Bad Boys (1995, 2003, 2020, 2024)
May 16, 2026
Bad Boys is the buddy cop franchise that defined Miami action cinema for three decades. Michael Bay directed the first two films.
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Black ComedyPolice Academy (1984-1994, all seven films)
May 16, 2026
Police Academy is the comedy franchise that defined the rapid-decline model of sequel filmmaking. Hugh Wilson directed the 1984 original, which made approximately one hundred and fifty million dollars worldwide on a four million dollar budget and is one of…
1990sThe Mask (1994)
May 16, 2026
Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss, a meek bank clerk in Edge City who finds an ancient Norse mask that, when worn, transforms him into a green-faced, zoot-suited cartoon character with reality-bending powers. The film is a Tex Avery cartoon translated into…
1990sMousehunt (1997)
May 16, 2026
Mousehunt is one of the funniest physical comedies ever produced and one of the most overlooked. Gore Verbinski directed in his feature debut.
2000sYes Man (2008)
May 16, 2026
Carrey plays Carl Allen, a Bank of America loan officer in Los Angeles whose life has shrunk into avoidance after his divorce. The premise is the structure.
2010sBad Teacher (2011)
May 16, 2026
Bad Teacher is the R-rated comedy where Cameron Diaz plays a public middle school teacher who hates her students. Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky wrote, both veterans of the American version of The Office.
2010sFriends with Benefits (2011)
May 16, 2026
Friends with Benefits is one of two romantic comedies released in 2011 with the same premise. Mila Kunis plays Jamie, a corporate.
2000sLegally Blonde (2001)
May 16, 2026
Legally Blonde is one of the best comedies of the early 2000s and the film that defined Reese Witherspoon's career for the next decade. Witherspoon plays Elle Woods, a sorority president and fashion merchandising major at CULA who follows her…
2000sMiss Congeniality (2000)
May 16, 2026
Miss Congeniality is the Sandra Bullock comedy where she plays an FBI agent who has to go undercover in a beauty pageant. Marc Lawrence wrote, with revisions by Katie Ford and Caryn Lucas.
2010sShe’s Out of My League (2010)
May 16, 2026
Jim Field Smith directed in his feature debut. The film made approximately fifty million dollars worldwide on a twenty million dollar budget.
2010sThe Bounty Hunter (2010)
May 16, 2026
Most of the film is Milo hauling Nicole around New York and Atlantic City in handcuffs while she keeps trying to investigate the murder story that got her in trouble in the first place. The film has aged into a…
2000sThe Proposal (2009)
May 16, 2026
The Proposal is the best Sandra Bullock romantic comedy of her late career and one of the most commercially successful rom-coms of its decade. Sandra Bullock plays Margaret Tate, a Canadian editor at a New York publishing house who is…