Best Comedy movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Bonnie Bedelia, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : Ron Underwood,

Two political speechwriters fall in love before they find out they are working for candidates on opposite sides.

Actors : Franklyn Ajaye, Richard Pryor, Otis Day, Darrow Igus,
Directors : Michael Schultz,

Car Wash is about a close-knit group of employees who one day have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching 'wonder-man' who is ...

Actors : Vincent Perez, Anne Brochet, Gérard Depardieu, Jacques Weber,
Directors : Jean-Paul Rappeneau,

Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.

Actors : Leslie Caron, Jack Good, Trevor Howard, Cary Grant,
Directors : Ralph Nelson,

During World War II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, Rachel Roberts, Ralph Richardson, Arthur Lowe,
Directors : Lindsay Anderson,

This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in Europe. Many actors play multiple roles, giving the film a stagy tone.

Actors : Charles Durning, Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise,
Directors : Colin Higgins,

A town's sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a TV reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.

Actors : Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim, Sally Field, James Garner,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

Emma is a divorced woman with a teen-aged son who moves into a small town and tries to make a go of a horse ranch. Murphy is the widowed town druggist who steers business her way. Things ...

Actors : Horst Buchholz, Arlene Francis, Pamela Tiffin, James Cagney,
Directors : Billy Wilder,

In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.

Actors : Arthur Hill, Laurence Olivier, Thelonious Bernard, Diane Lane,
Directors : George Roy Hill,

A French boy (Daniel) and an American girl (Lauren), who goes to school in Paris, meet and begin a little romance. They befriend Julius who enchants them with his storytelling. In an ...

Actors : Hayley Mills, Charles Ruggles, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith,
Directors : David Swift,

Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.

Actors : Julia McKenzie, Alison Steadman, Tom Conti, Pauline Collins,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg, wondering what happened to her life. She compares scenes in ...

Actors : Helen Hunt, David Paymer, Julie Warner, Billy Crystal,
Directors : Billy Crystal,

The life of Buddy Young, a comic legend in flashbacks but an old man looking for work in the present.

Actors : Michael Conrad, Eddie Albert, Burt Reynolds, Ed Lauter,
Directors : Robert Aldrich,

A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.

Actors : Victoria Tennant, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin,
Directors : Carl Reiner,

A dying millionaire has her soul transferred into a younger, willing woman. However, something goes wrong, and she finds herself in her lawyer's body - together with the lawyer.

Actors : Shirley MacLaine, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Robert Harling,

Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious ...

Actors : Richard Benjamin, George Hamilton, Susan Saint James, Dick Shawn,
Directors : Stan Dragoti,

This vampire spoof has Count Dracula moving to New York to find his Bride, after being forced to move out of his Transylvanian castle. There with the aid of assistant Renfield, he stumbles ...

Actors : Jessica Tandy, Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Robert Benton,

A stubborn man past his prime reflects his life of strict independence and seeks more out of himself.

Actors : Jill Clayburgh, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.

Actors : Sally Field, Burt Reynolds, Brian Keith, Jan-Michael Vincent,
Directors : Hal Needham,

Hollywood aging stuntman Sonny Hooper wants to prove that he's still got what it takes to be a great professional in this risky and under-recognized line of work.

Actors : Robert Redford, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, George Segal,
Directors : Peter Yates,

Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...