Screwball movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant screwball movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, feel good, realistic, witty, funny and semi serious films and TV shows about / with screwball, love and romance, disorder, couples, love, fall in love, farce, marriage, husband wife relationship and kiss plots mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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screwball movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as screwball: Raising Arizona (1987), What's Up, Doc? (1972), The Money Pit (1986), The Toy (1976), Man's Favorite Sport? (1964), The Princess Bride (1987), Summer Rental (1985), Due Date (2010), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), HouseSitter (1992).

List of screwball movies

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 7.3
 149K
Raising Arizona (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The Coen Brothers tell the story of a absurd yet likable family with an unproductive couple as the focal point. The couple has gotten themselves into some trouble while kidnapping a baby and give Hollywood one of the most memorable chase scenes to ...
Style: witty, humorous, funny, dark comedy, surreal ...
Audience: kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot: kidnapping, screwball, baby, robbery, adoption, american football, parenthood, missing child, policewoman, crime gone awry, redemption, blackmail ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
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What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in Music. One seems a bit distracted, and that was before he meets her. A strange woman seems to have devoted her life to confusing and embarrassing him. At the same time a ...
Style: hilarious, funny, romantic, fast paced, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: hotel, car chase, screwball, chase, judge, love story, manic pixie dream girl, destiny, love triangle, farce, mistaken identity, eternal love ...
Time: 70s, year 1972, 20th century, prehistoric times
Place: san francisco, usa, california
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 6.4
 62K
The Money Pit (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buys what looks like the home of their dreams – only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling ...
Style: realistic, light, slapstick, entertaining, romantic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: home renovation, house, screwball, farce, writers, culture clash, love story, greed, life philosophy, chaos, couple relations, family in crisis ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, rio de janeiro, new york
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 7.4
 6K
The Toy (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needing money and unwilling to quit his job, Francois agrees to this ridiculous assignment. ...
Style: humorous, exciting, realistic, light, satirical ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: social differences, mischievous children, screwball, youth, society, parents and children, disorder, friendship, escapades, family relations, child, misfit ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century
Place: france, paris france
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Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Rock Hudson is Roger Willoughby, a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige (Paula Prentiss), a sweetly annoying girl who has just ...
Style: slapstick, retro, realistic, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: screwball, fishing, writers, erotic scene, contest, fiance fiancee relationship, disorder, love and romance, nothing goes right, rivalry, self discovery, ambition ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: san francisco
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The Princess Bride (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, date night, chick flick ...
Plot: revenge, true love, love and romance, sword fight, imaginary kingdom, swashbuckler, friendship, princess, pirate, prince, save the princess, medieval ...
Time: middle ages, 20th century, victorian era, year 1987, 15th century
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 6.3
 18K
Summer Rental (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, funny, intense ...
Audience: date night, family outing, kids
Plot: sailing, summer vacation, underdog, screwball, rivalry, on the road, friendship, nothing goes right, love and romance, disorder, couples, air traffic controller ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: florida
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 6.5
 357K
Due Date (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the 'no-fly' list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey ...
Style: road movie, funny, buddy comedy, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: road trip, weed, hitchhiker, getting home, buddy, stupidity, marijuana, screwball, odd couple, bonding, bromance, unlikely friendships ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, dallas texas, birmingham alabama, los angeles, texas ...
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Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
Style: romantic, feel good, witty, funny, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lawyer, battle of the sexes, opposites attract, infidelity, love at first sight, marriage, divorce, manipulation, screwball, dishonesty, adultery, farce ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, las vegas ...
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 6.2
 27K
HouseSitter (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-night stand with a waitress, never imagining that a woman he slept with once would end up posing as ...
Style: romantic, light, feel good, humorous, funny ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, kids, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: small town, breakup, lie, house, love story, screwball, architect, divorce, life philosophy, writers, disorder, unlikely couple ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: usa, massachusetts, boston
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 5.5
 114K
Couples Retreat (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want to enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon find, however, that paradise comes at a price: ...
Style: funny, tropical, sexy, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: resort, couple relations, friendship, couples therapy, marriage, island, couples, divorce, marital problem, crumbling marriage, friends, screwball ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: tahiti, chicago
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A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, witty, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: kidnapping, stockholm syndrome, hostage, angel, ransom, screwball, heaven, robbery, murder, unlikely couple, confined, on the run ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: utah, usa, los angeles, california
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 7.6
 24K
Moonlighting (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 3073 min.
TV show
Story: Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes. Starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd as private detectives, the show was a mixture of drama, comedy, ...
Style: talky, detective, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: private detective, opposites attract, unlikely couple, workplace romance, screwball, female detective, snobbism, unlikely partners, workplace situations, verbal byplay, partner, jazz ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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 6.5
 48K
One Fine Day (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her ...
Style: light, feel good, entertaining, romantic, romantic comedy ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, kids
Plot: single parent, opposites attract, architect, one day, couples, love, single mother, girl, love and romance, parents and children, looking for love, disorder ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa
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The Thrill of It All (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story of the film centres around urban housewife Beverly Boyer (Doris Day) and her husband, a successful gynaecologist and devoted family man, Gerald (James Garner). Beverly is offered the opportunity to star for a television commercial ...
