Best American Comedy Movies – page 5

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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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 6.7
 33K
In a World... (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voice-over star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation.
Style: humorous, feel good, clever, light, witty ...
Audience: family friendly, date night
Plot: sexism, female empowerment, workplace, shyness, workplace situations, siblings relations, love and romance, hopes, feminist, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, women ...
Time: year 2013, year 1989, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, ireland
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 6.5
 27K
Bad Trip (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: This mix of a scripted buddy comedy road movie and a real hidden camera prank show follows the outrages misadventures of two buds stuck in a rut who embark on a cross-country road trip to NYC. The storyline sets up shocking real pranks.
Style: light, funny, road movie, dark comedy, buddy comedy ...
Plot: gorilla, humour, road trip, car, prank, friends, stoner, road accident, travel, escapades, satire, drunk ...
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 6.7
 106K
Waiting... (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Employees at a Bennigan's-like restaurant (called, creatively enough, Shenanigan's), kill time before their real lives get started. But while they wait, they'll have to deal with picky customers who want their steak cooked to order ...
Style: funny, feel good, humorous, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: restaurant, food, employer employee relationship, friendship, workplace, workplace romance, college, staff, prank, buddies, workplace situations, wooing ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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 6.9
 46K
May December (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
Style: captivating, entertaining, sincere, dramatic, dark comedy ...
Plot: actress, statutory rape, child sexual abuse, pedophilia, female pedophile, sexual abuse, husband wife relationship, graduation, sex, child rape, marriage, life ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s
Place: georgia
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 7.1
 78K
Fright Night (1985)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Nobody believes teenager Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) when he discovers that his suave new neighbor, Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon), is a vampire. So when the bloodsucker starts stalking Charley, he turns to has-been actor Peter Vincent ...
Style: scary, suspense, horror comedy, slasher, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: vampire, supernatural, monster, supernatural horror, blood, mysterious character, neighbor, teenager, gory, bloodsucker, brutality, werewolf ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, iowa
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Back to the Future (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his ...
Style: feel good, exciting, light, funny, cult classic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: time travel, time machine, mad scientist, time loop, teenager, destiny, inventor, scientist, changing the past or future, time, fish out of water, high school ...
Time: future, 80s, 1950s, year 1985, year 1955 ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
Story: Recorded November 10th, 2011 as part of the New York Comedy Festival, and only available for purchase online, Louis C.K. follows up his 2010 concert film Hilarious with a new hour’s worth of shrewdly observed and periodically profane material. He ...
Style: humorous, cynical, witty, talky, independent film ...
Plot: stand up comedy, dark humor, lifestyle, social problems, artists and showbiz, death, talk show, stand up comedian, concert, comedian, one-man show, politically correct ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 6.1
 137K
The Campaign (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Style: parody, funny, political, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: congressman, politics, election, campaign, farce, campaigning, twists and turns, profanity, satire, election campaign, mentor, political corruption ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
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Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him ...
Style: talky, humorous, surreal, cult classic, funny ...
Plot: art, writers, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, relationships, philosophy, satire, sexual content, eternal love, depression ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Mike and Dave are young, adventurous, fun-loving brothers who tend to get out of control at family gatherings. When their sister Jeanie reveals her Hawaiian wedding plans, the rest of the Stangles insist that the brothers bring respectable dates. ...
Style: funny, humorous, sex comedy, romantic, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: wedding, public nudity, topless woman, erotic massage, sex scene, nudity, sexual humor, canceled wedding, violent woman, stupidity, pretending to be someone else, farce ...
Time: year 2016
Place: hawaii, oceania
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 7.4
 129K
Animal House (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Style: humorous, funny, light, witty, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: college, beer, female nudity, marijuana, party, youth, sorority, revenge, cheerleader, overweight, lust, fraternity ...
Time: year 1962, year 1978, 20th century, 60s
Place: pennsylvania
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 7.5
 125K
Love, Simon (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's ...
Style: romantic, touching, sweet, emotional, sincere ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbt teen, homosexuality, high school, teenager, homosexual, gay lead character, gay teenager, gay relationship, love, gay interest ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 2010s
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene.
Style: humorous, hilarious, entertaining, funny, intense ...
Plot: magic, friendship, creativity, showbiz, comeback, artists and showbiz, partner, disorder, ambition, uninhibited rivalry, performer's life, rivalry ...
Time: year 2013, year 1982, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada
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 6.4
 140K
Accepted (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
Style: feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, teen sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama
Plot: college, teenager, college life, high school, youth, student, education, party, coming of age, slacker, campus, college student ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa, yale university, harvard university
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 6.9
 88K
Grandma's Boy (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big Xbox game. But he gets kicked out of his apartment and is forced to move in with his ...
Style: funny, humorous, hilarious, not serious, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: stoner, weed, marijuana, geek, stupidity, adolescence, roommate, workplace, drug, older woman younger man relationship, party, eviction ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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As Good as It Gets (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will ...
