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Comedy movies

Lighthearted stories designed to make you laugh, ranging from witty satire to hilarious slapstick moments.

Subgenres include: Parody, Satire, Dark Comedy.

The Holdovers

1391. The Holdovers

Comedy Drama Workplace Comedy Family Drama
7.9

20232h 13min

United States

Director: Alexander Payne

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.

Themes

Grief and loss, Power dynamics in education, Donor expectations, Mentorship flaws, Discipline vs empathy, War's impact on families

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There's Still Tomorrow

1392. There's Still Tomorrow

Drama Comedy History Historical Drama Awkward Comedy
7.7

20231h 58min

Italy

Director: Paola Cortellesi

In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life.

Themes

Abusive husband dynamics, Women empowerment, Voting as agency, 1940s social upheaval, Post-war italy, Economic sacrifice and ambition

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Second Tour

1393. Second Tour

Comedy
6.2

20231h 35min

France

Director: Albert Dupontel

A disgraced political journalist placed in the soccer section, Miss Pove is asked to follow the presidential campaign in progress. The front-runner is a fifty-year-old heir to a powerful French family and a political novice. Troubled by this candidate, whom she has known to be less smooth in the past, Miss Pove embarks on an investigation that is as surprising as it is jubilant.


Old Dads

1394. Old Dads

Comedy Satire
6.2

20231h 42min

United States

Director: Bill Burr

A cranky middle-aged dad and his two best friends find themselves out of step in a changing world of millennial CEOs and powerful preschool principals.

Themes

Age bias in management, Parenting and fatherhood pressures, Generational workplace clash, Political correctness and banter tension, Adaptation to modern business, Male friendship under pressure

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The Other Zoey

1395. The Other Zoey

Romance Drama Comedy Romantic Comedy Coming-of-Age Drama
5.9

20231h 31min

United States

Director: Sara Zandieh

Highly intelligent computer major Zoey Miller is uninterested in romantic love, but her life is turned upside down when Zack, the school's soccer star, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend.

Themes

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Chicken for Linda!

1396. Chicken for Linda!

Animation Comedy Family
7.0

20231h 13min

France, Italy

Director: Chiara Malta

Single mother Paulette decides to make up for her mistake by cooking a chicken with peppers for her daughter—only she can't cook and shopkeepers are on strike.


The Monk and the Gun

1397. The Monk and the Gun

Comedy Drama
7.1

20231h 52min

Bhutan, France

Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji

An American travels to Bhutan searching for a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.


The Delinquents

1398. The Delinquents

Drama Comedy Crime
6.7

20233h 10min

Argentina, Brazil

Director: Rodrigo Moreno

Morán works as a clerk in a bank in Buenos Aires. He is as good as invisible to his colleagues. Over dinner with his colleague Román, Morán tells him that he stole exactly $650,000, which is exactly double what he would have made until his retirement. He plans to turn himself in, but not before offering Román to split the money if agrees to hide it for the duration of his incarceration.


Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she's too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha's life is in jeopardy. Luckily, she meets Paul, a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies who is willing to give his life to save hers. But their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest to fulfill Paul's last wishes before day breaks.

Themes

Bullying fuels revenge, Blood supply dependence, Unlikely friendship challenges norms, Vampire hunger humanity, Teen suicide consequences, Blood sucking ethics

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The Conference

1400. The Conference

Horror Comedy Slasher Horror Dark Comedy
5.7

20231h 41min

Sweden

Director: Patrik Eklund

A ragtag group of public sector employees battle not only their own discord but also a bloodthirsty killer during a seemingly innocuous retreat.

Themes

Trust and betrayal dynamics, Corruption under duress, Corporate greed vs public good, Public sector stress, Team-building under threat, Revenge within professional spaces

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