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Comedy Movies 2017 List

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Last modified: Apr. 21, 2024

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With Olivia Thirlby Adam Goldberg Lesley Ann Warren Peter Bogdanovich Ben Feldman Analeigh Tipton Scott Haze Rafael Palacio Illingworth

Henry and Dianne are on the verge of settling down but are tempted to stray. After a wild single night on the town, the couple discovers they are capable of surprising things.

NR Drama 1 hr, 36 mins
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With Jackie Chan Ding Sheng Sang Ping Xu Fan Hiroyuki Ikeuchi Huang Zitao Wang Kai Darren Wang Alan Ng

A railroad worker (Jackie Chan) and his ragtag group of freedom fighters find themselves on the wrong side of the tracks when they decide to ambush a heavily armed military train filled with desperately needed provisions. Unarmed and outnumbered, they must fight back against an entire army using only their wits, in a series of a dazzling set pieces and action scenes rivaling anything seen on the big screen.

Action 1 hr, 45 mins
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With Michelle Monaghan Jamie Foxx Gabrielle Union Dermot Mulroney Roy Lee T.I. Dante Harper Scoot McNairy Peter Lawson Jeremiah Samuels Tom Ortenberg Andrea Berloff Adam Stone Lauranne Bourrachot John Middleton Marco Cherqui Baran bo Odar

Follows Jamie Foxx as undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs, who is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night he will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation and bring the kidnappers to justice.

R Action
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With Elle Fanning Greta Gerwig Lucas Jade Zumann Billy Crudup Annette Bening Mike Mills

Set in Santa Barbara, the film follows Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening), a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie (newcomer Lucas Jade Zumann, in a breakout performance) at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women in Jamie’s upbringing -- via Abbie (Greta Gerwig), a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields’ home, and Julie (Elle Fanning), a savvy and provocative teenage neighbor.

R Drama 1 hr, 58 mins
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With D.B. Sweeney Brett Dalton Dallas Jenkins Andrea Nasfell Neil Flynn Anjelah Johnson-Reyes Shawn Michaels

Tells the story of a former child star turned washed-up and troubled actor. After receiving a 200-hour community service sentence, Gavin Stone (Brett Dalton), pretends to be a Christian so he can play Jesus in a mega-church Easter production in order to fulfill his hours of service. Along the way, he reconnects with his past and builds upon his faith to discover that his most important role is far away from the shining lights of Hollywood.

Comedy
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With Christopher Mintz-Plasse Josh Peck Andy Samberg Chester Tam

A pair of friends ditch work to attend the final Wu-Tang clan concert.

Comedy
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With Dwayne Johnson Alan Tudyk Ron Clements Auli’i Cravalho Jemaine Clement John Musker Phillipa Soo Temuera Morrison Nicole Scherzinger Osnat Shurer

In the ancient South Pacific world of Oceania, Moana, a born navigator, sets sail in search of a fabled island. During her incredible journey, she teams up with her hero, the legendary demi-god Maui, to traverse the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous sea creatures, breathtaking underworlds and ancient folklore.

PG Comedy
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With Jackie Chan Aarif Rahman Eric Tsang Lay Zhang Disha Patani Stanley Tong Wang Wei Sonu Sood Amyra Dastur Qi Jianhong Barbie Tung

Jack (Jackie Chan), a world-renowned archaeology professor, and his team are on a grand quest to locate a lost ancient Indian treasure when they are ambushed by a team of mercenaries and left for dead. Using his vast knowledge of history and kung fu, Jack leads his team on a race around the world to beat the mercenaries to the treasure and save an ancient culture.

Comedy 1 hr, 47 mins
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With Benny Ibarra Arturo Barba Héctor Bonilla Jacqueline Bracamontes Sergio Mayer Mori Raul Martinez Alberto Bremer

Set in the stately and majestic colonial city of San Miguel de Allende, this quirky comedy starring Héctor Bonilla, Benny Ibarra de Llano, Jacqueline Bracamontes and Sergio Mayer Mori, follows 85-year old Don Servando Villegas (Héctor Bonilla,) an old fashioned Mexican patriarch who gets kicked out of his retirement home for bad behavior. When his estranged son, Francisco (Benny Ibarra de Llano) is forced to take him into the house full of hippies he shares with his girlfriend and young son. “New age” collides with old age as Don Servando and his son Francisco experience a series of conflicts and situations that puts their home’s stability in jeopardy.

PG-13 Comedy 1 hr, 34 mins
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With Noah Segan Scout Taylor-Compton Eric England Adi Shankar Justin Dobies Elizabeth Whitson

A wealthy young man is conned into staging a fake kidnapping in order to be a hero and win the affection of a girl he's madly in love with. But when one of the hired kidnappers is accidentally killed during the charade, he's forced to actually save her life while not revealing that it's been a ruse all along.

Comedy
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With Jordan Carlos Janeane Garofalo Ed Weeks Phyllis Somerville Negin Farsad Jeremy Redleaf Arthur French Rachel Feinstein Katie Hartman Miles J. Harvey

Mina and Rudy are plugged into the world, and to each other, through technology. But when parts of New York City lose power in the wake of a hurricane and these two modern lovers hit a relationship snag, they must figure out how to reconnect without any internet connection.

NR Comedy 1 hr, 30 mins
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