30 Years of English Comedies, a list by Adam Knade

8.5

/1133941/

85

/43995/

85

/19948/

4.5

/4844739/

99

/485/

90

/2503/

97

/56/

4.0

age 16+

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

87

8.1

/925780/

79

/37317/

78

/18060/

4.2

/3198103/

96

/251/

87

/79171/

96

/37/

4.0

age 6+

Remy, a resident of Paris, has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart's delight. The only problem is, Remy is a rat. When he winds up in the sewer beneath one of Paris' finest restaurants, Remy finds himself ideally placed to realize his dream. He forms an unusual alliance with the restaurants rookie employee, and together they work through challenges stemming from Head Chef Skinner, Remy’s colony, and renowned food critic Anton Ego, who strikes fear in the hearts of chefs all throughout France.

87

8.2

/1344382/

82

/37841/

81

/19658/

4.2

/4124428/

94

/160/

89

/19799/

90

/30/

4.0

age 10+

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

87

8.3

/1218918/

82

/44967/

79

/21230/

4.1

/2684689/

98

/291/

90

/42244/

88

/37/

4.0

age 6+

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.

87

8.2

/1192976/

81

/44271/

78

/20170/

4.0

/2132468/

99

/266/

86

/1434748/

90

/38/

4.0

age 5+

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.

87

8.1

/899500/

80

/51713/

79

/23057/

3.8

/2863158/

98

/381/

89

/7338/

94

/55/

4.0

age 6+

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.

86

8.1

/953914/

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.

85

8.1

/598749/

79

/23942/

80

/10637/

4.1

/779399/

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.

85

7.9

/799898/

79

/36865/

78

/18285/

4.1

/2392470/

88

/212/

90

/84689/

84

/34/

4.0

age 6+

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.

84

IMDb 43

7.9

/861115/

80

/41331/

78

/13527/

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.

84

7.7

/522410/

75

/13717/

73

/7820/

3.8

/1316459/

95

/234/

85

/22275/

91

/44/

4.0

age 16+

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

84

7.9

/661343/

78

/28597/

76

/14561/

3.9

/1373499/

100

/174/

87

/23595/

88

/34/

3.5

age 5+

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.

84

8.3

/957944/

80

/31905/

78

/15376/

4.0

/1466622/

98

/309/

90

/26206/

92

/39/

3.0

age 6+

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.

83

IMDb 19

7.5

/58461/

78

/2966/

75

/1073/

3.8

/876971/

91

/212/

96

/2276/

73

/39/

4.0

age 8+

After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia's history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De'Snake arrives and turns the animal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before.

83

7.8

/382111/

75

/14374/

76

/5194/

4.0

/2385486/

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

7.6

/308678/

76

/19402/

74

/10293/

3.3

/1110113/

96

/457/

94

/7884/

84

/57/

4.0

age 5+

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.

83

7.5

/215657/

72

/3418/

71

/1815/

3.8

/174024/

97

/230/

79

/10798/

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.

83

7.8

/551564/

78

/13023/

76

/7617/

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.

83

8.6

/803121/

86

/13315/

84

/13718/

4.4

/670938/

80

/92/

96

/15224/

58

/32/

3.5

age 13+

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

83

8.0

/747292/

77

/29542/

78

/17741/

4.1

/4132111/

91

/469/

82

/5129/

94

/54/

3.5

age 13+

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

83

7.7

/410999/

77

/26467/

74

/8249/

3.8

/1232289/

96

/259/

87

/11141/

83

/43/

4.0

age 6+

An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.

82

8.1

/1060408/

81

/41732/

78

/19351/

4.1

/1974633/

96

/190/

90

/65706/

79

/35/

3.0

age 5+

Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.

82

7.8

/219012/

80

/14021/

82

/8568/

4.1

/1655028/

95

/196/

94

/1882/

73

/29/

3.0

age 8+

Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.

82

7.7

/618570/

79

/31100/

77

/7561/

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.

