221. The Muppet Movie
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: James Frawley
Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Charles Durning, Milton Berle, Mel Brooks
Plot: Kermit the Frog goes on a cross-country trek to find fame in Hollywood. Along the way, he meets Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and the rest of the Muppets cast, and voilà, the Muppets are born. Kermit's new found friends help him evade the evil Doc Hopper, who wants Kermit to be his "spokesman" for his Frog Leg restaurant chain.
222. 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, Alan Rickman, Jason Lee
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.
223. Being There
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hal Ashby
Actors: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart
Plot: A simple gardener has to leave the only home he has ever known when the owner dies. Out on the D.C. streets alone, only speaking what he has learned from TV, he none-the-less comes into contact with a wealthy lobbyist, who is dying himself. Soon he is the toast of town, but remains the simple man he has always been.
224. Deadpool & Wolverine
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shawn Levy
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Matthew Macfadyen, Morena Baccarin, Brianna Hildebrand, Jennifer Garner
225. Mean Girls
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mark Waters
Actors: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler, Lacey Chabert
Plot: Cady Heron a regular high school girl gets in with the "Plastics" who are a group of girls that resemble Barbie dolls and are superficial to the extreme. She discovers who her friends are and why she hates the "Plastics" in the first place.
226. Love Actually
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Curtis
Actors: Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Sienna Guillory, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Gregor Fisher
Plot: Follows the the love lives of eight different couples, and their loosely interrelated interactions, in one, frantic month before Christmastime in London.
227. Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nick Park
Actors: Peter Sallis, Anne Reid
Plot: During a window washing job, Wallace finds himself falling for wool store owner Wendolene. But Gromit finds himself framed for sheep rustling and thrown in jail. Wallace, Wendolen (and the sheep) work together to get Gromit freed.
228. Billy Madison
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tamra Davis
Actors: Adam Sandler, Darren McGavin, Bridgette Wilson, Bradley Whitford, Norm McDonald, Josh Mostel
Plot: A spoiled rich goof-off is forced to repeat grades 1-12 in order to
inherit his father's business.
229. To Be or Not to Be
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Actors: Robert Stack, Jack Benny, Carole Lombard, Sig Ruman, Halliwell Hobbes, Henry Victor
Plot: In WWII occupied Poland, comedy stage actors use thier skills to
imperonate Nazi generals to gain information to rid themselves from teh
Nazis.
230. Being John Malkovich
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Spike Jonze
Actors: John Cusack, K.K. Dodds, John Malkovich, Cameron Diaz, Orson Bean, Catherine Keener
Plot: A skillful puppeteer finds the perfect puppet when he discovers a portal in his new office on a "half" floor. It leads him literally into the brain of John Malkovich. He and his discoveree try make a living off of others interests while his wife becomes jealous.
