theme-comedy, a list by ednagrinch

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/53257/

84

/29506/

4.2

/3743587/

92

/185/

96

/62759/

95

/27/

4.0

age 17+

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

86

8.8

/2458839/

85

/54101/

84

/29076/

4.2

/3409579/

75

/157/

95

/92568/

82

/21/

4.0

age 13+

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

87

8.5

/1430620/

85

/47039/

83

/21247/

4.2

/2376729/

93

/117/

95

/40121/

88

/27/

3.5

age 10+

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

86

IMDb 3

8.2

/30865/

80

/587/

80

/105/

4.2

/852628/

93

/288/

82

/1291/

89

/58/

4.0

age 15+

In 1950s New York, table tennis player Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to Hell and back in pursuit of greatness.

79

8.2

/669000/

82

/23152/

82

/12477/

3.8

/1019351/

77

/362/

92

/2235/

69

/52/

3.0

age 13+

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

87

8.2

/1343416/

82

/37708/

81

/19646/

4.2

/4076738/

94

/160/

89

/19800/

90

/30/

4.0

age 10+

An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show.

80

8.2

/1752135/

81

/59214/

80

/25356/

4.0

/3508357/

79

/283/

83

/9438/

75

/47/

3.5

age 17+

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

79

IMDb 96

8.1

/632541/

82

/16360/

83

/12161/

4.3

/2944083/

85

/66/

92

/13620/

79

/15/

2.0

age 13+

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

79

8.1

/908879/

80

/24753/

78

/11858/

4.1

/1167444/

79

/190/

93

/25624/

71

/46/

3.0

age 16+

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.

83

8.1

/479980/

80

/11038/

78

/6287/

4.2

/1035399/

92

/66/

94

/13407/

75

/20/

age 14+

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.

84

8.1

/371359/

81

/8024/

80

/4520/

4.3

/1271408/

100

/51/

93

/5127/

79

/19/

3.0

age 16+

An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.

85

8.1

/598527/

79

/23913/

80

/10622/

4.1

/776149/

90

/408/

87

/2607/

88

/50/

4.0

age 17+

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

86

8.1

/953475/

80

/29129/

80

/15636/

4.2

/2728073/

92

/313/

87

/5569/

88

/48/

4.0

age 16+

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

84

8.0

/480376/

82

/15180/

77

/4930/

4.1

/965747/

93

/147/

94

/37196/

78

/20/

3.5

age 9+

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.

80

8.0

/731440/

79

/21621/

76

/8594/

3.8

/810957/

94

/144/

88

/14897/

72

/14/

3.0

age 11+

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.

81

8.0

/1348302/

82

/107161/

79

/29185/

3.8

/2693576/

91

/337/

92

/16328/

76

/53/

3.0

age 12+

Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.

84

7.9

/241115/

78

/9596/

76

/2318/

4.2

/1471273/

97

/366/

92

/536/

82

/61/

3.5

age 15+

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.

87

7.9

/122413/

78

/3479/

77

/1922/

4.4

/477967/

92

/150/

89

/3366/

93

/26/

4.0

age 16+

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

84

IMDb 43

7.9

/860099/

80

/41331/

78

/13521/

4.0

/3698148/

97

/472/

92

/12384/

82

/52/

3.5

age 13+

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

76

7.9

/481280/

79

/22447/

79

/10123/

4.0

/2047895/

81

/431/

94

/1374/

58

/57/

2.5

age 13+

Jojo, a lonely German boy during World War II has his world shaken when he learns that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Influenced by a buffoonish imaginary version of Adolf Hitler, he begins to question his beliefs and confront the conflict between propaganda and his own humanity.

78

7.9

/180099/

78

/5988/

72

/1369/

3.5

/230942/

87

/62/

89

/13144/

77

/16/

3.0

age 8+

The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.

81

7.9

/488639/

77

/12732/

74

/5564/

4.1

/583647/

84

/210/

87

/16024/

67

/34/

4.0

age 17+

Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.

74

7.8

/117582/

79

/9424/

79

/2419/

3.8

/917369/

77

/260/

97

/4378/

61

/43/

2.0

age 9+

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.

