Comedy Movies by Release, a list by Mark Gauci

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.

83

IMDb 84

7.2

/17065/

71

/731/

68

/186/

4.1

/237787/

97

/187/

85

/58/

90

/36/

4.0

age 15+

Agnes feels stuck. Unlike her best friend, Lydie, who’s moved to New York and is now expecting a baby, Agnes still lives in the New England house they once shared as graduate students, now working as a professor at her alma mater. A ‘bad thing’ happened to Agnes a few years ago and, since then, despite her best efforts, life hasn’t gotten back on track.

83

7.8

/3163/

77

/280/

72

/32/

4.1

/29221/

100

/19/

98

/169/

77

/6/

3.5

age 14+

A waitress and expert pie-maker dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage.

83

7.6

/15660/

74

/1086/

72

/237/

4.1

/158644/

97

/108/

82

/160/

82

/16/

4.0

age 10+

In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

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.

82

7.5

/7805/

76

/396/

71

/81/

4.0

/24344/

99

/108/

92

/153/

82

/21/

3.5

age 15+

When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet alongside his estranged teenage daughter, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.

82

7.4

/258407/

72

/11001/

71

/2854/

3.8

/2228755/

93

/352/

85

/490/

91

/62/

4.0

age 17+

A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.

82

7.5

/15353/

77

/810/

76

/229/

4.0

/295017/

91

/76/

90

/97/

80

/8/

3.5

age 16+

An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with a local band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.

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.

81

7.4

/8439/

74

/473/

71

/68/

3.8

/96584/

97

/131/

94

/53/

80

/25/

3.5

age 15+

Two young men meet in a twin support group and form an unlikely friendship.

81

7.6

/23549/

76

/1167/

72

/231/

4.1

/205454/

96

/143/

95

/27/

76

/33/

3.0

age 16+

When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed "low life scum" Naoise and Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.

81

7.1

/20908/

72

/997/

69

/254/

3.8

/124239/

97

/150/

82

/173/

83

/39/

4.0

age 15+

Emotions run high when three estranged sisters reunite in a cramped New York City apartment to watch over their ailing father during his final days.

81

7.3

/6772/

73

/326/

74

/48/

3.6

/38199/

95

/75/

96

/45/

85

/7/

3.5

When Naveen brings his fiancé Jay home to meet his traditional Indian family, they must contend with accepting his white-orphan-artist boyfriend and helping them plan the Indian wedding of their dreams.

81

7.3

/66583/

73

/4534/

71

/795/

3.8

/226913/

97

/212/

94

/49/

78

/46/

3.5

age 15+

Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

81

IMDb 6

7.4

/173346/

75

/9145/

72

/1729/

3.8

/1676886/

92

/326/

93

/257/

80

/59/

3.5

age 13+

When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.

81

7.7

/290235/

75

/9520/

74

/3177/

4.1

/1134640/

96

/377/

75

/309/

87

/62/

3.5

age 15+

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

81

7.5

/127346/

76

/4657/

76

/2235/

3.8

/814782/

88

/224/

96

/29/

74

/44/

3.5

age 13+

On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.

81

7.4

/209580/

75

/12806/

73

/3501/

3.8

/798727/

94

/254/

89

/619/

83

/48/

3.5

age 16+

When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

80

7.3

/15344/

75

/1052/

72

/184/

4.0

/273354/

96

/134/

91

/96/

78

/38/

3.0

age 14+

In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.

80

7.0

/2303/

69

/71/

78

/25/

3.8

/21340/

100

/104/

67

/36/

87

/28/

4.0

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.

80

7.2

/15699/

73

/953/

71

/231/

3.9

/164434/

98

/138/

85

/72/

82

/31/

3.5

age 15+

Two twenty-somethings, both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over the course of an eventful day in South London – helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.

80

7.0

/136327/

69

/5701/

67

/1266/

3.7

/1047319/

96

/278/

82

/242/

85

/55/

4.0

age 16+

Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

80

7.2

/8535/

69

/389/

65

/131/

3.8

/61653/

95

/187/

82

/43/

88

/46/

4.0

age 14+

Pansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or random strangers who have the temerity to address her. In contrast, her younger sister Chantelle lives with her two vivacious daughters and plies a successful trade as a hairdresser, putting clients at their ease all day long. Yet beneath Pansy’s abrasive exterior are hints of a more fragile psyche, one motivated by fear and damaged by repressed pain.

80

7.4

/86051/

74

/4547/

72

/1273/

3.8

/532227/

81

85

/31/

4.0

age 8+

A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.

