291. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joss Whedon
Actors: Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day, Simon Helberg, Nick Towne, Jed Whedon
Plot: A musical tragicomedy miniseries in three acts, from director Joss Whedon The show tells the story of Dr. Horrible (played by Neil Patrick Harris), an aspiring supervillain; Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion), his nemesis; and Penny (Felicia Day), their shared love interest.
292. The Menu
Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mark Mylod
Actors: Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer, John Leguizamo, Judith Light
Plot: An elite group of foodies finds themselves on a remote island where a world-famous chef has planned the ultimate dinner party - with something sinister on the side.
293. The Purple Rose of Cairo
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman, Stephanie Farrow, David Kieserman
Plot: A New Jersey waitress during the depression, Cecilia wants nothing more than to escape her dreary life. She decides to take in a show, The Purple Rose of Cairo, and is surprised when the star of the film, the dashing Tom Baxter, walks right out of the picture into her life. But Tom isn't real - and neither are the other versions who are suddenly walking off the screen all over the U.S. - what will all these Tom characters decide to do?
294. Green Book
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Farrelly
Actors: Linda Cardellini, Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Don Stark, Sebastian Maniscalco, Jenna Laurenzo
Plot: In the 1960s, Italian-American bouncer Tony Lip becomes the personal driver of black classical pianist Don Shirley as he plays a series of venues in the south.
295. McLintock!
Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Actors: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Jack Kruschen, Chill Wills
Plot: A cattle baron's separated wife comes back to take their daughter.
296. Prince Avalanche
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Gordon Green
Actors: Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault, Joyce Payne, Gina Grande, Lynn Shelton
Plot: Set in 1988, two men leave behind their city lives one summer and take their highway road work to a more isolated area. Yet this opens up opportunities for misadventures as the two men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.
297. The Ladykillers
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Actors: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Katie Johnson
Plot: Five criminals, led by the erudite Professor Marcus, plan a daring
daylight heist of gold bullion while posing as classical musicians for
octogenarian Mrs. Wilberforce, Marcus' landlady. The heist is pulled off
without a hitch, but Mrs. Wilberforce soon deduces the quintet's
involvement in it, and demands that they return the money and then turn
themselves in. Not too keen on this idea, the five criminals resolve to
'do in' the old lady. Killing a sweet, defenseless old widow in cold
blood, though, turns out to be a lot harder than the criminals first
anticipated.
298. Despicable Me 2
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Actors: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Benjamin Bratt, Russell Brand, Elsie Kate Fisher
Plot: The famed Anti-Villain League needs help taking down a new global terror and they turn to the baddest of them all: Gru... only he's not so bad anymore after turning into a father for Margo, Agnes, and Edith. But maybe there's enough evil left inside him to help after all... certainly the minions are on board.
299. The Squid and the Whale
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Noah Baumbach
Actors: Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, William Baldwin, Anna Paquin, Jesse Eisenberg
300. Naked
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mike Leigh
Actors: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell, Claire Skinner, Ewen Bremner
Plot: In this dark tale of early 90s London, nihilistic Johnny is fleeing Manchester for London after he rapes a girl and her family comes after him - while in town he reconnects with an old girlfriend rants and interacts with people just like him.
