Mood: Just for Laughs

1.

Joe Dirt

2001 film by Dennie Gordon

Overview: Joe Dirt is a 2001 American adventure comedy film starring David Spade, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken, Adam Beach, Brian Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Jaime Pressly, Erik Per Sullivan, and Kid Rock. The ...

Release date: 11 April 2001

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Drama

Director: Dennie Gordon

Cast: David Spade, Brittany Daniel, Dennis Miller, Adam Beach, Christopher Walken, Jaime Pressly

Producer: Jack Giarraputo, Tom McNulty

Writer: David Spade, Fred Wolf

After being abandoned by his parents at the Grand Canyon, Joe Dirt tells the story of his journey to find his parents.

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2000s English-language films 4,276T

2001 directorial debut films 124T

2001 comedy films 331T

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The Brady Bunch

American sitcom

Overview: The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC. The series revolves around a large blended family with six children. Co ...

Release date: 26 September 1969

Genre: Comedy, Family

Director: Oscar Rudolph, Jack Arnold

Cast: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick, Eve Plumb, Susan Olsen

Producer: Sherwood Schwartz, Howard Leeds

Writer: Sherwood Schwartz, Al Schwartz

The misadventures of a large family united when two widowed people married.

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Television series about fictional musicians 24T

1970s American sitcoms 197T

Television series about children 202T

3.

The Mask

1994 comedy film by Chuck Russell

Overview: The Mask is a 1994 American neo-noir superhero comedy film directed by Charles Russell, produced by Bob Engelman, and written by Mike Werb, loosely based on the Mask comics published by Dark Horse Comics ...

Release date: 29 July 1994

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Chuck Russell

Cast: Jim Carrey, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni, Orestes Matacena

Producer: Ann Burgund, Michael De Luca

Writer: Michael Fallon, Mark Verheiden

Bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a manic super-hero when he wears a mysterious mask.

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1990s superhero comedy films 12T

1994 fantasy films 9T

Films produced by Michael De Luca 62T

4.

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Columbus

Overview: Mrs. Doubtfire is a 1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Columbus. It was written for the screen by Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon, based on the 1987 novel Alias Madame Doubtfire by ...

Release date: 24 November 1993

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance

Director: Chris Columbus

Cast: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Polly Holliday, Lisa Jakub

Producer: Joan Bradshaw, Linda Jones Clough

Writer: Anne Fine, Randi Mayem Singer

After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.

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1990s American films 38T

1990s English-language films 3,906T

Films with screenplays by Leslie Dixon 13T

5.

Home Alone

1990 film directed by Chris Columbus

Overview: Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci ...

Release date: 10 November 1990

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family

Director: Chris Columbus

Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Roberts Blossom, Catherine O'Hara

Producer: Tarquin Gotch, John Hughes

Writer: John Hughes

An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.

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1990 children's films 11T

1990s American films 4,774T

1990s English-language films 6,439T

6.

The Jetsons

American animated sitcom

Overview: The Jetsons is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It originally aired in prime time from September 23, 1962 to March 17, 1963 on ABC, then later aired in reruns via sy ...

Release date: 23 September 1962

Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family

Director: Arthur Davis, Oscar Dufau

Cast: George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Daws Butler, Janet Waldo, Don Messick, Jean Vander Pyl

Producer: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

Writer: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

The misadventures of a futuristic family.

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American adult animated science fiction television series 53T

American adult animated fantasy television series 35T

American animated science fantasy television series 17T

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I Love Lucy

American television sitcom

Overview: I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes spanning six seasons. The show starred Lucille Ball ...

Release date: 15 October 1951

Genre: Comedy, Family

Director: William Asher, James V. Kern

Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, Joseph A. Mayer, Michael Mayer

Producer: Desi Arnaz, Jess Oppenheimer

Writer: Bob Carroll Jr., Madelyn Davis

A daffy woman constantly strives to become a star along with her bandleader husband and gets herself in the strangest situations.

