Fame (1980)

Spree (2020)

Summary: Thirsty for a following, Kurt Kunkle is a rideshare driver who has figured out a deadly plan to go viral.

Release Date: August 14, 2020

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Director: Eugene Kotlyarenko

Writers: Eugene Kotlyarenko

, Gene McHugh

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Dreamcrew, Forest Hill Entertainment, SuperBloom Films, Particular Crowd, Spacemaker Productions

Distributor: RLJE Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 28,771

International: $ 23,078

Our Idiot Brother (2011)

Summary: A comedy centered on an idealist who barges into the lives of his three sisters.

Release Date: August 26, 2011

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Jesse Peretz

Writers: Jesse Peretz

, Evgenia Peretz

, David Schisgall

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: R

Production: Big Beach Films, Likely Story, The Weinstein Company

Distributor: The Weinstein Company, Anchor Bay Entertainment, United Talent Agency (UTA)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 24,816,118

International: $ 988,330

Obvious Child (2014)

Summary: A twenty-something comedienne's unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront the realities of independent womanhood for the first time.

Release Date: June 27, 2014

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Gillian Robespierre

Writers: Gillian Robespierre

, Karen Maine

, Elisabeth Holm

Runtime: 1 h 24 min

MPAA: R

Production: Rooks Nest Entertainment, Sundial Pictures, Votiv Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,123,963

International: $ 201,454

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005)

Summary: To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.

Release Date: January 20, 2006

Genre: Comedy

Director: Albert Brooks

Writer: Albert Brooks

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Seventh Picture Productions LLC, Kintop Pictures, Shangri-La Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 888,975

International: $ 26,674

Man of the Year (2006)

Summary: A comedian who hosts a news satire program decides to run for president, and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected.

Release Date: October 13, 2006

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Barry Levinson

Writer: Barry Levinson

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Morgan Creek Entertainment, Morgan Creek Productions

Distributor: Sony Pictures Television, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,327,390

International: $ 5,145,082

One Day (2011)

Summary: After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.

Release Date: August 19, 2011

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Lone Scherfig

Writer: David Nicholls

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Focus Features, Random House Films, Film4, Color Force, Film Four

Distributor: Focus Features, HBO Max, Home Box Office (HBO)

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 13,843,771

International: $ 45,545,662

Sleepwalk with Me (2012)

Summary: A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.

Release Date: April 04, 2013

Genre: Comedy

Directors: Mike Birbiglia

, Seth Barrish

Writers: Mike Birbiglia

, Ira Glass

, Joe Birbiglia

Runtime: 1 h 21 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Bedrocket Media Ventures, Sleepwalkers Anonymous

Distributor: IFC Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,266,067

Roseanne (1988)

Summary: A revival of the popular 1990s sitcom "Roseanne," which centered on the everyday life of an American working-class family.

Release Date: October 18, 1988

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Runtime: 0 h 21 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Wind Dancer Productions, Carsey-Werner Company, Paramount Television

Country: United States

Language: English

Man on the Moon (1999)

Summary: The life and career of legendary comedian Andy Kaufman.

Release Date: December 22, 1999

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: Milos Forman

Writers: Scott Alexander

, Larry Karaszewski

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Jersey Films, Cinehaus, Shapiro/West Productions, Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Marubeni, Toho-Towa, H2L Media Group

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., Comedy Central, Peacock, Kino Lorber

Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 82,000,000

Domestic: $ 34,607,430

International: $ 12,827,000

Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

Summary: A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.

Release Date: April 12, 1985

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Susan Seidelman

Writer: Leora Barish

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Orion Pictures

Distributor: Orion Pictures, Orion Home Video, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Image Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Kino Video, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,500,000

Domestic: $ 27,398,584

International: $ 1,013

Paper Heart (2009)

Summary: Charlyne Yi embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn't fully understand: Love.

Release Date: August 28, 2009

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Nicholas Jasenovec

Writers: Nicholas Jasenovec

, Charlyne Yi

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Overture Films, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Paper Heart Productions

Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment, The CW Network (The CW)

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,274,062

International: $ 22,909

Bill Cosby: Himself (1983)

Summary: A concert film in which Bill Cosby discusses weekends, raising children, dentists, and many other situations.

Release Date: May 20, 1983

Genres: Comedy, Documentary

Director: Bill Cosby

Writer: Bill Cosby

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Bill Cosby, Jemmin Inc.

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox International Classics, Disney Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

All That Jazz (1979)

Summary: Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid career of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.

Release Date: December 20, 1979

Genres: Drama, Musical, Music

Director: Bob Fosse

Writers: Robert Alan Aurthur

, Bob Fosse

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Magnetic Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,823,676

International: $ 1,148

Wonderful World (2009)

Summary: Ben Singer has his cynical worldview darkened by his roommate Ibu's sudden medical situation, though the arrival of Ibu's sister, Khadi, might remedy both men's ills.

Release Date: April 27, 2009

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Joshua Goldin

Writer: Joshua Goldin

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cold Iron Pictures, K5 International, Ambush Entertainment

Countries: United States, Germany

Language: English

Domestic: $ 9,309

The Comedian (2016)

Summary: A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke.

Release Date: February 03, 2017

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Taylor Hackford

Writers: Art Linson

, Jeffrey Ross

, Richard LaGravenese

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Cinelou Films, Linson Entertainment, Anvil Films, Mad Riot Entertainment

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,659,002

Something New (2006)

Summary: Kenya McQueen, an accountant finds love in the most unexpected place when she agrees to go on a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spirited landscaper.

Release Date: February 03, 2006

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Sanaa Hamri

Writer: Kriss Turner

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Gramercy Pictures (I), Homegrown Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 11,468,568

International: $ 15,101