Genre: Comedy
Comedy is built to make you laugh — through wit, absurdity, timing, and characters whose flaws and schemes keep tripping them up. Underneath the jokes, the best of it still says something true.
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The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Two Budapest shop employees who can't stand each other are unknowingly falling in love through anonymous correspondence. -
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
A magazine columnist who has fabricated her domestic Connecticut life must host a war hero and her publisher for Christmas. -
A Christmas Story (1983)
Nine-year-old Ralphie dreams of getting a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas in 1940s Indiana, despite warnings he'll shoot his eye out. -
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's meta-horror about college students at a remote cabin who discover their ordeal is engineered. -
Scrooged (1988)
A cynical TV executive producing a live Christmas Carol broadcast is visited by three spirits who confront his soul. -
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
Clark Griswold's plans for a perfect family Christmas at home unravel through extended-family chaos and a frozen pool. -
Bad Santa (2003)
A drunken con artist working seasonal Santa jobs robs department stores on Christmas Eve and reluctantly bonds with a strange child. -
Elf (2003)
A human raised by Santa's elves travels to New York City to find his biological father, an embittered publishing executive. -
The Santa Clause (1994)
A divorced father inadvertently kills Santa Claus and discovers a contractual clause requiring him to take over the role permanently. -
Love Actually (2003)
Multiple intertwined London relationships unfold across the five weeks leading up to Christmas, from the Prime Minister to schoolchildren.