Comedy
It is a genre in which the main emphasis is on humor. It is designed to make the audience laugh through amusement and most often work by exaggerating characteristics.
Safety Last! (1923)
Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
The film opens in 1922, with Harold Lloyd behind bars. His mother and his girlfriend, Mildred, are consoling him as a somber official and priest show up. The three of them walk toward what looks like a noose. He promises to send for his girlfriend so they can get married once he has "made good" in the big city. Then he is off. It stars Harold Lloyd.
To be or not to be (1942) Ernst Lubitsch
The film follows a troupe of actors in Nazi-occupied Warsaw who use their abilities at disguise and acting to fool the occupying troops. It stars Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges and Sig Ruman.
Airbag (1997)
Juanma Bajo Ulloa
Juantxo, a wealthy man, is going to marry a beautiful girl but, during his stag party, he loses his wedding ring. It stars Karra Elejalde, Manuel Manquiña, Francisco Rabal, Rosa Maria Sardà, Rossy de Palma, Santiago Segura, Alaska and Karlos Arguiñano.
A night at the opera (1935) Sam Wood
In Milan, Otis B. Driftwood, business manager for wealthy dowager Mrs. Claypool has stood her up and is having dinner with another woman in the very same restaurant. It stars the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico), Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, and Walter Woolf King.
Life of Brian (1979)
Terry Jones
The film tells the story of Brian Cohen, a young Jewish-Roman man who is born on the same day as—and next door to—Jesus, and is subsequently mistaken for the Messiah. It stars the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin)
American Pie (1999)
Paul Weitz
The plot centers on five best friends who attend East Great Falls High. With the exception of one of them, the youths make a pact to lose their virginity before their high school graduation. It stars Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Alyson Hannigan, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Seann William Scott and Eugene Levy.
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (2013) Felix Herngren
In 2005, Allan Karlsson lives alone with his cat Molotov. When it is killed by a fox, Allan gets revenge by blowing up the fox using dynamite, which prompts the authorities to move him to a retirement home. On the same day as his centenary celebration, Allan climbs out of the window and disappears. It stars Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg and Mia Skäringer.