Comedy
Mandy (2020) WikiData TMDB IMDb
Mandy
8.2 (5 ratings) director: Diane Morgan actor: Diane Morgan / Michelle Greenidge
Mandy is a woman with dreams. Big dreams. Most of all she dreams of breeding Doberman Pinchers. But there are hurdles to overcome before that dream can become a reality. In the series we'll see her go on a health kick, rent out her small back bedroom on Airbnb and attempt a series of short-lived jobs in the modern gig economy.
Young Cops (1985) Douban IMDb
青春差館
director: Yau Kar-Hung actor: Tony Leung Chiu-wai / Anita Mui
other title: 青春差館
A typical Hong Kong comedy about young inexperienced cops that get into a lot of silly antics. The film is notable for featuring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Anita Mui in early roles.
Buddy Buddy (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Buddy Buddy
director: Billy Wilder actor: Jack Lemmon / Walter Matthau
other title: Amigos, Amigos, Negócios a Parte / Victor la gaffe
During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.
Avanti! (1972) Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Avanti!
director: Billy Wilder actor: Jack Lemmon / Juliet Mills
other title: Che cosa è successo tra mio padre e tua madre? / Avanti - kom ind!
A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.
One, Two, Three (1961) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
One, Two, Three
8.2 (10 ratings) director: Billy Wilder actor: James Cagney / Horst Buchholz
other title: Uno, due, tre! / Cupido Não Tem Bandeira
C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.
The Man in the White Suit (1951) ReviewDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
The Man in the White Suit
director: Alexander Mackendrick actor: Alec Guinness / Joan Greenwood
other title: Lo scandalo del vestito bianco / O Homem do Fato Claro
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
Society (1989) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
Society
director: Brian Yuzna actor: Billy Warlock / Connie Danese
other title: Society - The Horror / Dark Society
Bill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth. Even his girlfriend seems a bit odd. All is revealed when Bill returns home to find a party in full swing.
The Human Tornado (1976) TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Human Tornado
director: Cliff Roquemore actor: Rudy Ray Moore / Lady Reed
other title: Der Bastard / Dolemite II
Dolemite comes to the rescue of Queen Bee, whose nightclub is threatened by the Mafia.
That Thing You Do! (1996) IMDb TMDB
That Thing You Do!
director: Tom Hanks actor: Tom Hanks / Tom Everett Scott
other title: Music Graffiti / Tudo Por um Sonho
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
Dolemite Is My Name (2019) TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Dolemite Is My Name
director: Craig Brewer actor: Eddie Murphy / Wesley Snipes
other title: Chamem-me Dolemite / Yo soy Dolemite
The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
Feb. 13, 2026 watched
Outstanding performance by Eddie Murphy in this biopic of 70s comedian Rudy Ray Moore.

Watched in #Comedon watch party on Mastodon.
2010s Biopic Comedon Comedy CraigBrewer
The Commitments (1991) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Commitments
director: Alan Parker actor: Robert Arkins / Michael Aherne
other title: Os Commitments / Die Commitments
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
Amazing Grace (1974) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Amazing Grace
director: Stan Lathan actor: Slappy White / Moms Mabley
A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to further his own reelection efforts.
Wet Hot American Summer (2001) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Wet Hot American Summer
director: David Wain actor: Janeane Garofalo / David Hyde Pierce
The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who struggles to keep order while she falls in love with the local astrophysics professor. He is busy trying to save the camp from a deadly piece of NASA's Skylab which is hurtling toward earth. All that, plus: a dangerous waterfall rescue, love triangles, misfits, cool kids, and talking vegetable cans. The questions will all be resolved, of course, at the big talent show at the end of the day.
Two-Way Stretch (1960) IMDb WikiData
Two-Way Stretch
director: Robert Day actor: Peter Sellers / Wilfrid Hyde-White
other title: Un alibi (troppo) perfetto / Spjældet tur-retur
Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must get out, a task made more difficult by a new, stricter prison officer.
Hot Rod (2007) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hot Rod
director: Akiva Schaffer actor: Andy Samberg / Jorma Taccone
other title: Hot Rod - Uno svitato in moto / Hot Rod - Loucos Sobre Rodas
For Rod Kimble, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most outrageous stunt yet to raise money for Frank's operation -- and then Rod will kick Frank's butt.
I Am Not an Animal (2004) WikiData IMDb TMDB
I Am Not an Animal
director: Peter Baynham actor: Steve Coogan / Julia Davis
other title: Non sono un animale
I Am Not An Animal is an animated comedy series about the only six talking animals in the world, whose cosseted existence in a vivisection unit is turned upside down when they are liberated by animal rights activists.
A Touch of Cloth Season 1 (2012) NeoDB Douban TMDB
A Touch of Cloth Season 1 part of TV Series: A Touch of Cloth
director: Jim O'Hanlon actor: John Hannah / Suranne Jones
An all-encompassing parody of every police procedural ever written, DCI Jack Cloth — a maverick, heavy drinking loner who has thrown himself into his work following the mysterious death of his wife. The damaged, haunted Cloth is teamed with plucky no-nonsense sidekick DC Anne Oldman,

Together the pair investigate a series of increasingly grisy murders and find themselves on the trail of a devious killer. As you do, If you're a detective. The case leads Cloth and Oldman from leafy forests to sinister lock-up, from the luxury home of an arrogant TV chef to the cold dissection rooms of a vampish forensic pathologist.
Mars Attacks! (1996) Douban NeoDB WikiData TMDB IMDb
Mars Attacks!
7.1 (8 ratings) director: Tim Burton actor: Jack Nicholson / Glenn Close
other title: Marte Ataca!
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Jan. 19, 2026 watched
People slag it off, and sure it has issues, but I always enjoy it!

TIL it was Alex Cox (Repo Man) who came up with the idea.

Rewatched (for the 7th? 8th? time) in #MonsterMiru watch party on Mastodon (after #Monsterdon).
1990s Action ActionComedy ActionComedySciFi AnnetteBenning
Hot Fuzz (2007) TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
Hot Fuzz
7.2 (18 ratings) director: Edgar Wright actor: Simon Pegg / Nick Frost
other title: Hot Fuzz - Esquadrão de Província / Hot Fuzz - Zwei abgewichste Profis
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
Jan. 16, 2026 watched
A parody of action movies while also a loving homage to action movies, with not one wasted line or frame!

Rewatched in #Comedon watch party on Mastodon
2000s Action ActionComedy Comedy EdgarWright