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Mouse Hunt
Mouse Hunt is a 1997 American slapstick comedy directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Nathan Lane and Lee Evans as brothers battling a mouse in their inherited mansion.
Orgazmo
Orgazmo is a 1997 American comedy film written and directed by Trey Parker. It stars Parker as a Mormon missionary who takes a role as a superhero.
Preaching to the Perverted (film)
Preaching to the Perverted is a 1997 British comedy directed by Stuart Urban in which Christien Anholt's character infiltrates a London fetish club for Tom Bell's MP and falls for dominatrix Tanya Cheex (Guinevere Turner).
Primary Colors (film)
Primary Colors is a 1998 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and starring John Travolta, based on the anonymous novel about a Clinton-like presidential campaign.
Sgt. Bilko
Sgt. Bilko is a 1996 American military comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Steve Martin as a con-artist army motor pool sergeant who runs gambling operations.
Show Me Love (film)
Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål) is Lukas Moodysson's 1998 Swedish debut feature about teenage girls Elin and Agnes falling in love in small-town Åmål; a Teddy Award winner and Swedish box-office hit rivaled only by Titanic.
Spy Hard
Spy Hard is a 1996 American spy-movie parody starring Leslie Nielsen as Agent WD-40. He is called out of retirement to stop General Rancor, played by Andy Griffith.
Striptease (film)
Striptease is a 1996 American comedy-drama film directed by Andrew Bergman, based on Carl Hiaasen's 1993 novel, in which Demi Moore's former FBI assistant dances to fund a custody battle.
The American President
The American President is a 1995 romantic comedy directed by Rob Reiner, starring Michael Douglas as a widowed US president who falls for lobbyist Annette Bening.
The Cable Guy
The Cable Guy is a 1996 American black comedy directed by Ben Stiller and starring Jim Carrey as a cable installer whose overtures of friendship turn into stalking and violence.
The Castle (1997 Australian film)
The Castle (1997) is an Australian comedy directed by Rob Sitch for Working Dog Productions, in which Darryl Kerrigan fights the compulsory acquisition of his home near Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport; shot in 11 days for $750,000 AUD, it grossed over $10 million.
The Chinese Feast (金玉满堂)
The Chinese Feast (金玉满堂, also 满汉全席) is a 1995 Hong Kong comedy by Tsui Hark, released 28 January 1995, starring Leslie Cheung, Anita Yuen, and Kenny Bee, staging a Manchu-Han Imperial Feast cooking duel as a wuxia showdown.
The Dinner Game
The Dinner Game (Le dîner de cons) is Francis Veber's 1998 French comedy about a weekly contest to bring the most spectacular idiot to dinner, starring Thierry Lhermitte and Jacques Villeret, winner of three César Awards.
The Dream Factory (甲方乙方)
The Dream Factory (甲方乙方) is Feng Xiaogang's 1997 mainland Chinese comedy, the first "New Year film" (贺岁片), starring Ge You in a dream-fulfillment service story adapted from Wang Shuo, earning 30–36 million yuan and Hundred Flowers awards.
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain is a 1995 British comedy-drama by Christopher Monger, starring Hugh Grant, about Welsh villagers adding height to a 984-foot summit to keep their mountain.
The First Wives Club
The First Wives Club is a 1996 Paramount comedy directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton as divorced friends seeking revenge, based on Olivia Goldsmith's 1992 novel, grossing $181 million worldwide.
The Great White Hype
The Great White Hype is a 1996 Reginald Hudlin boxing satire starring Samuel L. Jackson as promoter Rev. Fred Sultan, who stages a white challenger (Peter Berg) against Black champ Damon Wayans; 20th Century Fox, $8 million gross.
The Last Days of Disco
The Last Days of Disco is Whit Stillman's 1998 comedy-drama, third in his nightlife trilogy after Metropolitan and Barcelona, following Chloë Sevigny's Alice and Kate Beckinsale's Charlotte, publishing assistants frequenting a Studio 54-like Manhattan club in the early 1980s; it grossed $3,020,783 worldwide and holds a 74% Tomatometer.
The Lucky Guy (行运一条龙)
The Lucky Guy (行運一條龍) is a 1998 Hong Kong Lunar New Year comedy directed by Lee Lik-Chi, starring Stephen Chow as the Prince of Egg Tarts in a cha chaan teng romance; it earned HK$27.7 million, ranking third for 1998.
The Pentagon Wars
The Pentagon Wars is a 1998 HBO satirical comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Kelsey Grammer and Cary Elwes, adapted from Col. James G. Burton's 1993 book about the Bradley Fighting Vehicle's troubled testing and procurement.
The Players Club
The Players Club is a 1998 American comedy-drama film, Ice Cube's directorial debut, starring LisaRaye as a single mother who strips to pay for college.
The Van
The Van is a 1996 comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Roddy Doyle, following two Dublin friends whose friendship sours when they run a food van together.
The Watermelon Woman
The Watermelon Woman (1996) is Cheryl Dunye's debut feature, the first US theatrical feature directed by an out Black lesbian. A Philadelphia mockumentary-romantic comedy about a fictional 1930s actress, Fae Richards, it won the 1996 Teddy Award and sparked an NEA funding controversy.
To Die For
To Die For is Gus Van Sant's 1995 black comedy starring Nicole Kidman as weather reporter Suzanne Stone, who has her husband (Matt Dillon) murdered via teen lover Jimmy (Joaquin Phoenix). Adapted by Buck Henry from Joyce Maynard's 1992 novel on the Pamela Smart case; Golden Globe-winning, Cannes-screened satire of TV fame.
Torrente
Torrente is a Spanish comedy film franchise created by and starring Santiago Segura as José Luis Torrente, a racist, Franco-nostalgic ex-policeman. Beginning with Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley (1998), it became Spain's most commercially successful film franchise.
Very Bad Things
Very Bad Things is a 1998 American black comedy directed by Peter Berg, starring Christian Slater and Cameron Diaz, about a Las Vegas bachelor party that goes wrong.
Wag the Dog
Wag the Dog is a 1997 Barry Levinson black comedy starring Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman, adapted from Larry Beinhart's American Hero, in which spin doctors fabricate an Albanian war to distract from a presidential sex scandal weeks before the Lewinsky story broke.
Waiting for Guffman
Waiting for Guffman: 1996 Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy mockumentary comedy about Blaine, Missouri's amateur musical 'Red, White and Blaine' and the awaited agent Mort Guffman; improvised, 84 minutes, R-rated, Warner Bros.
Waking Ned
Waking Ned, released in the US as Waking Ned Devine, is Kirk Jones's 1998 debut comedy in which two elderly Irish villagers impersonate a friend who died of shock after winning a nearly £7 million lottery jackpot, filmed on the Isle of Man.