Best Comedy movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Phil Daniels, Lynn Ferguson,

When a cockerel apparently flies into a chicken farm, the chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners.

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Hope Davis, Kathy Bates, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

A man upon retirement embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.

Actors : Jack Black, Adam Pascal, Mike White, Joan Cusack,
Directors : Richard Linklater,

After being kicked out of a rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of a strict elementary private school, only to try and turn it into a rock band.

Actors : Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear,

A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

Actors : Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner,
Directors : David Silverman,

After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpson family are declared fugitives.

Actors : Terry Crews, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne,
Directors : Paul Feig,

Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.

Actors : Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Mette Towley, Julia Stiles,
Directors : Lorene Scafaria,

Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

Actors : Catherine Keener, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich, John Cusack,
Directors : Spike Jonze,

A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.

Actors : John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs,

In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, 2 monsters realize things may not be what they think.

Actors : Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro, Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi,
Directors : Terry Zwigoff,

With only the plan of moving in together after high school, two unusually devious friends seek direction in life. As a mere gag, they respond to a man's newspaper ad for a date, only to find it will greatly complicate their lives.

Actors : Shari Springer Berman, Harvey Pekar, Chris Ambrose, Paul Giamatti,

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

Actors : Julie Andrews, Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy,

Princess Fiona's parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres.

Actors : Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta,
Directors : Adam Shankman,

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Actors : Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms,
Directors : Todd Phillips,

Three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding.

Actors : Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind,

Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.

Actors : Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston, Joaquin Phoenix, Owen Wilson,
Directors : Paul Thomas Anderson,

In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

Actors : Jason Statham, Jude Law, Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne,
Directors : Paul Feig,

A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

Actors : Brie Larson, Bill Hader, Amy Schumer, Colin Quinn,
Directors : Judd Apatow,

Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.

Actors : Thomas Loibl, Michael Wittenborn, Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek,
Directors : Maren Ade,

A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : John Madden,

A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.