVince Vaughn
By Todd Phillips, 2003.
Three guys in their early thirties -- Mitch (Luke Wilson), Frank (Will Ferrell) and Beanie (Vince Vaughn) -- try to relive their old college glory days by moving into a large house near their old campus. There, they form an "unofficial fraternity" where current students can party hardy -- without...
- American Pie
Starring Jason BiggsChris KleinNatasha Lyonne
By Paul Weitz, 1999.
A surprise hit comedy, American Pie follows four high school friends -- Jim (Jason Biggs), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), and Oz (Chris Klein) -- through their sexually frustrated senior year as they strive for the most eagerly anticipated rite of adulthood: losing one's...
- Wayne's World
Starring Mike MyersDana CarveyRob Lowe
By Penelope Spheeris, 1992.
In this big-screen feature of a legendary "Saturday Night Live" parody, Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey), the original "Party on!" overgrown teenagers, produce a no-budget cable access show that wins a contract from a fast-talking ad man (Rob Lowe). And now the Bohemian Rhapsody car...
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Starring Jim CarreyCourteney CoxSean Young
By Tom Shadyac, 1994.
Barely competent pet private eye Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) is put on the case when kidnappers abduct Snowflake, the Miami Dolphins' mascot. As Ventura tries to unravel the mammal-napping and save the day, the perpetrators have something else in mind: Some of the team's star players, including...
- Happy Gilmore
Starring Adam SandlerChristopher McDonaldJulie Bowen
By Dennis Dugan, 1996.
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) -- whose unconventional approach and antics on the grass courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald) -- is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money.
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Starring Vince VaughnBen StillerChristine Taylor
By Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2004.
When White Goodman (Ben Stiller), the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the stuggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur (Vince Vaughn), there's only one solution -- dodgeball! Pete and his rag-tag team of underdogs (including Stephen Root and Alan...
- Dumb and Dumber
Starring Jim CarreyJeff DanielsLauren Holly
By Peter Farrelly, 1994.
Full of scatological humor, this comic romp stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels as the dim-bulb title characters who get more than they bargained for when they try to return a briefcase left at the airport by socialite Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly). Unaware that the case is crammed with cash intended...
- Spaceballs
Starring Bill PullmanJohn CandyMel Brooks
By Mel Brooks, 1987.
Comic genius Mel Brooks strikes back in this spoof of the Star Wars trilogy. When the nefarious Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his clueless sidekick (John Candy) fly to...
- Zoolander
Starring Ben StillerOwen WilsonChristine Taylor
By Ben Stiller, 2001.
The fashion world is turned upside down when beautiful and utterly empty-headed male model Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller, who also wrote and directed this comedy) discovers that fashion mogul Jacobim Mogatu (Will Ferrell) is behind a plot to assassinate the prime minister of Malaysia.
- Napoleon Dynamite
Starring Jon GriesJon HederTina Majorino
By Jared Hess, 2004.
This indie favorite follows Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder), a quirky, ninja-loving teenager growing up in the far reaches of Idaho. Napoleon's life gets complicated when his shady Uncle Rico (John Gries) shows up, a shy girl (Tina Majorino) starts showing him some attention and his best friend Pedro...
- Airplane!
Starring Robert HaysJulie HagertyLloyd Bridges
By Jim Abrahams, 1980.
In this joke-a-second parody of disaster movies, traumatized former combat pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays) is forced to land a passenger plane when food poisoning strikes the crew. In some clever casting, leading dramatic actors Peter Graves, Robert Stack and Leslie Nielsen never betray that...
- Caddyshack
Starring Chevy ChaseRodney DangerfieldTed Knight
By Harold Ramis, 1980.
All hell breaks loose when a wisecracking, parvenu land developer (Rodney Dangerfield) wants to convert a swanky country club into a condominium community. Chevy Chase costars as a suitably droll, well-heeled slacker who uses Zen philosophy in his golf game, while psychotic greenskeeper Bill Murray...
- Young Frankenstein
Starring Gene WilderPeter BoyleMarty Feldman
By Mel Brooks, 1974.
A laugh riot from beginning to end, this classic parody from director Mel Brooks stars Gene Wilder as Frederick Frankenstein, who detests his family history but ultimately can't resist the temptation to follow in his infamous grandfather's footsteps. Adding to the fun is a brilliant supporting cast...
