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8½ Women (8 1/2の女たち)
8½ Women (8 1/2の女たち) is Peter Greenaway's 1999 comedy-drama, in Cannes competition, about a widowed Geneva tycoon and his son keeping eight and a half concubines after watching Fellini's 8½; it earned $424,123 and mixed-to-negative reviews.
A Life Less Ordinary
A Life Less Ordinary is a 1997 British romantic black comedy by Danny Boyle, in which Ewan McGregor kidnaps Cameron Diaz and angels push them into love.
A Man Among Men
A Man Among Men, released in Korea as Jincha sanai and in Australia as True Man, is a 1999 South Korean road comedy directed by Hun-Su Park, starring Kwon Hae-hyo and Mi-kyeong Seo.
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate is a 1996 American romantic comedy-thriller, Martin Lawrence's directorial debut, starring him as a womanizing Los Angeles club promoter.
Adulthood (2025 film)
Adulthood, aka The Adults, is a 2025 American dark comedy crime film directed by Alex Winter, starring Josh Gad and Kaya Scodelario as siblings who find a corpse in their parents' basement; it premiered at TIFF 2025 and streams via Republic Pictures.
Airbag (1997 film)
Airbag (1997) is a Spanish black-comedy road movie by Juanma Bajo Ulloa, written with Karra Elejalde and Fernando Guillen Cuervo, about three friends recovering a lost engagement ring; it was Spain's top-grossing film of 1997 and won two Goya Awards.
Art Museum by the Zoo (미술관 옆 동물원)
Art Museum by the Zoo (미술관 옆 동물원) is Lee Jeong-hyang's 1998 South Korean romantic comedy debut, 108 minutes, starring Shim Eun-ha and Lee Sung-jae as cohabiting strangers who co-write a screenplay; 413,216 admissions and multiple 1999 awards.
Beautiful Mother
Beautiful Mother (Belle maman) is a 1999 French romantic comedy directed by Gabriel Aghion, starring Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Lindon, and Mathilde Seigner, about a groom who falls for his mother-in-law on his wedding day.
Better Than Chocolate
Better Than Chocolate is a 1999 Canadian lesbian romantic comedy directed by Anne Wheeler, written by Peggy Thompson, starring Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox, and Wendy Crewson; its Vancouver bookstore subplot draws on the Little Sister's censorship case.
Black Cat, White Cat
Black Cat, White Cat (Crna mačka, beli mačor) is Emir Kusturica's 1998 Romani comedy set on the Danube, winner of the Venice Silver Lion for Best Director and his follow-up to Underground.
Black Sheep (1996 film)
Black Sheep is a 1996 American buddy comedy directed by Penelope Spheeris, starring Chris Farley and David Spade in their second film after Tommy Boy; it opened at number one.
Blast from the Past (film)
Blast from the Past is a 1999 American romantic comedy directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Brendan Fraser as a man raised in a fallout shelter.
Borderline (2025 film)
Borderline (2025 film): American comedy horror-thriller, Jimmy Warden's directorial debut, starring Samara Weaving and Ray Nicholson; a stalker invades a 1990s LA pop star's home to marry her; released March 14, 2025 by Magnet Releasing.
Bowfinger
Bowfinger is a 1999 American comedy directed by Frank Oz, written by and starring Steve Martin with Eddie Murphy in dual roles, about a broke producer secretly filming star Kit Ramsey; released August 13, 1999 by Universal.
Bugonia (film)
Bugonia is a 2025 dark science-fiction comedy directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. It stars Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, and was nominated for four 2026 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Bulworth
Bulworth (1998) is Warren Beatty's political satire for 20th Century Fox, starring Beatty as Senator Jay Bulworth, who orders his own assassination and raps blunt truths; co-written with Jeremy Pikser, grossing $29.2 million worldwide.
But I'm a Cheerleader
But I'm a Cheerleader is a 1999 American satirical romantic comedy directed by Jamie Babbit, starring Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall, about a cheerleader sent to the True Directions conversion therapy camp, later a queer cult classic.
Canadian Bacon
Canadian Bacon is a 1995 political satire comedy, Michael Moore's only non-documentary film, starring John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Kevin Pollak, and Rip Torn, about a U.S. president starting a fake cold war with Canada; it flopped but is seen as prescient. Also a term for back bacon.
Celebrity (1998 film)
Celebrity (1998) is a Woody Allen comedy-drama, his 28th film as director, starring Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Shot in black and white by Sven Nykvist, released November 20, 1998 by Miramax, grossing $5,078,660 domestically.
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (甜蜜蜜)
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (甜蜜蜜) is a 1996 Hong Kong romantic drama by Peter Chan, written by Ivy Ho, starring Leon Lai and Maggie Cheung as mainland migrants in Hong Kong and New York; it won nine Hong Kong Film Awards.
Crash Land
Crash Land (2026 Canadian comedy-drama film; Dempsey Bryk's feature debut, SXSW world premiere March 13, 2026): Gabriel LaBelle, Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk, and Noah Parker play small-town stunt friends who make a 'real movie' to honor their dead friend, distributed by Elevation Pictures.
Crazy in Alabama
Crazy in Alabama is a 1999 comedy-drama, Antonio Banderas' directorial debut, adapted from Mark Childress' 1993 novel, starring Melanie Griffith as Lucille, who kills her abusive husband and flees to Hollywood, alongside nephew Peejoe's civil rights storyline.
Deconstructing Harry
Deconstructing Harry is a 1997 American comedy-drama written and directed by and starring Woody Allen, about a novelist whose fiction alienates everyone in his life.
Dick (film)
Dick is a 1999 American political comedy directed by Andrew Fleming, starring Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams as two teens who secretly caused the Watergate scandal.
Dirty Work (1998 film)
Dirty Work (1998) is a Bob Saget-directed MGM comedy starring and co-written by Norm Macdonald with Artie Lange, about a revenge-for-hire business; it flopped ($10M gross on $13M budget) but became a cult classic, restored in 2025 with the long-lost Dirtier Cut.
Divine Comedy (2025 film)
Divine Comedy (Komedie Elahi, کمدی الهی) is a 2025 satirical drama by Iranian director Ali Asgari, premiering in Venice Orizzonti, about a banned filmmaker's one-day Vespa odyssey through Tehran to screen his censored film underground.
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996 American parody comedy directed by Paris Barclay, written by and starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans with Phil Beauman, spoofing 1990s hood films such as Boyz n the Hood, Juice, South Central, and Menace II Society.
Dracula (2025 Romanian film)
Dracula (2025 Romanian film) is Radu Jude's 170-minute comedy-horror anthology in which a blocked filmmaker uses a fake AI chatbot to make a vampire movie, premiering at Locarno 2025; distinct from Luc Besson's Dracula: A Love Tale.
Drop Dead Gorgeous (film)
Drop Dead Gorgeous is a 1999 American mockumentary black comedy directed by Michael Patrick Jann, written by Lona Williams, satirizing a Minnesota teen beauty pageant; a box office flop that became a cult classic.
EDtv
EDtv is a 1999 American comedy directed by Ron Howard and starring Matthew McConaughey, about a cable channel broadcasting a video-store clerk's life around the clock.