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These are a select group of influential comedy films, either that were notable for the cast (several famous comedians) or for the influence. In some cases, all films of a director known for comedy are included.Foreign films should be included only if they had a large influence on American...
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| x Sleeper |
Sleeper were a British Britpop band in the 1990s fronted by Louise Wener. The band had eight UK Top 40 hit singles and three UK Top 10 albums. Their music was also featured in the soundtrack of Trainspotting.
Jon Stewart met Louise Wener at...
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| x Take the Money and Run |
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Sep 1969 | Woody Allen | Woody Allen |
Take the Money and Run is a 1969 comedy film co-written by, directed by, and starring Woody Allen. It is a mockumentary, chronicling the life of Virgil Starkwell, a bungling petty thief. His entry into a life of crime at a young age, his crime spree...
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| x Zelig |
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1983 | Woody Allen | Mia Farrow |
Zelig is a 1983 American mockumentary written and directed by Woody Allen.
Set in the 1920s and 1930s, the film focuses on Leonard Zelig, a nondescript man who has the ability to transform his appearance to that of the people who surround him. He is...
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| Caitlin O'Heaney | |||||
| x Tootsie |
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1982 | Sydney Pollack | Dustin Hoffman |
Tootsie is a 1982 comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to extreme lengths to land a job. The movie stars Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange, with a supporting cast that...
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| x MASH |
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1970 | Robert Altman | Donald Sutherland |
MASH is a 1970 American Academy Award-winning satirical dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner, Jr. based on the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker. It is the only feature film in the M*A*S...
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| Elliott Gould | |||||
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| x It Happened One Night |
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1934 | Frank Capra | Clark Gable |
It Happened One Night is an 1934 American comedy with elements of screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her father's thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter ...
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| Claudette Colbert | |||||
| Walter Connolly | |||||
| x Bringing up Baby |
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1938 | Howard Hawks | Barry Fitzgerald |
Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. The movie tells the story of a scientist winding up in various predicaments involving a woman with a unique sense of logic and a...
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| Charles Ruggles | |||||
| Cary Grant | |||||
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| x The Philadelphia Story |
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1940 | George Cukor | James Stewart |
The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor, starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart. Based on a Broadway play of the same name by Philip Barry, with screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart and an...
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| Katharine Hepburn | |||||
| Cary Grant | |||||
| Mary Nash | |||||
| Ruth Hussey | |||||
| x Singin' in the Rain |
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1952 | Stanley Donen | Gene Kelly |
Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 comedy musical film starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen, with Kelly also providing the choreography. It offers a comic depiction of Hollywood, and its...
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| Jean Hagen | |||||
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| x The Odd Couple |
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May 2, 1968 | Gene Saks | Jack Lemmon |
The Odd Couple is a 1968 comedy film written by Neil Simon, based on his play of the same name, directed by Gene Saks, and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. It is the story of two divorced men – Felix Ungar, the neurotic neatfreak, and Oscar...
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| Herb Edelman | |||||
| John Fiedler | |||||
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| x The General |
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1927 | Clyde Bruckman | Buster Keaton |
The General is a 1927 silent comedy released by United Artists based upon the Great Locomotive Chase from 1862. Buster Keaton starred in the film and co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman. It was adapted by Al Boasberg, Bruckman, Keaton, Charles Henry...
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| Buster Keaton | Marion Mack | ||||
| Boris Karloff | |||||
| x His Girl Friday |
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1940 | Howard Hawks | Ralph Bellamy |
His Girl Friday is a 1940 screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, an adaptation by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur of the play The Front Page by Hecht and MacArthur. The change in this version is that the role of Hildy...
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| Cary Grant | |||||
| Rosalind Russell | |||||
| Clarence Kolb | |||||
| Gene Lockhart | |||||
| x The Apartment |
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1960 | Billy Wilder | Jack Lemmon |
The Apartment is a 1960 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. It was Wilder's follow up to the enormously popular Some Like It Hot and was an equal...
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| Shirley MacLaine | |||||
| Fred MacMurray | |||||
| Jack Kruschen | |||||
| Ray Walston | |||||
| x A Fish Called Wanda |
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1988 | Charles Crichton | John Cleese |
A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 comedy film written by John Cleese and Charles Crichton and directed by Charles Crichton and John Cleese (uncredited), and starring Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. The film is a comedy about a...
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| Michael Palin | |||||
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| x Adam's Rib |
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1949 | George Cukor | Spencer Tracy |
Adam's Rib is a 1949 film written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin and directed by George Cukor. It stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn and features Judy Holliday in her first substantial film role. The music was composed by Miklós Rózsa,...
