Comedy - Movies

The Brass Teapot

Comedy

John and Alice live in small-town America — married, very much in love, and broke. But an accident leads them to a roadside antique shop where Alice is spontaneously drawn to a mysterious brass teapot. It isn’t long before they realize that this is no ordinary teapot, and that perhaps they have found the answer to all of their financial woes. John and Alice must decide how far they will go to fulfill their dreams of wealth.

Piranha (2010)

Comedy

An earthquake tremor in Arizona opens a fissure in the bottom of Lake Havasu, releasing dozens of vicious, prehistoric piranhas that proceed to terrorize the neighboring town.

The Circus

Comedy

Virtually a lost Chaplin film for half-a-century -- despite getting him an Oscar in 1928 -- THE CIRCUS was also the last of the movie legend's light efforts, with no higher purpose to its comedy than to make people laugh often and hard. A little tramp (Charlie Chaplin) accidentally falls in with a down-on-its-luck circus and his acrobatic and comedic skills start drawing audiences to the big-top in droves, but not without a bittersweet brush with romance for the gentle clown.

Block Party

Comedy

Going home is no picnic. When Grandma Janice (Margaret Avery) shows early signs of dementia, Keke (Antoinette Robertson) risks her new job to come home to save Grandma’s beloved Juneteenth Block Party, even if it means dealing with her Black tiger mom (Golden Brooks), her gossipy relatives (Luenell, Birgundi Baker), an oddball fire marshall (Faizon Love), and her ex-boyfriend (Terayle).

Shadow of the Missing

Comedy

A group of young filmmakers are attending a Film Festival in Wales. They come across an abandoned church, and hear music coming from inside. A bit unnerved, the group retreats back to the hotel. The next day, they share their encounter with several comedians also attending the festival. After some goading and teasing, the entire group decides to return to the church in order to solve the mystery. Complications arise, however, when one by one members of the group start to disappear. Only the footage remains to tell their tale.

Out West

Comedy

Reno celebutante Prissy Alcott returns to her childhood home in Colorado when she learns that her family has gone broke and is selling their ranch. With the help of her three gay friends, she tries to reboot the family enterprise as a dude ranch.

Grunt: The Wrestling Movie

Comedy

A documentary crew sets out to unravel one of professional wrestling's most closely guarded secrets: is former champion "Mad Dog" Joe DeCurso - rumored to have committed suicide after accidentally decapitating his last opponent - really still alive and masquerading as the flamboyant "Marvelous Masked Marvel?"

Oolong Courtyard: Kung Fu School

Comedy

In this sequel to SHAOLIN POPEY, Kung Fu apprentices at the Oolong Courtyard school are suspicious when two outsiders try to join the prestigious academy despite their strange behavior.

Once Bitten

Comedy

A centuries-old vampiress comes to Los Angeles and stalks male virgins --she needs their blood to retain her youth and beauty. Her targets are left with an appetite for raw hamburgers and a tendency to sleep during the day so as to avoid sunlight.

Lion vs the Little People

Comedy

Lion vs The Little People is a comedy-documentary about the greatest internet hoax of all time. In 2005, a hoax news post masquerading as a bonafide BBC news website article, announced a fight had taken place between a lion and an army of 42 fighting dwarfs. The hoax spread like wild fire across the internet before eventually being accepted to be fake. While the article’s veracity has been diminished, the myth lives on in this outrageously dead-pan comedy.

The Producers

Comedy

A theatrical producer, Max Bialystock, (Zero Mostel) and his accountant, Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) find too many backers for a musical that they know will fail so that they can keep the excess money. The problem is the show, Springtime for Hitler, turns out to be a hit. Mel Brooks' directorial debut.

Dan Levy: Lion

Comedy

Dan Levy works his way from a zebra to a lion in his new special. From his personal trainer texting him at 4am, to watching the movie "Frozen" with his kids at 6am, to even getting mugged in Beverly Hills, Dan is not afraid to talk about his exhausting life. He also shares his crippling HGTV addiction and what it's like raising a tiny Matthew McConaughey. Bonus: he'll also teach you how to cheat the massage parlor system.

Jour De Fête

Comedy

In his enchanting debut feature, Jacques Tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair comes to his village. Even in this early work, Tati was brilliantly toying with the devices (silent visual gags, minimal yet deftly deployed sound effects) and exploring the theme (the absurdity of our increasing reliance on technology) that would define his cinema.

