Comedy Movies 2005 List

With Martin Short • Elizabeth Perkins • Linda Cardellini • John Michael Higgins • Janeane Garofalo • Corey Pearson • Carlos Jacott • DeRay Davis • Jan Hooks • Aries Spears • Vadim Jean

Jiminy Glick (Martin Short), an entertainment critic for a television station in Butte, Montana, arrives at the Toronto Film Festival, a complete unknown, intent on finding fame among the rich, famous and fabulous. His dreams of becoming the most celebrated and renowned star interviewer are realized when he is granted an exclusive with elusive young megastar Ben DiCarlo (Corey Pearson). This catapults Jiminy from obscurity to being the most talked about guy in town. Filmmakers and studio executives want to schmooze him and every actor wants to be interviewed by him, including fading Hollywood star Miranda Coolidge (Elizabeth Perkins). When Miranda is later found dead in Jiminy's bed, he thinks he is to blame and suddenly gets embroiled in a murder mystery whodunit complete with sex, scandal, rappers and glamorous celebrities.

With Jennifer Lopez • Richard Brener • Adam Scott • Michael Vartan • Jane Fonda • Robert Luketic • Richard LaGravenese • Anya Kochoff

Charlotte "Charlie" Honeywell (Jennifer Lopez) is a professional dog walker who has a hard time finding any good men to date, with her social life mostly composed of continually disastrous blind dates. Her dreams seem to come true, however, when she meets Kevin, the perfect guy... until she meets his mother (Jane Fonda), who thinks no girl is good enough for Kevin, and *especialy* not Charlie. With her mother-in-law trying to sabotage the relationship, can Charlie's dream of a perfect wedding and marriage ever happen?

With Josh Hutcherson • Will Ferrell • Robert Duvall • Charles Roven • Marco Schnabel • Jimmy Miller • Kate Walsh • Steven Anthony Lawrence • Steve Rudnick • Leon Benvenuti

Will Ferrell stars as Phil Weston, an everage Joe who's had to put up all his life with his overly competitive father, Buck (Robert Duvall). When Phil decides to coach his 10-year old son's soccer team, he goes head-to-head for the league championship against Buck, who coaches his own young son on the preeminent team of the league. Old scores come into play as Phil and Buck find themselves going to extreme measures to win the championship trophy.

With Joe Pantoliano • Jennifer Tilly • Barbara Barrie • Peter Gerety • Boyd Gaines • Bronson Pinchot • Matthew Arkin • Polly Draper • Paulina Porizkova • Eric Weber

Elliot Kelman (Joe Pantoliano) is a failed publishing executive who can't get back into the business. He supports himself selling suits at the local mall and relies on hand-outs from his mother, ex-wife, and son. He also self-publishes a weekly newsletter on the perils of self-delusion. Afraid his writings will be rejected, he hires a high school kid to post them on supermarket bulletin boards and stuff them under windshields in his New Jersey hometown. After he meets the sexy Carole (Jennifer Tilly) and his newsletter begins to find an audience, things start looking up for Elliott. However, the return home of his oldest friend Richard (Boyd Gaines), a prominent movie producer, and the only one of his friend's to have found success, brings Elliot's feelings of inadequacy and squandered potential back to the surface. With Richard in town, the competitive tensions rise, and once Carole takes an interest in his friend, Elliot must confront his envy of Richard's success and his disenchantment with his own failure.

With Sacha Baron Cohen • Ben Stiller • Gwen Stefani • Chris Rock • David Schwimmer • Karey Kirkpatrick • Tom McGrath • Jada Pinkett • Teresa Cheng • Andy Richter • Mark Burton • Eric Darnell • Mireille Soria • Billy Frolick

Four zoo animals are shipped back to their homeland by an animal rights group that feels they belong in the wild. When the ship capsizes, the animals find themselves stranded in Madagascar. Having had humans care for them their entire life, they know nothing about survival and must work together with the locals to help them fit in.

With Chris Rock • William Fichtner • Burt Reynolds • Nelly • Nicholas Turturro • David Gale • Albert S. Ruddy • James Cromwell • Cloris Leachman • Brian Bosworth • Michael Irvin • Bill Romanowski • Peter Segal • Van Toffler • Sheldon Turner • Tracy Keenan Wynn

Pro quarterback Paul Crewe and former college champion and coach Nate Scarboro are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a football game fixed to turn out quite the other way.

