Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "canned-laughter"

1. How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014)

TV-14 | 4,576 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.

Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris

Votes: 728,911

2. Boy Meets World (1993–2000)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

An adolescent with two siblings tests his various theories about life as he endures the trials of growing up alongside a good friend.

Stars: Ben Savage, Rider Strong, William Daniels, Betsy Randle

Votes: 46,448

3. Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996–2003)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Sabrina is a normal teenager, except for one thing - she's a witch. Guided by her aunts, who come from a long line of witches, and Salem, a mischievous warlock doing penance as a cat, Sabrina continually struggles to harness her powers.

Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Caroline Rhea, Beth Broderick, Nick Bakay

Votes: 42,800

4. Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy

A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.

Stars: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell

Votes: 17,889

5. Jessie (2011–2015)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A Texan teen moves to New York City to follow her dreams and ends up as a nanny for a high-profile couple's four children.

Stars: Debby Ryan, Peyton List, Cameron Boyce, Karan Brar

Votes: 18,763

6. Mr. Bean (1990–1995)

Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Family

Bumbling, childlike Mr. Bean has trouble completing the simplest of day-to-day tasks, but his perseverance and resourcefulness frequently allow him to find ingenious ways around problems.

Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Matilda Ziegler, Robin Driscoll, Matthew Ashforde

Votes: 133,769

7. Man on the Moon (1999)

R | 118 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The life and career of legendary comedian Andy Kaufman.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Gerry Becker, Greyson Erik Pendry

Votes: 137,541 | Gross: $34.58M

8. Mind Your Language (1977–1986)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

A diverse group of immigrants and foreigners learn English at an adult education school in London.

Stars: Barry Evans, George Camiller, Jacki Harding, Zara Nutley

Votes: 9,728

9. Going Overboard (1989)

R | 99 min | Comedy

A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship hoping for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise-ship comedy.

Director: Valerie Breiman | Stars: Adam Sandler, Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Zane, Burt Young

Votes: 14,500

10. Brotherly Love (1995–1997)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Three real-life siblings star in this series about an older brother who returns to the family business a year after his father dies.

Stars: Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence, Andrew Lawrence, Michael McShane

Votes: 1,773

11. Smart Guy (1997–1999)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A 10-year-old genius goes from elementary school to high school.

Stars: Tahj Mowry, John Marshall Jones, Jason Weaver, Omar Gooding

Votes: 5,568

12. Living Dolls (1989)

TV-PG | Comedy

Charlie Briscoe is a friend of Samantha Micelli's, in need of a new home. Trish Carlin is a friend of Angela's who runs a modeling agency for young people in New York. Charlie becomes Trisha's new project and headache.

Stars: Michael Learned, Leah Remini, Alison Elliott, Halle Berry

Votes: 176

13. Outmatched (2020)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

A working-class couple raise their genius kids in South Jersey.

Stars: Jason Biggs, Maggie Lawson, Tisha Campbell, Ashley Boettcher

Votes: 2,268

14. My Parents Are Aliens (1999–2006)

25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The day-to-day lives of three orphaned children who are adopted by aliens that have trouble adjusting to the local culture.

Stars: Tony Gardner, Alex Kew, Charlotte Francis, Carla Mendonça

Votes: 1,701

15. Marvin Marvin (2012–2013)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

An alien boy is sent to Earth because of a war on his home planet.

Stars: Lucas Cruikshank, Victory Van Tuyl, Pat Finn, Mim Drew

Votes: 2,011

16. The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951–1953)

30 min | Comedy

Stories mostly centered on The Kingfish's schemes to get rich, often by duping his brothers in the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge. Andy was particularly dupable. Amos mostly narrated.

Stars: Alvin Childress, Spencer Williams, Tim Moore, Johnny Lee

Votes: 836

17. Bagboy (2015 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

Dr. Steve Brule directs himself in the title role of a rejected sitcom pilot about a Myer's Super Foods bagboy who must decide whether to report a shoplifter.

