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It has been on every «best of» comedy film list and is well recognized by critics.

Not exact matches

Along with promising comedies, a new David O. Russell film, the latest offering from Pixar and a documentary about Hillsong, our list of the most anticipated movies of next year is filled with reboots and remakes.

Zegna's ambitous «A Rose Reborn» directed by Park Chan - wook made our list, as did Alexander Wang's funny Autumn / Winter campaign film, featuring Chris Kattan as Mango, a character from the American comedy show Saturday Night Live.

Sydney Pollack's directorial list includes a wide variety of film genres including his romantic comedy Sabrina and the parental drama Searching for Bobby Fischer.

If you were going down the list of things needed for a comedy to take flight you'd find them all here; the three main players pass the ball, the chemistry works, and the film never devolves into that most debilitating trope of the romantic comedy - a serious third act.

From actress turned writer / director Marielle Heller (A Walk Among Tombstones) comes the latest new - age, post-modern, feminist movement film that doesn't accomplish much more than Aubrey Plaza did with raunchy comedy The To - Do List.

She's found herself stuck in raucous sex comedies Dirty Grandpa, The To - Do List and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates but this year at Sundance, she found a film - maker willing to look past her skill for being sullen and gift her with a fascinating, disturbing, tragic character to inhabit.

After securing the 2013 Sundance Film Festival's Screenwriting award, a slot on the National Board of Review's top ten list of indie films, and the vocal support of critical heavy hitters like A.O. Scott, Lake Bell's pitch - perfectly precise comedy In A World... announced itself as one of the more confident debut features in recent memory, let alone from an actor - turned - director / writer.

First, it means some great films that are also comedies may appear lower on the list than they would if we were weighing technical execution of those non-comic elements equally with humor present.

Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events combine to show the film that topped the American Film Institute's list of 100 all - time greatest comedies in 24 Bay Area theaters on Sunday, June 11, and Wednesday, June 14.

I'm a lot less snobby about comedy than some of my fellow critics and won't write something off for being immature or crude (Due Date and Horrible Bosses cracked my recent list of the top 100 films of the half - decade).

Now, as the year closes out, Get Out has become an awards season frontrunner, named Gotham Independent Film Awards» Best Feature and listed among the National Board of Review's top 10 films and earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.

(Note: Because so much of the impact of foreign comedies relies on language, we've only included English language films on this list.)

Based on the Neil Gaiman short story, the film is billed as a sci - fi romantic comedy and follows an alien (Elle Fanning, in her second appearance on this month's list) who gets sidetracked while exploring Earth during a visit to a London suburb.

Have your say on our critics» list of the 25 greatest comedy films of all time

It's the kind of lesser known film you might find through the film festival circuit (had it's premiere at Sundance Film Festival) that's made up of a different brand of comedy or drama than your used to from a typical blockbuster, strong performances from B or C - list actors, and overall much to offer.

Other premieres on the list include the latest from «What We Do in the Shadows» director Taika Waititi (a comedy called «Hunt for the Wilderpeople,») the newest film from «Love is Strange» director Ira Sachs («Little Men,») and the next directorial project from actor John Krasinski, «The Hollars.»

In addition to the films that I've listed here, the brothers are also responsible for other big comedies like Kingpin (1995), Me, Myself and Irene (1998) and Hall Pass (2011).

The genius (yes, I'll break out the «G» word) behind films like Kill List, Sightseers, and High - Rise has been a favorite of mine for years, leaping between genres while maintaining his signature dark comedy and unflinching ability to sell genuine pain and terror.

The Innkeepers Easily one of my favorite films of last year (it even made my top ten list), Ti West's take on the haunted house is equal parts well - played comedy and atmospheric horror, and both parts work perfectly.

Hayes» feature film credits include the Bobby and Peter Farrelly comedy «The Three Stooges,» «The Bucket List,» opposite Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, and the independent drama «Pieces of April,» opposite Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson and Oliver Platt.

With multiple nominations in the craft categories the film easily topped the 2018 list, followed by Martin McDonagh's black comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and the Gary Oldman - starring Churchill biopic Darkest Hour.

In its climax, the film happily adds «violence against women» (albeit of the self - defense variety) to the list of taboo subjects it tries to mine for comedy.

Nevertheless, the film has achieved enormous critical and commercial success (indeed, a psychological torture scene with fish, and Cleese caught with his pants down, are moments just over-the-top enough to remain unforgettable), and frequently finds itself on lists of the greatest of all comedies.

I had to add some comedy to this list, and this is a very funny film.

Kill List marked Wheatley as a director to pay attention to, and his Black - As - Satan's - Soul Comedy proved he may be the most essential director working in genre films today.

Way Too Indie is celebrating the recent Blu - ray and DVD release (Nov. 17th) of the raunchy throwback comedy film, The To Do List, which stars Aubrey Plaza, Rachel Bilson, Andy

At his site, Free Cinema Now, master editor Nelson Carvajal offers a most inspired mash - up of Tim Burton's comedy classic «Beetlejuice» with a film sure to make many a ton ten list this year, David Lowery's «A Ghost Story.»

