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.

  • Logan Lucky (2017) Cover

    Logan Lucky (2017)

    Soderbergh's 2017 NASCAR heist. Tatum, Driver, Daniel Craig. Working-class Ocean's Eleven. Coca-Cola 600 setting.
    Comedy • Heist
    E
  • Ocean’s Eleven (2001) Cover

    Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

    Soderbergh's 2001 Rat Pack remake. Clooney, Pitt, Damon, Roberts, Gould. Las Vegas casinos. Effortless cool. Two sequels.
    Comedy • Heist
    E
  • Annie Hall (1977) Cover

    Annie Hall (1977)

    Woody Allen's 1977 romantic comedy. Diane Keaton title role. Won Best Picture against Star Wars. Defined modern romantic comedy.
    Comedy • Romance • Romantic Comedy
    E
  • Stalag 17 (1953) Cover

    Stalag 17 (1953)

    Billy Wilder's 1953 WWII POW camp drama. William Holden won Best Actor. Source for Hogan's Heroes. The German camp informer.
    Comedy • Prison • World War II
    E
  • Mean Girls (2004) Cover

    Mean Girls (2004)

    Mark Waters' 2004 high school satire. Tina Fey screenplay. Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams. The plastics. Cultural reference standing.
    Comedy • Teen
    E
  • Clueless (1995) Cover

    Clueless (1995)

    Amy Heckerling's 1995 Beverly Hills Emma adaptation. Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd debut. As if. Whatever. Defined 1990s teen aesthetic.
    Comedy • Romantic Comedy • Teen
    E
  • Stand by Me (1986) Cover

    Stand by Me (1986)

    Rob Reiner's 1986 Stephen King novella adaptation. Phoenix, Wheaton, Feldman, O'Connell. Twelve-year-old boys looking for a body.
    Drama • Teen
    E
  • Dead Poets Society (1989) Cover

    Dead Poets Society (1989)

    Peter Weir's 1989 prep school drama. Robin Williams as the unorthodox English teacher. Carpe diem, O Captain my Captain.
    Drama • Teen
    E
  • Lady Bird (2017) Cover

    Lady Bird (2017)

    Greta Gerwig's 2017 directorial debut. Saoirse Ronan as Sacramento teenager. Laurie Metcalf as mother. Both Oscar nominated.
    Drama • Teen
    E
  • Dazed and Confused (1993) Cover

    Dazed and Confused (1993)

    Richard Linklater's 1993 last-day-of-school 1976 ensemble. Affleck, McConaughey, Adam Goldberg breakthroughs.
    Comedy • Teen
    E
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