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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.

Nimona

1451. Nimona

Animation Family Action Science Fiction Adventure
7.5

20231h 39min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Troy Quane

A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.

Themes

Class inequality, Loyalty under pressure, Evidence and accountability, Acceptance and belonging, Reform and change, Deception and authority

Available on

Netflix
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River

1452. River

Comedy Science Fiction Fantasy
6.9

20231h 26min

Japan

Director: Junta Yamaguchi

The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again. The whole inn seems to be stuck in a time loop!


Joy Ride

1453. Joy Ride

Comedy Buddy Comedy
6.4

20231h 34min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Adele Lim

When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.

Themes

Deception and performance, Creative reinvention, Identity negotiation, Adoption and origins, Intergenerational ties, Female friendship and belonging

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Maggie Moore(s)

1454. Maggie Moore(s)

Mystery Comedy
6.2

20231h 39min

United States

Director: John Slattery

Bizarre back-to-back murders in an otherwise quiet Arizona desert town has rattled local Police Chief Jordan Sanders. The two dead women have no connection to each other – except they’re both named Maggie Moore. While unravelling a web of small-town lies and mysteries, the investigation gets even more complicated when Sanders begins a romantic relationship with one of the murdered women's neighbor, Rita.


No Hard Feelings

1455. No Hard Feelings

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.3

20231h 44min

United States

Director: Gene Stupnitsky

On the brink of losing her childhood home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to “date” their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college. To her surprise, Maddie soon discovers the awkward Percy is no sure thing.

Themes

Economic precarity, Power dynamics in dating, Age disparity, Independence vs dependence, Deception and bargaining, Parental manipulation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
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The Blackening

1456. The Blackening

Horror Comedy Slasher Horror Satire
6.0

20231h 37min

United States

Director: Tim Story

Seven black friends go away for the weekend, only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. They must pit their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies against the murderer to stay alive.

Themes

Racial performance under pressure, Group dynamics under threat, Isolation and survival ethics, Revenge as social critique, Parody of cultural stereotypes, Identity policing and backlash

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Elemental

1457. Elemental

Family Fantasy Comedy Romance Animation
7.0

20231h 42min

United States

Director: Peter Sohn

In a city where fire, water, land and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: how much they have in common.

Themes

Water elements coexistence, Fire city tensions, Earth air coexistence, Cross-element romantic tension, City pressure and change, Computer animation craft

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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They Cloned Tyrone

1458. They Cloned Tyrone

Comedy Science Fiction Mystery Dark Comedy Investigation Mystery
6.6

20232h 2min

United States

Director: Juel Taylor

A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood.

Themes

Surveillance and control, Experimental ethics, Racial exploitation, Deception for order, Cloning and dehumanization, Assimilation as violence

Available on

Netflix
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Asteroid City

1459. Asteroid City

Comedy Drama Satire Coming-of-Age Drama
6.4

20231h 45min

United States, Germany

Director: Wes Anderson

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Themes

Grief and memory, Metatheatrical stage play framing, Existentialism in daily life, Invention driven social dynamics, Quarantine and civic response, Desert town convention tensions

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Medusa Deluxe

1460. Medusa Deluxe

Comedy Mystery Thriller
6.1

20231h 41min

United Kingdom

Director: Thomas Hardiman

Talented and cutthroat hairstylists at a competition find one of their own murdered before judging can begin. Winding through neon-lit halls, competitors unspool long-simmering resentments and lies as they search for the killer among them.