Comedy Movies 2023 List

With Ashanti • Cedric the Entertainer • Cassandra Scerbo • Austin Highsmith Garces • B.J. Britt • Jonathan Bennett • Danny Roth • Erik White • Cathy Shim • Brendan Bradley • Danny Chan • Jonathan Stoddard • Michelle Hurd • Julissa Bermudez • Wesley Armstrong

Lizzie (Ashanti) is looking to have the perfect destination wedding thanks to her doting father (Cedric the Entertainer). But her carefully laid plans are thrown into disarray when her "man-of-honor", Marshall (Jonathan Bennett), brings his "ex-from-hell", Marie. It is going to take an all-out effort from Lizzie's friends and family to keep Lizzie from losing her mind as her "happily ever after" is faced with ruin. THE PLUS ONE is an uproarious and charming romantic comedy.

With Robert Patrick • Dan Castellaneta • Siobhan Fallon Hogan • Peter Macon • Peter Munson Hogan • Vibeke Muasya

A death row prisoner with 10 days left to live forms an unlikely bond with a washed up country singer. A story of hope and redemption.

With Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson • Kiernan Shipka • Julie Bowen • Nahnatchka Khan • Charlie Gillespie • Olivia Holt • Jen D’Angelo • Lochlyn Munro • Jason Blum • Kelcey Mawema • Liana Liberato • Randall Park • Adam Hendricks • Greg Gilreath • Stephi Chin-Salvo • Anna Diaz • Jeremy Monn-Djasgnar • Ella Choi • Nathaniel Appiah • Jonathan Potts

The film follows Jamie (Shipka) whose mom, Pam (Bowen) is terrorized by the resurgence of the Sweet Sixteen Killer—a masked maniac that slaughtered a group of teenage girls in the ‘80s. With the help of her friend Amelia (Kelcey Mawema), she travels back in time to 1987 and teams up with the teen version of her mom (Holt) to try and stop the killer.

With Zachary Quinto • Simon Rex • Audra McDonald • Lukas Gage • Judith Light • Rightor Doyle

An outrageous comedy about one wild night and hysterical outcomes. Repressed divorcé, Gary hires Cameron, a spirited and boundary-free sex worker to give him an erotic massage. When Cameron learns how inexperienced middle-aged Gary is, he becomes determined to deliver a crash course in unapologetic queer life. Cameron’s agenda of hookup apps and gay nomenclature quickly causes the day to take several riotously obscure turns as the pair endure a nosy, pill-popping neighbor, a dark web intruder, and more in a hilarious evening of consequences and confrontation.

With Sussan Deyhim • Mike Tyson • Godfrey Reggio • Jon Kane • John Flax • Miriam Kramer

Celebrated director Godfrey Reggio (Koyaanisqatsi) returns after ten years with a new experimental film unlike any other from his already daring career: a bardic fairy tale about the end of the world and the beginning of a new one, tinged with apocalyptic comedy, rapturous cinematography, unforgettable vistas, and the innocence and hopes of a new generation. Featuring an electrifying score composed by Reggio’s longtime collaborator Philip Glass with additional vocals from Sussan Deyhim and co-directed by veteran editor and filmmaker Jon Kane, Once Within a Time is the indie revelation of the year.

With Katia Winter • Lola Zackow • Eva Melander • Patrik Eklund • Adam Lundgren

What begins as team-building fun, descends into a nightmare as a mysterious masked killer begins stalking and picking off the participants one by one.

With Andie MacDowell • Heather Graham • Drew Starkey • Josephine Langford • Archie Renaux • Patrick Fabian • Sara Zandieh

Zoey Miller (Josephine Langford), a super smart computer major uninterested in romantic love, has her life turned upside down when Zack (Drew Starkey), the school’s soccer star, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend.

With Ariel Winter • Vanessa Williams • Leah Lewis • Ashley Moore • Shruti Ganguly • Sasha Fox

Aspiring chef Lizzy sets off with her three best friends in tow to compete in the prestigious Saucy Food Festival. What begins as a calculated career move quickly turns into a madcap misadventure full of food, fun and female bonding, where the girls learn that struggle can be the secret ingredient to success.

With Bijan Daneshmand • Chiara Stella • Tom Byrne • Maryam Keshavarz • Layla Mohammadi • Niousha Noor • Kamand Shafieisabet • Bella Warda • Shervin Alenabi

Coming from two countries at odds with each other, Iranian-American Leila (Layla Mohammadi) strives to find balance and embrace her opposing cultures, while boldly challenging the labels society is so quick to project upon her. When her family reunites in New York City for her father’s heart transplant, Leila navigates her relationships from arms length in an effort to keep her “real” life separate from her family life. However, when her secret is unceremoniously revealed, so are the distinct parallels between her life and that of her mother Shireen (Niousha Noor).

