Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Comedy Movies and TV Shows With Peter Burgess

1. Six Degrees of Separation (1993)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

6.8

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72 Metascore

An affluent New York City couple finds their lives touched, intruded upon, and compelled by a mysterious young black man who is never quite who he says he is.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Will Smith, Stockard Channing, Donald Sutherland, Ian McKellen

Votes: 22,584 | Gross: $6.41M

2. 24 Hour Party People (2002)

R | 117 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

7.3

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85 Metascore

In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Lennie James, John Thomson, Paul Popplewell

Votes: 39,728 | Gross: $1.13M

3. The Pirate Movie (1982)

PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical

5.3

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19 Metascore

A 1980s take-off of The Pirates of Penzance which centers on a noble pirate who leaves his profession and falls in love with a fiery young maiden.

Directors: Ken Annakin, Richard Franklin | Stars: Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Bill Kerr

Votes: 4,805

4. Alfie (2004)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.2

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49 Metascore

A cockney womanizer learns the hard way about the dangers of his actions.

Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Jude Law, Sienna Miller, Susan Sarandon, Renée Taylor

Votes: 54,995 | Gross: $13.40M

5. Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders (1990)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

3.7

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Flesh Gordon is kidnapped by a group of space cheerleaders hoping to use him to save their planet.

Director: Howard Ziehm | Stars: Vince Murdocco, Robyn Kelly, Tony Travis, William Dennis Hunt

Votes: 1,703

6. The Magic Christian (1969)

M/PG | 92 min | Comedy

5.8

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42 Metascore

The world's richest man and his adopted hobo son set out to test the limits of human vanity and greed through a series of "money games".

Director: Joseph McGrath | Stars: Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Isabel Jeans, Caroline Blakiston

Votes: 3,831 | Gross: $0.69M

7. I.Q. (1994)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

6.2

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66 Metascore

A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist Albert Einstein, with help from him and his friends.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau, Lou Jacobi

Votes: 26,644 | Gross: $26.37M

8. Free Jimmy (2006)

Not Rated | 86 min | Animation, Comedy

5.9

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Four stoners, five vegans, three mobsters, four hunters, and a million reasons to free one junkie elephant.

Director: Christopher Nielsen | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Simon Pegg, Phil Daniels, Jay Simpson

Votes: 6,947

9. Lightning Jack (1994)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Western

5.5

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Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Paul Hogan, Cuba Gooding Jr., Beverly D'Angelo, Kamala Lopez

Votes: 7,247 | Gross: $16.82M

10. Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Western

6.4

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The Wild West goes wacko when the Greatest Fast-Drawin', Fancy-Dressin', Silver-Spurred, Geetar Playin', Singing Cowboy movie matinee idol Rex O'Herlihan hits the saddle in this cockeyed, affectionate send-up of the '40s B-movie Western.

Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Tom Berenger, G.W. Bailey, Marilu Henner, Andy Griffith

Votes: 2,563 | Gross: $6.09M

11. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2001)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Thriller

6.2

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Hit-man Felix has quit his criminal activities and found employment minding a rich man's adult son. Meanwhile, Felix's old criminal gang have issued a hit on Felix.

Director: Stewart Sugg | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Chris Penn, Paul Bettany, Allan Corduner

Votes: 2,072

12. Eliza Fraser (1976)

130 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

5.7

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An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and captured by Aborigines on an island near Australia.

Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: Susannah York, John Waters, John Castle, Noel Ferrier

Votes: 220

13. Twentieth Century Oz (1976)

R | 85 min | Fantasy, Comedy, Musical

5.7

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Dorothy is a 16-year-old groupie riding with an up-and-coming rock band when, suddenly, their van is in a road accident, and she hits her head. She wakes up in an alternate reality that's ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Löfvén | Stars: Joy Dunstan, Graham Matters, Bruce Spence, Michael Carman

Votes: 211

14. Alvin Rides Again (1974)

89 min | Comedy

4.2

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Alvin Purple, the world's most unlikely sex symbol stumbles from woman to woman and job to job in this zany, sexy Australian comedy.

Directors: David Bilcock, Robin Copping | Stars: Graeme Blundell, Alan Finney, Gus Mercurio, Noel Ferrier

Votes: 237

15. Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs (1988 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy

4.5

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In this spoof of spy films, Alan, a U.N. translator, and his kindergarten teacher wife, Beverly, get roped into helping foil a presidential assassination plot by an unlikely G-man-who just ... See full summary »

Director: James Frawley | Stars: Harry Anderson, Ed Begley Jr., Wendy Crewson, Linda Purl

Votes: 262

16. Do Not Disturb (1999)

R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

4.9

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Do Not Disturb tells the story of an American family in Amsterdam whose mute 10 year old daughter witnesses a murder. The murderers chase the child through nightly Amsterdam.

