Best American Comedy Movies of 2020

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Best American Comedy Movies of 2020
Best American Comedy Movies of 2020
TOP Movies: The F**k-It List (2020), My Spy (2020), The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020), Uncle Frank (2020), Promising Young Woman (2020), The Prom (2020), Happiest Season (2020), Coffee & Kareem (2020), Soul (2020), Sincerely Louis C.K. (2020), Mank (2020), An American Pickle (2020), Shiva Baby (2020), Tom Segura: Ball Hog (2020), The Half of It (2020), Like a Boss (2020), Bert Kreischer: Hey Big Boy (2020), Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020), Jimmy O. Yang: Good Deal (2020), Kevin Hart: Zero F**ks Given (2020).

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The F**k-It List (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After a prank blows up a studious high school senior's life, he shares a list of certain things he wishes he'd done differently — and maybe still can.
Style: semi serious, light, feel good, sentimental, humorous
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: coming of age, friendship, desire, wish come true, teenage girl, teenager, youth, party, happy ending, magic, distopia, high school ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.3
 34K
My Spy (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, action comedy, buddy comedy ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: cia agent, spy, odd couple, muscleman, school, reluctant partners, espionage, child in peril, secret, little girl, undercover agent, partner ...
Time: 2020s, future, 2010s
Place: berlin germany, paris france, chicago, langley virginia, washington d.c. ...
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The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two years after defeating a satanic cult led by his babysitter Bee, Cole's trying to forget his past and focus on surviving high school. But when old enemies unexpectedly return, Cole will once again have to outsmart the forces of evil.
Style: horror comedy, slasher, dark, funny, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: satanic cult, ritual, nanny, deal with the devil, manipulative woman, blood, loss of virginity, male virgin, murder, husband wife relationship, school, game ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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 7.3
 23K
Uncle Frank (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Frank is a famous New York University professor in 1973 who left his small South Carolina town behind him and remained in little contact with his family, especially given his style of life and his relationship with his ten-year partner, the free ...
Style: sincere, suspenseful, serious, realistic, cult classic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: gay, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay muslim, funeral, gay relationship, uncle niece relationship, road trip, lgbtq, father son relationship, gay lead character, college professor ...
Time: 2020s, 2000s, year 1973, 70s
Place: south carolina, hawaii, new york
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Promising Young Woman (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A young woman haunted by a tragedy in her past takes revenge on the predatory men unlucky enough to cross her path.
Style: disturbing, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, rape, rape and revenge, revenge from beyond the grave, medical school, feminist, unpunished crime, violence, death of friend, chauvinism, sexual predator, oral sex ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: ohio, nebraska, new york
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 5.9
 29K
The Prom (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.
Style: inspirational, captivating, sentimental, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens
Plot: lesbian, gay, lgbt teen, prom, lgbtq, high school, lesbian interest, lesbian love, civil rights, lgbtqi, sapphic, discrimination ...
Time: 2000s, 2020s
Place: indiana, ohio, new york
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Happiest Season (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.
Style: romantic, light, romantic comedy, rom com, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, christmas, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian couple, family holiday, lgbtq, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, party, holiday, gay ...
Time: 2020s
Place: pittsburgh
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Coffee & Kareem (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A Detroit cop reluctantly teams with his girlfriend's 11-year-old son to clear his name and take down the city's most ruthless criminal.
Style: feel good, exciting, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Plot: child with gun, police officer killed, corrupt cop, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dealer, gangster, family relations, danger, cop, spy, woman with a gun, white supremacy ...
Time: 2020s
Place: detroit
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 8.0
 375K
Soul (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls ...
Style: 3d animation, touching, philosophical, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: jazz, self discovery, life after death, afterlife, meaning of life, lifestyle change, acceptance, life & death, following a dream, life, teaching the ways of the world, death ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: hawaii, tibet, manhattan new york city, new york
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Sincerely Louis C.K. (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Louis C.K. muses on religion, terrorism, small towns, Florida, disabilities, dogs, Auschwitz, marriage, sex, vegans, and his personal sexual controversy, in a live performance from Washington, D.C.
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, talky, funny ...
Plot: stand up comedy, stand up comedian, celebrity culture, monologue, social satire, blacks and whites, live performance, comedian, society, family relations, performer's life, lifestyle ...
Time: 2020s
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 6.8
 82K
Mank (2020)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: 1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
Style: black and white, historical drama, sentimental, inspirational, intense ...
Plot: screenwriter, filmmaking, wealth, biopic, writers, beach, movie business, politics, friendship, loneliness, car accident, name calling ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 2020s, year 1942, year 1936 ...
Place: los angeles, mojave desert, california, usa
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Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story: Comedian Taylor Tomlinson is halfway through her 20s — and she's over it. From dating losers to a failed engagement, she takes aim at her life choices.
Style: funny, humorous, semi serious, feel good, ironic ...
Plot: comedian, stand up comedy, female comedian, lifestyle, stand up comedian, adolescence vs adulthood, humour, irony, joke, satire, female protagonist, grownups ...
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Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Jerry Seinfeld takes the stage in New York and tackles talking vs. texting, bad buffets vs. so-called "great" restaurants and the magic of Pop Tarts.
Style: funny, feel good, humorous, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot: comedian, stand up comedy, humour, social problems, stand up comedian, social satire, satire, topical humor, conversation, joke, social issues, public speaking ...
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22nd Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating: Dave Chappelle (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An outstanding lineup of entertainers gathers in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to salute Dave Chappelle, recipient of the 22nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Style: funny, entertaining, humorous, satirical, feel good ...
