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Comedies of 1990 to 1994

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Clifford (film)

Clifford is a 1994 American comedy directed by Paul Flaherty, starring Martin Short as a scheming 10-year-old boy obsessed with a dinosaur theme park, with Charles Grodin as his uncle.

Coneheads (film)

Coneheads is a 1993 American science-fiction comedy film directed by Steve Barron, in which two cone-headed aliens settle in Paramus, New Jersey, posing as French immigrants.

Cop & ½

Cop & ½, also released as Cop and a Half, is a 1993 American family comedy in which Burt Reynolds plays a detective paired with an eight-year-old murder witness.

Corrina, Corrina (film)

Corrina, Corrina is a 1994 American comedy-drama, Jessie Nelson's directing debut, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, and Tina Majorino in a semi-autobiographical 1959 interracial romance between a widower and his daughter's nanny.

Cry-Baby

Cry-Baby (1990) is John Waters' musical comedy starring Johnny Depp as Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker, a 1954 Baltimore drape who romances a Square girl; Universal-backed, $7.5M gross, later a 2008 Broadway musical.

Curly Sue

Curly Sue is a 1991 American comedy-drama written, directed, and produced by John Hughes, starring James Belushi and Alisan Porter as a drifter and orphan girl.

Dave (film)

Dave (1993) is an Ivan Reitman political comedy written by Gary Ross, starring Kevin Kline as Dave Kovic, a lookalike who stands in for stroked President Bill Mitchell; Warner Bros release grossed $61.0M and holds a 95% Tomatometer.

Defending Your Life

Defending Your Life is a 1991 American romantic comedy-fantasy written, directed by, and starring Albert Brooks, with Meryl Streep, set in Judgment City, an afterlife where the deceased defend their lives in court.

Dennis the Menace (1993 film)

Dennis the Menace is a 1993 American family comedy film directed by Nick Castle, written and produced by John Hughes, starring Mason Gamble and Walter Matthau.

Der Bewegte Mann

Der bewegte Mann: 1987 Ralf König comic novel (Rowohlt) about heterosexual Axel and gay Norbert, and Sönke Wortmann's 1994 film with Til Schweiger, over 6.5 million German admissions, Goldene Leinwand and Bundesfilmpreis winner.

Doc Hollywood

Doc Hollywood is a 1991 American romantic comedy directed by Michael Caton-Jones, starring Michael J. Fox as a young plastic surgeon stranded by a car crash in rural South Carolina.

Don Juan DeMarco

Don Juan DeMarco is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama written and directed by Jeremy Leven, starring Marlon Brando as a psychiatrist, Johnny Depp as a young man who believes he is Don Juan, and Faye Dunaway.

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Stephen Herek. It stars Christina Applegate as Sue Ellen Crandell, who deals with the babysitter's death.

Dr. Dolittle (1998 film)

Dr. Dolittle (1998) is a Betty Thomas fantasy comedy starring Eddie Murphy as a doctor who regains the ability to talk to animals. Released by 20th Century Fox June 26, 1998, PG-13, it grossed $294 million worldwide and spawned a franchise.

Drop Dead Fred

Drop Dead Fred (1991) is a fantasy comedy directed by Ate de Jong, starring Phoebe Cates and Rik Mayall as a woman's returned imaginary friend. A Working Title/PolyGram film shot in Minneapolis, it flopped with critics (11% RT) but became a cult favorite.

Dumb and Dumber

Dumb and Dumber (1994) is a New Line Cinema road-trip comedy directed by Peter Farrelly, starring Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas and Jeff Daniels as Harry Dunne, who drive to Aspen to return ransom money; it grossed about $247 million worldwide.

Dying Young

Dying Young is a 1991 American romantic drama directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott, based on Marti Leimbach's 1990 novel of the same name.

Eat Drink Man Woman (饮食男女)

Eat Drink Man Woman (飲食男女) is Ang Lee's 1994 Taiwanese comedy-drama, third of his Father trilogy, about retired chef Chu and his three daughters; Oscar-nominated, Cannes Directors' Fortnight opener.

Encino Man

Encino Man (California Man) is a 1992 American teen comedy starring Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, and Pauly Shore as teens who thaw a frozen caveman.

Fanfan

Fanfan (also Fanfan & Alexandre) is a 1993 French romantic comedy directed by Alexandre Jardin from his 1990 novel, starring Sophie Marceau, Vincent Perez, and Marine Delterme, released 16 June 1993 by Gaumont.

Father of the Bride (1991 film)

Father of the Bride is a 1991 American family comedy directed by Charles Shyer, starring Steve Martin as George Banks, a father reluctant to accept his daughter's marriage.

First Love (첫사랑) (1993 film)

First Love (첫사랑, Cheot sarang) is a 1993 South Korean drama-romance film directed by Lee Myung-se, starring Kim Hye-soo as a 19-year-old art student in love with an older drama lecturer; a box office failure (5,856 Seoul admissions) later reevaluated as a 1990s Korean classic.

For Fun

For Fun (找乐, also Looking for Fun) is a 1992/1993 Chinese comedy directed by Ning Ying, produced by Beijing Film Studio, about retired Beijing men forming an amateur Peking opera troupe; FIPRESCI Prize at Berlin, screened IFFR 1994.

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, adapted from Winston Groom's 1986 novel; it won six Oscars, including Best Picture.

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral: 1994 British romantic comedy directed by Mike Newell, written by Richard Curtis, starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell; low-budget Working Title film that won three BAFTAs and grossed about $200 million worldwide.

Frankie and Johnny (1991 film)

Frankie and Johnny (Frankie & Johnny), 1991 Paramount romantic comedy-drama directed by Garry Marshall, starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer, adapted by Terrence McNally from his 1987 play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.

Freaked

Freaked (1993) is an American cult comedy directed by Tom Stern and Alex Winter, written with Tim Burns, about a former child star mutated at a mad scientist's freak farm; a Fox release that flopped on two screens and later received a 4K restoration.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Jon Avnet's directorial debut, adapts Fannie Flagg's novel about Evelyn Couch, Ninny Threadgoode, and Idgie and Ruth of Whistle Stop, Alabama; a $11–12 million drama that grossed $119.4 million and became a queer-cinema touchstone.

Getting Any?

Getting Any? (みんな~やってるか!, Minna-yatteruka!) is a 1994 Japanese nonsense comedy, Takeshi Kitano's fifth film as director and his first credited to Beat Takeshi, following Asao (Dankan) through car buying, robbery, invisibility, and a giant-fly finale.

Ghost Dad

Ghost Dad is a 1990 Sidney Poitier family comedy starring Bill Cosby as a widower who becomes a ghost after a taxi accident; released by Universal June 29, 1990, it grossed about $25 million and holds 6% on Rotten Tomatoes.