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1. The Birdcage (1996)
R | 117 min | Comedy
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 100,984 | Gross: $124.06M
2. Oscar (1991)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Crime
A gangster attempts to keep the promise he made to his dying father: that he would give up his life of crime and "go straight".
Director: John Landis | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Ornella Muti, Peter Riegert, Chazz Palminteri
Votes: 34,346 | Gross: $23.56M
3. Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy
After he finds out that his work superiors host a dinner celebrating the idiocy of their special guests, a rising executive questions the merits of his invitation just as he befriends a man who would be the perfect guest.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Stephanie Szostak, Zach Galifianakis
Votes: 111,230 | Gross: $73.03M
4. La Cage aux Folles (1978)
R | 97 min | Comedy
The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent
Votes: 11,938 | Gross: $20.42M
5. Mixed Nuts (1994)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
The events focus around a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.
Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Anthony LaPaglia
Votes: 13,541 | Gross: $6.80M
6. Buddy Buddy (1981)
R | 96 min | Comedy
During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in California's Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed next-door neighbor wants to commit suicide over marital problems.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss, Klaus Kinski
Votes: 5,193 | Gross: $7.26M
7. The Cabbage Soup (1981)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
2 buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret, Claude Gensac
Votes: 9,601
8. Oscar (1967)
G | 85 min | Comedy
Neurotic businessman must find the right man for his pregnant daughter. In fact, it is little bit complicated.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Louis de Funès, Claude Rich, Mario David, Germaine Delbat
Votes: 7,558
9. Serial Teachers (2013)
88 min | Comedy
The worst teachers are recruited to save the worst school in France from shutting down.
Director: Pierre-François Martin-Laval | Stars: Christian Clavier, Isabelle Nanty, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Kev Adams
Votes: 4,059
10. Hibernatus (1969)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A rich businessman faces a quite weird problem - his wife's grandfather has been revived thanks to science. But he is not aware that many decades have passed.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Louis de Funès, Michael Lonsdale, Claude Gensac, Bernard Alane
Votes: 6,652
11. Dracula and Son (1976)
PG | 78 min | Comedy, Horror
In the 1700s, a vampire has a son from a normal woman. The mother dies, and he spends two centuries trying to teach his meek son how to be a proper vampire but no avail. Now they have to flee from Transylvania, and they end up in France.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez, Marie-Hélène Breillat, Catherine Breillat
Votes: 800
12. The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (2017)
G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Whoever thinks that the countryside is calm and peaceful is mistaken. In it we find especially agitated animals, a Fox that thinks it's a chicken, a Rabbit that acts like a stork, and a Duck who wants to replace Father Christmas. If you want to take a vacation, keep driving past this place.
Directors: Patrick Imbert, Benjamin Renner | Stars: Guillaume Darnault, Damien Witecka, Kamel Abdessadok, Antoine Schoumsky
Votes: 3,700 | Gross: $0.04M
13. Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
110 min | Comedy
A Russian spy is supposed by the British Secret Service to steal some faked orders, but he is too stupid to succeed. His girlfriend tries to help him, but it seems he is too foolish to succeed.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Anthony Perkins, Grégoire Aslan, Jean-Marc Tennberg
Votes: 466
14. A Pain in the Ass (1973)
PG | 85 min | Comedy
Milan must kill Louis Randoni before he testifies in a court of law. He is disturbed by his depressed roommate François Pignon who commits suicide by hanging himself from the toilet pipe flooding Milan's room. Here he is stuck in problems.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Caroline Cellier, Jean-Pierre Darras
Votes: 3,697
15. Incorrigible (1975)
100 min | Comedy
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Julien Guiomar, Charles Gérard
Votes: 1,825
16. Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970)
80 min | Comedy, Crime
Housemaid Georgette (Girardot) loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
Director: Michel Audiard | Stars: Annie Girardot, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Jean Le Poulain
Votes: 582
17. Carambolages (1963)
88 min | Comedy, Crime
The story takes place in a luxury building of about ten floors where the "321" agency has its headquarters. The company watches over the holidays of its customers.
