Top Comedy Movies


The Top Comedy Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Comedy List". Lists are calculated daily.

111. Baby Driver

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edgar Wright
Actors: Lily James, Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx
Plot: A young getaway driver finds himself coerced into working with a crime boss. His first job may be his last, however, when the heist he gets involved with looks doomed to fail.

112. Waiting for Guffman

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christopher Guest
Actors: Deborah Theaker, Michael Hitchcock, Scott Williamson, Larry Miller, Christopher Guest, Fred Willard
Plot: The small town of Blain, Missouri is about to celebrate it's 150th birthday. Local drama teacher, Corky St. Clair, writes an original musical for the town's celebration. When a Broadway critic accepts Corky's invitation to attending the performance, Corky and cast go overboard and decide that their show is already a shoe-in for Broadway.

113. Ed Wood

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jeffrey Jones, Patricia Arquette, Vincent D'Onofrio
Plot: The life and times of Master of Schlock Ed Wood and his relationship with an aging and drug-addicted Bela Lugosi (which won Martin Landau a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award in 1994).

114. Great Beauty, The ( grande bellezza, La )

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Actors: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi
Plot: Jep Gambardella has been a lethal Lothario in Rome for decades. But after his 65th birthday he gets a shock from the past - one that will have him re-examining his lifestyle and maybe find true beauty.

115. Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Taika Waititi
Actors: Julian Dennison, Rachel House, Rima Te Wiata, Rhys Darby, Oscar Kightley, Cohen Holloway
Plot: A rebellion boy and his foster uncle go missing in the New Zealand wilds, resulting in a national manhunt for the pair.

116. Kung Fu Hustle

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Chow
Actors: Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Kwok-Kwan Chan, Chi Chung Lam, Siu-Lung Leung, Qiu Yuen
Plot: Canton, China, 1940: A young man aspires to join the notorious Axe Gang but gets more than he bargained for after attacking the small community of Pig-Sty Alley.

117. Barton Fink

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joel Coen
Actors: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, Tony Shalhoub
Plot: Barton Fink (John Turturro) was given an opportunity by Capitol Pictures head Jack Lipnick (Michael Lerner) to write a wrestling picture. \His neighbor Charlie Meadows (John Goodman) sells insurance and pops in and out of his place. Barton asks for Audrey Taylor's (Judy Davis) help, the partner of skilled writer William Preston (W.P.) "Bill" Mayhew (John Mahoney).

118. La La Land

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Damien Chazelle
Actors: Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Sonoya Mizuno, Finn Wittrock, Rosemarie DeWitt
Plot: An aspiring actress who rubs elbows with big stars only by delivering their lattes and a jazz pianist barely making ends meet by playing dingy bars form a quick bond. Yet as each comes closer to realizing their dreams, it starts to tear apart their relationship.

119. Pride

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Warchus
Actors: Bill Nighy, Andrew Scott, Dominic West, Joseph Gilgun, Imelda Staunton, Paddy Considine
Plot: In the summer of 1984, the UK National Union of Mineworkers began a lengthy strike. During this trying period, they are given an unexpected boost from gay and lesbian activists as well.

120. Paper Moon

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman, P.J. Johnson, Jessie Lee Fulton
Plot: A Depression-era con man, who hustles widows by selling them Bibles, picks
up an orphaned girl who may or may not be his daughter. Their colorful
trip to deliver her to her aunt is chronicled in this wistful comedy-
drama.

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