Style: cute, humorous, witty, laugh out loud, independent film ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: housewife, screwball, marriage, advertising, marketing, love, pregnancy, bare chested male, marital crisis, birth, doctor, family man ...
Time: future, year 1963, 60s
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Lover Come Back (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Rock Hudson and Doris Day are together again! Jerry Webster (Hudson) and Carol Templeton (Day) are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, ...
Style: sex comedy, funny, sexy, retro, witty ...
Audience: date night
Plot: screwball, advertising, couples, workplace, satire, wine, mistaken identity, corruption, identity, business, breakup, office work ...
Time: year 1961, future, 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, canada
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 6.9
 417K
The Mask (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the mask, Ipkiss becomes a supernatural playboy exuding charm and confidence which allows him to catch ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, hilarious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: superhero, gangster, alter ego, villain, dual identity, transformation, superhuman powers, magic, supernatural power, double life, dog, split personality ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: new york, usa
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
Style: feel good, road movie, light, funny, humorous ...
Audience: date night, kids
Plot: road trip, thanksgiving, travel, on the road, buddy, snow, holiday, train, airplane, airport, railway, traveling salesman ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: chicago, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, illinois, new york ...
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 5.7
 26K
Gambit (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.
Style: light, humorous, sexy, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience: date night
Plot: heist, caper, collector, revenge, art, con men, perfect crime, farce, brutality, stereotypes, screwball, greed ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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That Touch of Mink (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A rich businessman and a young woman are attracted to each other, but he only wants an affair while she wants to save her virginity for marriage.
Style: witty, romantic comedy, retro, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: screwball, love, new york yankees, unemployment office, insider trading, fall in love, idealism, hotel, mistaken identity, marriage, psychiatrist, farce ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, baltimore, manhattan new york city
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Wrongfully Accused (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, absurd, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: fugitives, on the run, frame up, farce, false accusation, stupidity, screwball, protagonist as suspect, satire, dishonesty, goofy hero, race against time ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: usa, minnesota
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 4.9
 17K
The Ten (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
Style: cynical, not serious, witty, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot: nudist, atheism, insanity, farce, screwball, brutality, human nature, moral dilemma, dark humor, love and romance, multiple storylines, satire ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., mexico, st. louis missouri
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That Old Feeling (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A bride's divorced parents find their old feelings for each other during the wedding reception and over the course of the next few days upsetting the newlywed's honeymoon.
Style: sexy, funny, light, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: wedding, ex husband ex wife relationship, marital reconciliation, love affair, infidelity, love story, lovers reunited, screwball, father daughter relationship, family relations, couple relations, wedding party ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, absurd, slapstick ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: robin hood, medieval, farce, righting the wronged, satire, fight scenes, screwball, stupidity, archer, friends, king, wedding ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, 90s, 20th century, year 1993 ...
Place: england, arizona, jerusalem
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 7.1
 96K
Tommy Boy (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Party animal Tommy Callahan is a few cans short of a six-pack. But when the family business starts tanking, it's up to Tommy and number-cruncher Richard Hayden to save the day.
Style: funny, humorous, slapstick, road movie, absurd ...
Audience: teens, kids, manly
Plot: road trip, dumb, father son relationship, buddy, entrepreneurship, twists and turns, adaptation, family relations, screwball, stupidity, goofy hero, buddies ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, chicago, wisconsin, ohio
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My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
Style: romantic, feel good, sentimental, sweet, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: wedding, women, love story, unrequited love, wedding preparations and rituals, best friend, love triangle, gay, friendship, love and romance, male female friendship, screwball ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: chicago, madagascar, usa, new york
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 6.4
 221K
What Women Want (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's ...
Style: romantic, feel good, funny, clever, light ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: women, workplace romance, love and romance, fall in love, womanizer, love story, battle of the sexes, telepathy, psychic power, life philosophy, seducer, initially antagonists ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s, 20th century, 90s
Place: chicago, america, usa
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Twice Upon a Time (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, UK, Romania
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Thirty years ago they were lovers. Their affair fascinated a nation. Louis was a director and Alice was his muse. Then came the breakup It too, was public and painful. They have not met since. But Alice, who has established herself as a first lady ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, witty
Audience: date night
Plot: introspection, aging, screwball, couples, lifestyle, movie business, parent child relationship, infidelity, love of one's life, artists and showbiz, lovers reunited, actor's life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england, london
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Crazy Like a Fox (2004)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This is the story of Nat Banks, an 8th generation Virginian gentleman farmer living in the past, who loses his family farm, Greenwood, to a pair of land speculators from Washington, D.C. When the predatory couple manipulates a "legal" real ...
Style: humorous, feel good, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot: righting the wronged, rivalry, save the day, fighting the system, culture clash, screwball, heroes, society, good versus evil, buddies, friendship, interracial relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: virginia, washington d.c.
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Beverly Hills Family Robinson (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Marsha Robinson, host of a TV cooking show, takes her family on a working vacation to a South Seas Island, but their yacht is hijacked by pirates, and then shipwrecked, and the Robinsons must survive Marsha's complaints while they build a ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: pirate, survival, shipwreck, escapades, fish out of water, family life, danger, screwball, disorder, cooking and food, family relations, island ...
Place: fictional island
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