Directors: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim | Stars: John C. Reilly, Micky Dolenz, Danny Allen, Robert Axelrod

Votes: 743

18. Where There's Life (1947)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Thriller

The American son of an Eastern European monarch wounded in an assassination attempt becomes a target for a terrorist organization.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Bob Hope, Signe Hasso, William Bendix, George Coulouris

Votes: 514

19. Les rois du gag (1985)

98 min | Comedy

Paul Martin and François Leroux are brothers-in-law and comics without fame. One day, the famous television comics, Gaëtan, finds himself in the little theater where Paul and François produce themselves under the name of "Gagsters".

Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Michel Serrault, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Macha Méril

Votes: 720

20. Cleghorne! (1995)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Focuses on the life of Ellen Carlson, a single mom trying to raise her 9 year old daughter Akeyla, balance her duties of running a local production company in SoHo, boyfriend Brad, and overbearing parents, Sidney and Lena.

Stars: Ellen Cleghorne, Garrett Morris, Alaina Reed-Hall, Steve Bean

Votes: 30

21. steve.oedekerk.com (1997 TV Movie)

47 min | Comedy

A mix of stand-up comedy and sketches, notable for its mixing of live action and computer animation. The "premise" is that a young boy is watching the show on a strange CD that his mom ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Oedekerk | Stars: Steve Oedekerk, Kristian Alfonso, John Mendoza, Stephen Root

Votes: 118

22. Popcultured (2005–2006)

30 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

Show host Elvira Kurt and her cronies embark on a journey of suck the likes of which the world has never seen.

Stars: Elvira Kurt, Crispin Glover, Bif Naked, Les Stroud

Votes: 406

23. The World's Best Sellers: The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 170 min | Documentary

In this unique film, Dennis Hopper sends Hermann Vaske on a mission around the world to find out about the crossover between creative disciplines, and how this is changing the creative and commercial arts.

Director: Hermann Vaske | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Jon Amiel, Rowan Atkinson, Sandra Bernhard

Votes: 126

24. Zombies Are My Neighbors (2011)

12 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

The father of a family of zombies makes it through the everyday life of a bad economy, teenage daughters and their Dracula boyfriends, nosy neighbors, and a deadbeat wife.

Director: Aaron Hudson | Stars: Michael Marmon, Miranda Jane, Elizabeth Vegh, Hannah Vegh

25. Projekt/Wo/Projektion/Du (2013)

9 min | Short, Romance

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Director: Björn Last | Stars: Carsten Benger, Eduardo Cerveira, Marlene Denningmann, Jan Eichberg

Votes: 5

26. The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)
Episode: The Brady Braves (1971)

Not Rated | 26 min | Comedy, Family

The Bradys find Bobby and Cindy, who have now befriended a Native American boy who has run away from home to get away from his grandfather who only believes in the old traditional ways.

Director: Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick

Votes: 220

27. The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)
Episode: The Winner (1971)

Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Family

Bobby feels like a failure because he is the only Brady child without a trophy. He looks for a way to get one for himself, and a televised ice cream-eating contest could be the answer.

Director: Robert Reed | Stars: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick

Votes: 195

28. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: Dana and the Deep Blue Sea (1999)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Gordon invites Dana to go snorkeling, and Dan begs Jeremy to talk him up to Rebecca.

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 153

29. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: Dear Louise (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Jeremy writes a letter to his sister Louise, flashing back over the day's events, including Dan's problems with writer's block and Isaac's problems with his daughter's new boyfriend.

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 169

30. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: How Are Things in Glocca Morra? (1999)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

The show is held up when a tennis match goes longer than expected, putting a damper on Dana and Gordon's dinner plans.

Director: Marc Buckland | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 146

31. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: Intellectual Property (1998)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Casey's jealousy over Dana and Gordon leaves him kicking fire hydrants and hearing phantom flies. Dan faces repercussions from the network for his birthday present to Casey.

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 172

32. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: Pilot (1998)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Dejected by his divorce and the state of sports, Casey contemplates leaving "Sports Night". Natalie has a crush on an applicant for an associate producer position.

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 222

33. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: Rebecca (1999)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Dan obsesses over a woman who works in the building, and everyone worries about Isaac's job.

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 161

34. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: Sally (1999)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Gordon stands Dana up, and Casey's missing his favorite shirt.

Director: Robert Berlinger | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 156

35. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: Shoe Money Tonight (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Dan and Casey are Atlantic City-bound after the broadcast, Natalie and Jeremy have a fight, and Isaac discovers he's shrinking.