Director: Marcel Bluwal | Stars: Louis de Funès, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Serrault, Sophie Daumier
Votes: 1,016
18. Dear Inspector (1977)
PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Parisian detective Lise meets her childhood sweetheart Antoine by chance. Extremely happy about the reunion, the two arrange to meet. But Lise's duties as an inspector thwart their plans.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Alric, Hubert Deschamps
Votes: 1,142
19. A Pain in the Ass (2008)
86 min | Comedy
An unlikely friendship develops between a hitman and a suicidal guy who have both checked into the same hotel for different reasons.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Richard Berry, Patrick Timsit, Pascal Elbé, Laurent Paolini
Votes: 1,027
20. L'école est finie (2018)
87 min | Comedy
Agathe Langlois, Parisian, has everything to be happy and she has just been established as an English teacher. But when she learns that she is transferred hundreds of kilometers from her home, in the countryside, it is the cold shower
Director: Anne Depétrini | Stars: Bérengère Krief, Grégory Fitoussi, Marilou Berry, Anne Depétrini
Votes: 436
21. Relaxe-toi chérie (1964)
85 min | Comedy
Hélène and François have been a perfect couple for twelve years. Hélène discovers psychoanalysis with Doctor Kougloff. She is convinced that her husband's apparent balance hides horrible tragedies.
Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Fernandel, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Lefebvre, Maurice Chevit
Votes: 76
22. Duos sur canapé (1979)
85 min | Comedy
Bernard, a lawyer, and Jacqueline, a dentist, married for many years, each have their own home office. This becomes problematic when they decide to divorce and neither of them wants to move their practice.
Director: Marc Camoletti | Stars: Jean Lefebvre, Michel Galabru, Bernard Menez, Marina Vlady
Votes: 93
23. Brouk v hlave (2016 TV Movie)
150 min | Comedy
Directors: Jirí Menzel, Roman Prorok | Stars: Jirí Capka, Andrea Cerná, Andrea Elsnerová, Petra Hobzová
Votes: 9
24. Christian (1939)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Alois Novák (Oldrich Nový), a minor clerk in a travel agency and the husband of a dowdy housewife Marenka (Natasa Gollová), lives a run-of-the-mill, dull life. In his soul, however, there ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Oldrich Nový, Natasa Gollová, Raoul Schránil, Bedrich Veverka
Votes: 462
25. Clérambard (1969)
94 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Was it a miracle? Or was it some kind of bad joke?
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Dany Carrel, Gérard Lartigau, Claude Piéplu
Votes: 209
26. L'assassin connaît la musique... (1963)
80 min | Comedy, Crime
Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that's what HE thinks) has a problem with his noisy environment: he can't complete his unfinished symphony. Of course there is a market for ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Maria Schell, Paul Meurisse, Sylvie Bréal, Yvonne Clech
Votes: 107
27. La création du monde (1958)
83 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A comedy about the creation of the universe in six days, with the devil messing around and contributing in his own way.
Director: Eduard Hofman | Stars: Jan Werich, Georges Aminel, François Périer, Martine Sarcey
Votes: 400
28. Slamený klobouk (1972)
88 min | Comedy
Fadinard is on the way to his wedding when his horse picks up and eats a straw hat. The owner of the hat is a married woman who, at the time, is in the embrace of a French officer, ... See full summary »
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Milos Kopecký, Iva Janzurová, Vladimír Mensík, Stella Zázvorková
Votes: 149
29. Monsieur Papa (1977)
105 min | Comedy
A father is raising his ten-year-old son on his own. The two get along very well until the arrival of a new companion in the father's life.
Director: Philippe Monnier | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Nicolas Reboul, Daniel Auteuil
Votes: 74
30. Idiotka (1977 TV Movie)
77 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Jaroslav Novotný | Stars: Josef Bek, Jirina Bohdalová, Bohumila Dolejsová, Kveta Fialová
Votes: 15
31. Appelez-moi Mathilde (1969)
100 min | Comedy
Gangsters kidnap the wife of an important financier. But this one, is not as calm as one might have thought.
