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Comedies of 1990 to 1994

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Go Fish (1994 film)

Go Fish (1994) is Rose Troche's black-and-white lesbian romantic comedy, co-written with star Guinevere Turner, about Max and Ely in Chicago; a Sundance hit, Teddy Award winner, and New Queer Cinema landmark.

Go Trabi Go

Go Trabi Go (Go, Trabi, Go) is a 1990 German road-movie comedy by Peter Timm, released 17 January 1991: the Bitterfeld Struutz family drives their Trabant 'Schorsch' to Italy after the Wall fell; a cult Wende film.

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.

Jack (1996 film)

Jack is a 1996 American comedy-drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in which Robin Williams plays a ten-year-old boy whose body ages four times faster than normal.

Jason's Lyric

Jason's Lyric is a 1994 American romantic drama directed by Doug McHenry and starring Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett, and Bokeem Woodbine, set in inner-city Houston.

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.

Kindergarten Cop

Kindergarten Cop is a 1990 American comedy directed by Ivan Reitman, in which Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a Los Angeles detective who goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher in Astoria, Oregon.

King Ralph

King Ralph is a 1991 American comedy directed by David S. Ward, adapted from Emlyn Williams's novel Headlong, in which John Goodman's Las Vegas lounge singer becomes King of England after the royal family dies; it grossed about $52 million worldwide.

L.A. Story

L.A. Story (1991) is an American romantic comedy directed by Mick Jackson, written by and starring Steve Martin as weatherman Harris K. Telemacher, who follows advice from a talking freeway sign while romancing Victoria Tennant and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Ladybugs (film)

Ladybugs is a 1992 American sports comedy directed by Sidney J. Furie, in which Rodney Dangerfield plays a salesman who coaches his company's girls' soccer team.

Life Is Sweet

Life Is Sweet is a 1990 Mike Leigh comedy-drama, released 1991, about a working-class London-suburb family: chef Andy, wife Wendy, and twins Natalie and Nicola. First Thin Man Films production; Metascore 88, Tomatometer 94%.