Popular Comedy Movies on Kanopy - Page 51

Sleeping Betty

2007

Sleeping Betty

2007
6.7
Princess Betty sleeps in a narcoleptic stupor. The king appeals to his subjects to wake her, and several respond: Uncle Henry VIII, Aunt Victoria, an emotional alien, a cool witch and a handsome prince. This worthy Prince Charles lookalike has to leave his royal suburb to save the princess, but will Betty be wakened with just a kiss?
The Overcoat

1952

The Overcoat

1952
6.8
Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.
Algie, the Miner

1912

Algie, the Miner

1912
4.8
When Algie Allmore asks to marry Clarice, the young woman's father gives him one year to prove that he's a man.
Losing Ground

1982

Losing Ground

1982
6.2
Sara, a cold college professor, and her husband, an ecstatic painter, spend a summer away from the city, straining their rocky relationship.
Dottie Gets Spanked

1993

Dottie Gets Spanked

1993
6.3
A six-year-old boy in pre-hippie 1960s United States endures ridicule from his schoolmates and worry from his father over his fixation with a TV star named Dottie.
Frances Ferguson

2019

Frances Ferguson

2019
5.9
Frances Ferguson is discontent. Like a lot of us, she does a bit of “acting out” and pays the price —an arrest, a trial, incarceration. And then a new identity, one that’s not terribly comfortable.
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story

2019

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story

2019
6.7
The hilarious and bizarre story of Frank Sidebottom, the cult British comedian in a papier mâché head, and the secretive life of Chris Sievey, the artist trapped inside.
Wobble Palace

2018

Wobble Palace

2018
6
A couple on the verge of a nervous break-up decide to split their home over the weekend and test the waters of independence.
Keep the Change

2018

Keep the Change

2018
6.2
When aspiring filmmaker David is mandated by a judge to attend a social program at the Jewish Community Center, he is sure of one thing: he doesn't belong there. But when he's assigned to visit the Brooklyn Bridge with the vivacious Sarah, sparks fly and his convictions are tested. Their budding relationship must weather Sarah's romantic past, David's judgmental mother, and their own pre-conceptions of what love is supposed to look like.
The Captain's Paradise

1953

The Captain's Paradise

1953
5.5
Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in Tangiers. A perfect life. As long as neither woman decides to follow him to the other port.
The Italian Straw Hat

1928

The Italian Straw Hat

1928
6.2
On the day of Fadinard's wedding, his horse eats a lady's hat on a bush at the roadside, while the lady is hidden behind the bush with her lover Lieutenant Tavernier. Because she is married, she cannot return home hatless without being compromised, and Tavernier orders Fadinard to replace the hat with one exactly like it - or else he will wreck his new home. In an elaborate sequence of complications, Fadinard tries to find a hat while keeping to his marriage schedule
The Triumph of Love

2001

The Triumph of Love

2001
6.2
A princess is determined to restore her homeland's throne to its rightful heir, a young prince with whom she falls in love.
For Ever Mozart

1996

For Ever Mozart

1996
6
Episodic film that follows a theater troupe from France attempting to put on a play in Sarajevo. Along their journey they are captured and held in a POW camp, and they call for help from their friends and relations in France.
Next of Kin

1984

Next of Kin

1984
5.8
Twenty-three-year old Peter Foster is an only child who lives at home, where he constantly hears his parents arguing. Because Peter does nothing all day, the family goes to a clinic where a therapist videotapes them. After Peter watches his tape, he views the tape of a troubled Armenian family, who gave their only son away for adoption when they arrived in Canada. Peter decides to visit this family, and he pretends to be their son, Bedros Deryan. The Deryan family welcomes him with open arms, and Peter tries to patch up the poor relationship between George Deryan and his daughter Azah.
Lost at Christmas

2020

Lost at Christmas

2020
5.4
Set in the remote Scottish town of Fort William on Christmas Eve, when life is turned upside down for Jen and Rob. Suddenly finding themselves heartbroken, single and stranded, they team up to try and reach home 100 miles away to be with their families. "Borrowing" Jen’s now ex-boyfriend’s classic car, the pair hit the road, but it’s not long before the weather turns for the worse forcing them to continue their journey on foot.
Mom + Mom

2018

Mom + Mom

2018
4.8
Karole and Ali love each other and dream of starting a family together. They soon realize it won't be as simple as they'd hoped, and as their enthusiasm falters their love is challenged. In order to overcome the obstacles, they must believe in the power of their desire and support of their loved ones. If they can do that, miracles will happen…
Hair Wolf

2018

Hair Wolf

2018
7.1
The staff of a black hair salon fend off a strange new monster: white women intent on sucking the lifeblood from black culture.
Free and Easy

2017

Free and Easy

2017
5.9
Under a tin-gray sky, in a hollowed out corner of northern China, a stranger arrives in town bearing magical soap—but smelling it will cost you. Nearby, a pair of unenthused cops try cracking a seemingly simple case. Or not. And you can forget religious solace; the only monk around is not what he seems.
The Candidate

2016

The Candidate

2016
5.5
A team of advisers is brought in to manufacture the image of Marchand, producing social media profiles, commercials and a new public persona. Conflict arises when it is revealed that not everyone is who they present themselves to be. At his country estate, a rich businessman who wants to be president is groomed by a campaign team to create an image palatable to middle-class voters.
Loitering with Intent

2014

Loitering with Intent

2014
4
Fledgling screenwriters retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellation of needy characters produces constant interruptions.