With Will Smith • James Lassiter • Lynn Chen • Jessica Hecht • Richard Chang • Joan Chen • Michelle Krusiec • Brittany Perrineau • Brian Yang • Alice Wu • Teddy Zee

A romantic comedy-of-manners where the single mother of a young Chinese-American woman arrives on her doorstep unannounced... and pregnant.

With Blake Lively • Bradley Whitford • America Ferrera • Denise Di Novi • Kira Davis • Amber Tamblyn • Ken Kwapis • Leslie Morgenstein • Ann Brashares • Nancy Travis • Alexis Bledel • Jenna Boyd • Broderick Johnson • Alison Greenspan • Debra Martin Chase • Delia Ephron • Andrew A. Kosove

Based on Ann Brashares' best-selling novel about a special 16th summer in the lives of four lifelong friends. The film stars Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrara and Blake Lively as four 16-year-old best friends who are separated for the first time. On a last shopping trip together, the girls find a pair of thrift-shop jeans that fits each of them perfectly and they decide to use these "magic" pants as a way of keeping in touch over the months ahead, each girl wearing the jeans for a week to see what luck they bring her before sending them on to the next. Though miles apart, the four friends still experience life, love and loss together in a summer they'll never forget.

With Patrick Warburton • Martin Lawrence • Megan Mullally • Oren Williams • Scott Moore • Breckin Meyer • Robert Simonds • Heidi Santelli • Jon Lucas • Horatio Sanz • Eddy Martin • Logan McElroy • Steve Carr • Tracey Trench • Paul Deason • Darice Rollins

Martin Lawrence stars as a legendary but volatile Bobby Knight—like college basketball coach, Roy McCormick, who after a public meltdown is thrown out of the NCAA and finds himself at a misfit middle school where he's challenged to manage his anger; coaching a bunch of kids who don't know a lay-up from a free-throw.

With Steve Bendelack • Jeremy Dyson • Mark Gatiss • Paul Hays-Marshall • Bruno Langley • Steve Pemberton • Reece Shearsmith

Due to a bizarre turn of events the fictional world of Royston Vasey is facing annihilation and the only way for its strange inhabitants to avert this disaster, is for them to somehow find their way into the real world and confront their creators. Based in a combination of present day Soho in London and 17th Century Britain, the residents must overcome a series of peculiar events to return their beloved village to safety.

With Gabrielle Union • Mike Epps • John Leguizamo • Regina Hall • Cedric the Entertainer • John Schultz • Danny Jacobson • Jon Polito • Eric Stoltz • Anne Pitoniak • Bernard Deegan • Don Rhymer • Barry W. Blaustein • David Sheffield • Saladin K. Patterson

New York City bus driver Ralph Kramden and his feisty wife Alice, struggle to make ends meet. Despite Ralph's many get-rich-quick schemes/motivational speaker tape series, they've managed to save some money and, along with their best friends Ed and Trixie Norton, they seem to have almost enough money for a down payment on a Brooklyn duplex. However, when Ralph decides to try to impress Alice by making up what he's lost and augmenting their savings with another of his crazy schemes, he winds up losing all their money and his marriage to boot—and it takes all his determination and love for Alice to get things on track again.

With Bradley Cooper • Rachel McAdams • Vince Vaughn • Isla Fisher • Christopher Walken • Owen Wilson • Jane Seymour • Ellen Albertini Dow • David Dobkin • Andrew Panay • Bob Fisher • Ron Canada • Peter Abrams • Robert L. Levy • Steve Faber

In the outrageous comedy Wedding Crashers, divorce mediators John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) are business partners and lifelong friends who share one truly unique springtime hobby–crashing weddings! Whatever the ethnicity of the wedding party–Jewish, Italian, Irish, Chinese, Hindu–the charismatic and charming duo always have clever back stories for inquisitive guests and inevitably become the hit of every reception, where they strictly adhere to their proven “rules of wedding crashing” to meet and pick up women aroused by the very thought of marriage.