Robin Williams - Live Across Australia

Comedy

Robin Williams Live Across Australia (1979-1999) features classic interviews and celebrates some of the funniest moments of mad-cap spontaneity ever captured on TV, paying tribute to a true comedic legend. Wild, inventive, unpredictable and hilarious are just some of the words that paint a picture of the irrepressible Robin Williams. A master of comedic improvisation, his on-air interviews and off-centre antics left even the most experienced TV hosts lost for words and in stitches on the floor.Throughout his illustrious and award-winning career in film, television and stand-up Robin Williams not only established his own unique brand of comedy but garnered the admiration of millions of fans around the world. Featuring a selection of live TV interviews conducted by the likes of Don Lane (in 1979 with Williams on roller skates discussing TV sensation Mork & Mindy),Williams discusses his breakthrough work on Good Morning Vietnam, his turn as a gay nightclub owner in The Birdcage, his head-turning Oscar ® nominated performance in Dead Poets Society and trip into the future with Bicentennial Man.

Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me

Comedy

Smart, outspoken, opinionated and one of a kind. Three-time Emmy(R) Award-winning actress/ comic Wanda Sykes returns to HBO for her second full-length stand-up special. Taped before a live audience at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C., this riotous performance features Wanda's hilarious takes on such topics as the first black president, healthcare reform, pirates, coming out, her reflections on a gay cruise she just took, being a new mom, getting older, a painful recollection of her recent trip to the bikini waxing studio, and much more.

A Fish In the Bathtub

Comedy

“Filled with humor, pathos, and surprises.” - Peter BogdanovichLegendary comedy duo (and real-life husband and wife) Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara star as the constantly bickering couple at the center of this sprightly comedy from writer-director Joan Micklin Silver (Hester Street, Crossing Delancey). When Sam (Stiller) stubbornly refuses to get rid of the new pet carp he’s unleashed in their bathtub, Molly (Meara) finally decides she’s had enough and moves in with their married son Joel (a young Mark Ruffalo). Desperate to get his mother out of his hair (and house), Joel enlists his boy-crazed travel agent sister (Jane Adams) to help repair their parent’s relationship — meanwhile he’s tempted toward infidelity by a flirtatious client (Missy Yager). Replete with Micklin Silver’s signature wit and loving lensing of New York’s city streets and suburbs, this little-seen gem is fun for the whole neurotic family. A new restoration from Cohen Film Collection.

On War

Comedy

After a freak accident, Burt finds himself locked in a coffin overnight. After surviving the ordeal, he decides to live his life purely for pleasure, but ultimately he finds himself in a bizarre war of the sexes. Starring Lea Seydoux (BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR).

Laugh It Forward Presents Jimmy O. Yang

Comedy

Jimmy O. Yang performs at the Viper Room on the Sunset strip in Hollywood and presents his favorite up & coming stand up comics including Andrew Jin, Nick Guerra, and Derrick Kenner.

Golden Years

Comedy

Retired couple Arthur (Bernard Hill, Wolf Hall, The Lord of the Rings films) and Martha (Virginia McKenna, The Camomile Lawn) Goode live a quiet suburban life, tending to their garden and socializing with friends at their club. But when the nation’s financial crisis empties their hard-earned pension accounts, the couple seizes the opportunity to replenish their funds through a series of bank robberies. Dressed in masks and armed with cucumbers as guns, the unlikely criminal duo makes national news. But with detectives Sid (Alun Armstrong, New Tricks) and Stringer (Brad Moore, North v South) closing in on them and their beloved club in talks to become a supermarket, the Goodes enlist their friends’ help to pull off one last, audacious heist. This fast-paced comedy-drama features an internationally renowned cast, also including Una Stubbs (Sherlock), Phil Davis (Poldark), Ellen Thomas (EastEnders), Sue Johnston (Downton Abbey), and Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral).

Growing Up and Other Lies

Comedy

After the love of his life breaks his heart, twenty-something Jake decides to give up his dream as an artist and move back to his hometown. But before he leaves New York City for good, he persuades his three oldest friends to walk the entire length of Manhattan in one last attempt to find the love and adventure from their glory days.

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