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Ensemble Comedy movies

Group dynamics comedy: competing agendas, misunderstandings, alliances, and rapid-fire interpersonal collisions.

Penguins of Madagascar

21. Penguins of Madagascar

Family Animation Adventure Comedy Family Animation
6.6

20141h 32min

United States

Director: Simon J. Smith

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Deception and trust, Adaptation and resilience, Interspecies collaboration, Leadership and teamwork, Manipulation of power

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Apple TV
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This Is Where I Leave You

22. This Is Where I Leave You

Drama Comedy Family Drama Ensemble Comedy
6.6

20141h 43min

United States

Director: Shawn Levy

When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.

Themes

Dysfunctional family dynamics, Affair shadow over marriage, Sit shiva tradition, Funeral and mourning, Pregnant status tension

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Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo casino. When French animal-control officer Capitaine Chantel DuBois picks up their scent, Alex and company are forced to hide out in a traveling circus.

Themes

Survival through collaboration, Identity through roles, Loyalty under pursuit, Spectacle and credibility, Public performance vs privacy, Deception and adaptation

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Quartet

24. Quartet

Drama Comedy Romance Entertainment Industry Drama Ensemble Comedy
6.8

20121h 38min

United Kingdom

Director: Dustin Hoffman

Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on, and it does.

Themes

Memory and identity, Reputation under pressure, Performance as life force, Aging artistry, Art as rejuvenation, Reunion under constraint

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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RED

25. RED

Action Adventure Comedy Crime Thriller
7.0

20101h 51min

United States

Director: Robert Schwentke

After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Government deception, Genocide cover-up, Authority versus accountability, Past operations haunting present, Risk and protection of allies

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
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Looking for Eric

26. Looking for Eric

Drama Comedy Relationship Drama Ensemble Comedy
7.1

20091h 56min

United Kingdom, France

Director: Ken Loach

A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor -- the ex-footballer Eric Cantona.

Themes

Family under pressure, Role model influence, Social satire, Intergenerational reconciliation, Crime exposure and public humiliation, Coping under crisis

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Amazon Video
AMC+ Amazon Channel
The Roku Channel
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RED 2

27. RED 2

Action Comedy Crime Thriller Spy Action
6.6

20131h 56min

United States

Director: Dean Parisot

Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.

Themes

Loyalty under duress, Deception and betrayal, Institutional corruption, Unreliable alliances, Fugitives under surveillance, Pursuit of dangerous device

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
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The Best Man Holiday

28. The Best Man Holiday

Comedy Ensemble Comedy
6.6

20132h 3min

United States

Director: Malcolm D. Lee

When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.

Themes

Fame and privacy, Loyalty under stress, Romantic entanglements and rivalries, Illness and caregiving burden, Enduring friendship tensions, Deception and miscommunication

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Apple TV
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Definitely, Maybe

29. Definitely, Maybe

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Ensemble Comedy
7.1

20081h 52min

France, Germany

Director: Adam Brooks

In a world where a dad turns his love life into a mystery story, a soon‑to‑be divorcé rewrites his romantic past for his curious daughter, hiding every name and detail. As he jumps between three great loves, he realizes he might have been chasing the wrong ending all along.

Themes

Divorce pressure, Parent-child relationship, Political ambition, Dating woes, Romance vs career clash, Past relationships impact present

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Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France...

Themes

Regional prejudice, Relocation and belonging, Deception for mobility, Dialect as social marker, Unhappy marriage, Hospitality and community

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