Yes Man (2008)
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.
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Black ComedyPolice Academy (1984-1994, all seven films)
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…
1990sMousehunt (1997)
Mousehunt is one of the funniest physical comedies ever produced and one of the most overlooked. Gore Verbinski directed in his feature debut.
1990sThe Mask (1994)
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…
2000sThe Proposal (2009)
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…
2010sShe’s Out of My League (2010)
Jim Field Smith directed in his feature debut. The film made approximately fifty million dollars worldwide on a twenty million dollar budget.
2010sFriends with Benefits (2011)
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)
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…
2010sThe Bounty Hunter (2010)
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…
2010sBad Teacher (2011)
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.
2000sMiss Congeniality (2000)
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.
1920sThe General (1926)
Buster Keaton directed it with Clyde Bruckman. Keaton stars as Johnnie Gray, a Western and Atlantic.