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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.
Boys on the Side
Boys on the Side (1995) is a comedy-drama road film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Don Roos, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, and Drew Barrymore as three women forming a chosen family; one lead is HIV positive.
Brink!
Brink! is a 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie, the third DCOM, directed by Greg Beeman and starring Erik von Detten as inline skater Andy Brinker, who joins rival sponsored team X-Bladz to help his family.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992 film), Joss Whedon's feature screenwriting debut directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui, a horror-comedy starring Kristy Swanson as a cheerleader chosen to slay vampires; a box-office disappointment that spawned the acclaimed 1997 TV series.
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.
Bulletproof (1996 film)
Bulletproof is a 1996 American action comedy film directed by Ernest Dickerson, starring Damon Wayans as an undercover cop, Adam Sandler, and James Caan, released by Universal Pictures.
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.
Can't Hardly Wait
Can't Hardly Wait is a 1998 American teen romantic comedy set at a single high school graduation party, directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont.
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.
Casper (film)
Casper is a 1995 American live-action family fantasy-comedy directed by Brad Silberling, in which a friendly ghost haunting a Maine mansion befriends the daughter of the ghost therapist hired to exorcise him.
Cats Don't Dance
Cats Don't Dance is a 1997 animated musical from Turner Feature Animation, directed by Mark Dindal, with Randy Newman songs and Gene Kelly choreography, about a cat seeking stardom in 1939 Hollywood; a critical favorite that flopped at the box office.
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.
Chairman of the Board (film)
Chairman of the Board is a 1998 American comedy, Alex Zamm's directorial vehicle starring prop comic Carrot Top in his only lead film role as inventor Edison, who inherits a corporation; it grossed $181,233 and holds 11% on Rotten Tomatoes.
City of Angels (film)
City of Angels is a 1998 American romantic drama directed by Brad Silberling, starring Nicolas Cage as an angel who falls in love with Meg Ryan's surgeon in Los Angeles.
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.
Detroit Rock City (film)
Detroit Rock City is a 1999 Adam Rifkin comedy, produced by KISS's Gene Simmons, about four 1978 teenage KISS fans trying to reach a Detroit concert after a mother burns their tickets; it flopped at the box office but became a cult favorite.
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.
Doctor Dolittle (1998 film)
Doctor Dolittle (1998) is an American fantasy comedy directed by Betty Thomas, starring Eddie Murphy as a doctor who regains the ability to talk to animals. Released by 20th Century Fox June 26, 1998; PG-13, 85 minutes, $144.2 million US gross.
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.
Down Periscope
Down Periscope is a 1996 American military comedy directed by David S. Ward, in which Kelsey Grammer commands the outdated submarine USS Stingray in war games against the nuclear fleet.
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.
Drive Me Crazy
Drive Me Crazy is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy directed by John Schultz, starring Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier as neighbors in a fake relationship.