With Johnny Depp • Helena Bonham Carter • Missi Pyle • Freddie Highmore • AnnaSophia Robb • Tim Burton • Bruce Berman • Noah Taylor • John August • Christopher Lee • David Kelly • Julia Winter • Michael Siegel • Roald Dahl • James Fox • Jordan Fry • Philip Wiegratz • Patrick McCormick • Richard D. Zanuck • Brad Grey • Felicity Dahl

Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka, and Charlie, a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world in this astonishing and enduring story.

With Laura Dern • Ray Liotta • Steve Coogan • Bobby Cannavale • Maggie Gyllenhaal • Jason Ritter • Jesse Bradford • Lisa Kudrow • Sarah Clarke • Bobby Cohen • Mike Elliott • Johnny Galecki • Tom Ortenberg • Kelly Preston • Tom Arnold • David Sutcliffe • Don Roos • Michael Paseornek • Ali Forman • Nicholas Meyer

Mamie is being blackmailed. This filmmaker named Nick claims to know Mamie's son—the one she gave up for adoption—but Nick won't introduce her to him unless he can film the reunion. Enter Javier, Mamie's massage therapist boyfriend, who convinces Nick to film him instead. Now they're all making a movie about massage. And ‘happy endings'…

Charley has a longtime boyfriend named Gil. Their best friends, Pam and Diane, once tried using Gil as a sperm donor. They said his sperm didn't take, but Charley thinks those selfish, control-freak lesbians are lying. Pam and Diane's two-year-old son looks exactly like Gil. And it's time to set the record straight…

Jude is pissed. Not at anyone in particular. Just in general. When her cousin kicks her out of the house, Jude shacks up with Otis, who's still trying to convince his father, Frank, that he's straight. Frank's a widower. And he's rich. So Jude decides to sleep with him, too. Really. The last thing she expected was to fall in love…

With Hilary Duff • Marc Platt • Susan Duff • Dawn Wolfrom • Chris Noth • Heather Locklear • Heather Robinson • Vanessa Lengies • Carson Kressley • Ben Feldman • Mike O'Malley • Mark Rosman • Gina Wendkos • Michael McQuown

In "The Perfect Man", teenager Holly Hamilton (Hilary Duff) is tired of moving every time her single mom Jean (Heather Locklear) has another personal meltdown involving yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man...an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her shaky self-esteem. When the virtual relationship takes off, Holly finds herself having to produce the suitor, borrowing her friend's charming and handsome Uncle Ben (Chris Noth) as the face behind the e-mails, notes and gifts. Holly must resort to increasingly desperate measures to keep the ruse alive and protect her mom's newfound happiness. . . almost missing the real perfect man when he does come along.

With Nicole Kidman • Will Ferrell • Kristin Chenoweth • Michael Caine • Jason Schwartzman • Shirley MacLaine • Lucy Fisher • Douglas Wick • Jim Turner • Joan Plowright • Todd Stashwick • Nora Ephron • Delia Ephron

Just when his career hits an all-time low, a conceited and frustrated movie star, Jack Wyatt, gets one last shot when he's cast to do a remake of a cult TV series, Bewitched, playing the lead role of 'Darren'. In search of his leading lady, 'Samantha', the competitive, insecure Wyatt makes it pretty clear to his producers that his co-star needs to be an unknown, so as not to steal his thunder. Finally, after weeks of searching, he finds the perfect witch in the shy Isabel Bigelow, but he has no idea just how 'perfect' she really is. So, as the script for the popular show is being re-tooled to, instead, center around Darren's character, the actor Wyatt soon discovers that his increasingly annoyed new leading lady, Isabel—who begins to wreak havoc on set—is an actual witch, who can truly cast spells.

With Justin Long • Michael Keaton • Matt Dillon • Cheryl Hines • Thomas Lennon • Robert Ben Garant • Lindsay Lohan • Breckin Meyer • Robert Simonds • Angela Robinson

Start your engines! Herbie, the most beloved car star of them all, is back and Lindsay Lohan's got him in Disney's all new revved-up comedy adventure, "Herbie: Fully Loaded". Lohan stars as Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53—the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own—who puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor. Herbie's got some new tricks under his hood as he takes audiences for an action-packed spin in this high-speed comedy. With an all-star cast along for a wild ride, this comedy puts Herbie to the test—on-road, off-road, on the track and into the record books.

