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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.

Operation Christmas Drop

2121. Operation Christmas Drop

Comedy Family Romance TV Movie Christmas Family
5.9

20201h 35min

United States

Director: Martin Wood

While gathering evidence to support closing a tropical U.S. Air Force base, a congressional aide warms to its generous captain.

Themes

"movie: operation christmas drop. genres: comedy, Family, Romance, Tv movie, Comedy, Family, Romance, Tv movie main themes: u.s. air force, Military base, Christmas spirit, U.s. air force, Military base, Christmas spirit full keywords list: u.s. air force, Military base, Christmas spirit, Christmas, Guam. concept analysis: the film explores the themes of compassion and community service, Highlighting the importance of human connection in the face of bureaucratic decisions. it also emphasizes the transformative power of experiencing generosity and kindness during the holiday season."

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The People Upstairs

2122. The People Upstairs

Comedy Drama
6.6

20201h 21min

Spain

Director: Cesc Gay

Julio and Ana have been together for more than fifteen years. They have become a couple who no longer look at nor touch one another, and who have made daily fighting the essence of their relationship. This evening, Ana has invited their upstairs neighbors to come round, Salva and Laura, a couple younger than them, pleasant and friendly, but whose noises are now an annoyance for Julio and Ana... or perhaps a stimulus? The upstairs neighbors will make them an unusual and surprising proposal which will turn the evening into an exaggerated and cathartic experience for all four.


PG: Psycho Goreman

2123. PG: Psycho Goreman

Science Fiction Comedy Horror Alien Contact Sci-Fi Parody
6.3

20201h 35min

Canada

Director: Steven Kostanski

Siblings Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord. Using a magical amulet, they force the monster to obey their childish whims, and accidentally attract a rogues’ gallery of intergalactic assassins to small-town suburbia.

Themes

Family loyalty under pressure, Trust vs manipulation, Alien invasion in suburbia, External threat disrupts everyday life, Children controlling danger, Power corrupts relationships

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Contra

2124. Contra

Comedy Drama
6.8

20201h 44min

Germany

Director: Sönke Wortmann

With his uncouth manner, Professor Pohl doesn’t enjoy the best reputation at the university where he works. To make matters worse, he makes a racist remark when student Naima arrives late for his lecture. Unfortunately for him, a video of his verbal outburst spreads like wildfire on the Internet, and the university’s president, Lambrecht, is called to deal with the incident. But Pohl is not dismissed. Instead, he is put to the task of helping Naima prepare for an important debating competition. The lecturer and the student could not be more different, yet they are thrown together to work as a team.


Holidate

2125. Holidate

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.2

20201h 44min

United States

Director: John Whitesell

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.

Themes

Fear of commitment, Holiday pressure, Platonic dating pact, Family dinner tension, Friends with benefits, Public relationship scrutiny

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Roald Dahl's The Witches

2126. Roald Dahl's The Witches

Comedy Fantasy Family Horror Dark Fantasy
5.4

20201h 44min

Mexico, United Kingdom

Director: Robert Zemeckis

In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered.

Themes

"movie: roald dahl's the witches. genres: comedy, Fantasy, Family, Horror, Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Horror main themes: hotel, Witch, Based on novel or book, Hotel, Witch, Based on novel or book full keywords list: hotel, Witch, Based on novel or book, Mouse, Transformation, Orphan, Based on children's book, Talking animal. concept analysis: the film explores how love, Resilience, And chosen family empower vulnerable children to confront hidden evils that adults either ignore or cannot see. beneath its fantastical horror, It suggests that knowledge, Solidarity, And moral courage are the true defenses against predatory forces disguised as charm and respectability."

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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

2127. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Comedy Satire
6.6

20201h 36min

United States

Director: Jason Woliner

14 years after making a film about his journey across the USA, Borat risks life and limb when he returns to the United States with his young daughter, and reveals more about the culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political elections.

Themes

Satire as social critique, Patriotism under scrutiny, Cultural clash and gender norms, Political spectacle and media, Misogyny and reform pressure

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The Predators

2128. The Predators

Drama Comedy
6.2

20201h 49min

Italy

Director: Pietro Castellitto

This is the story of two completely opposite households: the Pavone are intellectual and bourgeois, the Vismara are proletarian and fascists. They are two tribes sharing the same jungle: Rome. A trivial accident brings these two poles together. The madness of a 25-year old youth will set them on a collision course, discovering the cards to reveal that everyone has a secret. People are never what they seem – but we are all predators in the end.


Out of My League

2129. Out of My League

Romance Comedy
6.1

20201h 30min

Italy

Director: Alice Filippi

Marta may be an orphan, and she may be affected by a lethal illness, yet she is the most positive person one can meet. She wants a boy to fall for her. Not any boy - the most handsome of them all. One day, she may have found her match.


Bye Bye Morons

2130. Bye Bye Morons

Comedy Drama Buddy Comedy Family Drama
6.7

20201h 27min

France

Director: Albert Dupontel

When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.

Themes

Unlikely alliances, Humor under pressure, Illness urgency, Memory and past, Search for family, Bureaucratic hurdles

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