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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.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

1691. Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Fantasy Comedy Adventure Science Fiction Supernatural Fantasy
7.0

20212h 4min

Canada, United States

Director: Jason Reitman

When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

Themes

Family legacy pressure, Small-town isolation, Intergenerational collaboration, Scientific curiosity, Ancestral care and memory, Paranormal threat management

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A priceless relic is stolen from identical royals Queen Margaret and Princess Stacy, who enlist the help of their sketchy look-alike cousin Fiona Pembroke to retrieve it.

Themes

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Flashback

1693. Flashback

Comedy Science Fiction
6.1

20211h 35min

France, United States

Director: Caroline Vigneaux

A female lawyer travels back in time and crosses paths with other women in history who fought for women's rights.


Aline

1694. Aline

Music Comedy Drama Family
6.3

20212h 5min

France, Canada

Director: Valérie Lemercier

A fictionalized biopic of Aline Dieu, a multitalented singer from a musically inclined family.


Love Hard

1695. Love Hard

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.3

20211h 45min

United States

Director: Hernán Jiménez

An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she's been catfished. But the object of her affection actually lives in the same town, and the guy who duped her offers to set them up if she pretends to be his own girlfriend for the holidays.

Themes

Deceptive appearances, Honesty under pressure, Online dating deception, Holiday relationship pressures, Family approval pressures, Performative romance

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Vicious Fun

1696. Vicious Fun

Comedy Horror Romance
6.5

20211h 43min

Canada, United States

Director: Cody Calahan

Joel, a caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to blend in with his homicidal surroundings or risk becoming the next victim.


Red Notice

1697. Red Notice

Action Comedy Crime Buddy Action Heist
6.3

20211h 58min

United States

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber

An Interpol-issued Red Notice is a global alert to hunt and capture the world's most wanted. But when a daring heist brings together the FBI's top profiler and two rival criminals, there's no telling what will happen.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Trust vs suspicion, Romance under pressure, Shifting loyalties, Global crime caper, Artifact-driven greed

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Army of Thieves

1698. Army of Thieves

Action Crime Comedy Heist Parody
6.4

20212h 7min

Germany, United States

Director: Matthias Schweighöfer

A mysterious woman recruits bank teller Ludwig Dieter to lead a group of aspiring thieves on a top-secret heist during the early stages of the zombie apocalypse.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Loyalty under pressure, Romance under strain, Zombie apocalypse backdrop, Money versus reputation, Expertise as identity, Pursuit by authorities

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The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

Themes

Memory and legacy, Journalistic objectivity, Revolutionary student protest, Art as social currency, Foreignness and belonging, Artworld spectacle

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The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.

Themes

Creativity under constraint, Caregiving and loss, Economic precarity and debt, Illness and institutionalization, Public fame through art, Class bias and scandal

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
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