Popular Comedy Movies on The Roku Channel - Page 216

The Park Bench

2015

The Park Bench

2015
5.3
When Emily, a librarian-to-be, is assigned to tutor Mateo, a struggling undergrad, in American Lit, they do not get along; but when the discussion turns from classics to confessions, they learn something that could change their lives forever.
The Aztec Karate Fighter

1976

The Aztec Karate Fighter

1976
5.8
Potter who makes fake pre-Colombian statues gets mixed up with thieves and treasure-hunters at an Aztec art museum.
Great World of Sound

2007

Great World of Sound

2007
5.2
When a man answers an ad to train as a record producer, he's excited by the prospect of signing undiscovered artists only to discover his new job isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Back To Maracaibo

2022

Back To Maracaibo

2022
5.2
Eladio is a failed actor who has spent years in obscurity working maintenance at a TV station in the capital. When he’s forced to return to Maracaibo to care for his teenage niece —a fierce, guitar-playing rebel— their worlds clash. Amid loud music, insults, and generational conflict, Eladio accidentally reinvents himself as an acting teacher… and ends up entangled with one of the city’s most notorious crime syndicates. What follows is a hilarious, heartfelt, and uniquely Latin American story about rediscovery, family, and the absurdities of adulthood —at any age.
El metiche

1972

El metiche

1972
4.4
Clownish simpleton can't resist meddling in his neighbors' business. Pretty much a remake of El Reveltoso.
El dolor de pagar la renta

1960

El dolor de pagar la renta

1960
6.8
Viruta and Capulina are about to be evicted from the neighborhood where they live for not paying rent for eleven months. After several troubles with the police and the building owner, it is clarified that Capulina had saved the money to pay for the operation of a child that lives in the building. After all, the doctor operates the child for free, the neighbors celebrate with a big party and the building owner forgives them all the income.
Merry Good Enough

2023

Merry Good Enough

2023
5
Lucy has a complicated relationship with her dysfunctional family, but when her mother disappears on Christmas Eve, she must bring her family back together whether she knows it or not.
Codón es un máquina

2023

Codón es un máquina

2023
7
Two friends get together to prepare a film while a production team films the process.
Access Control

2022

Access Control

2022
A disgraced ex-cop and a hot headed newly-wed must team up as hospital security guards to solve a local pill thief case.
Saving Christmas

2024

Saving Christmas

2024
8
All materialistic 16-year-old Nick cares about is opening his Christmas gifts. Tired of Christmas chores and family events, Nick wishes a little too hard and accidentally makes Christmas disappear entirely. As the only one who remembers the existence of Christmas, Nick begins to realize just how the holiday has touched and molded others over the years. Now, not only will Nick need to bring his presents back, but see that his friends and family return to normal by learning the true meaning of Christmas
Finally Me

2023

Finally Me

2023
Set in the 1990s in the competitive world of high school cheer-leading, Soula defies her father's dream for her to take over the family souvlaki business and finds herself chosen to lead her team to victory despite being a complete novice and far from the stereotypical cheerleader.
She Sounds Like Spring

2016

She Sounds Like Spring

2016
7
Ben, a mechanic at a Johannesburg car dealership, and Linda, a beautiful, smart redhead, cross paths one night. He immediately recognises her as his boss’s daughter, although she has no idea who he is. They’re immediately attracted to each other, and, in a frantic and uncertain effort to disguise his identity, Ben lies to Linda and claims to be in a band. When their love blossoms unexpectedly and he decides that he wants to live up to his lie, he starts a band with a few fellow employees, and they enroll for a battle-of-the-bands competition.
The Exquisite Corpse Project

2012

The Exquisite Corpse Project

2012
3.8
In this first-of-its-kind crossover comedy, director Ben Popik brings together five comedy writers, and surprises them with a challenge: to each write fifteen pages of a movie, having read only the previous five pages of the script. They agree with one stipulation: If they write the movie, he has to make it. It's a comedy, a love story, a psycho-sexual thriller, and a supernatural adventure all in one. Meanwhile, documentary footage of the writing process provides an inside look into the often-hilarious creative process, as well as the group dynamics that make collaboration between friends difficult.
HAM: A Musical Memoir

2019

HAM: A Musical Memoir

2019
In this dazzlingly filmed live performance of Sam Harris’s award-winning one-man musical, Harris belts out original songs and beloved ballads while playing 11 different roles to tell his own life story — from growing up gay in Oklahoma’s Bible Belt to his escape for Los Angeles, where his rendition of “Over the Rainbow” on Star Search led to fame, Broadway, television, platinum records, and Carnegie Hall. But after the highs and lows of a life in show business, Sam ultimately learns to ask: When is enough finally enough?
The Exploding Boy

2023

The Exploding Boy

2023
5.5
Alex Silver is a talented but angsty teen who dreams of becoming the next Jim Henson. Unfortunately, his life is no happy puppet show. His dad is overbearing, his school is oppressive, and even people in the neighborhood seem out to get him. But everything changes when Julius, a mysterious transfer student, enters his life.
The Takeover

2013

The Takeover

2013
Boy meets girl. Rather, Jadin meets Ashley, the ultimate con artist. This good, clean, Christian story uses the best comedic gaffs, including nosy neighbors, hearing voices in your head, and the worst nightmare of having one's house and life taken over by cons. It is rich in humor and self-inflicted misery that ends happily ever after.
Las borrachas

1989

Las borrachas

1989
3
A couple about to get married receives a bachelor party organized by their coworkers.
Ernesto's Manifesto

2019

Ernesto's Manifesto

2019
5
Ernesto is a sweet, gentle man who is doing the best he can to get by in current-day Los Angeles. A sudden series of bad breaks, however, cause him to lose his job, his girlfriend, and his home - placing him in a very precarious situation. Then, just when all seems hopeless, he gains employment, a great place to live, an important friendship, and unexpectedly, an improved career trajectory. In his new position, he finds love, financial independence and a bright future - a happy ending beyond his wildest expectations.
Big Font. Large Spacing

2009

Big Font. Large Spacing

2009
6
Tells the story of a night in the life of two psychology students who find out that the term's major essay is due in the next morning.
Midway to Heaven

2011

Midway to Heaven

2011
6.1
Years after his wife Kate died, Ned Stevens still cringes at the thought of dating other women. After all, why would he start dating again when he still has to look out for his daughter Liz? But when Liz comes home for a visit from college, she brings a surprise guest who will throw Ned for a loop. Can Ned ever accept that his little girl has fallen in love with David, a practically perfect know-it-all who drives Ned crazy?