Comedy - Movies

Vanity Fair (2004)

Comedy

Reese Witherspoon gives a vibrant, captivating performance as one of the greatest female characters of all time, Becky Sharp, in the new, sumptuous and sexy epic from acclaimed director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding). It's a dazzling ascent up the social ladder as vivacious Becky schemes and seduces her way to the top - until love and romance threaten to get in the way! Join her daring adventures that prove all is fair in love and war.

Tour de Pharmacy

Comedy

Andy Samberg and Murray Miller explore the high-stakes world of professional cycling in this sports mockumentary that deftly lampoons professional cycling and its checkered history with doping. The setting is the sordid, fictional 1982 Tour de France--notable as the only time in race history when virtually all of the competitors were doping, inadvertently creating a truly level playing field. The 38-minute special focuses on five competitors in the race: Marty Hass (Samberg), an oblivious white Nigerian; Gustav Ditters (John Cena), a pumped-up, rage-prone Austrian; Slim Robinson (Daveed Diggs), the Tour's first African-American competitor; JuJu Peppi (Orlando Bloom), an ill-fated pace-setter; and Adrianna 'Adrian' Baton (Freddie Highmore), a female racer disguised as a man.

The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)

Comedy

Red Skelton was already a presence on early TV, brining creations like Clem Kadiddlehopper and Freddie the Freeloader into millions of living rooms, when he made his last film for MGM, the studio that had been his movie home since 1940. The beloved funnyman portrays diamond cutter Ambrose C. Park (the middle initials stands for "Central") in The Great Diamond Robbery. Park is eager to demonstrate his talent to his employer by working on the rare Blue Goddess diamond. It's a delicate task. One mistake and the gem will be worthless. Two mistakes: it'll be worthlesser! But Park confidently takes on the job, accompanied by criminals who have convinced him they're his long-lose family and who secretly aim to steal the diamond after it's cut. Will Park find out he's being hoodwinked before it's too late? Most certainly. And that's when the antic finale begins...

Hot Fuzz

Comedy

Get ready for a gut-busting, outrageous comedy from the guys that created Shaun of the Dead. Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is a big-city cop who can't be stopped - but he's making everyone else on the force look bad. When he is reassigned to a small, quiet town, he struggles with this new, seemingly idyllic world and his bumbling partner (Nick Frost). But their dull existence is interrupted by several grisly and suspicious accidents, and the crime-fighting duo turn up the heat and hand out high-octane, car-chasing, gun-fighting, big-city justice in this hilarious hit critics are calling "Outrageous! Uproariously Funny!" (Thelma Adams, US Weekly).

Oklahoma Crude

Comedy

George C. Scott stars as a sleazy, drunken roustabout who has no scruples, ambitions, or decency. Faye Dunaway co-stars as a mean-spirited lady who owns a small piece of land which features a towering hill upon which she has constructed a derrick to wildcat for oil. Dunaway grudgingly accepts Scott's assistance in helping her fend off the land-grabbing Jack Palance.

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Comedy

When Herbie and his owner, Jim Douglas, enter a spectacular road race from Paris to Monte Carlo, they encounter both adventure and romance.

We Were Dancing

Comedy

Open the champagne! Put silk sheets on the guest-room beds! Princess Victoria Wilomirska and Baron Nicholas Prax are coming for the weekend. Who are they? My dear, they're real live European aristocrats. With titles. They don't have a dime, of course - but, oh the social sensation! In a romantic romp based in part on Noel Coward's Tonight at 8:30, Norma Shearer is the princess and Melvyn Douglas the baron, a ne'er-do-well making his living as a professional guest in the homes of awe-struck Americans. But when the two fall in love and marry, the jig is up. It seems the baron's hostesses much preferred him single. Could it be that one of these pampered patricians will have to get...a job?

Touch and Go

Comedy

Michael Keaton plays a famous Chicago-based hockey player who befriends trouble-prone teenager Ajay Naidu (after Naidu's gang has tried to mug him!) He also extends the hand of friendship to Naidu's mother Maria Conchita Alonso, a friendship that blossoms into a physical relationship. Too self-centered to make a commitment to Alonso, Keaton tries to break things off, but Naidu won't let him go so easily. This seemingly frivolous situation is underscored by the more serious efforts of Alonso to make a better life for herself and her son.