With Sherry Cola • Nina Dobrev • Wendi McLendon-Covey • Dan Bakkedahl • Ray McKinnon • Stephanie Koenig • Jennifer Cram • Brandon Mychal Smith • Hayley Magnus

When Wren Pepper (Nina Dobrev) feels her closest friends slipping away, she lets loose a little white lie that snowballs into a colossal, life-altering event. Jennifer Cram’s feature film debut is a hilarious take on the price of insecurity and the rewards of true friendship.

With Bill Burr • Bokeem Woodbine • Bill Block • Ben Tishler • Bobby Cannavale • Rachael Harris • Katie Aselton • Reign Edwards • Jackie Tohn

Three best friends (Bill Burr, Bobby Cannavale, Bokeem Woodbine) become fathers later in life and find themselves battling preschool principals, millennial CEOs and anything created after 1987.

With Koobeshan Naidoo • Jayan Moodley • Mishqah Parthiephal • Mariam Bassa • Jailoshini Naidoo • Madhushan Sing • Ugan Naidoo

The in-laws head to Mauritius for the birth of their grandchild and stir up comic trouble in this fourth installment of the Kandasamy franchise.

With Justin Long • Dan Aykroyd • Britney Spears • Anson Mount • Zoe Saldana • Taryn Manning • Kim Cattrall • Tamra Davis

Crossroads tells the story of three childhood friends, Lucy (Britney Spears), Kit (Zoë Saldana) and Mimi (Taryn Manning), who, after eight years apart, rediscover their friendship on a cross-country trip. With barely a plan, practically no money but plenty of dreams, the girls catch a lift with Mimi's handsome friend Ben (Anson Mount) in his convertible. Along the way they not only gather experiences that will change their lives, but they also discover how important it is to hold onto their hearts' desires.

With Nem Stankovic • Thomas Lee

Tommy is a sheltered, real-life 40 year old virgin who embarks on a life-changing quest across the country to discover the adulthood he’s missed out on with his friends. As he’s pushed far out of his comfort zone to grow up, past traumas arise.

With John Cena • Alison Brie • Alice Eve • Christian Slater • Christopher Tuffin • Steve Richards • Pierre Morel • Renee Tab • Juan Pablo Raba • Jacob Lentz

An ex special forces operative stuck in a dead-end desk job (John Cena) reluctantly takes on a gig to provide private security for a washed-up journalist (Alison Brie) as she interviews a ruthless—but impeccably dressed—dictator (Juan Pablo Raba). When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle, the assassins, and each other in order to make it out alive.

With Julio Soto Gúrpide • Rocco Pucillo • Jesús Barreda • Andrea Villaverde • Catherina Martínez • Txema Moscoso • Fernando Cabrera • Pedro Tena

After being fired from his detective job after a mission gone awry, Inspector Sun boards a seemingly normal plane for a much-needed vacation. When Dr. Spindlethorp receives a threat on his life, Sun is back on the case. Trapped in a web of lies, Sun must find his suspect before it’s too late.

With Freddie Highmore • Stephen Fry • Toby Jones • Imelda Staunton • Hugh Laurie • Emily Carey • Gina Carter • Kim Burdon • Keiron Self • Giles New • Robert Chandler • Jerry Hibbert

Set in rural England at the end of the nineteenth century, Sir Simon de Canterville has been haunting the Canterville Chase for hundreds of years but everything changes when an American family - the Otises from Boston - buys Canterville Chase and moves in. Canterville nemesis is a lowly gardener who is revealed to be Death himself.

With Michael Cera • Keke Palmer • David Dobkin • John Magaro • Megan Wolpert Dobkin • David Soren • Russell Brand • Vanessa Bell Calloway • Bobby Cannavale • Lorene Scafaria • Steven Van Zandt • Jonathan Rudnitsky • Shoshannah Stern

This musical comedy follows the hermit crabs who live under the boardwalk at the Jersey Shore. When Armen (a land crab townie) falls in love with Ramona (a sea crab tourist) tensions between their friends and families rise. But when a storm casts the duo far from home, their love will lead them on an epic adventure which unites the divided community.

With Paul Giamatti • Da'Vine Joy Randolph • Mark Johnson • Tate Donovan • Alexander Payne • David Hemingson • Carrie Preston

In The Holdovers, Paul Hunham, a universally disliked professor at a prep school called Barton Academy. With no family and nowhere to go around the holidays in 1970, he stays on campus to supervise students who couldn’t go home. After a few days, only one person is left: a troublemaking 17-year-old named Angus, a good student whose bad behavior always threatens to get him expelled. Along with the school’s head cook Mary, whose own son was recently lost in Vietnam, the three form an unlikely bond as they spend Christmas together during two very snowy weeks in New England.

With Ariel Winter • Vanessa Williams • Leah Lewis • Ashley Moore • Shruti Ganguly • Sasha Fox

Aspiring chef Lizzy sets off with her three best friends in tow to compete in the prestigious Saucy Food Festival. What begins as a calculated career move quickly turns into a madcap misadventure full of food, fun and female bonding, where the girls learn that struggle can be the secret ingredient to success.