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1. Tootsie (1982)

PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.4

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88 Metascore

Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman

Votes: 114,707 | Gross: $177.20M

2. Hairspray (2007)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

6.7

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81 Metascore

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Michelle Pfeiffer

Votes: 138,733 | Gross: $118.87M

3. Some Like It Hot (1959)

Passed | 121 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

8.2

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98 Metascore

After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft

Votes: 283,619 | Gross: $25.00M

4. Life of Brian (1979)

R | 94 min | Comedy

8.0

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77 Metascore

Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.

Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam

Votes: 421,921 | Gross: $20.05M

5. The Nutty Professor (1996)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

5.7

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64 Metascore

Grossly overweight yet good-hearted professor Sherman Klump takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love.

Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller

Votes: 123,703 | Gross: $128.81M

6. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

8.8

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The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.

Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle

Votes: 78,817

7. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)

PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

6.3

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61 Metascore

A tyrant from the future creates evil android doubles of Bill and Ted and sends them back to eliminate the originals.

Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Joss Ackland

Votes: 81,081 | Gross: $38.04M

8. Fruits of Passion (1981)

R | 83 min | Drama

5.3

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A girl loves an older man. He demands that she goes in a brothel, as evidence that she loves him.

Director: Shûji Terayama | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Illiers, Arielle Dombasle, Pîtâ

Votes: 1,671

9. Female Trouble (1974)

NC-17 | 89 min | Comedy, Crime

7.1

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A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.

Director: John Waters | Stars: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole

Votes: 10,468

10. Hairspray Live! (2016 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

7.0

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A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.

Directors: Kenny Leon, Alex Rudzinski | Stars: Dove Cameron, Martin Short, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth

Votes: 3,811

11. Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

4.5

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38 Metascore

Scientist Sherman Klump's inventions, his upcoming marriage to his pretty colleague Denise Gaines, and his reputation, are threatened by his evil clone Buddy Love.

Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson, Larry Miller, John Ales

Votes: 53,283 | Gross: $123.31M

12. Stage Beauty (2004)

R | 106 min | Drama

7.1

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64 Metascore

A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?

Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Derek Hutchinson

Votes: 10,743 | Gross: $0.78M

13. Haunted Honeymoon (1986)

PG | 82 min | Comedy

5.6

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29 Metascore

Two radio voice actors are getting married. Larry has fits of fear. A shrink needs 36 hours to scare him to death and cure him - during a family reunion at a scary family castle.

Director: Gene Wilder | Stars: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise, Jonathan Pryce

Votes: 8,052 | Gross: $8.03M

14. Moon Over Parador (1988)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Romance

6.0

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A U.S. actor gets a gig in South American Parador. When the dictator dies, he's forced to play him for real and gets his mistress. Can they change Parador?

Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Jonathan Winters

Votes: 6,750 | Gross: $11.44M

15. Eskimo Nell (1975)

85 min | Comedy

4.4

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Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo... See full summary »

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Michael Armstrong, Terence Edmond, Christopher Timothy, Roy Kinnear

Votes: 434

16. The Monsters (1963)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy

7.4

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The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Lando Buzzanca, Marino Masé

Votes: 2,779

17. Black Journal (1977)

115 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

6.3

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Lea's only son Michele has to endure his mother's zealous affection . She is convinced she rescued him by making a deal with Death. When his son gets engaged to a woman, Lea is ready to make a new deal with Death.

Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Shelley Winters, Max von Sydow, Renato Pozzetto, Alberto Lionello

Votes: 528

18. Me, Myself and Mum (2013)

TV-MA | 85 min | Comedy

6.6

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A young man named Guillaume finds out that own personality is not such a simple thing.

Director: Guillaume Gallienne | Stars: Guillaume Gallienne, André Marcon, Françoise Fabian, Nanou Garcia

Votes: 8,052

19. Twice Two (1933)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

6.9

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Stan and Ollie are married to each other's sisters, and plan a dinner party to celebrate their mutual anniversaries.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Baldwin Cooke, Charlie Hall

Votes: 1,498

20. Shachar (2001–2002)

30 min | Comedy

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Stars: Lirit Balaban, Zvika Hadar, Tom Ben-Ner, Gal Barzilay

21. Is' was, Kanzler (1984)

92 min | Comedy

4.5

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Bonn, October 1982: The German political scene turns out to be illusory world, which is controlled by the United States. "For security reasons" lets the CIA stand in for important German ... See full summary »

Director: Gerhard Schmidt | Stars: Thomas Piper, Constanze Engelbrecht, Günter Lamprecht, Klaus Höhne

Votes: 53

22. A Holiday Pageant at Home (1901)

Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Comedy, Family

4.6

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A family of seven entertain themselves by putting on a pageant on Christmas Eve.

Votes: 279

23. Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci (1981)

79 min | Comedy

4.2

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The brother and sister Zuzana (Dagmar Havlová) and Petr (Jirí Lábus) are quite a notorious couple. They are fond of preparing people unpleasant surprises and are amusing by it. They dress a... See full summary »

Director: Tomás Svoboda | Stars: Ludek Sobota, Dagmar Havlová, Jirí Lábus, Ladislava Kozderková

Votes: 39