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PCU (film)
PCU is a 1994 American college comedy directed by Hart Bochner, written by Wesleyan alumni Adam Leff and Zak Penn, satirizing political correctness at fictional Port Chester University; a box office bomb that became a cable cult classic.
Poetic Justice (film)
Poetic Justice is a 1993 American romantic drama directed and written by John Singleton, starring Janet Jackson in her film debut and Tupac Shakur in a road-trip romance.
Postcards from the Edge (film)
Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 American comedy-drama directed by Mike Nichols, adapted by Carrie Fisher from her novel, starring Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine.
Prêt-à-Porter (film)
Prêt-à-Porter (Ready to Wear) is Robert Altman's 1994 satirical ensemble comedy-mystery set during Paris Fashion Week, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, and Kim Basinger, with real designers and supermodels as themselves; critically panned but Golden Globe-nominated.
Pretty Woman
Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy directed by Garry Marshall, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere as a sex worker and a businessman who fall in love.
Problem Child 2
Problem Child 2 is a 1991 American black comedy directed by Brian Levant and starring John Ritter, in which seven-year-old Junior sabotages his father Ben's dating in Mortville.
Pushing Hands (推手) (film)
Pushing Hands (推手, Tui shou) is Ang Lee's 1991 debut feature, a Taiwan-US comedy-drama starring Sihung Lung as a Beijing tai chi master in New York, first of the Father Knows Best trilogy, a 1992 Berlinale selection and Golden Horse winner.
Raining Stones
Raining Stones is Ken Loach's 1993 British comedy-drama (screenplay Jim Allen) about unemployed Mancunian Bob Williams raising money for his daughter's communion dress; it won the ex-aequo Jury Prize at Cannes 1993 and a BAFTA Best British Film nomination.
Reality Bites
Reality Bites is a 1994 American romantic comedy-drama directed by Ben Stiller, starring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, and Stiller as recent college graduates in Houston.
Renaissance Man (film)
Renaissance Man is a 1994 American comedy-drama directed by Penny Marshall, in which Danny DeVito plays a fired advertising executive who teaches Shakespeare to struggling Army recruits.
Richie Rich (film)
Richie Rich is a 1994 American live-action family comedy directed by Donald Petrie, starring Macaulay Culkin as a boy billionaire who must rescue his kidnapped parents and family company.
Royal Tramp (鹿鼎记)
Royal Tramp (鹿鼎记) is a 1992 Hong Kong comedy directed by Wong Jing, starring Stephen Chow and adapted from Jin Yong's novel The Deer and the Cauldron.
Schtonk
Schtonk! is a 1992 German satirical comedy by Helmut Dietl about the 1983 Stern Hitler diaries hoax, starring Götz George and Uwe Ochsenknecht; Oscar-nominated Best Foreign Language Film and Deutscher Filmpreis winner.
Serial Mom
Serial Mom is John Waters' 1994 black comedy starring Kathleen Turner as Beverly Sutphin, a Baltimore housewife who murders people over etiquette slights and becomes a celebrity at her trial; released by Savoy Pictures, it flopped theatrically but became a cult classic.
Sex and Zen (玉蒲团之偷情宝鉴)
Sex and Zen (玉蒲團之偷情寶鑑, Yuk po tuen: Tau ching bo gam) is a 1991 Hong Kong Category III erotic comedy directed by Michael Mak, adapted from Li Yu's novel The Carnal Prayer Mat, and Hong Kong's highest-grossing adult film at HK$18.42 million.
Side Out
Side Out (1990) is an American beach volleyball comedy-drama directed by Peter Israelson, starring C. Thomas Howell and Peter Horton with real AVP pros Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos; originally titled The Perfect Set, it grossed $450,000 domestically.
Singles (1992 film)
Singles (1992) is a Cameron Crowe comedy-drama about Seattle twentysomethings in the grunge era, starring Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott, and Kyra Sedgwick, with a landmark grunge soundtrack.
Sister Act
Sister Act (1992) is a Touchstone comedy directed by Emile Ardolino, starring Whoopi Goldberg as Reno singer Deloris Van Cartier hidden as a nun; also Maggie Smith, Harvey Keitel; $231 million worldwide gross.
Sleepless in Seattle
Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic comedy directed by Nora Ephron, starring Tom Hanks as a widowed Seattle father and Meg Ryan as a Baltimore journalist.
So I Married an Axe Murderer
So I Married an Axe Murderer is a 1993 American romantic comedy starring Mike Myers. The film follows a poet who suspects his fiancée is a serial killer.
Soapdish
Soapdish is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Michael Hoffman that satirizes daytime soap operas, starring Sally Field, Kevin Kline, and Robert Downey Jr.
Sólo con Tu Pareja
Sólo con tu pareja (Love in the Time of Hysteria) is Alfonso Cuarón's 1991 Mexican comedy debut, written with Carlos Cuarón and shot by Emmanuel Lubezki, about a yuppie womanizer tricked into believing he has AIDS.
Son-in-Law
Son-in-Law (1993) is a Hollywood Pictures comedy directed by Steve Rash, starring Pauly Shore as Crawl and Carla Gugino, released July 2, 1993; distinct from the 2026 Mexican Netflix film of the same title.
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot is a 1992 American action comedy directed by Roger Spottiswoode, in which Sylvester Stallone's detective is partnered with his meddling mother, played by Estelle Getty.
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate (Fresa y chocolate), 1993 Cuban-Mexican-Spanish comedy-drama by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío; friendship between communist student David and gay artist Diego in 1979 Havana; first Cuban Oscar nominee.
Strictly Ballroom
Strictly Ballroom (1992) is Baz Luhrmann's debut Australian romantic comedy, first of the Red Curtain trilogy, about dancer Scott Hastings and Fran defying the Dance Federation; it won 8 AFI Awards and the Cannes Award of the Youth.
The Little Rascals (film)
The Little Rascals (1994) is a Universal/Amblin family comedy directed by Penelope Spheeris, remaking Hal Roach's Our Gang shorts. Spanky's He-Man Womun Haters Club, Alfalfa's crush on Darla, a go-cart race, $51.7M gross, 31% Tomatometer.
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) is the second Naked Gun film, directed by David Zucker, starring Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin, with Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, and Robert Goulet; it satirizes energy corporations and the Bush administration and outgrossed the 1988 original.
The Paper (1994 film)
The Paper (1994) is a Ron Howard comedy-drama, also called a newsroom drama, about one day at the fictional New York Sun tabloid, starring Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, and Marisa Tomei, released by Universal on March 18, 1994.
The Player (1992 film)
The Player (1992) is Robert Altman's Hollywood satire, written by Michael Tolkin from his novel, starring Tim Robbins as executive Griffin Mill; it won Cannes Best Director and Best Actor and earned three Oscar nominations.