Director: Dick Maas | Stars: William Hurt, Jennifer Tilly, Francesca Brown, Denis Leary

Votes: 2,723

17. High Rolling in a Hot Corvette (1977)

PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

5.4

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Two fun-loving carnival workers take a vacation with the hope of finding plenty of sex and drugs. Their "quest" is fulfilled when they encounter a dope-peddler and two exotic nightclub dancers.

Director: Igor Auzins | Stars: Joseph Bottoms, Grigor Taylor, Wendy Hughes, Sandra McGregor

Votes: 151

18. Quads! (2001–2002)

TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

6.6

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The misadventures of recently paralyzed man and his equally handicapped friends.

Stars: Linda Kash, Maurice Dean Wint, Corinne Conley, Cliff Saunders

Votes: 333

19. Hotel de Love (1996)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.0

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47 Metascore

Twin brothers meet a childhood sweetheart at a tacky hotel and rediscover their love as they renew their competition for her affection.

Director: Craig Rosenberg | Stars: Aden Young, Saffron Burrows, Simon Bossell, Pippa Grandison

Votes: 676 | Gross: $0.11M

20. Stoned Bros (2009)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy

5.3

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Best mates Eddie and Charlie's spiritual journey goes off track and becomes a riotous trip through outback Australia.

Director: Richard Frankland | Stars: Luke Carroll, Leon Burchill, Valentino del Toro, David Page

Votes: 325

21. Let's Get Skase (2001)

96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

4.9

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Christopher Skase. He ruled Australia and stole a fortune, fleeing to the coast of Spain. No one could touch him. No one could stop him. Until Peter Dellasandro and a small force of men swore they'd bring him down.

Director: Matthew George | Stars: Lachy Hulme, Alex Dimitriades, Craig McLachlan, Adam Haddrick

Votes: 306

22. Lonely Hearts (1982)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.9

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In this offbeat comedy, an unlikely romance develops between a flamboyant, middle-aged piano tuner and an extremely timid office worker.

Director: Paul Cox | Stars: Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Jon Finlayson, Julia Blake

Votes: 384 | Gross: $0.78M

23. Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995)

107 min | Comedy

6.1

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Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit and decides to run for parliament.

Director: George Whaley | Stars: Leo McKern, Joan Sutherland, Geoffrey Rush, Ray Barrett

Votes: 223

24. The Clinic (1982)

93 min | Comedy

6.3

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A series of humorous vignettes set in a clinic for venereal diseases. Although the film concentrates on relationships, it is also a source of instruction on safe sexual practices and STD (... See full summary »

Director: David Stevens | Stars: Chris Haywood, Simon Burke, Gerda Nicolson, Rona McLeod

Votes: 105

25. Stanley: Every Home Should Have One (1984)

93 min | Action, Comedy

6.3

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Stanley, a lovable eccentric, is sent by his father to a Sanatorium to make him 'normal'. Desperate to become normal himself, he finds the most normal family he can to model himself on.

Director: Esben Storm | Stars: Peter Bensley, Graham Kennedy, Nell Campbell, Michael Craig

Votes: 56

26. The Flamin' Thongs (2014)

312 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

5.8

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Whale Bay is home to the disaster prone Thong family and to Australia's least visited tourist attraction, the Giant Thong. But that may be about the change, for all the wrong reasons.

Stars: Brandon Burns, Denise Drysdale, Kate McLennan, Mark Mitchell

Votes: 44

27. Three Card Monte (1978)

R | 93 min | Comedy

6.0

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Busher is a card and pool shark who is on the run from some of the many people he has cheated. An orphaned 12-year-old boy wants to join him in his journeys, and together they scam their way across the underbelly of Canada.

Director: Les Rose | Stars: Richard Gabourie, Chris Langevin, Lynne Cavanagh, Valerie Warburton

Votes: 29

28. Blue City Slammers (1988)

Comedy

4.9

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Based on the theatrical play by Layne Coleman, the film centres on the personal and sport lives of the players on a women's softball team in the small town of Blue City.

Director: Peter Shatalow | Stars: Eric Keenleyside, Tracy New, Mary Ellen Mahoney, Gary Farmer

Votes: 9