Plot: joke, stand up comedian, celebrity, humour, comedian, satire, public speaking, stand up comedy, concert, stand up
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An American Pickle (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. He learns his only surviving relative is his great grandson, a computer coder who he can’t connect with.
Style: unusual plot structure, captivating, surreal, funny, feel good ...
Audience: adult
Plot: time traveler, time travel, immigrant, fish out of water, family relations, twists and turns, inventions and discoveries, disorder, jewish culture, hanukkah, life lesson, inspiration ...
Time: edwardian era, 2020s, 2010s, year 1919, 21st century
Place: brooklyn new york city, canada
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 7.1
 32K
Shiva Baby (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.
Style: emotional, disturbing, talky, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: sugar daddy, lesbian interest, jewish culture, lgbt, jewish family, funeral, unfaithful husband, prostitute, parent child relationship, bisexual, lgbtq, deception ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: israel
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Tom Segura: Ball Hog (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Tom Segura scores laughs with uncomfortably candid stories about mothers, fathers, following your dreams — and other things you'd rather not think about.
Style: funny, humorous, feel good, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot: stand up comedy, humour, comedian, joke, satire, public speaking, stand up comedian, stand up
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 6.9
 43K
The Half of It (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.
Style: lgbt cinema, touching, romantic comedy, compassionate, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: lesbian, lesbian teen, gay, high school life, lgbt, lgbt teen, unrequited love, lesbian love, love, lgbtq, teenager, sapphic ...
Time: near future, 2020s
Place: washington state
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 4.7
 15K
Like a Boss (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Two female friends with very different ideals decide to start a beauty company together. One is more practical, while the other wants to earn her fortune and live a lavish lifestyle.
Style: light, feel good, captivating, funny, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: cosmetics, businesswoman, friends, beauty salon, friends falling out, fashion, rich, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, coping, girlfriend, money problems, financial problem ...
Time: 2020s
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Bert Kreischer: Hey Big Boy (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story: Still the ultimate comedy party animal, Bert Kreischer tells more stories about parenthood and family life in a stand-up special from Cleveland.
Style: satirical, entertaining, captivating, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: stand up comedy, humour, comedian, stand up comedian, satire, public speaking, joke, stand up
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Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The story of a humiliating high school mishap from 1992 that sends the Impractical Jokers on the road competing in hidden-camera challenges for the chance to turn back the clock and redeem three of the four Jokers.
Style: feel good, humorous, romantic, funny, absurd
Audience: teens
Plot: prank, prankster, bully, childish behavior, rivalry, friends, stoner, family relations, love and romance, youth, party, high school ...
Time: 2020s
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Jimmy O. Yang: Good Deal (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min.
Story: In his debut standup special, Good Deal, Jimmy will tell you all about his take on Asian representation, how he learned to speak English from rap videos, dating tall women, and pursuing his dreams only to disappoint his old school Chinese parents. ...
Style: humorous, satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating ...
Plot: stand up comedian, stand up comedy, comedian, asian, joke, social satire, satire, public speaking, profanity, swearing, man with glasses, chinaman ...
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Kevin Hart: Zero F**ks Given (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: Kevin Hart serves up laughs and brick oven pizza from the comfort of his home, and dishes on male group chats, sex after 40 and life with COVID-19.
Style: entertaining, humorous, funny, captivating, satirical ...
Plot: talk show, stand up comedy, stand up comedian, joke, irony, humour, public speaking, comedian, satire, black man, stand up
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Pete Davidson: Alive from New York (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story: Comedian and "SNL" star Pete Davidson drops a candid and intimate stand-up special shot live in New York City.
Style: funny, captivating, satirical, ironic, semi serious ...
Plot: stand up comedian, comedian, stand up comedy, satire, irony, public speaking, joke, humour, social satire, sexual joke, sexual humor, adult humor ...
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Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
Style: humorous, exciting, psychotronic, tense, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, date night, adult
Plot: superhero, female protagonist, female warrior, anti heroine, tough girl, superhero team, woman fights a man, female assassin, superheroine, one woman army, young girl, female vigilante ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york, sicily, new jersey
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The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha finds inspiration by reinventing herself as a rapper.
Style: uplifting, feel good, realistic, inspirational, stylized ...
Plot: rap, hip hop, follow your dream, female protagonist, best friend, second chance, life philosophy, career, music business, musician's life, dream, ambition ...
Time: 2020s
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Tom Papa: You're Doing Great! (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Comedian Tom Papa takes on body image issues, social media, pets, Staten Island, the "old days" and more in a special from his home state of New Jersey.
Style: funny, captivating, humorous, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot: humour, satire, social satire, stand up comedian, topical humor, public speaking, comedian, stand up comedy, stand up
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 78K
Holidate (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.
Style: feel good, romantic, light, funny, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, love, holiday, happy ending, fall in love, opposites attract, single, new year's eve, dating, ex boyfriend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, chance meeting ...
Time: 2020s
Place: chicago, illinois
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Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story: Actor, comedian and writer Fortune Feimster takes the stage and riffs on her southern roots, sexual awakenings, showbiz career and more.
Style: light, captivating, humorous, funny, entertaining
Plot: stand up comedy, comedian, humour, life, irony, joke, stand up comedian, food, swimming, lesbian, conversation, stand up ...
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An Evening with Tim Heidecker (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story: Filmed in Los Angeles in pre-COVID times and produced by Abso Lutely Productions, An Evening With Tim Heidecker features Tim’s unique, no-holds-barred takes on modern inconveniences, PC culture, politics and marriage. You can call it a send-up, a ...
Style: funny, semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: stand up comedy, social satire, satire, humour, stand up comedian, comedian, live performance, public speaking, stand up
Time: 2020s
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