80

7.1

/41016/

71

/2128/

71

/737/

3.8

/624617/

96

/175/

76

/141/

79

/24/

4.0

age 16+

College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.

79

7.3

/10781/

76

/1348/

73

/147/

3.8

/80483/

100

/12/

81

/46/

Pioneering documentary maker Philomena Cunk returns with her most ambitious quest to date: venturing right up the universe and everything to examine life and existence in an attempt to find out the point of it all. Along the way, she interrogates experts on subjects from the big bang to biology and art to artificial intelligence. Really get to the nub of it.

79

7.4

/17690/

74

/784/

71

/132/

3.9

/82744/

96

/140/

93

/51/

78

/34/

3.0

age 12+

An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home.

79

7.9

/459017/

79

/23263/

79

/7901/

4.0

/1945627/

82

/410/

94

/5747/

64

/63/

3.0

age 13+

Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

78

7.9

/5332/

74

/662/

71

/40/

3.9

/19986/

92

/51/

In a rowdy stand-up set, Shane Gillis riffs on his girlfriend's Navy SEAL ex, touring George Washington's house and being bullied by an Australian Goth.

78

7.5

/131349/

74

/5457/

72

/1235/

3.7

/524583/

93

/296/

95

/483/

81

/54/

2.5

age 15+

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

78

7.0

/26926/

70

/2221/

69

/353/

3.7

/125461/

98

/208/

83

/150/

77

/42/

3.5

age 12+

When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.

78

7.2

/43612/

72

/1968/

69

/629/

3.6

/87083/

94

/231/

84

/157/

78

/34/

3.5

age 16+

Nancy Stokes, a retired schoolteacher, is pretty sure she has never had good sex. Now that her husband has died, she is determined to take a tour of sexual vistas that until now she has only imagined. She even has a plan; it involves an anonymous hotel room, and a sex worker who calls himself Leo Grande.

78

7.3

/161156/

75

/6501/

77

/2734/

3.6

/404245/

94

/174/

93

/10/

68

/41/

3.0

age 16+

After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.

78

6.9

/15864/

72

/826/

69

/351/

3.4

/21987/

97

/148/

88

/88/

74

/35/

3.5

age 14+

In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.

78

7.1

/156847/

69

/5828/

69

/2529/

3.5

/744132/

90

/326/

65

/548/

90

/55/

4.0

age 15+

The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

78

7.2

/20408/

71

/858/

68

/383/

3.8

/85468/

94

/153/

84

/77/

77

/30/

3.5

age 15+

A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.

78

7.1

/5779/

73

/293/

66

/92/

3.8

/16021/

99

/102/

74

/41/

83

/24/

3.5

age 15+

At the start of the summer, Bridget has an abortion just as she lands a much-needed job in affluent Evanston, Illinois — nannying a six-year old.

77

7.5

/6524/

74

/319/

73

/97/

3.7

/29251/

95

/82/

98

/41/

71

/19/

2.5

Lily Trevino unexpectedly befriends an online stranger who shares her self-centered father’s name. This new Bob Trevino’s support could transform her life.

77

6.9

/36306/

68

/1804/

68

/387/

3.8

/278892/

93

/191/

89

/20/

78

/44/

3.0

age 16+

Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost.

77

6.8

/126528/

69

/8372/

67

/1494/

3.3

/615526/

95

/302/

89

/11/

82

/55/

3.5

age 15+

A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake hit man in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client.

77

6.9

/45938/

69

/2701/

68

/429/

3.5

/315255/

90

/203/

89

/207/

74

/45/

3.5

age 15+

An 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self. But when Elliott’s "old ass" starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn't do, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what's becoming a transformative summer.

77

7.0

/172416/

69

/8157/

69

/2507/

3.8

/2545652/

88

/381/

76

/257/

82

/64/

3.5

age 15+

Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.

77

6.9

/8084/

70

/446/

66

/165/

3.9

/67952/

94

/117/

80

/36/

74

/25/

3.5

age 11+

A resourceful 12-year-old, who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working-class suburb of London, makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. But when her estranged father turns up out of the blue, she's forced to confront reality.

77

6.7

/55871/

70

/3958/

68

/776/

3.8

/1322605/

91

/226/

89

/114/

74

/46/

3.5

age 16+

Unpopular best friends PJ and Josie start a high school self-defense club to meet girls and lose their virginity. They soon find themselves in over their heads when the most popular students start beating each other up in the name of self-defense.

77

7.0

/10169/

69

/572/

64

/109/

3.8

/90706/

85

/118/

80

/30/

74

/24/