Best Comedy movies that are award winners or nominees

All That Jazz(1979)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 23

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



Throw Momma from the Train(1987)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A bitter ex-husband and a put-upon momma's boy both want their respective former spouse and mother dead. Who will pull it off?



Beaches(1988)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.



Bedknobs and Broomsticks(1971)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 20

An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defense of Britain.



Triangle of Sadness(2022)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A cruise for the super-rich sinks thus leaving survivors, including a fashion model celebrity couple, trapped on an island.



Heaven Can Wait(1978)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.





Zelig(1983)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 17

"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.



Goin' South(1978)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 37

Due to the lack of men after the Civil War, a small western town allows a bachelorette with ulterior motives to save a horse-thief from the gallows by marrying him. They must deal with his old gang, the sheriff, the bank - and each other.



Heartbreak Ridge(1986)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.



Toys(1992)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 18

When a military general inherits a toy making company and begins making war toys, his employees band together to stop him before he ruins the name of Zevo Toys forever.



Ladyhawke(1985)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly captured when Captain Navarre befriends him. Navarre has been hunted by the Bishop's men for ...



What's Up, Doc?(1972)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 23

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.



Manhattan Murder Mystery(1993)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.



Private Benjamin(1980)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A sheltered young high society woman joins the United States Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.



Barefoot in the Park(1967)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 26

Paul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment.



Radio Days(1987)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.



The Madness of King George(1994)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A meditation on power, and the metaphor of the body of state, based on the real episode of dementia experienced by George III (now suspected a victim of porphyria, a blood disorder). As he ...



Family Plot(1976)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.



Honeymoon in Vegas(1992)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 19

On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. They finally decide to tie the knot in ...




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