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Television shows set in Manhattan 37T

Latino sitcoms 44T

1950s American sitcoms 102T

8.

Zoolander

2001 film by Ben Stiller

Overview: Zoolander is a 2001 American action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller and starring Stiller, Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell. The film contains elements from a pair of short films directed by Russell Bates ...

Release date: 28 September 2001

Genre: Comedy, Mystery

Director: Ben Stiller

Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Will Ferrell, Milla Jovovich, Jerry Stiller

Producer: Stuart Cornfeld, Celia D. Costas

Writer: Drake Sather, Ben Stiller

At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

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2000s American films 7,129T

Film controversies in Singapore 8T

Film controversies in Malaysia 17T

9.

White Chicks

2004 film by Keenen Ivory Wayans

Overview: White Chicks is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. It stars Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans as two black FBI agents who go undercover using whiteface as women to solve a kidnapping ...

Release date: 23 June 2004

Genre: Crime, Comedy

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans

Cast: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Jaime King, Frankie Faison, Lochlyn Munro, John Heard

Producer: Rick Alvarez, Lee R. Mayes

Writer: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans

Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson sisters from a kidnapping plot.

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2000s English-language films 4,264T

Films about the Federal Bureau of Investigation 150T

2004 comedy films 391T

10.

The Waterboy

1998 film by Frank Coraci

Overview: The Waterboy is a 1998 American sports comedy film directed by Frank Coraci and starring Adam Sandler in the title role, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk, Henry Winkler, Jerry Reed, Larry Gilliard, Jr., Blake ...

Release date: 6 November 1998

Genre: Comedy, Sport

Director: Frank Coraci

Cast: Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Fairuza Balk, Jerry Reed, Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Producer: Phyllis Alia, Jack Giarraputo

Writer: Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler

A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.

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1990s English-language films 3,887T

Films about mother–son relationships 142T

1998 comedy films 276T

11.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

2005 film by Judd Apatow

Overview: The 40-Year-Old Virgin is a 2005 American sex comedy film directed by Judd Apatow in his directorial debut. The film stars Steve Carell (who co-wrote the film's screenplay with Apatow) as the titular ...

Release date: 11 August 2005

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Judd Apatow

Cast: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks

Producer: Judd Apatow, Steve Carell

Writer: Judd Apatow, Steve Carell

Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.

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Films produced by Clayton Townsend 22T

2000s English-language films 4,274T

Films scored by Lyle Workman 20T

12.

Soul Plane

2004 American film by Jessy Terrero

Overview: Soul Plane is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Jessy Terrero, written by Chuck Wilson and Bo Zenga and starring Tom Arnold, Kevin Hart, Method Man and Snoop Dogg. Supporting actors include Mo'Nique ...

Release date: 28 May 2004

Genre: Comedy, Music

Director: Jessy Terrero

Cast: Tom Arnold, Kevin Hart, Method Man, Snoop Dogg, K.D. Aubert, Godfrey

Producer: Paul Hall, Rick Johnson

Writer: Bo Zenga, Chuck Wilson

Things get raucously funny aboard the maiden flight of a black-owned airline, thanks to some last-minute passenger additions.

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Films directed by Jessy Terrero 3T

2000s English-language films 4,280T

Films scored by RZA 11T

13.

Snatch.

2000 crime comedy movie directed by Guy Ritchie

Overview: Snatch (stylized as snatch.) is a 2000 British crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast. Set in the London criminal underworld, the film contains two intertwined ...

Release date: 23 August 2000

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Director: Guy Ritchie

Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt, Rade Serbedzija, Jason Statham

Producer: Michael Dreyer, Stephen Marks

Writer: Guy Ritchie

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down ...

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2000 crime films 11T

2000s English-language films 1,901T

2000 comedy films 278T

14.

