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1. Ghostbusters (1984)
PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis
Votes: 450,202 | Gross: $238.63M
2. Wednesday (2022– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Follows Wednesday Addams' years as a student, when she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a killing spree, and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents.
Stars: Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White
Votes: 361,523
3. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 215,403
4. Ghostbusters II (1989)
PG | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis
Votes: 224,804 | Gross: $112.49M
5. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Director: David Zucker | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson, Ricardo Montalban
Votes: 184,956 | Gross: $78.76M
6. The Graduate (1967)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels
Votes: 288,419 | Gross: $104.95M
7. Red Dwarf (1988– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Stars: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn
Votes: 37,289
8. The Bridge (2011–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Stars: Sofia Helin, Rafael Pettersson, Sarah Boberg, Candice van Litsenborgh
Votes: 76,799
9. Groundhog Day (1993)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 685,085 | Gross: $70.91M
10. Turning Red (2022)
PG | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A thirteen-year-old girl named Mei Lee is torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the changes of adolescence. And as if the challenges were not enough, whenever she gets overly excited she transforms into a giant red panda.
Director: Domee Shi | Stars: Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park
Votes: 152,545
11. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller
Votes: 313,174 | Gross: $52.36M
12. Flight of the Conchords (2007–2009)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
Bret and Jemaine are Flight of the Conchords, a folk-rock band from New Zealand living in New York City in search of stardom.
Stars: Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby, Kristen Schaal
Votes: 66,019
13. Brannigan (1975)
PG | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Chicago Police Lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the U.K. to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the U.S., but Larkin's hitmen prepare an ambush for Brannigan.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer
Votes: 6,397
14. Nurse Betty (2000)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Comedy about a widow's post-traumatic obsession with a soap star.
Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear
Votes: 36,190 | Gross: $25.17M
15. The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
Radha is a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, who is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. Reinventing herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime, she vacillates between the worlds of Hip Hop and theater in order to find her true voice.
Director: Radha Blank | Stars: Radha Blank, Peter Kim, Oswin Benjamin, Imani Lewis
Votes: 5,519
16. The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
64 min | Biography, Drama, History
A Joan of Arc's trial reconstruction concerning her imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English. Filmed in a spare, low-key fashion.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Marc Jacquier
Votes: 5,962
17. The Singapore Grip (2020)
271 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The son of a British family living in South East Asia becomes involved in a love triangle.
Stars: Luke Treadaway, David Morrissey, Elizabeth Tan, Colm Meaney
Votes: 1,010
18. Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994)
Not Rated | 62 min | Comedy, Romance
Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. But their reveries are interrupted by the arrival of ... See full summary »
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Kati Outinen, Matti Pellonpää, Kirsi Tykkyläinen, Mato Valtonen
Votes: 3,689
19. Out Cold (1989)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Sunny is married to Ernie and their marriage is on the rocks. One evening drunken Ernie and Dave have a fight which results in Ernie getting knocked out in the fridge where he dies during the night.
Director: Malcolm Mowbray | Stars: John Lithgow, Teri Garr, Laura Alcalde, Madison Arnold
Votes: 948 | Gross: $0.29M
20. Cellmates (2011)
TV-14 | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
Leroy Lowe, grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan confronts everything he's been taught to hate when he's sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden ... See full summary »
Director: Jesse Baget | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Stacy Keach, Kevin P. Farley, Héctor Jiménez
Votes: 647
21. Joe Pesci: Wise Guy (1998 Music Video)
4 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
Music video for the actor Joe Pesci's deadpan gangster rap song Wise Guy about a foul-mouthed no-nonsense misogynistic mobster brag rapping about how dangerous, mean and deadly he is.
Director: James Yukich | Stars: Joe Pesci, Naomi Campbell, Ingrid Seynhaeve
Votes: 30
22. The Octopus (1998)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A private investigator (nicknamed Octopus after his long arms) travels to the small town of Angernaud with his bisexual girlfriend to collect the money he spent for the reconstruction of ... See full summary »
Director: Guillaume Nicloux | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Clotilde Courau, Stéphane Boucher, Julie Delarme
Votes: 782
23. Dust Up (2012)
Unrated | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A former vigilante who has embraced his peaceful nature comes to the aid of a young mother in trouble with a cannibalistic drug lord.
Director: Ward Roberts | Stars: Amber Benson, Jeremiah Birkett, Aaron Gaffey, Devin Barry
Votes: 343
24. Death and Texas (2004)
77 min | Comedy
Football superstar "Barefoot" Bobby Briggs of the Austin Steers has been convicted of murder. Will he be allowed to play with his team on Megabowl Sunday before he is executed? That is what this mockumentary explores.
Director: Kevin DiNovis | Stars: Charles Durning, Steve Harris, Corbin Bernsen, Jello Biafra
Votes: 130
25. Pedestrian (2000)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comic feature film about an underachieving writer who sets out to write his masterpiece, but is confounded when one of its characters steps into his real life and introduces him to a life of sin and corruption.
Director: Jason Kartalian | Stars: Jeffrey Stubblefield, Melissa Lewis, Joe Seely, Krikor Satamian
Votes: 62
26. Interplanetary (2008)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A motley assortment of men and women live and work together on a base on Mars for the Interplanetary Corporation. Things are pretty dull and unexciting until one day the crew find ... See full summary »
Director: Chance Shirley | Stars: Cary Borders, Alison Britt, David Brown, James H. Brown
Votes: 309
27. Stadium Anthems (2018)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A female recording artist encounters the misogyny and outdated business practices of male record label executives.
