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With the new «Ghostbusters» remake in theaters, we've rounded up 10 more classic comedy films that could make great 21st - century reboots!

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The DSG genre is not to be scoffed at — it's given us such classic comedies as Caddyshack and Animal House and, more recently, Wedding Crashers and The 40 - Year - Old Virgin — and has done much to codify the behavior of drunk heterosexual men everywhere.

This is classic Apatow - very funny and very naughty.Rudd and Mann make a good couple and the daughters are adorable.But Apatow needs to learn that sometimes less is more as this movie would have been better at 105 minutes than it is at 130 minutes.As funny as it is it seems very long for a comedy.

Up until this point, John Cusack had spent almost his entire cinematic career in teen comedies, from Class to The Sure Thing via cult classic Better Off Dead to the misfired Hot Pursuit, Cusack's unique and very human screen persona stole every show he was in - but by 1988, he'd become determined to move on into more serious and adult cinema.

It's consequently not difficult to see why Election is now considered a classic high school comedy, although the presence of several decidedly adult themes (ie lesbianism, adultery, etc) ensures that viewers over a certain age will probably get a whole lot more out of the film than teens.

The movie has even drawn some comparisons to «Trainspotting,» even if the pitch - black comedy feels more like another book - to - film cult classic, «Fight Club.»

For example, Bill Murray is a riot in Zombieland, but did you know there's one more tidbit with the Ghostbusters star spouting off a classic line from Caddyshack at the end of the credits of the horror comedy?

What this classic comedy lacks in steamy scenes it more than makes up for in sharp wit.

The Popcornflix library includes more than 3,000 titles within a variety of genres, ranging from action and comedy to award - winning foreign films, TV series, National Geographic documentaries, classic cartoons and the recently added extreme sports category.

The disc also comes with a 51 - minute TV spot from 1987 featuring Vincent Price discussing his career with historian David Del Valle, an interview with writer Richard Matheson and a video essay about the career of director Jacques Tourneur so there's plenty of material for fans to trawl through, but overall The Comedy of Terrors may not be a classic when compared to its main cast members» more celebrated works but it is a fun ride through the cemetery with four bona fide horror legends as your guides.

Whilst the film isn't going to reach the heights of other Australian comedy classics, there's something to be said for a film a film that manages to tick all the simple boxes; great acting, witty script, a fine balance of comedy and drama, with characters and themes that are more complex than the surface reveals.

Although they have frequently employed Western styles, True Grit is the Coen Brothers» (A Serious Man, Burn After Reading) first attempt at the true Western genre, quite traditional in its adaptation of the classic Charles Portis story, a novel originally published in the «Saturday Evening Post» in 1968, more in the vein of its creation than the comedy, thrills, and snark we've come to associate with their style.

The holiday season is typically one of the more family - friendly times of year at the cineplex, and 2010 is no different; while you'll still get your share of hard - hitting dramas and raunchy comedies, the weeks between now and the end of the year will also provide a cornucopia of films the whole family can enjoy, including the latest from Disney («Tangled»), a new «Narnia» sequel («The Voyage of the Dawn Treader»), and yet another version of Tchaikovsky's holiday classic («The Nutcracker in 3 - D»).

However, along came more enlightened times, and the classic Western gave way to comedies like Blazing Saddles (1974), as well as iconoclastic variations on the theme a la Little Big Man (1970) and Dances with Wolves (1990).

Her comedies are always in need of someone who can essay a classic toadie character, and Spade, more than anyone else these days, can fit that bill.

The topic of «Papa Was A Rolling Stone» is more than a classic tune from the legendary Motown musical act The Temptations — it also happens to be the breezy theme behind the clunky comedy, Father Figures.

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This Mad Men — like ambition — to explore the professional conflicts of a group of highly creative people, the sweeping changes in society they're reflecting and responding to, and the conflicted genius suffering from imposter syndrome at its center — might have been better fit for the length of a series, and indeed series like Showtime's I'm Dying Up Here and HBO's classic The Larry Sanders Show convey the combination of internal competitiveness and group cohesion that powers comedy scenes like the Lampooners» more effectively than AFASG's scattershot approach.

More character - driven spy romantic comedy than espionage movie, this film harkens back to the classic days of the «star» film, and for the witty back and forth alone, this is better than you may have heard.

I suppose it doesn't matter as I can say with Del Griffith - like confidence that John Hughes» classic fits snugly into the brand of comedy I cherish more than any other.

Meyers is in her element when the movie plays like classic narrative cinema, unafraid to go for the corny sentiment that she does with more conviction than the attempts at zeitgeist comedy.

More than just little - kid cute, she made portraying two diametrically different twins look easy, using her expressive features and innate charm to give the classic comedy a fresh twist.

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Woody Harrelson is best known for the classic TV comedy «Cheers», films «White Men Can't Jump», «Natural Born Killers», «The People vs. Larry Flynt» (for which he received his first of two Oscar nominations) and, more recently, for his role as Haymitch in the blockbuster «Hunger Games» franchise.

So I wasn't surprised that, when given the freedom to create a personal story, Chris Rock would be more than capable — and Top Five is a very effective, often hilarious adaptation of Rock's stand - up in the tradition of classic romantic comedies (actually, structurally, the film is closer to screwball comedies of the 1930s and 40s — but more on that in a bit).

Still, one successful comic actioner is more than most have been able to achieve, and while Stakeout is certainly no classic comedy by any means, the entertainment value is enough to merit revisiting from time to time for the natural chemistry done by people out to have a good time, playing fast and loose in a formula vehicle that usually results in mechanical, forgettable fare.

Here you'll find a saga from Paul Thomas Anderson; a dramadey about writer's block; an underrated film from M. Night Shyamalan; a John Carpenter classic; a horror movie unlike any other; a star - studded alien invasion comedy; and more!

Instead, it only makes «Attack the Block» that much more impressive — a fun slice of nostalgic geek cinema that effortlessly blends action, comedy, horror and sci - fi to create an instant genre classic.

Here you'll find the directorial debut of Amber Tamblyn; a classic screwball comedy; a horror anthology film; a forgotten Nicole Kidman thriller; a recent highly acclaimed sci - fi flick; an intense indie drama; yet another incredible performance from Michael Stuhlbarg; and much more.

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