- The Royal Tenenbaums
Starring Gene HackmanAnjelica HustonBen Stiller
By Wes Anderson, 2001.
Wes Anderson's New York fairy tale about a dysfunctional family features martini-dry comedy and a superb ensemble cast. The early promise of Tenenbaum child prodigies Chas (Ben Stiller), Margo (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Richie (Luke Wilson) was short-circuited by the flaws of patriarch Royal (Gene...
- Hot Tub Time Machine
Starring John CusackCraig RobinsonClark Duke
By Steve Pink, 2010.
Fueled by Red Bull, vodka and nostalgia for their younger, wilder days, a group of aging best friends travels back in time to 1987, where they get the chance to relive the best year of their lives. And their time machine? Well, it's a hot tub. John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Lizzy Caplan, Crispin Glover...
- Super Troopers
Starring Jay ChandrasekharErik StolhanskeSteve Lemme
By Jay Chandrasekhar, 2002.
Bored, occasionally high and always highly ineffective Vermont state troopers Mac (Steve Lemme), Thorny (Jay Chandrasekhar, who also directed), Foster (Paul Stoter) and Rabbit (Erik Stohlanske) must prove their worth to Governor Jessman (Lynda Carter) -- or lose their jobs.
- Blazing Saddles
Starring Cleavon LittleGene WilderSlim Pickens
By Mel Brooks, 1974.
Vulgar, crude, and occasionally scandalous in its racial humor, this hilarious bad-taste spoof of Westerns, co-written by Richard Pryor, features Cleavon Little as the first black sheriff of a stunned town scheduled for demolition by an encroaching railroad. Blazing Saddles basically broke a lot...
- Clerks
Starring Brian O'HalloranJeff AndersonMarilyn Ghigliotti
By Kevin Smith, 1994.
Made on a shoestring budget by director Kevin Smith, this classic indie comedy won awards at both the Sundance and Cannes film festivals. Convenience and video store clerks Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson) are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed … and bored out of their...
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Starring Sean PennJennifer Jason LeighJudge Reinhold
By Amy Heckerling, 1982.
In his early twenties, before he became a director, journalist Cameron Crowe went undercover as a high school student and came back with the full scoop on sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll in the early 1980s. The result was Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which captures some truly memorable and hilarious...
- Half Baked
Starring Dave ChappelleGuillermo DíazJim Breuer
By Tamra Davis, 1998.
Three ganja-smoking dimwits hatch a plot to raise bail money for their jailed friend by selling dope on the street. But they'd better spring their incarcerated buddy fast -- before he ends up as the "boy toy" of a criminal named Nasty Nate! Cameo appearances galore (Steven Wright, Snoop Dogg, Jon...
- This Is Spinal Tap
Starring Michael McKeanChristopher GuestHarry Shearer
By Rob Reiner, 1984.
This satire about a fictional heavy metal group named Spinal Tap spoofs nearly every facet of rock 'n' roll -- from vacuous modern songwriting to half-baked album promos to pyrotechnic concerts. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer portray the washed-up, aging British rockers whose...
- Idiocracy
Starring Luke WilsonMaya RudolphDax Shepard
By Mike Judge, 2006.
To test its top secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find -- an Army private (Luke Wilson) and a prostitute (Maya Rudolph) -- and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so...
- Better Off Dead
Starring John CusackCurtis ArmstrongAmanda Wyss
By Savage Steve Holland, 1985.
After his girlfriend (Amanda Wyss) ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane (John Cusack) decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts only bring him more agony and embarrassment. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares, a family you can't help but identify with...
- Kingpin
Starring Bill MurrayVanessa AngelWoody Harrelson
By Peter Farrelly, 1996.
The Farrelly brothers dumb down and goof up pro bowling -- and gross us out in the process. After bowler Roy Munsen (Woody Harrelson) swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid...
- City Lights
Starring Charles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence Lee
By Charles Chaplin, 1931.
City Lights was Charlie Chaplin's last silent film and is widely considered one of his best. Chaplin, once again playing the character known as the Little Tramp, makes the acquaintance of a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill), who, because she can't see him, believes the shabby tramp is a...