With Marcia Gay Harden • Richard Linklater • Greg Kinnear • John Requa • Billy Bob Thorton • Seth Adkins • Glenn Ficarra • Timmy Deters • Geyer Kosinski • Bruce Heller

Morris Buttermaker, a former pro baseball player was ejected from the game for attacking an umpire, and now works as an exterminator. More interested in boozing and broads than baseball, Buttermaker is lured back into the game by Liz Whitewood, an attorney whose class action suit has forced the Little League to accept all players, regardless of their abilities. As the new coach of the Bears, the most losing team in Little League history, Buttermaker has his work cut out for him. Initially, he's only in it for the paycheck, but he and his inept players have a transformative effect on one another that is wholly unexpected, and completely remarkable.

With Mary Elizabeth Winstead • Kurt Russell • Michael Angarano • Dave Foley • Danielle Panabaker • Mike Mitchell • Bruce Campbell • Steven Strait • Kelly Preston • Lynda Carter • Andrew Gunn • Matt Lopez • Jonathan Aibel • Glenn Berger • Bob Schooley • Mark McCorkle • Paul Hernandez

Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano) is full of teen angst about friends, grades, and girls... in other words, Will is just another suburban teen about to start high school. If that isn't enough to deal with, Will has the added pressure of being the third generation of the Stronghold family to attend the esteemed and celebrated Sky High. This elite school is entrusted with the responsibility of molding today's power-gifted students into tomorrow's superheroes. The only problem... Will is starting his freshman year without any super powers of his own. Labeled a sidekick, Will is bullied by the jock with the power to stretch, humiliated by a kid with super speed, stalked by the outcast who shoots fire from his hands, and teased the cheerleader who can replicate herself into an entire cheer squad. Worst of all, he must hide all of his troubles or face the disappointment of his parents, the crime-fighting duo—The Commander (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream (Kelly Preston)—the most revered and beloved superheroes in the business today.

With Jessica Lange • Bill Murray • Sharon Stone • Tilda Swinton • Frances Conroy • Jeffrey Wright • Jim Jarmusch • Julie Delpy

In the new film from acclaimed writer/director Jim Jarmusch, which won the Grand Prix at this year's Cannes International Film Festival, Bill Murray stars as Don Johnston. The resolutely single Don has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry (Julie Delpy). Don yet again resigns himself to being alone and left to his own devices. Instead, he is compelled to reflect on his past when he receives by mail a mysterious pink letter. It is from an anonymous former lover and informs him that he has a 19-year-old son who may now be looking for his father. Don is urged to investigate this "mystery" by his closest friend and neighbor, Winston (Jeffrey Wright), an amateur sleuth and family man. Hesitant to travel at all, Don nonetheless embarks on a cross-country trek in search of clues from four former flames (Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, and Tilda Swinton). Unannounced visits to each of these unique women hold new surprises for Don as he haphazardly confronts both his past and, consequently, his present.

With Dana Goldberg • Seann William Scott • Johnny Knoxville • Bruce Berman • Erik Stolhanske • Paul Soter • Jessica Simpson • Willie Nelson • Kevin Heffernan • Steve Lemme • Burt Reynolds • Eric McLeod • Michael Weston • Lynda Carter • Nikki Griffin • M.C. Gainey • Bill Gerber • Robert Kirby

Set in present day, the story follows the adventures of "good old boy" cousins, Bo (Seann William Scott) and Luke (Johnny Knoxville) Duke, who with the help of their eye-catching cousin Daisy (Jessica Simpson) and moonshine running Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson), try and save the family farm from being destroyed by Hazzard County's corrupt commissioner Boss Hogg (Burt Reynolds). Their efforts constantly find the "Duke Boys" eluding authorities in "The General Lee," their famed 1969 orange Dodge Charger that keeps them one step ahead of the dimwitted antics of the small southern town's Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane (M.C. Gainey).

With Rob Schneider • Mike Bigelow • Fred Armisen • Eddie Griffin • Jack Giarraputo • Josh Lieb • Edwin Alofs • Johnny de Mol • David Garrett • Jason Ward • T.J. Schneider

Rob Schneider is seduced back to his unlikely pleasure-for-pay profession, when his former pimp T.J. Hicks (Eddie Griffin) is implicated in the murders of Europe's Greatest Gigolos. Deuce must go back to work in order to clear his good friend's name. Along the way, Deuce must compete against the powerful European Union of Prosti-dudes and court another bevy of abnormal female clients including the beautiful Eva, who suffers from acute obsessive-compulsive disorder.