83

7.8

/381726/

75

/14323/

77

/5189/

4.0

/2368920/

92

/383/

80

/661/

88

/62/

4.0

age 17+

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

83

7.8

/62864/

75

/1035/

74

/924/

4.0

/52738/

92

/50/

91

/1184/

77

/10/

4.0

age 14+

A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her insufferably self-centered boss.

74

7.8

/614239/

81

/28504/

77

/13588/

3.9

/987922/

63

/67/

86

/18724/

57

/17/

3.0

age 10+

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

72

7.8

/733057/

78

/37769/

74

/12187/

3.9

/2465027/

66

/116/

81

/30226/

63

/9/

2.5

age 10+

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.

84

7.8

/80943/

74

/1246/

74

/1117/

4.0

/85988/

92

/59/

90

/1335/

90

/12/

4.0

age 15+

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

80

7.8

/130265/

77

/3241/

77

/2497/

4.2

/378355/

89

/73/

90

/1496/

73

/13/

3.0

age 13+

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

74

7.8

/112947/

78

/4148/

75

/1275/

3.8

/247768/

66

/65/

89

/9662/

55

/27/

3.0

age 9+

During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team and their leader becomes a legend by confronting the terrifying mystery beyond the right field wall.

83

7.8

/151369/

79

/7679/

77

/2220/

4.1

/350491/

97

/208/

91

/1197/

81

/30/

3.5

age 12+

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.

82

7.8

/380324/

77

/10221/

76

/6173/

4.0

/996490/

93

/270/

86

/6758/

84

/43/

3.5

age 14+

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

83

7.8

/551287/

78

/13023/

76

/7615/

4.2

/1944132/

91

/216/

91

/45115/

80

/36/

3.5

age 16+

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

77

7.8

/411522/

79

/14921/

76

/5231/

4.0

/1259974/

83

/80/

92

/28534/

61

/13/

3.0

age 12+

After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.

78

7.8

/467983/

79

/16535/

77

/8361/

3.8

/1795896/

87

/114/

92

/29313/

66

/25/

3.0

age 15+

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

73

7.8

/248459/

79

/13437/

78

/6686/

3.9

/422409/

82

/226/

85

/990/

72

/36/

1.5

age 16+

Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.

81

7.8

/482148/

79

/24280/

74

/9502/

3.8

/855682/

95

/82/

88

/26761/

71

/8/

3.5

age 11+

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.

76

7.7

/89852/

78

/2627/

76

/1421/

4.0

/114143/

77

/47/

87

/43/

64

/21/

3.0

age 13+

Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.

75

7.7

/348504/

77

/9669/

73

/4434/

4.0

/459365/

78

/155/

89

/11519/

69

/30/

2.5

age 14+

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

76

7.7

/335130/

76

/6961/

74

/3995/

3.6

/204749/

86

/84/

86

/9101/

67

/30/

3.0

age 15+

A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

85

7.7

/367379/

76

/9490/

74

/4646/

4.1

/477749/

94

/133/

87

/11347/

90

/36/

4.0

age 16+

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

77

7.7

/70341/

76

/1285/

75

/999/

4.0

/118330/

77

/26/

91

/943/

68

/20/

3.0

A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

79

7.7

/267778/

77

/7314/

74

/4430/

4.1

/954830/

88

/129/

89

/12295/

76

/17/

3.0

age 16+

Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry's fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other?

77

7.7

/916325/

76

/32506/

73

/17715/

3.7

/1639204/

79

/237/

84

/48829/

73

/31/

3.5

age 17+

When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. Launching a frantic search for Doug, the trio perseveres through a nasty hangover to try to make it to the church on time.

80

7.7

/283258/

77

/12293/

73

/4878/

3.8

/528156/

97

/73/

89

/12276/

78

/18/

3.0

age 14+

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

82

7.7

/618198/

79

/31100/

77

/7555/

4.3

/3587536/

93

/407/

79

/5716/

81

/55/

3.5

age 15+

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

83

7.7

/29807/

75

/847/

74

/436/

4.1

/90245/

93

/27/

85

/519/

83

/15/

4.0

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

82

7.7

/79084/

73

/1475/

74

/893/

4.0

/110506/

84

/51/

89

/2813/

81

/30/