Top Comedy Movies


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51. Life is Beautiful ( vita è bella, La )

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Roberto Benigni
Actors: Nicoletta Braschi, Roberto Benigni, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano
Plot: A man uses his humor to try and break the ice with his son in a Nazi death camp.

52. The Sting

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: George Roy Hill
Actors: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning
Plot: A man seeks revenge on his murdered partner while he joins forces with a con man to pull off the ultimate sting.

53. Duck Soup

Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx
Plot: Freedonia has borrowed a large sum of money from a wealthy widow Mrs. Teasdale. Rufus T. Firefly is to replace the current president of the country so that they are able to get out of debt. The neighboring countries send inept spies to obtain secret information. Slapstick comedy.

54. The Apartment

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston
Plot: A man who is trying to move up in his company, "rents" out his apartment to gain dollars and a better title. He falls in love along the way.

55. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Actors: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand
Plot: A young man his heart broken by his ex girlfriend who he can't seem to forget. His friends suggest making a trip far away to somewhere she would not be - only to find out her and her new boyfriend are staying at the same resort. His luck may have turned as he meets a nice young lady who is interested in who he is.

56. Beverly Hills Cop

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Brest
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher
Plot: A Detroit cop (Eddie Murphy) takes a leave of absence to look into the murder of a troubled old friend. The trail leads to Beverly Hills, where the irreverent Murphy investigates his friend's former employer (Steven Berkoff). Improvising his way through Beverly Hills, Murphy's "bad cop" approach rubs the local "good cops" (John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Ronny Cox) the wrong way... until his investigation actually turns up some real evidence.

57. Zombieland

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Actors: Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin
Plot: In a land overrun by zombies, two men - the weak-willed yet determined-to-live Columbus and one-man, zombie-killing army Tallahassee team up to survive, and track down the world's last Twinkie. When they meet up with two female survivors, Wichita and Little Rock, they have to decide which is worse: getting along or joining the undead.

58. It Happened One Night

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Roscoe Karns, Walter Connolly
Plot: A rich daughter runs away from home to be discovered by a semi washed up reporter looking for a story. Will they fall in love?

59. Richard Pryor ...Here and Now

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Pryor
Actors: Richard Pryor
Plot: A combination stand-up special and documentary that follows Richard Pryor on one of his later tours. Still as foul-mouthed as ever - he never shies away from speaking his mind.

60. Tangled

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
Actors: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Ron Perlman
Plot: Rapunzel has lived her life in a tower, but a passing bandit catches her eye and she finally leaves tower life behind to track him down.

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