82

7.6

/433508/

79

/54893/

75

/13470/

3.7

/1540669/

95

/288/

89

/3229/

81

/44/

3.5

age 6+

In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.

82

8.0

/440271/

79

/21669/

81

/11110/

3.9

/2142249/

95

/361/

88

/2026/

83

/55/

3.0

age 8+

Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.

82

7.8

/111908/

78

/8411/

74

/2665/

4.1

/628095/

99

/253/

89

/1261/

88

/38/

3.0

age 6+

Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

82

7.7

/693326/

73

/20183/

74

/13318/

4.0

/1114734/

91

/359/

78

/5808/

87

/58/

4.0

age 16+

A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

81

IMDb 94

8.0

/616330/

79

/50690/

77

/17503/

3.8

/1736549/

98

/298/

92

/5645/

78

/43/

3.0

age 8+

Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.

81

7.3

/46303/

72

/3464/

69

/1471/

3.6

/85149/

99

/170/

81

/909/

81

/30/

4.0

age 5+

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.

81

7.4

/569489/

73

/13389/

70

/7474/

3.8

/1437818/

93

/213/

88

/76780/

81

/38/

4.0

age 14+

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

81

7.7

/341769/

79

/18293/

79

/10223/

4.2

/1108004/

91

/141/

85

/15694/

72

/24/

3.5

age 5+

To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.

81

7.8

/530720/

77

/24121/

73

/9576/

3.9

/995582/

89

/325/

88

/3076/

81

/45/

3.5

age 16+

The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

81

7.8

/396133/

79

/22199/

77

/10192/

3.8

/849118/

92

/186/

90

/5311/

77

/48/

3.5

age 7+

Five years have passed since Hiccup and Toothless united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they spend their time charting unmapped territories. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons -- and a mysterious dragon rider. Now, Hiccup and Toothless find themselves at the center of a battle to protect Berk from a power-hungry warrior.

81

8.0

/1348767/

82

/107161/

79

/29206/

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.

80

7.4

/471675/

71

/12808/

67

/5771/

3.7

/746302/

90

/219/

79

/43498/

89

/38/

4.0

age 16+

Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.

80

7.6

/106878/

75

/2619/

73

/1681/

3.7

/57447/

91

/199/

89

/2156/

77

/42/

3.5

age 15+

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

80

7.6

/468178/

75

/10166/

75

/7594/

3.7

/778302/

93

/227/

83

/8019/

81

/40/

3.5

age 14+

While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.

80

7.3

/265814/

75

/12288/

74

/7148/

3.7

/588721/

90

/157/

75

/7332/

80

/27/

4.0

age 6+

Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to...

80

7.6

/683942/

76

/19664/

72

/7824/

3.9

/1966449/

88

/206/

87

/83696/

76

/36/

3.5

age 16+

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

80

7.7

/769118/

75

/20129/

71

/12420/

3.7

/922992/

92

/260/

86

/10518/

81

/45/

3.5

age 16+

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

80

7.8

/545777/

80

/38205/

77

/16272/

3.8

/1475777/

90

/226/

91

/5910/

74

/39/

3.0

age 7+

A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.

80

8.2

/1753475/

81

/59214/

80

/25369/

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

7.2

/254712/

74

/5516/

71

/2817/

4.0

/441343/

87

/260/

83

/17475/

81

/39/

3.5

age 14+

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

79

7.1

/241445/

70

/4047/

68

/3136/

3.3

/133039/

92

/147/

80

/6895/

87

/33/

4.0

age 16+

Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter', before it's even written. When lovely noblewoman Viola de Lesseps auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love — and Shakespeare's play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship intensifies, the comedy soon transforms into tragedy.

79

7.9

/459568/

79

/23263/

79

/7912/

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.

79

7.6

/945710/

73

/30738/

74

/14438/

3.8

/2817599/

86

/581/

70

/6406/

84

/62/

4.0

age 17+

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…

79

8.2

/669533/

82

/23152/

82

/12477/

3.8

/1019351/

77

/362/

92

/2235/

69

/52/