Don't forget, the Golden Globes divide best film into two categories (drama and comedy / musical), so critical favourites (which also made the AFI list) such as the dark gem Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the star - studded political thriller The Post and Greta Gerwig's poignant mother - daugther comedy - drama Lady Bird are also strong contenders.

The film starts with the now - aged Doug (played by Martin Mull) telling the audience, «You've probably never heard of me» and then listing his accomplishments, egged on by an an off - screen interviewer who helpfully adds «I would say you did redefine comedy,» thus standing the first rule of dramatization — you show action that induces the desired emotional response instead of telling the audience what to feel — on its head.

San Francisco Examiner critics Jeff Anderson and Anita Katz's varied top 10 lists both include «Detroit,» director Kathryn Bigelow's account of the siege of the Algiers Motel during 1967 riots in that city; «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» writer - director Martin McDonagh's dark comedy about maternal revenge; and «Wonderstruck,» director Todd Haynes» film (based on a young adult novel) about parallel tales of fearless, curious 12 - year - olds — in 1977 and 1927.

While it's hardly a horror film (it's more of a comedy with dramatic elements), I couldn't resist including it on this list.

Rather than spending your time scrolling through categories, trying to track down the perfect film to watch, we've done our best to make it easy for you at Paste by updating our Best Movies to watch on Netflix list each month with new additions and overlooked gems alike, bringing you our favorites from across genres: Oscar - winning dramas, independent and art - house films, action blockbusters, documentaries, comedies, sci - fi flicks and animated movies for both kids and adults.

This list of 100 movies — topped by Billy Wilder's gender - bending provocation Some Like It Hot — polled 253 film critics from 52 countries and had them list their picks for 10 best film comedies.

The list of icons making appearances was truly unprecedented: Superman soars twice — once in the «return» and the other as Ben Affleck; Crockett and Tubbs exude cool; Ethan Hunt falls short; Captain Jack Sparrow sets the stage for the finale; Jack Black sometimes wears stretchy pants; Huey Long is resurrected and somehow over-played by Sean Penn; the mass appeal of the DaVinci Code novel fizzled onscreen; Robert Altman's amazing career ended with an excellent adaptation of a radio series starring Garrison Keillor's made for radio face; Johnny Depp tried to untrack his career with The Libertine; Nicolas Cage was front and center in the disastrous remake of The Wicker Man, but if the preview is any indication, his sleep - walk was merely a tune - up for this year's Ghost Rider; Woody Allen (with Scarlett Johansson as his muse) re-emerged with his best comedy since Crimes and Misdemeanors; amazingly, Jen and Vince's real life break - up was more entertaining than the film version; and while on - set hook - ups seem to the norm, how could the dreadful You, Me and Dupree have been an aphrodisiac for Kate and Owen?

«The To Do List» may not be a film of great substance, but this comedy about a young girl's strange, semi-erotic journey from untouched maiden to minx accomplishes something both rare and significant for a teen movie: it places a female character in the central role as unapologetic sexual aggressor.

The winners list for film actors this year also included Brie Larson («Room») for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama), Jennifer Lawrence («Joy») for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy), and Kate Winslet («Steve Jobs») for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.

On a night where Ronan won Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, and her film won Best Picture, Musical or Comedy, Gerwig was not listed as one of the directing category's five (all - male) nominees.

This film's charm is responsible for it rising to near the top of my list of favorite romantic - comedies of all - time (now, granted that's not a huge list, but this is still a huge surprise given the material and my film preferences).

Still, the film has persevered and even cracked the American Film Institute's 2000 list of great American comedies, placing 77th in the «100 Years... 100 Laughs» countdown.

Directors Anthony and Joe Russo cut their teeth on such urbane, snippy TV sitcoms as Arrested Development and Community and the film begins brightly, with some inspired comedy concerning the Cap's growing laundry list of post-WWII must - see cultural artefacts and baffling culinary innovations.

Here at The A.V. Club, we're pretty big on the movies director Edgar Wright has made with star and co-writer Simon Pegg — so much so that all three of them appear on our list of the best film comedies since 2000.

Annie Hall has earned practically every honor a film can hope to get in its afterlife, being selected for preservation in the Library of Congress» National Film Registry in 1992, ranking highly on comedy movie countdowns from Bravo to Zagat, and turning up on every conceivable AFI list («100 Laughs», «100 Quotes», «100 Passions», the overall «100 Films» where dramas outnumber comedies four to one, even «100 Songs» and most recently being designated the # 2 Romantic Comedy behind City Lights in comedy movie countdowns from Bravo to Zagat, and turning up on every conceivable AFI list («100 Laughs», «100 Quotes», «100 Passions», the overall «100 Films» where dramas outnumber comedies four to one, even «100 Songs» and most recently being designated the # 2 Romantic Comedy behind City Lights in Comedy behind City Lights in 2008).

She and A.J. Rinella have set up «Bad Taste in Men» at ABC and an untitled comedy at Fox, as well as a series adaptation of her TV film «The Client List» at Lifetime.

In the comments form below or at www.independent.co.uk/bestof09 nominate your favourite - in film, music, theatre, comedy, dance or visual arts - with a brief explanation as to why it tops your list and we'll print a selection in The Independent Readers» Review of 2009.