Top Comedy Movies


The Top Comedy Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Comedy List". Lists are calculated daily.

201. In the Loop

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Armando Iannucci
Actors: Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Paul Higgins, Anna Chlumsky
Plot: When the US and UK decide to go to war, it takes the right group of people, along with a lot of spin, backroom politics and gossip, to make the war go away.

202. Crimes and Misdemeanors

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Woody Allen, Alan Alda
Plot: An ophthalmologist is faced with a dilemma when his mistress of many years demands marriage or she will come clean with the affair. But will he choose murder over the destruction of his life? Meanwhile a documentary filmmaker wants to do a piece on a philosophy professor but instead is told to film a portrait of successful TV producer - his brother-in-law Lester, whom he despises.

203. Dogma

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Smith
Actors: Linda Fiorentino, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Chris Rock
Plot: Two angels banished from heaven have discovered a loophole to get back in - but they will destroy creation in the process. It's up to the last scion of Christ, the 13th apostle, two prophets, a muse and the voice of God to stop them.

204. Top Hat

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark Sandrich
Actors: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes
Plot: Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

205. Bottle Rocket

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Anderson
Actors: Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Ned Dowd, Shea Fowler
Plot: Focusing on a trio of friends and their elaborate plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.

206. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ( Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Actors: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco
Plot: When a woman's lover leaver her, she decides to track him down to find out why. His family has no idea and her girlfriend is too busy being worried about the police coming after her for her boyfriend's crimes. Seeking advice, they find a female lawyer - who just so happens to be the ex-lover's new flame - and then things get really complicated.

207. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Stanley Kramer
Actors: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett
Plot: A thief looking to cash in after a stint in prison (to the tune of $350,000) instead finds himself on the losing end of a car accident. His dying words send four different set of people on a madcap cross-country trip to claim the cash before anyone else.

208. Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The ( Charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Le )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Fernando Rey, Bulle Ogier, Delphine Seyrig
Plot: A group of six six middle-class people come together for a nice dinner - only to have the meal constantly interrupted in this surreal journey.

209. Frances Ha

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Noah Baumbach
Actors: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen
Plot: A 27-year-old New York woman tries to find her place in life - she works at a dance company but doesn't dance - has a best friend she hardly talks to and lives an apartment she doesn't really own.

210. The Lego Batman Movie

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Chris McKay
Actors: Will Arnett, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Cera
Plot: Bruce Wayne - rich, powerful, gad-about-town. Batman - vigilante, seeker of justice, deep voice. Dealing with the socialites and criminals of Gotham is hard enough - but what happens when the man/superhero takes on the responsibility of raising an orphaned boy?

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