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High School High
High School High is a 1996 American comedy film starring Jon Lovitz as an idealistic teacher at a rough inner-city high school, directed by Hart Bochner.
Home for the Holidays (1995 film)
Home for the Holidays is a 1995 American comedy-drama directed by Jodie Foster, starring Holly Hunter as a single mother visiting her family for Thanksgiving.
Homo Argentum
Homo Argentum is a 2025 Argentine anthology comedy by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, starring Guillermo Francella in 16 roles satirizing Argentine identity; a box-office hit that drew praise from President Javier Milei and criticism from opponents.
Hope Floats
Hope Floats is a 1998 American romantic drama directed by Forest Whitaker, starring Sandra Bullock as a woman whose husband's affair is exposed on television and who rebuilds her life in her small Texas hometown.
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
How Stella Got Her Groove Back is a 1998 romantic comedy-drama, also a Terry McMillan novel, about stockbroker Stella Payne's Jamaican romance with a man twenty years younger; directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan, starring Angela Bassett and Taye Diggs.
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998 film)
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) is a Walt Disney Pictures Christmas comedy directed by Arlene Sanford, starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Jake Wilkinson, a student stranded in the California desert in a Santa suit who must reach New York by Christmas Eve to claim a vintage Porsche; 86 minutes, rated PG.
Idiotka
Idiotka is a 2025 American indie comedy, the feature debut of writer-director Nastasya Popov, starring Anna Baryshnikov as Margarita Levlansky, a Russian American designer competing on the reality show Slay, Serve, Survive; premiered at SXSW 2025, released by Utopia in 2026.
If the Sun Rose in the West
If the Sun Rose in the West (해가 서쪽에서 뜬다면) is a 1998 South Korean romance drama, Lee Eun's directorial debut, starring Im Chang-jung, Ko So-young, and Cha Seung-won; a traffic cop turned baseball umpire reunites with a top star actress, released December 19, 1998.
In & Out (film)
In & Out is a 1997 American comedy directed by Frank Oz, starring Kevin Kline as a small-town Indiana teacher publicly outed as gay days before his wedding.
In the Bleak Midwinter (film)
In the Bleak Midwinter, released in the US as A Midwinter's Tale, is Kenneth Branagh's 1995 black-and-white British comedy about unemployed actor Joe Harper staging Hamlet in a village church at Christmas.
It Takes Two (1995 film)
It Takes Two is a 1995 American family comedy directed by Andy Tennant, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as lookalike girls who swap places to matchmake Kirstie Alley and Steve Guttenberg.
Jack Frost (1998 film)
Jack Frost is a 1998 American comedy-drama directed by Troy Miller, starring Michael Keaton as a musician who returns as a snowman to reconnect with his son.
Jawbreaker (film)
Jawbreaker (1999) is Darren Stein's satirical black comedy for TriStar Pictures, starring Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, Judy Greer, and Pam Grier; a prank kills Liz Purr, and the clique covers it up. It flopped theatrically ($3.1M gross) but became a cult classic on VHS.
Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire: 1996 Cameron Crowe romantic comedy-drama starring Tom Cruise as a sports agent fired after an ethics memo, with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Renee Zellweger; $153.6M US gross, Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
Jingle All the Way
Jingle All the Way is a 1996 American Christmas comedy directed by Brian Levant, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad as rival fathers chasing the season's hottest toy.
Jungle 2 Jungle
Jungle 2 Jungle, also known in French markets as Un Indien à New York, is a 1997 Walt Disney Pictures family comedy directed by John Pasquin, starring Tim Allen and Sam Huntington; a remake of Un indien dans la ville that grossed $59.9M in the US.
Kazaam
Kazaam is a 1996 Touchstone fantasy comedy starring Shaquille O'Neal as a 3,000-year-old rapping genie freed from a boom box by 12-year-old Max Connor; directed by Paul Michael Glaser, grossed $18.9M, critically panned, and confused with a nonexistent Sinbad film "Shazaam".
Keep Cool (有话好好说)
Keep Cool (有话好好说) is Zhang Yimou's 1997 urban black comedy, adapted from Shu Ping's story Evening Paper News, starring Jiang Wen and Li Baotian; pulled from Cannes, screened at Venice, and a 46-million-yuan Chinese hit.
Kingpin (1996 film)
Kingpin is a 1996 American comedy directed by the Farrelly brothers, starring Woody Harrelson as a one-handed bowler coaching an Amish talent played by Randy Quaid.
Kolya
Kolya (Kolja) is a 1996 Czech-British-French comedy-drama directed by Jan Svěrák from a screenplay by his father Zdeněk Svěrák, who stars as cellist František Louka. It won the 1997 Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
Kontinental '25
Kontinental '25 is a 2025 Romanian comedy-drama by Radu Jude, starring Eszter Tompa as bailiff Orsolya in Cluj. Shot on an iPhone 15 in ten days, it won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the 2025 Berlinale and homages Rossellini's Europa '51.
Lady (2025 film)
Lady (2025 film) is Samuel Abrahams's British mockumentary comedy, also called Lady Isabella's story, starring Sian Clifford as an aristocrat who turns invisible; premiered at BFI London Film Festival 2025, distinct from Olive Nwosu's Lagos film of the same name.
Lawyer Lawyer (算死草)
Lawyer Lawyer (算死草) is a 1997 Hong Kong comedy directed by Joe Ma, starring Stephen Chow as litigation master Chan Mong-gut, who defends his apprentice in a British courtroom.
Le Dîner de Cons
Le Dîner de Cons (The Dinner Game) is a 1998 French comedy by Francis Veber, adapted from his 1993 play, starring Thierry Lhermitte and Jacques Villeret. It sold over 9 million tickets in France, won three Césars in 1999, and inspired remakes including Dinner for Schmucks.
Liar Liar
Liar Liar is a 1997 American fantasy comedy directed by Tom Shadyac, in which Jim Carrey plays a divorce attorney physically unable to lie for 24 hours.
Life (1999 film)
Life is a 1999 American prison comedy directed by Ted Demme, starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence as two men wrongfully convicted of murder in 1932 Mississippi.
Life Goes This Way
La vita va così (Life Goes This Way) is Riccardo Milani's 2025 Italian comedy, opening film of the 20th Rome Film Festival, inspired by shepherd Ovidio Marras, who refused to sell his Sardinian coastal land; it earned 6.9 million euros.
Love Jones (film)
Love Jones (love jones) is Theodore Witcher's 1997 debut romantic comedy-drama, starring Larenz Tate and Nia Long as a Chicago poet and photographer; Sundance Audience Award winner, $12.5M gross, later a Criterion Collection release.
Lover's Knot (film)
Lover's Knot is a 1996 American romantic comedy with fantasy elements, written and directed by Pete Shaner, starring Bill Campbell, Jennifer Grey, and Tim Curry.
Luigi: The Musical
Luigi: The Musical is a satirical one-act prison comedy by Nova Bradford, Arielle Johnson, André Margatini, and Caleb Zeringue, imagining Mangione, Bankman-Fried, and Diddy as cellmates; premiered in San Francisco in June 2025.