Director: Pierre Mondy | Stars: Jacqueline Maillan, Robert Hirsch, Michel Serrault, Guy Bedos
Votes: 71
32. Le placard (2015 TV Movie)
125 min | Comedy
Director: Dominique Thiel | Stars: Elie Semoun, Laurent Gamelon, Philippe Magnan, Zoé Félix
Votes: 22
33. Cher trésor (2014 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy
Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Alexandra Vandernoot, Michèle Garcia, Eric Le Roch
Votes: 17
34. Deipno ilithion (2017 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Markos Seferlis | Stars: Markos Seferlis, Giorgos Petroheilos, Giannis Kapetanios, Savvas Tasiou
Votes: 36
35. Morcata (1972 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Evzen Nemec | Stars: Josef Bláha, Blazena Holisová, Jaroslav Kepka
36. Lakomec (2003 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy
Director: Zdenek Zelenka | Stars: Viktor Preiss, Jirina Bohdalová, Filip Blazek, Andrea Elsnerová
Votes: 34
37. Zelnacka (1996 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Director: Pavel Hása | Stars: Josef Somr, Jan Skopecek, Kamil Halbich, Petr Kostka
Votes: 15
38. Vrazda v ulici Lourcine (1974 TV Movie)
32 min | Comedy
In a quiet Parisian street, a pretty madame, her husband, who is still asleep that morning, and an obliging servant live in a town house in all honesty. The day might have gone on as usual ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Procházková | Stars: Zdenek Rehor, Jaroslav Kepka, Kveta Fialová, Frantisek Horák
Votes: 10
39. Lakomec (2020 TV Movie)
146 min | Comedy
Directors: Stanislav Mosa, Petr Soukup | Stars: Bolek Polívka, Alena Antalová, Patrik Borecký, Michal Isteník
Votes: 9
40. Brouk v hlave (2002 TV Movie)
93 min | Comedy
Director: Zdenek Zelenka | Stars: Viktor Preiss, Zlata Adamovská, Jan Hrusínský, Václav Postránecký
Votes: 44
41. Der Winterschläfer (1959 TV Movie)
92 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Director: Jürgen Goslar | Stars: Helmuth Lohner, Heinz-Leo Fischer, Gisela Trowe, Helmut Förnbacher
42. Lakomec (1978 TV Movie)
93 min | Comedy
Director: Antonín Dvorák | Stars: Frantisek Filipovský, Viktor Preiss, Marta Hrachovinová, Marcel Vasinka
Votes: 25
43. Trojská válka nebude (1967 TV Movie)
Comedy, Fantasy
Director: Jan Matejovský | Stars: Petr Cepek, Eduard Cupák
44. Wann heiraten Sie meine Frau? (1978 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Joachim Preen | Stars: Agnes Dünneisen, Andrea L'Arronge, Brigitte Mira, Brigitte Janner
45. Kocár nejsvetejsí svátosti (1962 TV Movie)
61 min | Comedy
Director: Frantisek Filip | Stars: Jan Werich, Jaroslava Adamová, Milos Kopecký, Otomar Krejca
Votes: 61
46. Král Ubu (1996)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
Cinematographer F.A. Brabec's directorial debut adapts Alfred Jarry's absurd drama in a manner emphasizing artistic stylization. With the help of a legendary screenwriter Milos Macourek and... See full summary »
Director: F.A. Brabec | Stars: Marián Labuda, Lucie Bílá, Karel Roden, Ivan Zachariás
Votes: 146
47. Sibalství Scapinova (1961 TV Movie)
84 min | Comedy
Director: Frantisek Filip | Stars: Jaroslav Marvan, Frantisek Filipovský, Vladimír Brabec, Blazena Holisová
48. O cem sní mladé dívky (1988 TV Movie)
67 min | Comedy
Director: Jirí Belka | Stars: Otakar Brousek, Zuzana Bydzovská, Rudolf Hrusínský, Nada Konvalinková
49. Lakomec (1972 TV Movie)
102 min | Comedy
Director: Jaroslav Dudek | Stars: Milos Kopecký, Stanislava Bartosová, Jirina Bohdalová, Jaromír Hanzlík
Votes: 18
50. Slamený klobouk (1957 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Premysl Freiman | Stars: Bohumil Bezouska, Frantisek Filipovský, Oldrich Musil, Milos Nesvadba