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| Katharine Hepburn | |||||
| Clarence Kolb | |||||
| x When Harry Met Sally... |
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1989 | Rob Reiner | Billy Crystal |
When Harry Met Sally... is a 1989 romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner. It stars Billy Crystal as Harry and Meg Ryan as Sally. The story follows the title characters from the time they meet just before sharing a...
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| Carrie Fisher | |||||
| Bruno Kirby | |||||
| x Born Yesterday |
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Dec 26, 1950 | George Cukor | Judy Holliday |
Born Yesterday is a 1950 film based on the play of the same name by Garson Kanin and directed by George Cukor. The screenplay was written by Albert Mannheimer with uncredited contributions from Kanin.
A corrupt tycoon brings his showgirl mistress...
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| Broderick Crawford | |||||
| William Holden | |||||
| x The Gold Rush |
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1925 | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin |
The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. The film also stars Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite. Chaplin declared several times...
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| Mack Swain | |||||
| Georgia Hale | |||||
| Henry Bergman | |||||
| x Being There |
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1979 | Hal Ashby | Shirley MacLaine |
Being There is a 1979 dark comedy film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosiński. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A. Dysart and Richard Basehart. Douglas won the...
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| Melvyn Douglas | |||||
| Jack Warden | |||||
| Richard Dysart | |||||
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| x There's Something About Mary |
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1998 | Bobby Farrelly | Ben Stiller |
There's Something About Mary is a 1998 romantic comedy film, directed by the Farrelly brothers, Bobby and Peter. Starring Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon and Ben Stiller, it is a combination of romantic comedy and gross-out film.
This sleeper hit was the...
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| Peter Farrelly | Cameron Diaz | ||||
| Farrelly brothers | Matt Dillon | ||||
| Lee Evans | |||||
| Khandi Alexander | |||||
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| x This Is Spinal Tap |
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1984 | Rob Reiner | Rob Reiner |
This Is Spın̈al Tap (as officially spelled with a non-functional umlaut over the letter n — n-diaeresis — and a dotless letter i) is a 1984 mock musical documentary directed by Rob Reiner and starring members of the fictional heavy-metal/hard rock...
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| Christopher Guest | |||||
| Michael McKean | |||||
| Harry Shearer | |||||
| Fran Drescher | |||||
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| x Arsenic and Old Lace |
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Sep 23, 1944 | Frank Capra | Cary Grant |
Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 film directed by Frank Capra based on a play of the same name by Joseph Kesselring. The script was adapted by Julius J. Epstein. Capra actually filmed the movie in 1941, but it was not released until 1944, after the...
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| Josephine Hull | |||||
| Jean Adair | |||||
| Raymond Massey | |||||
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| x Raising Arizona |
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1987 | Joel Coen | Nicolas Cage |
Raising Arizona is a 1987 Coen Brothers comedy film starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, William Forsythe, John Goodman, Frances McDormand and Randall "Tex" Cobb. Not a blockbuster at the time of its release, it has since achieved the status of a...
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| Ethan Coen | Holly Hunter | ||||
| William Forsythe | |||||
| John Goodman | |||||
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| x The Thin Man |
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1934 | Woody Van Dyke | William Powell |
The Thin Man (1934) was the first of six comic detective films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a flirtatious married couple who banter wittily as they solve crimes with ease. Nick is a hard drinking retired detective...
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| Myrna Loy | |||||
| Skippy | |||||
| Maureen O'Sullivan | |||||
| x Sullivan's Travels |
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1941 | Preston Sturges | Joel McCrea |
Sullivan's Travels is a 1941 American comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges. It is a satire about a movie director, played by Joel McCrea, who longs to make a socially relevant drama, but eventually learns that comedies are his more...
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| Veronica Lake | |||||
| Robert Warwick | |||||
| Franklin Pangborn | |||||
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| x American Graffiti |
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1973 | George Lucas | Harrison Ford |
American Graffiti is a 1973 coming of age comedy-drama film co-written/directed by George Lucas, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips and Harrison Ford. Set in...
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| Richard Dreyfuss | |||||
| Ron Howard | |||||
| Paul Le Mat | |||||
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| x My Man Godfrey |
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1936 | Gregory La Cava | William Powell |
My Man Godfrey is a screwball comedy film released in 1936 by Universal Pictures, directed by Gregory LaCava. It was adapted from Eric Hatch's novel 1101 Park Avenue by Hatch himself and Morrie Ryskind, with uncredited contributions by LaCava. The...
