Grown-up Comedies, a list by Riz

6.4

/1504/

67

/256/

70

/28/

3.4

/3166/

100

/36/

Audience

74

/27/

68

/6/

3.0

A man named Ray discovers his wife is cheating on him and decides to kill himself. Before he can pull the trigger, he is mistaken for a low-rent hired killer. Desperate for a little respect, and with nothing else to live for, Ray decides to take the job — and soon begins to question whether he made the right choice.

65

6.4

/159191/

66

/8413/

68

/2604/

3.1

/738551/

70

/227/

Audience

87

/2023/

59

/50/

2.0

age 16+

On the brink of losing her childhood home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to “date” their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college. To her surprise, Maddie soon discovers the awkward Percy is no sure thing.

65

7.1

/167387/

69

/5415/

74

/2755/

3.8

/593394/

57

/361/

Audience

52

/1175/

61

/63/

2.5

age 17+

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.

75

7.0

/151266/

70

/7432/

68

/1808/

3.4

/323256/

87

/315/

Audience

87

/594/

68

/52/

3.5

age 15+

Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.

77

7.6

/287507/

80

/9623/

73

/2783/

3.7

/201373/

81

/103/

Audience

93

/326228/

68

/31/

3.0

age 16+

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

72

7.3

/177678/

69

/5688/

70

/1949/

3.7

/579260/

72

/276/

Audience

80

/71/

63

/47/

3.0

age 15+

A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.

78

7.2

/37596/

72

/1454/

69

/446/

3.6

/66706/

93

/229/

Audience

84

/711/

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.

63

6.4

/95435/

67

/5545/

65

/1419/

2.9

/221923/

58

/300/

Audience

79

/1170/

53

/49/

2.5

age 16+

Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy.

71

6.4

/23235/

68

/1553/

68

/292/

3.3

/119684/

90

/213/

Audience

82

/681/

74

/44/

2.5

age 16+

When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.

52

6.2

/39616/

63

/1704/

61

/265/

2.4

/31535/

25

/44/

Audience

85

/2713/

42

/14/

1.5

age 16+

A cranky middle-aged dad and his two best friends find themselves out of step in a changing world of millennial CEOs and powerful preschool principals.

8

82

7.5

/204226/

72

/2558/

70

/1559/

3.8

/107571/

97

/232/

Audience

79

/197990/

94

/42/

4.0

age 17+

Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.

80

7.3

/113399/

72

/4955/

70

/1761/

3.8

/181343/

95

/256/

Audience

79

/743/

88

/43/

3.5

age 15+

When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?

76

7.3

/155375/

73

/2818/

71

/1722/

3.8

/164203/

81

/140/

Audience

84

/105916/

70

/32/

3.5

age 16+

Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.

84

7.6

/81329/

75

/1702/

74

/1349/

4.1

/183583/

89

/66/

Audience

87

/22356/

90

/8/

4.0

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

75

7.2

/73023/

74

/2277/

70

/1083/

3.7

/46948/

76

/51/

Audience

80

/41732/

68

/15/

3.5

age 12+

Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.

10

69

7.1

/76786/

71

/3262/

70

/947/

3.5

/194447/

76

/293/

Audience

83

/648/

67

/50/

2.0

age 16+

Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys — Oscar, Igor and Richie — and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey. But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray, it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.

8

80

7.1

/33185/

71

/1261/

72

/556/

3.9

/392836/

97

/174/

Audience

78

/142/

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.

75

7.2

/88120/

71

/1156/

68

/684/

3.6

/48992/

88

/56/

Audience

89

/58700/

71

/25/

3.0

age 16+

After 6 years together, Mike's girlfriend leaves him, so he travels to LA to be a star. Six months on, he's still not doing very well— so a few of his friends try to reconnect him to the social scene and hopefully help him forget his failed relationship.

75

7.0

/66354/

70

/2016/

67

/796/

3.5

/38910/

95

/194/

Audience

75

/1340/

78

/44/

3.0

age 14+

Eva is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne, the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a restored outlook on being middle-aged and single, Eva decides to take a chance on her new love interest Albert — a sweet, funny and like-minded man. But things get complicated when Eva discovers that Albert is in fact the dreaded ex–husband of Marianne...

78

7.5

/228917/

76

/4135/

71

/2057/

3.6

/72170/

86

/183/

Audience

87

/258744/

71

/36/

3.5

age 16+

Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.

10

75

7.3

/85278/

74

/2589/

69

/1075/

3.9

/77974/

83

/139/

Audience

80

/23499/

68

/28/

3.0

age 15+

A group of Muslim men living in Sheffield hatch an inept plan to become suicide bombers.

82

7.3

/15622/

74

/717/

76

/337/

3.7

/105878/

97

/30/

Audience

94

/167/

3.5

Ambitious artist Jabari attempts to balance success and love when he moves into his dream Manhattan apartment and falls for his next-door neighbor.

