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1. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
PG | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
When both he and a colleague are about to lose their job, Walter takes action by embarking on an adventure more extraordinary than anything he ever imagined.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jon Daly, Kathryn Hahn
Votes: 341,336 | Gross: $58.24M
2. Vacation (1983)
R | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy
The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid
Votes: 120,239 | Gross: $61.40M
3. Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Family
With his wife on a book tour, Tom Baker finds his life turned upside down when he agrees to care for his twelve children while simultaneously also coaching his new football team.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Piper Perabo
Votes: 109,028 | Gross: $138.61M
4. The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Romance
A newly wed man who believes he's just gotten hitched to the perfect woman encounters another lady on his honeymoon.
Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Jerry Stiller
Votes: 96,620 | Gross: $36.79M
5. The Sunshine Boys (I) (1975)
PG | 111 min | Comedy
A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith
Votes: 6,720
6. Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The Bakers find themselves competing with a rival family of eight children while on vacation.
Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Eugene Levy
Votes: 62,877 | Gross: $82.57M
7. The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A newlywed man on his honeymoon has second thoughts about his marriage and falls for a different woman.
Director: Elaine May | Stars: Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley
Votes: 5,672 | Gross: $12.21M
8. Biloxi Blues (1988)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi, Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Matt Mulhern, Corey Parker
Votes: 16,539 | Gross: $43.18M
9. A New Leaf (1971)
G | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
Henry Graham lives the life of a playboy. When his lawyer tells him one day that his lifestyle has consumed all his funds, he needs an idea to avoid climbing down the social ladder. So he intends to marry a rich woman and - murder her.
Director: Elaine May | Stars: Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, George Rose
Votes: 7,657
10. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter
Votes: 6,873
11. Chapter Two (1979)
PG | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
George Schneider is an author whose wife had just died. His brother Leo gives him the number of Jennie MacLaine, and somehow they hit it off, and just when things are moving along, the memory of his first wife comes between them.
Director: Robert Moore | Stars: James Caan, Marsha Mason, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper
Votes: 1,276
12. My World and Welcome to It (1969–1970)
30 min | Comedy
John Monroe observes and comments on life, to the bemusement of his sensible wife Ellen and intelligent, questioning daughter Lydia.
Stars: William Windom, Joan Hotchkis, Lisa Gerritsen, Harold J. Stone
Votes: 479
13. Only When I Laugh (1981)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the terrors of returning to work with the ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Marsha Mason, Kristy McNichol, Ed Moore, Joan Hackett
Votes: 1,642 | Gross: $25.78M
14. The Sunshine Boys (1996 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Two aging comedians who acrimoniously dissolved their act eight years earlier must overcome their differences when they have the chance for a lucrative movie comeback.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Woody Allen, Peter Falk, Michael McKean, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 1,381
15. I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
Daughter leaves her mother from the east coast to visit her dad in L. A. she hasn't seen for years to find a fast pace life in movies and discovers who her father is.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff, Lance Guest
Votes: 1,108 | Gross: $6.97M
16. Plaza Suite (1971)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three vignettes, each set in room 719 of New York's Plaza Hotel, make up this comedy.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, Lee Grant
Votes: 2,877 | Gross: $1.67M
17. The New Odd Couple (1982–1983)
30 min | Comedy
An African American remake of the television series inspired by the Neil Simon play about two friends living together despite their completely disparate attitudes to life.
Stars: Ron Glass, Demond Wilson, John Schuck, Bart Braverman
Votes: 172
18. Detention of the Dead (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of oddball high school students find themselves trapped in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies.
Director: Alex Craig Mann | Stars: Jacob Zachar, Alexa Nikolas, Christa B. Allen, Jayson Blair
Votes: 2,784 | Gross: $0.00M
19. The War Between Men and Women (1972)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A sarcastic, near-sighted cartoonist averse to commitment, falls for an eye-catching brunette single mother of three, the only woman who can stand his strong anti-feminist opinions, and eventually moves in with her and proposes.
Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, Jason Robards, Herb Edelman
Votes: 835 | Gross: $1.40M
20. Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy
In the 17th century, a pirate captain is murdered by his cook after he buries his treasure and marks it on a map but the poor-memory cook must rely on the captain's ghost to re-track the loot, since the map was drawn in disappearing ink.
