Comedy Movies 2006 List

With Kate Winslet • Hugh Jackman • Andy Serkis • Ian McKellen • Henry Anderson • Peter Lord • Dick Clement • Bill Nighy • Sam Fell • David Bowers • Ian LaFrenais

Roddy is a decidedly upper-crust society rat who makes his home in a posh Kensington flat, complete with two hamster butlers named Gilbert and Sullivan. When a common sewer rat named Syd comes spewing out of the sink and decides he's hit the jackpot, Roddy schemes to rid himself of the pest by luring him into the whirlpool. Syd may be an ignorant slob, but he s no fool, so it is Roddy who winds up being flushed away into the bustling sewer world of Ratropolis. There Roddy meets Rita, an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in her faithful boat, the Jammy Dodger. Roddy immediately wants out, or rather, up; Rita wants to be paid for her trouble; and, speaking of trouble, the villainous Toad who royally despises all rodents wants them iced literally. The Toad dispatches his two hapless hench-rats, Spike and Whitey, to get the job done. When they fail, the Toad has no choice but to send to France for his cousin that dreaded mercenary, Le Frog.

With Sacha Baron Cohen • Pamela Anderson • Peter Baynham • Anthony Hines • Ken Davitian • Larry Charles • Dan Mazer

Kazakhstani TV personality Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the "greatest country in the world." With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson than on his assignment.

With Martin Short • Tim Allen • Liliana Mumy • Elizabeth Mitchell • Brigham Taylor • Spencer Breslin • Ann-Margret • Judge Reinhold • Eric Lloyd • Robert F. Newmyer • Rob Greenberg • Wendy Crewson • Michael Lembeck • Jeffrey Silver • Karen Glass • Ed Decter • John Strauss

Holiday magic mixes with comical chaos at the North Pole in "The Santa Clause 3". Tim Allen reprises his role of Scott Calvin - AKA Santa - as he juggles a full house of family and the mischievous Jack Frost (Martin Short), who is trying to take over the "big guy's" holiday.

At the risk of giving away the secret location of the North Pole, Scott invites his in-laws (Ann-Margret & Alan Arkin) to share in the holiday festivities, and upcoming birth of baby Claus with expectant wife, Carol, - AKA Mrs. Claus (Elizabeth Mitchell).

Along for the adventure are Scott's extended family, son Charlie (Eric Lloyd), ex-wife Laura Miller (Wendy Crewson), her husband, Neil Miller (Judge Reinhold) and their daughter, Lucy (Liliana Mumy) who, together with head elf Curtis (Spencer Breslin), foil Jack Frost's crafty scheme to control the North Pole.

With Will Ferrell • Emma Thompson • Queen Latifah • Dustin Hoffman • Kristin Chenoweth • Tony Hale • Maggie Gyllenhaal • Lindsay Doran • Marc Forster • Zach Helm • Tom Hulce • Joe Drake • Eric Kopeloff

"Stranger Than Fiction" is an inventive comedy about a novelist (Emma Thompson) struggling to complete her latest, and potentially finest, book — she only has to find a way to kill off her main character, Harold Crick, and she'll be done. Little does she know that Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is inexplicably alive and well in the real world and suddenly aware of her words. Fiction and reality collide when the bewildered and hilariously resistant Harold hears what she has in mind and realizes he must find a way to change her (and his) ending.

With Ethan Hawke • Luis Guzman • Wilmer Valderrama • Lou Taylor Pucci • Esai Morales • Bobby Cannavale • Richard Linklater • Greg Kinnear • Kris Kristofferson • Patricia Arquette • Avril Lavigne • Ed Saxon • Ricky Strauss • Ashley Johnson • Ana Claudia Talancon • Malcolm McLaren • Jeff Skoll • Chris Salvaterra • David M. Thompson • Eric Schlosser • Peter Watson

Are we what we eat? To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar Amerca. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has triggered the homogenization of our society.

With Danny DeVito • Kristin Chenoweth • Matthew Broderick • Alia Shawkat • Kristin Davis • Sabrina Aldridge • Kelly Aldridge • John Whitesell • Michael Costigan • Don Rhymer

A family comedy about one-upsmanship, jealousy, clashing neighbors, home decoration...and the true spirit of the holidays. Steve (Matthew Broderick), a suburban dad and Christmas enthusiast, leads a well-ordered, well-planned, and well-organized life. His new neighbor, Danny (Danny DeVito), is Steve's polar opposite: a big personality with big dreams, which have yet to materialize. But Danny's latest dream - to create the biggest holiday light display in the world, visible from outer space - is turning Steve's disciplined world into a chaotic nightmare. As Danny's home explodes with festive lights of incredible design, increasing complexity, and exponentially-growing wattage, Steve becomes a man on a mission. At any cost, he will thwart Danny - or top him.

With Jack Black • Will Ferrell • Ben Stiller • Jason Reed • Kyle Gass • Liam Lynch

In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB (Black) bonds with local slacker KG (Glass) and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers -- a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.

With Bob Odenkirk • Will Arnett • Thomas Lennon • Michael Shannon • Dax Shepard • Robert Ben Garant • Tom Werner • David Koechner • Chi McBride • Dylan Baker • Steve Dahl • Marc Abraham • Paul Young • Armyan Bernstein • Matt Berenson • Marcy Carsey • Michael Patrick Jann

In this outrageous and very adult comedy, a small-time career criminal (Dax Shepard) has spent most of his life in prison, sentenced each time by the same hard-ass judge. Suddenly free, he sets out to take revenge on the judge, only to learn that the old man has died. Unwilling to forgive and forget, he sets his sights on the judge's son (Will Arnett), manipulating events so that the innocent man is sent to prison. The two become cellmates, and the ultimate game of comeuppance - big house-style - begins.