Smokey and the Bandit

1977 film by Hal Needham

Overview: Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American road action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry. The directorial debut of ...

Release date: 19 May 1977

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance

Director: Hal Needham

Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick

Producer: Mort Engelberg, Jules V. Levy

Writer: Hal Needham, Robert L. Levy

The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor-trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.

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1970s English-language films 3,270T

1970s comedy road movies 23T

Films scored by Bill Justis 4T

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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993 American film directed by Bill Duke

Overview: Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit is a 1993 American musical comedy film, directed by Bill Duke, and released by Touchstone Pictures. It is the sequel to the 1992 film Sister Act, and is loosely based on ...

Release date: 10 December 1993

Genre: Comedy, Music, Family

Director: Bill Duke

Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Barnard Hughes, Mary Wickes, James Coburn, Michael Jeter

Producer: Mario Iscovich, Laurence Mark

Writer: James Orr, Jim Cruickshank

Showgirl Deloris Van Cartier returns as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a group of Catholic students whose run-down school is slated for closure ...

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Films with screenplays by James Orr (filmmaker) 9T

1993 children's films 16T

1990s American films 4,832T

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Scooby-Doo

2002 comedy mystery adventure film directed by Raja Gosnell

Overview: Scooby-Doo (also known as Scooby-Doo: The Movie) is a 2002 American live-action/computer-animated supernatural adventure comedy mystery film based on the long-running Hanna-Barbera animated television ...

Release date: 8 June 2002

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery

Director: Raja Gosnell

Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Rowan Atkinson, Isla Fisher

Producer: Joseph Barbera, Sheryl Benko

Writer: James Gunn, Craig Titley

After an acrimonious break up, the Mystery Inc. gang are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange goings on.

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American films with live action and animation 262T

2000s English-language films 2,127T

Films shot at Village Roadshow Studios 34T

17.

Major Payne

1995 American film

Overview: Major Payne is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Nick Castle, and written by and starring Damon Wayans. The film co stars Karyn Parsons, Steven Martini and Michael Ironside. The film is a loose remake ...

Release date: 24 March 1995

Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Family

Director: Nick Castle

Cast: Damon Wayans, Michael Ironside, Bam Bam Bigelow, Joseph Blaire, Orlando Brown, Peyton Chesson-Fohl

Producer: Tracy Carness, Eric L. Gold

Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher

A recently discharged Major finds himself commanding a group of mismatched Cadets.

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1990s English-language films 3,883T

Films scored by Craig Safan 41T

1995 comedy films 209T

18.

Kindergarten Cop

1990 action comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman

Overview: Kindergarten Cop is a 1990 American comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and distributed by Universal Pictures. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as John Kimble, a tough police detective working undercover as ...

Release date: 21 December 1990

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Director: Ivan Reitman

Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Richard Tyson, Carroll Baker

Producer: Brian Grazer, Michael C. Gross

Writer: Murray Salem, Herschel Weingrod

A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.

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Films about witness protection 48T

1990s English-language films 3,881T

1990s comedy thriller films 34T

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Friday After Next

2002 film directed by Marcus Raboy

Overview: Friday After Next is a 2002 American stoner comedy film directed by Marcus Raboy and starring Ice Cube (who also wrote the film) and Mike Epps. It is the third installment in the Friday series. The film ...

Release date: 22 November 2002

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Marcus Raboy

Cast: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, John Witherspoon, Don 'D.C.' Curry, Anna Maria Horsford, Clifton Powell

Producer: Matt Alvarez, Douglas Curtis

Writer: Ice Cube, DJ Pooh

Working as security guards, Craig and Day-Day run into the thief who stole their Christmas presents.

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2000s American films 7,191T

2000s English-language films 10,193T

American Christmas comedy films 187T

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Caddyshack

1980 American sports comedy film directed by Harold Ramis

Overview: Caddyshack is a 1980 American sports comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis, and Douglas Kenney, and starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O ...