Director: Dennie Gordon | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 168

36. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: Small Town (1999)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Dana, Gordon, Casey, and a woman from Gordon's office go on a double-date, leaving Natalie to produce the show and Dan to contend with a replacement anchor.

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 162

37. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: Smoky (1999)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Dan decides that it's time Casey started dating again, so long as he stays away from Sally Sasser. Isaac fears for his job.

Director: Robert Berlinger | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 150

38. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: The Apology (1998)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

The network is upset when a newly-published magazine interview reveals that Dan is in favor of the legalization of marijuana.

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 237

39. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: The Head Coach, Dinner and the Morning Mail (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

A distracted Natalie keeps forgetting things, while Jeremy tries to shield her from her hate mail.

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 165

40. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: The Hungry and the Hunted (1998)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Jeremy gets his first big producing break - a hunting segment. Natalie tries to get Casey interested in Dana during the run-up to one of Luther Sach's dinner parties.

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 184

41. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: The Quality of Mercy at 29K (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

The team anchors a broadcast from Mt. Everest, Dana sees a Broadway show, and Dan tries to find a worthy charity.

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 169

42. Sports Night (1998–2000)
Episode: The Sword of Orion (1999)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Jeremy's parents are getting divorced, and Dan eagerly awaits Orlando Rojas' return to baseball.

Director: Robert Berlinger | Stars: Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina

Votes: 150

43. Three's Company (1976–1984)
Episode: Jack Bares All: Part 1 (1981)

TV-PG | Comedy

Jack and Janet are preparing a farewell party for Cindy and struggling to find a new roommate.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Priscilla Barnes, Richard Kline

Votes: 199

44. The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)
Episode: Fright Night (1972)

Not Rated | 26 min | Comedy, Family

The boys try to spook the girls in the middle of the night with a ghost, so they try to get revenge by giving them a taste of their own medicine. But after Alice criticizes them for being so scared, the kids collectively have a new target.

Director: Jerry London | Stars: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick

Votes: 250

45. The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1960)
Episode: Jack Kerouac, William Bendix, Frankie Laine, Pam Garner (1959)

Comedy

Professor Norton proves to be one clumsy bacteriologist. The Family Doctor of the Year proves most adept at tape removal. A sitcom scene gets canned laughter, but then turns violent. Jack Kerouac reads from 'On the Road.'

Stars: Steve Allen, William Bendix, Jack Kerouac, Pam Garner

Votes: 12

46. Good Morning Britain (2014– )
Episode: Episode dated 23 July 2019 (2019)

TV-14 | 150 min | News, Talk-Show

New Tory leader to be announced today; should there be a seagull cull to protect kids and pets?; Carl Beech convicted; new Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson; Euro heatwave continues; plus, Beth the singing nurse.

Stars: Ben Shephard, Kate Garraway, Ranvir Singh, Brandon Lewis

47. Real Time with Bill Maher (2003– )
Episode: Eric Garcetti; Max Brooks; Seth MacFarlane; Willie Nelson; Bernie Sanders (2020)

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

In the first show taped in his backyard due to COVID-19, Bill interviews L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders, comedian Seth MacFarlane, World War Z author Max Brooks and country legend Willie Nelson.

Stars: Bill Maher, Eric Garcetti, Bernie Sanders, Seth MacFarlane

Votes: 50

48. QI (2003– )
Episode: Ridiculous (2020)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, Game-Show

Sandi Toksvig invites regular panellist Alan Davies and guests Maisie Adam, David Mitchell and Holly Walsh to join her in ridiculing a ridiculous edition of the panel show.

Director: Diccon Ramsay | Stars: Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Maisie Adam, David Mitchell

Votes: 68

49. Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode: Barbarella (2011)

17 min | Comedy

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Director: Brandon Tenold | Star: Brandon Tenold

50. Fuck You, It's January!!! (2015– )
Episode: Fuck You, It's Year!!! (2015)

Comedy

A discussion of dumping ground of cinematic releases that is January evolves into that one about a year full of lackluster sequels.

Directors: Jay Bauman, Mike Stoklasa | Stars: Jay Bauman, Mike Stoklasa, Rich Evans

Votes: 7