Style: feel good, touching, sweet, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, family outing
Plot: dog, mental illness, writers, neighbor, friendship, older man younger woman relationship, gay, gender, looking for love, age difference, waitress, misanthrope ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1997
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, maryland, baltimore
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Life of the Party (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Dumped by her husband, longtime housewife Deanna turns regret into reset by going back to college. Winding up at the same school as her daughter, Deanna plunges headlong into the campus experience – embracing fun, freedom and frat boys.
Style: funny, realistic, humorous, light, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, sorority, divorce, daughter, starting over, human spirit, education, friends, mother and daughter, party, relationships, family relations ...
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Ali Wong: Baby Cobra (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Ali Wong might be seven-months pregnant, but there’s not a fetus in the world that can stop this acerbic and savage train of comedy from delivering a masterful hour of stand-up.
Style: funny, fun
Plot: stand up comedy, pregnant woman, feminism, female singer, racism, homeless man, pregnant wife, pregnancy, twins, miscarriage, wedding ring, asian woman ...
Place: indiana
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Bill Burr: You People Are All The Same (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: Taking the stage in Washington, D.C., funnyman Bill Burr brings his stinging brand of humor to the spotlight, uncorking a profanity-laced, incisive routine that pokes fun at plastic surgery, reality TV, gold diggers and more.
Style: funny, captivating, humorous, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot: comedian, stand up comedian, stand up comedy, talk show, humour, relationships, social problems, life philosophy, social satire, society, satire, anti feminist ...
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Louis C.K. 2017 (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Louis C.K. muses on religion, eternal love, giving dogs drugs, email fights, teachers and more in a live performance from Washington, D.C.
Style: humorous, cynical, light, intense, stylized ...
Plot: politics, greed, eccentricity, sarcasm, dark humor, stand up comedy, storytelling, workplace, obsession, runaway, depression, art ...
Is relevant ?
 5.2
 56K
Rough Night (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a male stripper. Amidst the craziness of trying to cover it up, ...
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, captivating, teen, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: friendship, friends, male stripper, murder, female protagonist, death, blonde, beach, woman urinating, sex toy, lesbian, female friendship ...
Time: year 2017, year 2016, year 2006
Place: miami
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 6.0
 57K
Walk of Shame (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A reporter's dream of becoming a news anchor is compromised after a one-night stand leaves her stranded in downtown L.A. without a phone, car, ID or money - and only 8 hours to make it to the most important job interview of her life.
Style: funny, humorous, teen, light, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: journalist, comedy of errors, blonde, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, one night stand, urban, stereotypes, creativity, mentor, stupidity, life philosophy, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 6.2
 48K
The Big Year (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than ...
Style: feel good, humorous, light, scenic, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: obsession, bird, competition, friendship, father son relationship, eccentricity, camp, family drama, marital problem, rivalry, midlife crisis, storm ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: alaska, usa, china
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Terms of Endearment (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style: tear jerker, touching, sad, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, single mother, husband wife relationship, grief, adultery, terminal illness, death of daughter, relationships, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 60s ...
Place: texas, houston texas, new york, nebraska, louisiana ...
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Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Galifianakis dreamed of becoming a star. But when Will Ferrell discovered his public access TV show, 'Between Two Ferns' and uploaded it to Funny or Die, Zach became a viral laughing stock. Now Zach and his crew are taking a road trip to ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, not serious, funny, absurd ...
Audience: adult
Plot: celebrity, comedian, interview, road trip, employee employee relationship, follow your dream, eccentricity, humiliation, musician, satire, joke, stoner ...
Time: year 2019
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 480K
The Big Short (2015)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Style: intellectual, realistic, tense, intelligent, inspirational ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick, family friendly, teen drama ...
Plot: finance, wall street, business, economics, stock market, money, financial crisis, greed, economic crisis, fraud, loan, analysis ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, year 2007, year 2015, future ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, las vegas
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Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: In his final comedy special, Norm Macdonald ponders casinos, cannibalism, living wills and why you have to be ready for whatever life throws your way, all done in front of a camera, without an audience, and in one take. After his set, Norm's ...
Style: entertaining, ironic, satirical, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: stand up comedian, stand up comedy, joke, social satire, satire, comedian, irony, humour, topical humor, tribute, telephone call, cell phone ...
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 7.1
 107K
Uncle Buck (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon ...
Style: feel good, funny, light, entertaining, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: childhood, unlikely friendships, teenager, child care, parents and children, when the parents are away, babysitter, happy ending, fish out of water, respect, uncle nephew relationship, mischievous children ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, wisconsin, minnesota, usa
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 7.7
 649K
Home Alone (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, chick flick ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, mischievous children, home alone, youth, children, home invasion, kids and family, child protagonist, winter, child, when the parents are away ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 2016, 80s
Place: chicago, illinois, usa, france, paris france ...
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