Director: Scott Douglas Brown | Stars: Kayden Kross, Toddy Walters, Aeon Cruz, Christopher Soren Kelly
Votes: 229
28. Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up Ever! (2008 Video)
80 min | Comedy
An extended version of sardonic Stewart Lee's acclaimed 2007 Edinburgh show, prompted by his ranking in a Channel 4 run-down.
Director: Michael Cumming | Star: Stewart Lee
Votes: 676
29. La salle de bain (1989)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
The story takes place in Paris with the main character who decides to settle in his bathroom to read quietly and never leave again. Outside characters come to disturb him.
Director: John Lvoff | Stars: Tom Novembre, Gunilla Karlzen, Manfred Andrae, Roland Bertin
Votes: 58
30. La bostella (2000)
95 min | Comedy
Director: Edouard Baer | Stars: Edouard Baer, Rosine Favey, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus, Jean-Michel Lahmi
Votes: 341
31. Le bleu des villes (1999)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Solange is unhappy. She's a meter maid in Tours, working in the rain, subject to verbal abuse from those she cites. Her husband Patrick is consumed by the work of finishing their new house:... See full summary »
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Florence Vignon, Mathilde Seigner, Antoine Chappey, Philippe Duquesne
Votes: 251
32. Creator's File: Gold (2021)
Comedy
Comedian Ryuji Akiyama satirizes top "creators" in Japan with a deadpan, unerring eye for humor, with help from some surprising celebrity guest stars.
Stars: Ryûsei Yokohama, Joe Odagiri, Mei Nagano, Yumi Adachi
Votes: 30
33. Dennis Miller: The Big Speech (2010 TV Special)
Comedy, Reality-TV
Dennis Miller performs his verbose stand-up comedy before a politically friendly California crowd. The title is fitting due to the complete flip from his acidic urbane rants from previous ... See full summary »
Director: James Yukich | Star: Dennis Miller
Votes: 116
34. Jerry Powell & the Delusions of Grandeur (2011)
108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jerry Powell is a low-level thief with memory distrust syndrome. The plot deals with his relationship with the neurotic Donna and a mysterious package he must deliver.
Director: Mike Cuenca | Stars: Joey Halter, Paul Elia, Brittany Samson, Zachary Ryan Block
Votes: 44
35. The Waiting Room, or Eggs in Purgatory (2023)
15 min | Short, Drama, Horror
In a waiting room in the space between the living and the beyond, an unlikely pair sits impatiently for their final reckoning.
Director: Madeline Blair | Stars: Lyla Stern, Pavel Paunov, Colin Heffernan, Julia Clavadetscher
36. Winter Retreat
Comedy | Announced
A disgraced pop psychiatrist (Simon Cardoza) and his hopeless protege (Matt Barron) flee to the Montanan wilderness where they hold a self-help retreat based on the writings of the reclusive author, Sagaprath Rosé.
Director: Jack Aaron | Stars: Louis Liu, Daniel Sehl, Jack Aaron, Matt Barron
37. Triptych (1980)
74 min | Drama
Director: Ali Khamraev | Stars: Dilorom Kambarova, Gulcha Tashbayeva, Zukhra Abdurakhmanova, Anvara Alimova
Votes: 41
38. Convenience (II) (2017)
Comedy, Crime
A young war vet and his gambling-addicted roommate find themselves on a local gangster's bad side when they go looking for a quick score.
Director: David James | Stars: Gregory Patrick Agnew, Kevin Borngrebe, Michael Compton, David Eves
39. Acid Tests (2010– )
Comedy
Charlotte lives in Brooklyn, New York. When she's not reading Ayn Rand, she's dealing with the hipsters who live in her neighborhood.
Stars: Ashley Prillaman, Sasheer Zamata, Alex Harris, Evan Boshi
Votes: 7
40. Wranglers (2019)
4 min | Short, Comedy
Waste management detectives, known as "Wranglers," match unmarked garbage cans to their homes.
Director: Will Osborn | Stars: Adriel Lara-cea, Will Osborn, Sami Henry
41. Tolin Twins (2021)
Comedy
When long-lost identical twin brothers reunite on a string of talk shows, their lives get turned upside down.
Star: Austin Tolin
42. Roots (III) (2010)
4 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
A probate lawyer handles the will and testament of his recently deceased elderly clients and uncovers a shocking secret about their middle-aged son's unusual roots.
Director: Charles Purdy | Stars: Dalton MacDougall, Charles Purdy, Carl Wadman
43. Your Everyday Doctors Office Checkup (2021)
5 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Jake Jeffers | Stars: Zachary Hart, Jake Jeffers
44. Detachable Penis (1993 Music Video)
3 min | Comedy, Music
The video for "Detachable Penis" by avant-garde band King Missile directed by Richard Kern.
Director: Richard Kern
45. Super Spy (1996 Video Game)
Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Animated point and click satirical adventure with a few arcade sequences about a tough as nails experienced spy who must stop Kane, a former top agent, from unleashing a chemical weapon from space.
Stars: Pamela Alster, Mark Binder, Cliff Humphry, Gerry Hyman
46.
On Location (1976– )
Episode:
A Steven Wright Special
(1985)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, Comedy
Enjoyably lethargic Steven Wright leaves his shack in the prairie to deliver a stand up show filled with creative and philosophical jokes, deadpan one-liners and funny contrived situations, including meeting a perfect Asian blond.
Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Nancy Omi, Steven Wright
Votes: 304
47.
Undeclared (2001–2003)
Episode:
Rush and Pledge
(2001)
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy
Frustrated with the way his roommates have been treating him, Steven joins the Theta Delta Zeta fraternity. Meanwhile, Lizzie joins TDZ's Little Sisters.
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar | Stars: Jay Baruchel, Carla Gallo, Charlie Hunnam, Monica Keena
Votes: 202