Top Comedy Movies


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

431. Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles Reisner
Actors: Tom McGuire, Buster Keaton, Tom Lewis, Marion Byron, Ernest Torrence
Plot: A sailor meets his son for the first time... and he turns out to be a huge disappointment.

432. Meet John Doe

Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Gene Lockhart, Edward Arnold, Irving Bacon
Plot: A fired reporter thinks she has gained revenge by posting a letter from
"John Doe" who threatens suicide due to the many social ills. But the
story proves popular and the paper, seeing opportunity, hires her back, as
well as creating their own "Doe" to play the part - but when the man
sparks a movement, no one will remain unaffected.

433. Mother

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Albert Brooks
Actors: Paul Collins, Laura Weekes, Albert Brooks, John C. McGinley, Debbie Reynolds, Lisa Kudrow
Plot: A science fiction author who has survived two failed marriages decides that the only way to improve the chance to have a successful relationship is to reconcile with his mother. So he moves in with her.

434. Much Ado About Nothing

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Richard Briers, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale, Denzel Washington
Plot: As Hero and Claudio prepare for the upcoming nuptials, they conspire with
Don Pedro to set up a "lover's trap" for confirmed bachelor Benedick and
his long-suffering target Beatrice. Meanwhile, Don Jon attempts to break
up the upcoming marriage by accusing Hero of infidelity.

435. Secondhand Lions

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tim McCanlies
Actors: Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Katt, Josh Lucas
Plot: A young boy is sent to spend the summer with his wealthy Texan uncles.

436. Mallrats

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Smith
Actors: Jeremy London, Jason Lee, Shannon Doherty, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Renée Humphrey
Plot: Two friends are dumped by their girlfriends on the same day. After spending the day touring the local mall they come up with an audacious plan to get them back.

437. The Awful Truth

Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Molly Lamont, Cecil Cunningham
Plot: A couple begin divorce proceedings, but even before things are finalized, they begin seeing other people. Yet at every turn they attempt to undermine each others relationships.

438. Toni Erdmann

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Maren Ade
Actors: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Hadewych Minis
Plot: Even though his adult daughter seems to have it all together, a father senses something is wrong and will do anything to reconnect with her and bring true happiness back into her life.

439. Bugonia

Year of Release: 2025
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Actors: Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, Alicia Silverstone, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Marc T. Lewis
Plot: Two young men who are deep into conspiracy theories kidnap the CEO of a
powerful company with intent on uncovering her involvement in a hostile
alien plot to destroy the world.

440. Pretty Woman

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Garry Marshall
Actors: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Jason Alexander, Alex Hyde-White, Hector Elizondo
Plot: A rich lawyer type falls in love with a prostitute as he takes her to his social events and uses her for sex until they both realize there is something more.

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