Popular Comedy Movies on Kanopy - Page 78

Love's Labour's Lost

1985

Love's Labour's Lost

1985
7
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder

1994

The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder

1994
Rudy Ray Moore tells all as only he can in this all-new retrospective legendary career. From his humble beginnings to his crowning as "King of the Party Records," Rudy Ray guides us through his struggles and triumphs in the film and music industries.
Galaxy Quest

1999

Galaxy Quest

1999
7.1
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector — Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus — set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space ... until their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beam up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director, and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives.
Stop and Go

2021

Stop and Go

2021
5.9
Two sisters embark on a hilarious, mile-a-minute road trip to rescue their grandmother and her beloved dog from her retirement home before their reckless sister gets there first.
Help! My In-Laws Are Vampires!

2021

Help! My In-Laws Are Vampires!

2021
5.8
A loving young couple discover they're expecting a child, but the man isn't too keen on introducing her girlfriend to his family. Is it because he has a vampire father, a witch mother, a ghostly grandma, and a zombie uncle?
Tales of Halloween

2015

Tales of Halloween

2015
5.7
Ten stories from horror's top directors. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil delight in terrorizing unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighborhood on Halloween night. This creepy anthology combines classic Halloween tales with the stuff of nightmares.
False Confessions

2017

False Confessions

2017
5.2
Dorante, an impoverished young man, is taken on as a secretary by Araminte, a rich widow with whom he is secretly in love. The valet Dubois does all he can to get Araminte to fall in love with Dorante. Following his staging of Marivaux’s comedy at the Odéon theater, Luc Bondy turns the whole theater building into a film studio, placing his actors in the foyer, under the stage, in the kitchens, using the most unusual and unexpected spots to invent a new dynamic between theater and film.
Fits and Starts

2017

Fits and Starts

2017
5.1
A struggling writer can't seem to escape his wife's literary success. When a road trip to a publisher's salon takes an unexpected turn, he has to face his own creative shortcomings and find a way to regain control of his life and work.
Goodbye Pork Pie

1981

Goodbye Pork Pie

1981
6.6
Gerry hires a car in Kaitaia with a stolen licence and travels to Invercargill with John, whose wife has just left him. The ultimate New Zealand road trip adventure.
Bloody Oranges

2021

Bloody Oranges

2021
6
Simultaneously, a retired couple overwhelmed by debt tries to win a dance contest, as the minister of economy is suspected of tax evasion, and a teenage girl encounters a sexual maniac, while a young lawyer attempts to climb the social ladder. When the shoe drops, the winner won’t necessarily be the one we expected.
The Nut

1921

The Nut

1921
5.9
Eccentric inventor Charlie Jackson tries to interest wealthy investors in his girlfriend's plan to help children from poor neighbourhoods.
You, the Living

2007

You, the Living

2007
7.1
In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket, and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.
Diary of a Chambermaid

1964

Diary of a Chambermaid

1964
7.1
Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.
Love with the Proper Stranger

1963

Love with the Proper Stranger

1963
6.8
Angie Rossini, an innocent New York City sales clerk from a repressive Italian-American family, engages in a short-lived affair with a handsome jazz musician named Rocky Papasano. When Angie becomes pregnant, she tracks down Rocky hoping he'll pay for her abortion.
Spring Breakdown

2009

Spring Breakdown

2009
5.4
Three women in their thirties head to a popular Spring Break destination and try to relive the Spring Break they never had.
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

1953

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

1953
6.9
Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.
Sally of the Sawdust

1925

Sally of the Sawdust

1925
6.1
Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Professor McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of Judge Foster's friend, falls in love. When Sally is arrested McGargle proves her real parentage.
The Forest for the Trees

2004

The Forest for the Trees

2004
6.5
As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined.
A Sunburnt Christmas

2020

A Sunburnt Christmas

2020
6.8
The lives of a struggling family are upended when a runaway criminal dressed as Santa Claus crashes onto their property. A wily teenager seizes the opportunity to save the farm—and bring her fractured family back together.
Peter and Vandy

2009

Peter and Vandy

2009
6.3
Flashbacks and flash-forwards illustrate the rise and fall of a love affair between two New Yorkers.