Directors: Peter Medak, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers | Stars: Peter Sellers, Anthony Franciosa, Spike Milligan, Clive Revill
Votes: 351
21. Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972)
PG | 98 min | Comedy
A middle aged restaurateur begins to feel the desire to roam and realizes that one day each week, his mother's apartment will be empty all afternoon. He makes several attempts at seduction,... See full summary »
Director: Gene Saks | Stars: Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Paula Prentiss, Renée Taylor
Votes: 653 | Gross: $0.18M
22. The Impossible Years (1968)
G | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The eldest daughter of a Professor of Psychology at a large conservative university causes havoc, and great embarrassment, for her father with her free-willed and uninhibited lifestyle.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: David Niven, Lola Albright, Chad Everett, Ozzie Nelson
Votes: 800
23. Arrivederci, Baby! (1966)
Unrated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime
Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Tony Curtis, Rosanna Schiaffino, Lionel Jeffries, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Votes: 661
24. Don't Drink the Water (1969)
G | 100 min | Comedy
The Hollander family's European vacation is interrupted when their plane is forced to land in Vulgaria. The Hollanders leave the plane to take pictures which results in accusations of ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Morris | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Estelle Parsons, Ted Bessell, Joan Delaney
Votes: 977
25. Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy
A domineering mother and her sheltered son fly face first into love, murder, and the meaning of family in this black comedy based on Arthur Kopit's Broadway play.
Directors: Richard Quine, Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Robert Morse, Barbara Harris, Hugh Griffith
Votes: 324
26. The Bobo (1967)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
To get his big break, a singing matador must win over the most beautiful and most elusive woman in all of Barcelona, in only three days.
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi, Adolfo Celi
Votes: 966
27. The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
84 min | Comedy
Angela Barrows, an accomplished business analyst from the US, attempts to contemporise the late MacPherson's tweed factory, shaking the very foundation of a men-only company.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Jameson Clark
Votes: 1,741
28. Laughter on the 23rd Floor (2001 TV Movie)
R | 102 min | Comedy
Writing a weekly TV show for a famous comic is anything but easy.
Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Nathan Lane, Mark Linn-Baker, Victor Garber, Saul Rubinek
Votes: 420
29. The Manor (1999)
115 min | Comedy, Mystery
During a snowstorm, Patrick Roarke, a manservant, is found dead at the bottom of the main staircase in a gothic English mansion. Inspector Hatcher is sent to investigate the death. When he ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Berris | Stars: Greta Scacchi, Gabrielle Anwar, Peter O'Toole, Martin Dejdar
Votes: 307
30. Star Spangled Girl (1971)
G | 93 min | Comedy
A pair of 60's hippies fall in love with the girl next door, who is exactly the kind of square that they are fighting against.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Sandy Duncan, Tony Roberts, Todd Susman, Elizabeth Allen
Votes: 229
31. Barefoot in the Park (1982 TV Movie)
128 min | Comedy
Newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for ... See full summary »
Director: Harvey Medlinsky | Stars: Richard Thomas, Bess Armstrong, Hans Conried, Barbara Barrie
Votes: 242
32. London Suite (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
On one day at an English Hotel, four different stories are shown. Diana is in London to promote her Television Series and her ex-husband Sidney shows up to ask her for money for his gay ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Sandrich | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Madeline Kahn
Votes: 365
33. She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Musical
A burlesque dancer goes to college, where she romances a professor and helps put on a musical show.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Ronald Reagan, Gene Nelson, Don DeFore
Votes: 686
34. Foreplay (1975)
R | 75 min | Comedy
Three vignettes about a man who buys a weird doll, a writer who is visited by his muse and a kidnapper with very odd demands who holds a VIP.