Top Secret!

Comedy

The second of Zucker-Abraham-Zucker's theatrical-feature spoofs (Airplane was the first, discounting the patchwork Kentucky Fried Movie), Top Secret! lampoons practically every film genre. Specifically, however, this is a hybrid of an "Elvis" movie and a World War II "underground resistance" thriller. In his film debut, Val Kilmer plays Nick Rivers, a Presley-like American rock idol sent behind the Iron Curtain on a goodwill tour. Before long, he is involved in a complex espionage scheme thanks to beautiful Lucy Gutteridge, the daughter of a scientist (Michael Gough) held captive by the Communists. Also essential to the action is flamboyant resistance leader Christopher Villiers, who behaves like Victor Mature in Betrayed (1954) and talks like James Mason. Adhering to Z-A-Z's cheerful disregard for people, places and events, the East Germans are depicted as Nazis, while the Underground is comprised of Frenchmen. The plot is mainly an excuse for the Z-A-Z team's fondness for joke-a-minute lampoonery, skewering cinematic targets ranging from The Blue Lagoon (1980) to The Wizard of Oz (1939). As in Z-A-Z's other efforts, Top Secret! scores its biggest yocks when invoking cliches that we never realized were cliches-and falls on its face whenever attempting a too-obvious gag (the biggest clinker: that pigeon statue in the park). Everyone has his or her favorite bits in this film: our faves include the resistance fighter named Deja Vu ("Haven't we met somewhere before?"), Kilmer's horrible nightmare while being tortured (he arrives too late to take final exams), the army-booted cow, the sensitive Pinto, and the East German National Anthem, sung to the tune of the Shorewood (Wisconsin) High School marching song. But let's say no more: comedy of this nature is designed to be seen, not written or read about.

Ace and the Christmas Miracle

Comedy

This offbeat holiday comedy means fun for every member of the family! Deep in debt to Big Freddie, kind-hearted con man Tony gets a chance to change his life when he meets Amanda (Brande Roderick, "Baywatch"), mother of young Daniel. She wants to hire Tony to kidnap her brother’s horse Ace (voiced by Jon Lovitz). After Tony and Ace bump heads, Tony finds he can communicate with the wisecracking nag. Can Ace convince the other racehorses to help Tony get rich at the New Year’s Day derby?

Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself

Comedy

A comedy event that will set the new standard for how truly awesome a comedy special can be. Join Jeff and his outspoken-often-edgy characters: WALTER, PEANUT, JOSÉ JALAPEÑO (...on a steeek!), BUBBA J and SWEET DADDY DEE for a live show that will have you on the floor laughing!

The Animal

Comedy

He might not look like much, but it's what's inside that counts. Comic genius Rob Schneider (Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Big Daddy), TV's Survivor Colleen Haskell, John C. McGinley (Any Given Sunday, The Rock) and Edward Asner (The Bachelor, JFK) star in the most outrageous and hysterical comedy of the year. When evidence clerk Marvin Mange (Schneider) answers a 911 call of a burglary in progress, his dream of one day becoming a cop seems to be coming true. But a freak car accident en route to the crime leaves Marvin and his dream a shattered mess. When Marvin awakens a week later, he finds that a deranged scientist secretly used animal organs to rebuild his broken body. Energized by his new and improved parts, Marvin achieves instant fame as a super-cop until his animal instincts start taking over his body at all the wrong times. And when he finds himself falling for the lovely and sexy Rianna (Haskell), it's animal magnetism at its craziest in the funniest and wildest comedy of the year! Don't miss Rob Schneider in Big Daddy.

