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The Truth About Cats & Dogs
The Truth About Cats & Dogs is a 1996 American romantic comedy directed by Michael Lehmann, written by Audrey Wells, starring Janeane Garofalo, Uma Thurman, and Ben Chaplin; a gender-reversed Cyrano de Bergerac about a radio veterinarian, released April 26, 1996 by 20th Century Fox.
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 Waterboy
The Waterboy is a 1998 American sports comedy directed by Frank Coraci and starring Adam Sandler as Bobby Boucher, a waterboy who becomes a college football star.
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.
The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer is a 1998 American romantic comedy directed by Frank Coraci, written by Tim Herlihy, and starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Set in 1985, released by New Line Cinema, it grossed $80.2 million in the US and spawned a 2006 Broadway musical.
The White Balloon (بادکنک سفید)
The White Balloon (بادکنک سفید, Badkonake Sefid) is Jafar Panahi's 1995 debut feature, scripted by Abbas Kiarostami, about a Tehran girl who loses a 500-toman note buying a Nowruz goldfish; it won the 1995 Cannes Caméra d'Or.
There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary (1998) is a Farrelly brothers gross-out romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, and Matt Dillon; it grossed $369.9 million worldwide on a $22 million budget.
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.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar is a 1995 American comedy about three New York City drag queens on a cross-country road trip.
Tommy Boy
Tommy Boy is a 1995 American road comedy directed by Peter Segal and starring Chris Farley and David Spade as salesmen saving a family auto parts factory.
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.
Trojan War (film)
Trojan War (1997) is a George Huang teen romantic comedy starring Will Friedle, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Marley Shelton about a condom quest; a Warner Bros. release that grossed $309 on a $15 million budget.
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.
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.
Waiting to Exhale
Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 comedy-drama about four friends in Phoenix. It earned over $81 million and its soundtrack was a 7x Platinum success.
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.
While You Were Sleeping (film)
While You Were Sleeping, 1995 American romantic comedy directed by Jon Turteltaub, starring Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher; Chicago-set coma mistaken-identity story, $182 million worldwide.
White Valentine (화이트 발렌타인)
White Valentine (화이트 발렌타인) is a 1999 South Korean romance film directed by Yang Yun-ho, starring Park Shin-yang and Jun Ji-hyun in her debut, about a dove-carried letter correspondence between reunited childhood pen pals.
Wide Awake (1998 film)
Wide Awake is a 1998 American comedy-drama directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Joseph Cross as a boy searching for God after his grandfather's death.
Wish Upon a Star
Wish Upon a Star is a 1996 Disney Channel body-swap TV movie directed by Blair Treu, starring Katherine Heigl and Danielle Harris as sisters who trade bodies after wishing on a shooting star; distinct from a 1983 Disney Channel series of the same name.
You've Got Mail
You've Got Mail (1998) is a Nora Ephron romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as rival booksellers who fall in love anonymously by email; a Warner Bros. remake of The Shop Around the Corner, titled after AOL's greeting.