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Comedies of 1990 to 1994: Symbols to J

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Golden Balls

Golden Balls (Huevos de oro) is Bigas Luna's 1993 Spanish-French-Italian drama, second of the Iberian trilogy, starring Javier Bardem as Benito González, a macho builder chasing a Benidorm skyscraper; San Sebastián Special Jury Prize winner.

Greedy

Greedy is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Michael J. Fox and Kirk Douglas, about scheming relatives competing for their wealthy Uncle Joe's fortune.

Green Card (film)

Green Card is a 1990 romantic comedy, also called グリーン・カード, directed, written, and produced by Peter Weir. It stars Gérard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell in a marriage-of-convenience plot, won two Golden Globes, and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Groundhog Day (film)

Groundhog Day is a 1993 Harold Ramis comedy starring Bill Murray as weatherman Phil Connors, trapped reliving February 2 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania; the Danny Rubin-scripted Columbia film founded the time-loop genre.

Grumpy Old Men (film)

Grumpy Old Men is a 1993 American romantic comedy directed by Donald Petrie, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau as feuding Minnesota neighbors who both court a new widow.

Hail the Judge (九品芝麻官)

Hail the Judge (九品芝麻官之白面包青天) is a 1994 Hong Kong mo lei tau costume comedy directed and written by Wong Jing, starring Stephen Chow as corrupt magistrate Bao Longxing; it grossed HK$30,177,208 and holds 8.7 on Douban.

He's a Woman, She's a Man (金枝玉叶)

He's a Woman, She's a Man (金枝玉叶) is a 1994 Hong Kong romantic comedy directed by Peter Chan, starring Leslie Cheung, Anita Yuen, and Carina Lau; a cross-dressing music-industry love triangle that won two Hong Kong Film Awards.

Hear My Song

Hear My Song (1991) is a British-Irish comedy-drama, Peter Chelsom's feature debut co-written with and starring Adrian Dunbar, about a Liverpool club promoter seeking tax-exile Irish tenor Josef Locke, played by Ned Beatty in a Golden Globe-nominated role.

Hocus Pocus (1993 film)

Hocus Pocus is a 1993 Walt Disney Pictures fantasy comedy directed by Kenny Ortega, starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson witches of Salem; a box office flop that became a Halloween cult classic with two sequels.

Honeymoon in Vegas

Honeymoon in Vegas, also known by its 2015 Broadway musical adaptation, is a 1992 Andrew Bergman romantic comedy starring Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker, and James Caan about a poker debt paid with a weekend with the hero's fiancée.

House Party (1990 film)

House Party (1990) is a New Line Cinema teen comedy written and directed by Reginald Hudlin, starring rap duo Kid 'n Play; a $2.5 million Sundance award winner that earned over $16 million in three weeks and entered the National Film Registry in 2022.

Housesitter

Housesitter is a 1992 American romantic comedy directed by Frank Oz, starring Steve Martin as an architect and Goldie Hawn as a liar who poses as his wife.

Husbands and Wives

Husbands and Wives (1992), Woody Allen's TriStar comedy-drama starring Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, and Sydney Pollack, shot in handheld documentary style, released during the Allen-Farrow breakup, Oscar-nominated for Davis and Allen's screenplay.

I Love You to Death

I Love You to Death is a 1990 Lawrence Kasdan black comedy starring Kevin Kline and Tracey Ullman, based on the true 1983 case of Frances Toto of Allentown, Pennsylvania, who tried to have her unfaithful husband killed.

Indien

Indien (Indien – Der Film, English: India) is a 1993 Austrian tragicomedy by Paul Harather, based on the Hader-Dorfer cabaret play, starring Josef Hader and Alfred Dorfer as hospitality inspectors; 224,748 admissions, Austrian Filmpreis 1994, Austria's Oscar entry.

It Could Happen to You (1994 film)

It Could Happen to You, working title Cop Tips Waitress, is a 1994 TriStar romantic comedy directed by Andrew Bergman, starring Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, and Rosie Perez, about a cop who shares a $4 million lottery win with a waitress.

It's Pat

It's Pat (It's Pat: The Movie), 1994 Touchstone comedy directed by Adam Bernstein, based on Julia Sweeney's androgynous SNL character Pat; limited release August 26, 1994, grossed $60,822, holds 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Joe Versus the Volcano

Joe Versus the Volcano is a 1990 romantic-comedy adventure, John Patrick Shanley's directorial debut, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan (in three roles) as a dying man hired to jump into a volcano on Waponi Woo.

Johnny Stecchino

Johnny Stecchino (Toothpick Johnny) is Roberto Benigni's 1991 Italian comedy farce, co-written with Vincenzo Cerami, in which Benigni plays dual roles as naive bus driver Dante and a lookalike Sicilian mafioso; Italy's then highest-grossing film at 39 billion lire.

Junior (1994 film)

Junior is a 1994 American comedy directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a fertility scientist who becomes pregnant, with Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson co-starring.

Justice, My Foot! (审死官)

Justice, My Foot! (審死官) is Johnnie To's 1992 Hong Kong comedy starring Stephen Chow as lawyer Sung Shih-Chieh and Anita Mui, a remake of the 1948 Cantonese film that topped the 1992 HK box office.

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, also known as Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, is a 1994 Australian road movie musical directed by Stephan Elliott, starring Terence Stamp.

The Banquet (豪门夜宴) (1991 film)

The Banquet (豪门夜宴) is a 1991 Hong Kong all-star charity comedy directed by Tsui Hark, Clifton Ko, and others, made in eight days to raise flood relief funds.

The Bilingual Lover

The Bilingual Lover (El amante bilingüe) is Vicente Aranda's 1993 Spanish-Italian comedy-drama adapted from Juan Marsé's 1988 novel, starring Imanol Arias and Ornella Muti, about a disfigured husband who reinvents himself as Faneca to win back his wife.

The Cutting Edge

The Cutting Edge is a 1992 American romantic comedy starring D. B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly as an unlikely figure skating pair training for the Winter Olympics.

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag is a 1992 comedy-mystery about a small-town librarian who falsely confesses to a murder to gain attention. It stars Penelope Ann Miller.

The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy is a 1994 screwball comedy by Joel and Ethan Coen and Sam Raimi, starring Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Paul Newman, about a stock scam built on the hula hoop; a 1994 box-office bomb later reappraised.