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| Carole Lombard | |||||
| x Harold and Maude |
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1971 | Hal Ashby | Ruth Gordon |
Harold and Maude is a 1971 film directed by Hal Ashby. The film, featuring slapstick, dark humor, and existentialist drama, revolves around the exploits of a morbid young man, Harold (played by Bud Cort), who drifts away from the life that his...
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| Vivian Pickles | |||||
| Eric Christmas | |||||
| Cyril Cusack | |||||
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| x Manhattan |
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1979 | Woody Allen | Woody Allen |
Manhattan is a 1979 romantic comedy film about Isaac Davis (Woody Allen), a twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer dating a 17-year-old high school girl (Mariel Hemingway). Isaac eventually falls in love with his best friend's mistress (Diane...
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| Diane Keaton | |||||
| Mariel Hemingway | |||||
| Meryl Streep | |||||
| Michael Murphy | |||||
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| x Shampoo |
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Feb 11, 1975 | Hal Ashby | Warren Beatty |
Shampoo is a 1975 satire that is directed by Hal Ashby and stars Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Carrie Fisher and Tony Bill. The film is set in 1968, the night before Richard Nixon was first elected to the White...
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| Julie Christie | |||||
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| Lee Grant | |||||
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| x A Shot in the Dark |
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Jun 23, 1964 | Blake Edwards | Elke Sommer |
A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and is the second installment in the Pink Panther series. Peter Sellers is featured again as Inspector Jacques Clouseau of the French Sûreté. Clouseau's bumbling personality is...
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| Herbert Lom | |||||
| Peter Sellers | |||||
| George Sanders | |||||
| x To Be or Not to Be |
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1942 | Ernst Lubitsch | Carole Lombard |
To Be or Not to Be is a 1942 comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, about a troupe of actors in Nazi-occupied Warsaw who use their abilities at disguise and acting to fool the occupying troops. It was adapted by Lubitsch (uncredited) and Edwin...
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| Jack Benny | |||||
| Sig Ruman | |||||
| Robert Stack | |||||
| Felix Bressart | |||||
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| x Cat Ballou |
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Jun 24, 1965 | Elliot Silverstein | Jane Fonda |
Cat Ballou is a 1965 comedy-western film which tells the story of a woman who hires a famous gunman to protect her father's ranch, and later to avenge his murder, but finds that the man she hires is not what she expected. The movie stars Jane Fonda,...
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| Lee Marvin | |||||
| Michael Callan | |||||
| Dwayne Hickman | |||||
| Nat King Cole | |||||
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| x Ninotchka |
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1939 | Ernst Lubitsch | Greta Garbo |
Ninotchka is a 1939 American film made for Metro Goldwyn Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch which stars Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. Ninotchka is Greta Garbo's first full comedy, and her penultimate film. It is one of the first...
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| x The Miracle of Morgan's Creek |
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Jan 5, 1944 | Preston Sturges | Eddie Bracken |
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) is a satirical screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton, and featuring Diana Lynn, William Demarest and Porter Hall. Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff...
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| Betty Hutton | |||||
| Diana Lynn | |||||
| William Demarest | |||||
| x The Lady Eve |
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1941 | Preston Sturges | Barbara Stanwyck |
The Lady Eve is a 1941 screwball comedy film about a mismatched couple who meet on a luxury liner, written by Preston Sturges based on a story by Monckton Hoffe, and directed by Sturges, his third directorial effort, after The Great McGinty and...
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| Henry Fonda | |||||
| Charles Coburn | |||||
| Eugene Pallette | |||||
| William Demarest | |||||
| x Diner |
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1982 | Barry Levinson | Kathryn Dowling |
Diner is a 1982 comedy-drama film written and directed by Barry Levinson which along with Avalon, Tin Men, and Liberty Heights constitutes his series of "Baltimore films". Diner is the first film Levinson directed. His screenplay was nominated for...
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| Michael Tucker | |||||
| Steve Guttenberg | |||||
| Daniel Stern | |||||
| Mickey Rourke | |||||
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| x It's a Gift |
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1934 | Norman Z. McLeod | W. C. Fields |
It's a Gift is a 1934 comedy film starring W. C. Fields.
Considered by many to be Fields' best and funniest film, it concerns the trials and tribulations of a grocery store owner as he battles a shrewish wife, an incompetent assistant, and assorted...
