Sketch Comedy Movies
by budarc | created - 19 Feb 2013 | updated - 21 Nov 2016 | Public30+ sketch comedy movies throughout film history (in chronological order).
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1. Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
An anthology of the best sketches from the first and second seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
Director: Ian MacNaughton | Stars: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 31,494
2. The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy
This early Seventies British comedy takes us through seven short stories based on the Seven Deadly Sins. This film is a montage of different styles, from Spike Milligan's mainly silent "Sloth", to the leering Harry H Corbett in "Lust".
Director: Graham Stark | Stars: Felicity Devonshire, Bruce Forsyth, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Bernard Bresslaw
Votes: 466
3. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
R | 88 min | Comedy
Seven stories are trying to answer the question: what is sex? Or maybe they are not trying.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Louise Lasser, John Carradine
Votes: 41,766
4. The Groove Tube (1974)
R | 75 min | Comedy
A collection of skits that make fun of 1970s television, featuring early appearances by Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer.
Director: Ken Shapiro | Stars: Ken Shapiro, Richard Belzer, Chevy Chase, Buzzy Linhart
Votes: 2,341 | Gross: $20.45M
5. If You Don't Stop It... You'll Go Blind!!! (1975)
R | 80 min | Comedy
A collection of skits about sex jokes.
Directors: Keefe Brasselle, I. Robert Levy | Stars: George Spencer, Patrick Wright, Jane Kellem, Garth Pillsbury
Votes: 402
6. Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Comedy
Pleasure At Her Majesty's (1976) The very first show in what came to be called the "Secret Policeman's Ball" series took place over three late nights in April 1976 at Her Majesty's Theatre ... See full summary »
Directors: Roger Graef, Jonathan Miller | Stars: Alan Bennett, John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Tim Brooke-Taylor
Votes: 244
7. Tunnel Vision (1976)
R | 70 min | Comedy
A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely ... See full summary »
Directors: Neal Israel, Bradley R. Swirnoff | Stars: Phil Proctor, Howard Hesseman, Beans Morocco, Stephen Feinberg
Votes: 779
8. The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
R | 83 min | Comedy
The daily programming of a fictional local TV channel presented as a series of highly irreverent skits.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Evan C. Kim, Bong Soo Han, Bill Bixby, George Lazenby
Votes: 20,255
9. Prime Time (1977)
R | 75 min | Comedy
Some unknown source has interrupted all television transmissions around the world. In place of the regular broadcasts, a lineup of extremely tasteless programs and commercials have been ... See full summary »
Director: Bradley R. Swirnoff | Stars: Paul Ainsley, Wil Albert, Royce D. Applegate, Meridith Baer
Votes: 418
10. Can I Do It 'Till I Need Glasses? (1977)
R | 73 min | Comedy
A comedy comprised of short sexually suggestive skits.
Director: I. Robert Levy | Stars: Jeff Doucette, Vic Dunlop, Patrick Wright, Saba
Votes: 497
11. Jokes My Folks Never Told Me (1978)
R | 82 min | Comedy
Anthology film consisting of dirty sex jokes turned into short, comical, occasionally animated and often offensive sketches which include hillbillies, cheating, stds, double entendres, misunderstandings and male on beast bestiality.
Director: Gerry Woolery | Stars: Dave Adams, Patricia Alkaitis, James Arnold, J.J. Barry
Votes: 165
12. The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy
A series of benefit concerts to raise money for Amnesty International. Performances include comedy skits and musical numbers by a varied cast of mostly British performers. Featuring several... See full summary »
Director: Roger Graef | Stars: Paul Abrahams, Rowan Atkinson, Chris Beetles, Mike Brearley
Votes: 451
13. Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
R | 75 min | Comedy
Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva Edison's "Elephant Electrocution".
Director: Michael O'Donoghue | Stars: Michael O'Donoghue, Dan Aykroyd, Rhonda Coullet, Jane Curtin
Votes: 573
14. Coming Attractions (1978)
R | 84 min | Comedy
Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from Hell", "The Invasion of the Penis ... See full summary »
Director: Ira Miller | Stars: Royce D. Applegate, Lewis Arquette, Tom Baker, Dorothy Van
Votes: 619
15. Elephant Parts (1981 Video)
60 min | Comedy, Music
A collection of comedy skits and music videos, such as a game-show spoof called "Name That Drug", a visit to the office of the Clandestine Typing Service, and a man providing a skewed ... See full summary »
Director: William Dear | Stars: Michael Nesmith, Bill Martin, Lark Geib, Robert Ackerman
Votes: 398
16. History of the World: Part I (1981)
R | 92 min | Comedy, History, Musical
Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn
Votes: 55,209 | Gross: $31.67M
17. The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (I) (1982)
R | 91 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
The film of an on-stage charity benefit for Amnesty International. The show includes comedy skits by the members of Monty Python, as well as noted comedians Peter Cook, Rowan Atkinson, and ... See full summary »
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Jeff Beck, Alan Bennett, John Bird
Votes: 539
18. Movie Madness (1982)
R | 89 min | Comedy
A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.