78

7.0

/149887/

69

/2776/

67

/1983/

3.9

/141450/

89

/225/

Audience

68

/63280/

88

/38/

4.0

age 17+

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.

77

7.4

/94266/

75

/2235/

74

/1520/

4.0

/399561/

92

/192/

Audience

78

/1032/

82

/35/

2.5

age 16+

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

8

82

7.5

/143561/

75

/8364/

73

/2326/

3.8

/214107/

98

/307/

Audience

88

/33289/

86

/47/

3.5

age 15+

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

68

6.8

/77232/

72

/1517/

65

/633/

3.7

/76315/

75

/143/

Audience

57

/303151/

63

/32/

3.0

age 17+

Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addiction to nearly every drug known and bouts of uncontrollable rage.

74

7.3

/99606/

76

/2010/

69

/849/

3.6

/44967/

82

/73/

Audience

87

/73156/

76

/27/

2.5

age 17+

Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

81

7.3

/34109/

72

/540/

67

/380/

4.0

/44691/

98

/57/

Audience

79

/11095/

84

/17/

4.0

age 16+

Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.

79

7.6

/342881/

76

/7547/

71

/3627/

3.6

/183405/

93

/198/

Audience

88

/87043/

72

/42/

3.5

age 17+

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

81

7.3

/52019/

72

/1481/

69

/928/

4.0

/54228/

93

/242/

Audience

73

/193/

93

/36/

4.0

Without warning a father comes to visit his daughter abroad. He believes that she lost her humor and therefore surprises her with a rampage of jokes.

75

6.9

/54108/

67

/1670/

64

/1137/

3.7

/125634/

92

/189/

Audience

72

/5664/

80

/41/

3.5

age 16+

An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

75

7.1

/12347/

72

/1006/

67

/209/

3.5

/19389/

90

/21/

Audience

74

/441/

3.5

A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.

80

7.2

/22139/

71

/644/

69

/351/

3.8

/35388/

94

/105/

Audience

79

/1116/

83

/32/

4.0

age 17+

Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of assisted reproduction and domestic adoption.

74

6.9

/1468/

65

/46/

62

/22/

3.7

/5546/

93

/58/

Audience

67

/5/

77

/15/

3.5

Toronto, Canada, 1899. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will first have to fight his personal obsessions and overcome the many obstacles he will encounter on his tortuous path to power.

77

7.2

/15402/

71

/556/

70

/258/

3.8

/32217/

89

/46/

Audience

86

/106/

70

/17/

3.5

age 15+

An unlikely friendship between two neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

80

7.2

/12695/

73

/545/

70

/168/

3.9

/113903/

98

/134/

Audience

86

/342/

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.

86

8.0

/47175/

77

/544/

75

/593/

4.2

/33777/

96

/45/

Audience

91

/11364/

92

/27/

4.0

age 15+

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to a working class white woman, Cynthia.

71

7.0

/22122/

68

/291/

64

/212/

3.5

/13213/

84

/154/

Audience

73

/29532/

70

/36/

3.0

age 15+

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.

71

6.9

/40768/

67

/1021/

66

/566/

3.4

/21564/

88

/118/

Audience

67

/51863/

69

/24/

3.0

age 17+

In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.

81

7.3

/39685/

73

/693/

69

/408/

3.8

/32985/

87

/99/

Audience

87

/35289/

85

/29/

4.0

age 17+

Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.

80

7.3

/13476/

71

/125/

66

/134/

3.8

/8228/

90

/89/

Audience

79

/5656/

90

/31/

4.0

After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.

68

7.0

/22507/

68

/1238/

66

/369/

3.7

/47453/

84

/64/

Audience

77

/101/

74

/14/

1.5

age 15+

A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.

70

6.4

/3308/

61

/192/

62

/50/

3.3

/19748/

85

/131/

Audience

85

/53/

67

/24/

3.0

age 16+

When his girlfriend leaves for New York City on a 3-month-long internship, a strongly opinionated Berkeley arthouse movie theater manager begins exploring life as a bachelor.

77

7.0

/8768/

69

/362/

64

/74/

3.8

/65797/

84

/116/

Audience

80

/148/

74

/24/

4.0

age 16+

Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best friend, Kevin, is recovering from a failed suicide attempt, so he seems like the perfect partner for executing this double suicide plan. But before they go, they have some unfinished business to attend to.

70

64

6.3

/2602/

67

/202/

54

/5/

3.4

/3310/

87

/23/

Audience

81

/106/

70

/6/

age 13+

Adrift in their broken-down space shuttle with little hope of rescue, two astronauts argue over whether they're better off spending their remaining days as friends or something more.

69

6.4

/13279/

63

/430/

62

/222/

3.1

/62334/

82

/117/

Audience

62

/280/

72

/30/

3.5

age 16+

After living for over two centuries, Augusto Pinochet is a vampire ready to die… but the vultures around him won't let him go without one last bite.

76

7.1

/55261/

71

/891/

68

/475/

3.5

/13464/

94

/177/

Audience

85

/32058/

75

/34/