Best Comedy movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Joe Pesci, Mitchell Whitfield, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio,
Directors : Jonathan Lynn,

Two New Yorkers are accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college, and one of their cousins--an inexperienced, loudmouth lawyer not accustomed to Southern rules and manners--comes in to defend them.

Actors : Julianne Moore, Andie MacDowell, Tim Robbins, Bruce Davison,
Directors : Robert Altman,

The day-to-day lives of several suburban Los Angeles residents.

Actors : Bill Bernstein, Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Claire Bloom,
Directors : Woody Allen,

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.

Actors : Hugh Grant, Renée Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Colin Firth,
Directors : Beeban Kidron,

After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she's dreamed of having.

Actors : Sandra Oh, Raoul Bova, Diane Lane, Lindsay Duncan,
Directors : Audrey Wells,

A writer impulsively buys a villa in Tuscany in order to change her life.

Actors : Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Tom Hanks,

A local Pennsylvania band scores a one hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from its manager.

Actors : Robert Prosky, Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks, William Hurt,
Directors : James L. Brooks,

Take two rival TV reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well and watch the sparks fly.

Actors : Jennifer Garner, Al Pacino, Bobby Cannavale, Annette Bening,
Directors : Dan Fogelman,

An aging rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old letter written to him by John Lennon.

Actors : Ed Harris, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Jena Malone,
Directors : Chris Columbus,

A terminally ill woman has to settle on her former husband's new lover, who will be their children's stepmother.

Actors : Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd,
Directors : John Landis,

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Actors : Rebecca De Mornay, Tom Cruise, Richard Masur, Joe Pantoliano,
Directors : Paul Brickman,

A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Robin Williams, Dianne Wiest, Nathan Lane,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.

Actors : J.K. Simmons, Jason Schwartzman, Rashida Jones, Will Sasso,

A simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg's new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions.

Actors : Candice Bergen, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Caine, Sandra Bullock,
Directors : Donald Petrie,

An FBI agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event.

Actors : Catherine Keener, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Joel Crawford,

The prehistoric family the Croods are challenged by a rival family the Bettermans, who claim to be better and more evolved.

Actors : Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Bill Pullman, Sandra Bullock,
Directors : Jon Turteltaub,

A hopeless romantic Chicago Transit Authority token collector is mistaken for the fiancée of a coma patient.

Actors : Billy Connolly, Tom Courtenay, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon,
Directors : Dustin Hoffman,

At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.

Actors : John Alderton, Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Penelope Wilton,
Directors : Nigel Cole,

A Women's Institute chapter's fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation.

Actors : Kathy Bates, Larry Hagman, Emma Thompson, John Travolta,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

A man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for president of the USA.

Actors : Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy,
Directors : Martin Brest,

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.