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| Kathleen Howard | |||||
| Jean Rouverol | |||||
| Julian Madison | |||||
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| x Topper |
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Jul 16, 1937 | Norman Z. McLeod | Constance Bennett |
Topper (1937) is a comedy film which tells the story of a stuffy, stuck-in-his-ways man who is haunted by the ghosts of a fun-loving married couple. It was adapted by Eric Hatch, Jack Jevne and Eddie Moran from the novel by Thorne Smith. The film...
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| Cary Grant | |||||
| Roland Young | |||||
| Billie Burke | |||||
| x What's Up, Doc? |
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Mar 9, 1972 | Peter Bogdanovich | Barbra Streisand |
What's Up, Doc? is a screwball comedy from 1972, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, and Madeline Kahn (in her first full-length (and Golden Globe-nominated) film role). It was intended to pay homage to...
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| Ryan O'Neal | |||||
| Madeline Kahn | |||||
| Kenneth Mars | |||||
| Randy Quaid | |||||
| x Sherlock, Jr. |
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1924 | Buster Keaton | Buster Keaton |
Sherlock, Jr. (1924) is an American comedy silent film starring and directed by Buster Keaton and written by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez and Joseph A. Mitchell. It features Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton and Ward Crane.
In 1991, Sherlock, Jr. was...
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| Kathryn McGuire | |||||
| Joe Keaton | |||||
| Erwin Connelly | |||||
| Ward Crane | |||||
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| x Beverly Hills Cop |
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1984 | Martin Brest | Eddie Murphy |
Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American action-comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, and Ronny Cox. Murphy stars as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop, who heads to Beverly Hills, California to...
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| Judge Reinhold | |||||
| John Ashton | |||||
| Steven Berkoff | |||||
| Ronny Cox | |||||
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| x Broadcast News |
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1987 | James L. Brooks | William Hurt |
Broadcast News is a 1987 romantic comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by James L. Brooks. The film concerns a virtuoso television news producer (Holly Hunter), who has daily emotional breakdowns, a brilliant yet prickly reporter (Albert...
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| Albert Brooks | |||||
| Holly Hunter | |||||
| Robert Prosky | |||||
| Joan Cusack | |||||
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| x Mrs. Doubtfire |
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1993 | Chris Columbus | Robin Williams |
Mrs. Doubtfire is a 1993 American comedy film starring Robin Williams and based on the novel Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine. It was directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup. The film was...
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| Sally Field | |||||
| Pierce Brosnan | |||||
| Harvey Fierstein | |||||
| Robert Prosky | |||||
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| x The Awful Truth |
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1937 | Leo McCarey | Irene Dunne |
The Awful Truth is a 1937 screwball comedy film starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. The plot concerns the machinations of a soon-to-be-divorced couple, played by Dunne and Grant, who go to great lengths to try to ruin each other's romantic...
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| Cary Grant | |||||
| Alexander D'Arcy | |||||
| Ralph Bellamy | |||||
| Skippy | |||||
| x Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
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1936 | Frank Capra | Gary Cooper |
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is a 1936 comedy film directed by Frank Capra, based on the story Opera Hat by Clarence Budington Kelland that appeared in serial form in the Saturday Evening Post. It stars Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in her first featured...
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| Jean Arthur | |||||
| Raymond Walburn | |||||
| H. B. Warner | |||||
| x Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House |
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Jun 4, 1948 | H. C. Potter | Cary Grant |
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1948 American comedy film directed by H.C. Potter and starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy. The film was written and produced by the team of Melvin Frank and Norman Panama and was an adaptation of Eric Hodgins'...
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| Myrna Loy | |||||
| Melvyn Douglas | |||||
| Sharyn Moffett | |||||
| Ian Wolfe | |||||
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| x She Done Him Wrong |
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1933 | Lowell Sherman | Mae West |
She Done Him Wrong is a Pre-Code 1933 Paramount Pictures comedy/romance motion picture starring Mae West and Cary Grant. Others in the cast include Louise Beavers, Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery, Sr., and Rochelle Hudson.
The film was...
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| Cary Grant | |||||
| Owen Moore | |||||
| Gilbert Roland | |||||
| Noah Beery, Sr. | |||||
| x The Palm Beach Story |
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1942 | Preston Sturges | Joel McCrea |
The Palm Beach Story is a 1942 romantic screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, and starring Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor and Rudy Vallée. Victor Young contributed the lively musical score, including a fast-paced...