With Evan Rachel Wood • James Woods • Jane Krakowski • Ron Livingston • Selma Blair • Danny Comden • Marcos Siega • Carl Levin • Todd Dagres • Jamey Pryde • Sigurjon Sighvatsson • Eric Kopeloff • Jason Barhydt • Robert Ortiz

"Pretty Persuasion" is a dark satire of our present day do-it-yourself scandal, manipulate-the-media, easy fix pill-popping, overnight celebrity obsessed culture. When worldly-wise beyond her years high school student Kimberly Joyce (Evan Rachel Wood) accuses her English teacher (Ron Livingston) of sexual harassment, she turns her exclusive Beverly Hills private school, and everything else in her wake, upside down. Hell hath no fury like a teenager scorned...

With Elizabeth Banks • Steve Carell • Paul Rudd • Leslie Mann • Seth Rogen • Judd Apatow • Catherine Keener • Shauna Robertson • Jane Lynch • Romany Malco • John Poll • Clayton Townsend

40-year-old Andy Stitzer (Steve Carrell) has done quite a few things in his life. He's got a cushy job stamping invoices at an electronics superstore, a nice apartment with a proud collection of action figures and comic books, good friends, a nice attitude. But there's just one little thing he hasn't quite gotten around to doing yet--something most people have done by his age. Done a lot. Andy's never, ever, ever had sex--not even by accident. So is that such a big deal?

Well, for Andy's buds at the store, it sure is. Although they think he's a bit of an oddball, there's certainly a planetful of stranger (and homelier) guys who've at least had one go at having a go. They consider it their duty to help Andy out of his dire situation and go to great lengths to help him. But nothing proves effective enough to lure their friend out of lifelong chastity until he meets Trish (Catherine Keener), a 40-year-old mother of three. Andy's friends are psyched by the possibility that "it" may finally happen...until they hear that Andy and Trish have begun their relationship based on a mutual no-sex policy.

With Jim Broadbent • Ewan McGregor • Ben Kingsley • Rupert Everett • Ricky Gervais • Hugh Laurie • Olivia Williams • John H. Williams • Rob Letterman • Barnaby Thompson • John Cleese • John Hurt • George Webster • George Melrod • Ralph Kamp • Robert Jones • Keith Evans

A brave-but-undersized pigeon, named Valiant, dreams of joining the elite Royal Homing Pigeon Service and serving crown and country during World War II. Despite his small stature, Valiant's ambitions are enormous as he keeps a stiff upper beak and endures rigorous training in preparation for a dangerous mission to deliver vital messages to troops behind enemy lines. With a shortage of wingpower in the royal fleet due to increased attacks by a brigade of vicious enemy falcons--led by the ruthless General Von Talon--the mission falls to Valiant and the unlikely heroes of Squad F to try and save the day. With a wing and a prayer, Valiant and his fine feathered pals fly into harm's way and prove that it's not the size of the wingspan that counts, but the size of the spirit.

With Carrie Fisher • Fisher Stevens • Pell James • Tom Rosenberg • Peter Weller • Stephen Moyer • Ashlee Simpson • Eric Eason • Michael Ohoven • Michael Burns • Steven Strait • Shannyn Sossamon • Kip Pardue • Meiert Avis • Joe Simpson • Eberhard Kayser • Gary Luchessi • Marco Mehlitz

Set in the world of up-and-coming artists, "Undiscovered" is a heartfelt and comic film that tells the story of an aspiring model who falls in love with a struggling musician when they suddenly cross paths on a NY subway train. Having achieved success as a NY model, Brier (James) decides to move to L.A. to launch an acting career. With the support of her acerbic agent and sometimes surrogate mom, Carrie (Fisher), Brier lands a spot in a highly sought after acting class where she befriends another would-be actress, Clea (Simpson). While out on the town discovering the music scene, Brier again crosses paths with Luke (Strait), a singer/songwriter who has been toiling for years without a record deal. Brier and Clea decide to help Luke and unbeknownst to him, they set out to create some L.A. style hype to get him noticed. As Luke's profile rises, so do the demands of his budding new career. When Luke and Brier can't hide the spark that was always there, they both discover that the price of fame may be higher than anyone expected.