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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 Christophers (film)
The Christophers is a 2025 Steven Soderbergh comedy-drama written by Ed Solomon, starring Ian McKellen as painter Julian Sklar and Michaela Coel as forger Lori Butler, hired by his children to secretly finish his unfinished paintings; NEON released it in 2026.
The Dinner (2025 film)
The Dinner (La cena) is a 2025 Spanish-French comedy-drama by Manuel Gómez Pereira, adapted from Alonso de Santos's play La cena de los generales: Republican prisoners cook Franco's 1939 victory banquet at Madrid's Hotel Palace while planning escape; eight Goya nominations, two wins.
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 King of Comedy (喜剧之王) (1999 film)
The King of Comedy (喜剧之王, 1999) is a Hong Kong comedy-drama co-directed by Stephen Chow and Lee Lik-chi, starring Chow as struggling extra Wan Tin-sau, with Cecilia Cheung in her debut; it earned about HK$29.8 million and spawned a 2019 film and 2026 TV series.
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 Last Viking (2025 film)
The Last Viking (Den sidste Viking) is a 2025 Danish dark comedy by Anders Thomas Jensen, starring Mads Mikkelsen as Manfred, a man who believes he is John Lennon, and Nikolaj Lie Kaas as his ex-robber brother Anker; premiered at Venice 2025.
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 Match (1999 film)
The Match (1999) is a British sports romantic comedy directed by Mick Davis, starring Max Beesley, Laura Fraser, Richard E. Grant, and Ian Holm, about two Scottish village pubs settling a 100-year-old bet with a football match.
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 Piano Accident
The Piano Accident (L'Accident de piano) is Quentin Dupieux's 2025 French black comedy, 88 minutes, starring Adèle Exarchopoulos as a pain-insensitive influencer blackmailed by Sandrine Kiberlain's journalist; released in France 2 July 2025.
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 Roses (film)
The Roses (2025) is a Jay Roach black comedy, written by Tony McNamara, starring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch as a British couple in Mendocino, California whose marriage implodes. It reimagines the 1989 War of the Roses, based on Warren Adler's 1981 novel; Searchlight released it August 29, 2025, grossing $15.3M.
The Souffleur
The Souffleur: 2025 Austria-Argentina comedy-drama by Gastón Solnicki, also known by working title Tristes Tropicos. Willem Dafoe plays Vienna hotel manager Lucius Glantz fighting the sale and demolition of the Hotel InterContinental; Venice Orizzonti premiere, 78 minutes.
The Spy (간첩 리철진)
The Spy (간첩 리철진) is a 1999 South Korean comedy-drama directed by Jang Jin, starring Yu Oh-seong as North Korean spy Lee Cheol-jin, sent to steal a super pig DNA sample and robbed on arrival; 105 minutes, released May 15, 1999.
The Underground Comedy Movie
The Underground Comedy Movie is a 1999 American sketch comedy film written, directed by, and starring Vince Offer, later the ShamWow pitchman. It grossed $856 in one theater, holds 33% on Rotten Tomatoes and 2.0/10 on IMDb, and starred Gena Lee Nolin, Slash, and Michael Clarke Duncan.
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.
Twinless
Twinless is a 2025 American dark comedy-drama written, directed, produced by, and co-starring James Sweeney, with Dylan O'Brien playing twins Roman and Rocky. It won the Sundance 2025 U.S. Dramatic Audience Award and was released September 5, 2025 by Roadside Attractions.
Untitled Home Invasion Romance
Untitled Home Invasion Romance is a 2025 black comedy thriller and Jason Biggs' directorial debut, written by Jamie Napoli and Joshua Paul Johnson, about a staged home invasion gone wrong; 85 minutes, R, released digitally January 27, 2026.
Uttar Da Puttar
Uttar Da Puttar (उत्तर दा पुत्तर) is a 2026 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Ravinder Siwach, starring Annu Kapoor as a Delhi physics teacher obsessed with Vastu.
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.