Directors: Bob Giraldi, Henry Jaglom | Stars: Peter Riegert, Diane Lane, Candy Clark, Teresa Ganzel
Votes: 1,307
19. The Meaning of Life (1983)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Musical
The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Votes: 125,287 | Gross: $14.93M
20. Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce (1986 Video)
90 min | Comedy, Musical
A montage of sketch comedy and music videos.
Directors: Ed Bianchi, William Dear, Graham Henman, Alan Myerson, Michael Nesmith | Stars: Billy Beck, Ed Begley Jr., Brian Bradley, Bunny Briggs
Votes: 88
21. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A spoof of low budget 1950s science-fiction movies, interspersed with various comedy sketches and fake commercials making fun of late-night television.
Directors: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeiffer, Arsenio Hall, Donald F. Muhich
Votes: 12,634 | Gross: $0.55M
22. The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Documentary, Music
Victims of their own success in recruiting stars to appear at fund-raisers, Amnesty took a six-year sabbatical from producing benefit shows in the mid-1980s as a multitude of other good ... See full summary »
Director: Ken O'Neill | Stars: Joan Armatrading, Chet Atkins, Jackson Browne, Kate Bush
Votes: 144
23. The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Documentary
The 1989 show returned to the roots of the series with an emphasis on comedy and eschewing the music that, by the 1987 show, had come to be an equal component of the Balls. The cast was a ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Holgate | Stars: John Bird, Rory Bremner, Kathy Burke, John Cleese
Votes: 86
24. The Underground Comedy Movie (1999)
R | 88 min | Comedy
A series of comedic short films guaranteed to offend.
Director: Vince Offer | Stars: Barbara Snellenburg, Rebekah Chaney, Gloria Sperling, Chris Watson
Votes: 2,748 | Gross: $0.00M
25. Lost Reality (2004 Video)
R | 65 min | Comedy
From the people who brought you National Lampoon's Animal House and National Lampoon's Van Wilder comes a hilariously twisted look at today's hottest television phenomenon...REALITY ... See full summary »
Stars: Abdul Malik Abbott, Monique Alexander, David M. Barsky, Patrick DeLuca
Votes: 644
26. Lost Reality 2 (2005 Video)
R | 76 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
Segments include "Midget Wars," "Dumpster Dinner" and "Beer Goggles," as well as new episodes of returning sketches "Money" and "The Amazing Racist."
Stars: Monique Alexander, Devon, Ty Haroon, Kami Herrington
Votes: 244
27. Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
150 min | Comedy, Fantasy
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
Directors: Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine, Shunichirô Miki | Stars: Andrew Alfieri, Hideaki Anno, Moyoco Anno, Tadanobu Asano
Votes: 2,728
28. TV: The Movie (2006)
R | 86 min | Comedy
A celebration of the ever-increasing depravity of television in our society, it's a channel surfing adventure through the most utterly ridiculous spoofed television programming and commercials.
Director: Sam Macaroni | Stars: Steve-O, Preston Lacy, Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña, Chris Pontius
Votes: 1,191
29. The Ten (2007)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
10 stories, each inspired by one of the 10 Commandments.
Director: David Wain | Stars: Paul Rudd, Jessica Alba, Winona Ryder, Adam Brody
Votes: 16,968 | Gross: $0.77M
30. The Onion Movie (2008)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy
Satirical interpretations of world events and curious human behavior.
Directors: Tom Kuntz, Mike Maguire | Stars: Len Cariou, Sarah McElligott, Amir Talai, Daniel Chacón
Votes: 16,547
31. Extreme Movie (2008)
R | 86 min | Comedy
A sketch-comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.
Directors: Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson | Stars: Frankie Muniz, Michael Cera, Ashley Schneider, Patrick J. Adams
Votes: 11,543
32. Dirty Movie (2011)
R | 91 min | Comedy
An outrageous cut-rate producer, Charlie LaRue is about to fulfill his lifelong dream to make a movie about the most offensive, dirtiest jokes ever told.
Directors: Jerry Daigle, Christopher Meloni | Stars: Emily Donahoe, Christopher Meloni, Diane Neal, Stylist B.
Votes: 3,552
33. Movie 43 (2013)
R | 94 min | Comedy
A series of interconnected short films follows a washed-up producer as he pitches insane story lines featuring some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
Directors: Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Brett Ratner, Jonathan van Tulleken, Bob Odenkirk | Stars: Emma Stone, Stephen Merchant, Richard Gere, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 112,271 | Gross: $8.83M
34. InAPPropriate Comedy (2013)
R | 83 min | Comedy
In this comedy film, a computer tablet full of the world's most hilariously offensive apps breaks through the borders of political correctness, stirring up cultural anarchy.
Director: Vince Offer | Stars: Adrien Brody, Lindsay Lohan, Michelle Rodriguez, Rob Schneider
Votes: 4,775 | Gross: $0.16M
35. Bad People (2016)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy
A sketch comedy on the underbelly subject of corrupt society involving sex, violence, internet dating and politics.
Director: Alex Petrovitch | Stars: Bear Badeaux, Ken Bhan, Maria Falgione, Jason Faunt
Votes: 225
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