Directors: John G. Avildsen, Bruce Malmuth, Robert McCarty, Ralph Rosenblum | Stars: Irwin Corey, Pat Paulsen, Deborah Loomis, Sudie Bond
Votes: 177
35. The Male Animal (1942)
Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
A college English teacher suddenly finds himself the center of a free-speech debate on campus.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson
Votes: 1,439
36. Broadway Bound (1992 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
Eugene and Stanley Jerome try to break into show biz as comedy writers while their parents' marriage ends. When the boys' material is broadcast on radio, the family hears their private life played for laughs.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Hume Cronyn, Corey Parker, Jonathan Silverman
Votes: 154
37. Jake's Women (1996 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama, Comedy
Jake is a writer. He is married to Maggie, but his marriage is in trouble. He cannot stop thinking about other women in his life, characters he invents conversations with. He is constantly ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Alan Alda, Anne Archer, Lolita Davidovich, Julie Kavner
Votes: 228
38. Plaza Suite (1987 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy
Directors: Roger Beatty, Kenny Solms | Stars: Carol Burnett, Dabney Coleman, Tim Conway Jr., Richard Crenna
Votes: 70
39. Rise and Shine (1941)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
Stupid football player is kidnapped by gangsters. Lunatics abound: former footballer now dancer, professor interested in magic, gangster who makes horse noises when excited.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Jack Oakie, George Murphy, Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan
Votes: 158
40. The Sunshine Boys (1977 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
Willy Clark reluctantly agrees to share his apartment with former vaudeville partner Al Lewis so his old friend won't have to move into a retirement home.
Director: Robert Moore | Stars: Red Buttons, Lionel Stander, Bella Bruck, Ann Cooper
Votes: 16
41. Gentlemen, Boys (1976)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Three friends - Tomás, Hubert and Jozka - are boys growing up in a little town. Tomás lives with his aunt Apolena (Iva Janzurová) and uncle Václav (Karel Augusta), who holds every job title... See full summary »
Director: Vera Plívová-Simková | Stars: Michal Dymek, Petr Vorísek, Petr Stary, Magdalena Reifová
Votes: 357
42. The Oddball Couple (1975– )
30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Spiffy is a neatnik cat, and Fleabag is a slovenly dog. They're roommates, and comedy ensues when their differing lifestyles clash.
Stars: Frank Welker, Paul Winchell, Frank Nelson, Joan Gerber
Votes: 59
43. I Hate Actors (1986)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hollywood in the 1940s. A tyrannical producer, a paranoid director, a starlet engaged twenty-four times, an actor who refuses to age - all against a backdrop of a series of murders.
Director: Gérard Krawczyk | Stars: Jean Poiret, Michel Blanc, Bernard Blier, Patrick Floersheim
Votes: 260
44. A Unicorn in the Garden (1953)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A henpecked husband sees a unicorn outside his window--or does he?
Director: William T. Hurtz | Stars: John Brown, Colleen Collins
Votes: 769
45. Felix und Oskar (1980– )
45 min | Comedy
Stars: Heinz Baumann, Horst Bollmann, Evelyn Hamann, Helmut Fischer
Votes: 17
46. The Greatest Man in the World (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 51 min | Comedy
This version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles Lindbergh's feat of nonstop flying around the world--with his own unique ways of conserving fuel and energy.
Director: Ralph Rosenblum | Stars: Reed Birney, Sudie Bond, Howard Da Silva, Brad Davis
Votes: 52
47. Sonny Boys (1982 TV Movie)
87 min | Comedy
Director: Rolf von Sydow | Stars: Carl-Heinz Schroth, Johannes Heesters, Herbert Herrmann, Jutta Boll
Votes: 13
48. Plaza Suite (1982 TV Movie)
115 min | Comedy
HBO filmed version of the Neil Simon play (filmed in front of a live audience) has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York's Plaza Hotel with Lee Grant and Jerry Orbach playing three roles.
Director: Harvey Medlinsky | Stars: Lee Grant, Jerry Orbach, Julie Garfield, Jeffrey Haddow
49. Sonny Boys (2001 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Jörg Hube | Stars: Werner Schneyder, Dieter Hildebrandt, Beatrix Doderer, Alexandra Krismer
50. Sonny Boys (1995 TV Movie)
103 min | Comedy
Directors: Rainer Bertram, Jürgen Wölffer | Stars: Harald Juhnke, Wolfgang Spier, Roland Strehlke, Inge Wolffberg
Votes: 9