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Comedies of 2003 to 2004: 1 to L

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First Daughter (2004 film)

First Daughter is a 2004 American romantic comedy directed by Forest Whitaker, starring Katie Holmes as the president's daughter who falls for an undercover Secret Service agent at college.

Garden State (film)

Garden State (2004) is Zach Braff's comedy-drama directorial debut, starring Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm, and Peter Sarsgaard. A $2.5 million Sundance film that grossed $35.8 million, it is known for its platinum, Grammy-winning soundtrack and for Portman's Sam, a defining Manic Pixie Dream Girl example.

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (不散)

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (不散, Bu san) is Tsai Ming-liang's 2003 Taiwanese slow-cinema feature, set in Taipei's closing Fu-Ho theater during a final screening of King Hu's Dragon Inn (1967), with Lee Kang-sheng and Chen Shiang-chyi; Venice FIPRESCI winner.

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) is a Danny Leiner stoner comedy starring John Cho and Kal Penn as two Asian American friends on a late-night New Jersey burger quest; it grossed $18.2M, scored 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, and spawned a franchise.

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a 2003 American romantic comedy directed by Donald Petrie and distributed by Paramount Pictures, starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey.

I Heart Huckabees

I Heart Huckabees (I ♥ Huckabees) is a 2004 existential comedy directed by David O. Russell, written with Jeff Baena, starring Jason Schwartzman, Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, Jude Law, and Mark Wahlberg; grossed $12.8M, 63% on Rotten Tomatoes.

In Good Company (2004 film)

In Good Company (2004) is a Paul Weitz comedy-drama starring Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, and Scarlett Johansson: a 51-year-old ad executive works for a 26-year-old boss dating his daughter.

Intolerable Cruelty

Intolerable Cruelty is a 2003 screwball romantic comedy directed by Joel Coen, starring George Clooney as divorce lawyer Miles Massey and Catherine Zeta-Jones as gold digger Marylin Rexroth; it grossed about $120 million worldwide.

Jersey Girl (2004 film)

Jersey Girl is a 2004 American comedy-drama-romance written and directed by Kevin Smith, starring Ben Affleck as a widowed Manhattan publicist raising his daughter in New Jersey.

Johnson Family Vacation

Johnson Family Vacation is a 2004 American road comedy directed by Christopher Erskin, in which Cedric the Entertainer takes his family to a reunion in Missouri.

Just Married

Just Married is a 2003 American romantic comedy directed by Shawn Levy, starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy as newlyweds on a disastrous Italian honeymoon.

Kamikaze Girls (下妻物語)

Kamikaze Girls (下妻物語, Shimotsuma Monogatari) is Tetsuya Nakashima's 2004 Japanese comedy, adapted from Nobara Takemoto's novel, starring Kyoko Fukada and Anna Tsuchiya as a Lolita-fashion teen and biker girl in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki; Yokohama Film Festival Best Picture.

Kebab Connection

Kebab Connection: 2004 German culture-clash comedy directed by Anno Saul, written with Fatih Akin, about Ibo, a Hamburg Turk dreaming of the first German kung-fu film; released 21 April 2005, distinct from kebab restaurants of the same name.

Laws of Attraction

Laws of Attraction is a 2004 romantic comedy directed by Peter Howitt, starring Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore as rival New York divorce lawyers who marry in Ireland; New Line release grossing $30 million worldwide.

Lisbela and the Prisoner

Lisbela and the Prisoner (Lisbela e o Prisioneiro) is a 2003 Brazilian romantic comedy directed by Guel Arraes, adapted from Osman Lins's play and starring Selton Mello and Débora Falabella.

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Looney Tunes: Back in Action is Joe Dante's 2003 Warner Bros. live-action/animated comedy, the anti-Space Jam: Daffy Duck and Brendan Fraser hunt the Blue Monkey Diamond. Flopped at the box office after a troubled production, later reappraised.

Lost in Translation (film)

Lost in Translation is Sofia Coppola's 2003 comedy-drama starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson as two Americans bonding in a Tokyo hotel. It won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and grossed $44.6 million in the US.

Love Actually

Love Actually (2003) is Richard Curtis's directorial debut, a Working Title/Universal ensemble romantic comedy of ten interlocking London love stories culminating at Christmas. It grossed $252.6 million worldwide, scored 55 on Metacritic, and was voted Britain's favourite Christmas film in 2016.

Love Don't Cost a Thing (film)

Love Don't Cost a Thing is a 2003 American teen romantic comedy directed by Troy Beyer, starring Nick Cannon and Christina Milian, released by Warner Bros.

The Cat in the Hat (film)

The Cat in the Hat (film) covers two adaptations of Dr. Seuss's 1957 book: the 2003 live-action Mike Myers comedy directed by Bo Welch, a critical failure that ended live-action Seuss films, and Warner Bros.' 2026 animated feature with Bill Hader.

The Girl Next Door (2004 film)

The Girl Next Door is a 2004 American romantic comedy directed by Luke Greenfield, starring Emile Hirsch as a high school senior who falls for former adult film actress Elisha Cuthbert.

The Karate Dog

The Karate Dog (2004/2005), also listed as Karate Dog, is a Bob Clark TV comedy in which Chevy Chase voices Cho Cho, a talking karate dog helping LAPD detective Peter Fowler (Simon Rex) solve a murder.

The Ladykillers (2004 film)

The Ladykillers (2004) is the Coen brothers' remake of the 1955 Ealing comedy, starring Tom Hanks as Professor G.H. Dorr, whose gang tunnels from Marva Munson's cellar to rob a Mississippi casino; released March 26, 2004, grossing $76.7 million.

The Last Supper (최후의 만찬) (2002 film)

The Last Supper (최후의 만찬, Come Tomorrow) is a 2003 South Korean comedy-drama, Son Young-kuk's debut film, starring Kim Bo-sung, Lee Jong-won, and Cho Yoon-hee as three desperate strangers; some databases date it 2002.