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Best Screwball Comedy

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Best 1 Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 RKO Radio Pictures comedy directed by Howard Hawks, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. The film centers on a paleontologist’s increasingly chaotic situation involvin...

2 The Diamond Arm

The Diamond Arm is a 1969 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai and featuring a cast including Yuri Nikulin and Andrei Mironov. The story, adapted from a true incident involving jewel smuggling...

3 The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 American musical film directed by Mark Sandrich, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The story adapts the Broadway musical “Gay Divorce,” originally based on a play by...

4 Monkey Business

Howard Hawks’ *Monkey Business* (1952) is a classic science fiction comedy starring Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers. The film explores themes of mistaken identity and scientific experimentation when a sc...

5 Bananas

Bananas is an independent film from 1971 directed by Woody Allen. The story centers on a New Yorker’s unexpected involvement in a political revolution within a small, fictional Latin American nation....

6 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 comedy film featuring an ensemble cast pursuing a stolen suitcase of money. The production utilized Ultra Panavision 70 and was directed by Stanley Kramer, wi...

7 The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy follows the circumstances surrounding Charles Shulman, a recent business school graduate appointed president of a manufacturing firm. Jennifer Jason Leigh portrays a reporter inves...

8 Mrs. Doubtfire

The 1993 film centers on a recently divorced man who assumes the identity of an older woman to facilitate contact with his children. Robin Williams stars as this individual, alongside Sally Field and...

9 Hot Tub Time Machine

Hot Tub Time Machine is a science fiction comedy film about four friends who accidentally journey back to 1986 through a hot tub. The movie explores themes of nostalgia and altered timelines. It's not...

10 Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 2005 action comedy featuring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a married couple unknowingly employed as assassins by rival organizations. The narrative centers on their attempts to...

11 What Women Want

What Women Want explores the premise of a male advertising executive gaining the ability to hear women’s thoughts. The film examines themes of miscommunication and connection within relationships. It'...

12 Rat Race

Rat Race is an action-comedy adventure movie centered around a group of strangers racing across the United States to find a hidden fortune. The film’s chaotic premise and ensemble cast create a screwb...

13 Oscar

Oscar is a 1991 comedy film directed by John Landis, adapted from a stage play and a 1967 French film. Sylvester Stallone plays a mob boss attempting to abandon his criminal life as part of a promise...

14 1941

The 1979 film depicts a chaotic situation arising from the aftermath of the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor in the Los Angeles region. An ensemble cast portrays various characters involved in the...

15 Kangaroo Jack

Kangaroo Jack is a 2003 comedy film about two friends who unwittingly become involved with the mob while transporting money to Australia. A wild kangaroo absconds with the funds, leading to an ensuing...

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