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| Claudette Colbert | |||||
| Rudy Vallée | |||||
| Mary Astor | |||||
| x The Freshman |
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Sep 20, 1925 | Fred C. Newmeyer | Harold Lloyd |
The Freshman is a 1925 comedy film that tells the story of a college freshman trying to become popular by joining the school football team. It stars Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict and James Anderson. It remains one of Lloyd's most...
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| Samuel Taylor | Jobyna Ralston | ||||
| Sam Taylor | |||||
| x Sleeper |
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1973 | Woody Allen | Woody Allen |
Sleeper (1973) is a futuristic science fiction comedy film, written by, directed by, and starring Woody Allen. It is loosely based on the H. G. Wells novel The Sleeper Awakes.
Miles Monroe, a jazz musician and health-food store owner living in...
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| Diane Keaton | |||||
| Maria Small | |||||
| Susan Miller | |||||
| John Beck | |||||
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| x The Navigator |
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Oct 13, 1924 | Buster Keaton | Buster Keaton |
The Navigator is a 1924 comedy directed by and starring Buster Keaton. The film was written by Clyde Bruckman and co-directed by Donald Crisp.
Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) and the girl who scorned his proposal of marriage, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn...
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| Donald Crisp | Frederick Vroom | ||||
| Kathryn McGuire | |||||
| Frederick Vroom | |||||
| Noble Johnson | |||||
| x Father of the Bride |
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Jun 16, 1950 | Vincente Minnelli | Spencer Tracy |
Father of the Bride is a 1950 comedy film which tells the story of a man trying to cope with all of the disasters that happen along the way from the time that his daughter announces that she's engaged until the wedding actually occurs. The movie...
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| Joan Bennett | |||||
| Elizabeth Taylor | |||||
| x Dinner at Eight |
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Aug 29, 1933 | George Cukor | Marie Dressler |
Dinner at Eight is a Pre-Code 1933 comedy of manners/drama produced by MGM Studios. The film was adapted to the screen by Frances Marion and Herman J. Mankiewicz from the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. Produced by David O. Selznick, it...
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| John Barrymore | |||||
| Wallace Beery | |||||
| Jean Harlow | |||||
| Lionel Barrymore | |||||
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| x City Slickers |
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Jun 7, 1991 | Ron Underwood | Billy Crystal |
City Slickers is a 1991 comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Helen Slater, Jack Palance and Bruno Kirby.
Three years later, the sequel City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold was released, with Jon...
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| Bruno Kirby | |||||
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| Helen Slater | |||||
| Jack Palance | |||||
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| x Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
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1981 | Amy Heckerling | Anthony Edwards |
Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 American coming-of-age teen comedy film and is the brain-child of Cameron Crowe. It was adapted from Crowe's 1981 book where, as a free-lancer for Rolling Stone magazine, he went undercover at a California high...
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| Reginald Farmer | |||||
| Nicolas Cage | |||||
| James Bolt | |||||
| James Russo | |||||
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| x Beetlejuice |
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Mar 30, 1988 | Tim Burton | Alec Baldwin |
Beetlejuice is a 1988 American comedy horror fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, produced by The Geffen Film Company and distributed by Warner Bros. The plot revolves around a recently dead young couple who become ghosts haunting their former home,...
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| Geena Davis | |||||
| Winona Ryder | |||||
| Jeffrey Jones | |||||
| Catherine O'Hara | |||||
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| x Woman of the Year |
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Jan 19, 1942 | George Stevens | Spencer Tracy |
Woman of the Year (1942) is a romantic comedy film in which an emancipated woman, chosen "Woman of the Year", and her colleague-turned-husband try to negotiate a path to marital bliss . The film stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn with Fay...
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| Katharine Hepburn | |||||
| Fay Bainter | |||||
| x The Heartbreak Kid | 1972 | Elaine May | Charles Grodin |
The Heartbreak Kid is a 1972 dark comedy - romantic comedy film directed by Elaine May, written by Neil Simon, and starring Charles Grodin, Jeannie Berlin, and Cybill Shepherd.
Jeannie Berlin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting...
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| Cybill Shepherd | |||||
| Jeannie Berlin | |||||
| Audra Lindley | |||||
| Doris Roberts | |||||
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| x Ball of Fire |
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Dec 2, 1941 | Howard Hawks | Gary Cooper |
Ball of Fire (also known as The Professor and the Burlesque Queen) is a 1941 comedy film about a group of professors laboring for years to write an encyclopedia and their encounter with a nightclub performer who provides her own unique knowledge....
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| Barbara Stanwyck | |||||