It Started In Naples

Comedy

The magnetic screen team of Clark Gable and Sophia Loren strikes romantic sparks in this comedy romp set amid the beautiful city of Naples and the Isle of Capri. Gable portrays stuffy Philadelphia attorney Michael Hamilton, who must travel to Italy to wrap up the estate of his deceased, philandering brother. Not only is he taken aback by the noisy and spontaneous Capri nightlife, he is further shocked to discover that his late brother has left a living, breathing legacy – in the form of Nando, a rebellious, cigarettesmoking 10-year-old son! And it isn't long before Nando is caught in a custody tug-of-war between the visiting American and his fiery guardian aunt (Loren), a nightclub singer who dreams of becoming a movie star. It Started In Naples … but will it end in love? With Gable, Loren and Vittorio De Sica in the cast and romantic Italy as a backdrop, the end result is sure to be sexy, sunny fun!

The Girl from Missouri

Comedy

Just point her in the direction of New York's millionaires! Fresh from Missouri, plucky and ambitious Eadie Chapman (Jean Harlow) intends to bag a rich hubby without abandoning her virtue. Just act like a lady, she tells gal pal and fellow huntress Kitty (PatsyKelly) at a swanky soirée. "If they wanted ladies," Kitty says, "they'd be home with their wives." As the girl from the "Show-Me"state, Harlow shows her comedy flair, abetted by the snappy co-scripting of her personal friend Anita Loos and by the nimble guidance of filmmaker Jack Conway, who would direct her in Libeled Lady. Lionel Barrymore plays the big shot scheming to keep his enamored son (Franchot Tone) away from Eadie. Good luck with that, Pops!

Joe Somebody

Comedy

Everybody wants to be somebody and Joe Scheffer (Tim Allen) is no exception. But Joe feels like he's a nobody. A talented video specialist at a Minneapolis pharmaceutical company, he regularly has been passed over for a long-promised promotion. And Joe is faring no better in his personal life, as he still pines for ex-wife Callie (Kelly Lynch). But when Joe's parking space is snatched up by a bullying co-worker who then humiliates him in front of his daughter, Joe decides it's time to make a change. A complete makeover brings him newfound success, a striking new look and a quick climb up the corporate ladder. But will Joe's friends and family be able to love the new Joe as much as they loved the old one?

The Double

Comedy

Simon is a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams. He feels powerless to change any of these things. The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon’s exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon’s horror, James slowly starts taking over his life.

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

Comedy

Larry Gaye is the best flight attendant in the world–-not to mention popular with the ladies. But Larry is called on to rise up and save the day when the airline he works for tries to replace flight attendants with robots as a cost-cutting measure.

Drinksgiving

Comedy

Sarah Douglas wants to throw a party since her old friends are in town for Thanksgiving, and, okay, maybe to show off her swanky new house and prove to everyone (including her skeptical parents), that she is a grown up. With the help of her best friend, Jake, she is determined to make this Drinksgiving the best one ever. She soon finds out that growing up is not the same for everyone. The parade of guests include some folks Sarah knows, but many she doesn't, including Joe, who brings a bag full of chili fixings. Then there is Aimee, Sarah's 'frenemy', Mandy who looks stuck in the 90's, choker necklace and all, pot-dealer Kyle, and finally, Sarah's best friend, Kelsey. When Kelsey reveals that she is not only engaged, but that her new beau, Lucas, is an adult film star, Sarah's idea of growing up is washed away. Now, she must contend with the motley bunch of guests, Jake's personal needs, and Kelsey's revelations, while maintaining her 'grown up' party.

Wrong

Comedy

Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back, Dolph radically changes the lives of others. In his journey to find Paul, Dolph may lose something even more vital – his mind.

Chloe and Keith's Wedding

Comedy

Chloe & Keith’s Wedding is a heartfelt and hilarious, indie romantic-comedy that captures all of the fun, frolicking and hijinks of one of the craziest weddings ever. Completely scripted, the film cleverly captures the story of Jordan, the clumsy best man, and Sarah, a bridesmaid who also happens to be his ex-girlfriend as told through the “found footage” shot by the wedding videographers and the guests themselves using video flip cameras. This hilarious and touching indie film is truly groundbreaking as it was the first to use a viral video to solely market the film. Viewed by more than 100 million people online on YouTube, Yahoo!, Funny or Die, Break.com and featured in TV and film including Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, The Today Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and many, many more, the amazing “Clumsy Best Man” clip is and always was a scene in a small, comedic independent film called Chloe & Keith’s Wedding.

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