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Norbit
Norbit (2007) is an American comedy directed by Brian Robbins, starring Eddie Murphy in three roles (Norbit, Rasputia, Mr. Wong) with Thandie Newton. Made for $60 million, it grossed $159 million but scored 9% on Rotten Tomatoes and won Murphy three Razzies.
Orz Boyz
Orz Boyz (囧男孩) is a 2008 Taiwanese children's coming-of-age film, the feature debut of director Yang Ya-che, about two schoolboy pranksters; it won Best Director at the 2008 Taipei Film Festival and helped mark the post-New Taiwan Cinema revival.
P.S. I Love You (film)
P.S. I Love You is a 2007 American-British romantic drama directed by Richard LaGravenese, starring Hilary Swank as a widow guided by letters from her late husband.
Pineapple Express (film)
Pineapple Express is a 2008 American stoner action-comedy directed by David Gordon Green, starring Seth Rogen and James Franco as a process server and his dealer on the run.
Role Models
Role Models (2008) is a David Wain comedy starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott as energy drink salesmen sentenced to 150 hours mentoring kids, released by Universal, grossing $67.3M in the US.
Run Fatboy Run
Run Fatboy Run is a 2007 British romantic comedy directed by David Schwimmer, starring Simon Pegg as a man who enters a London marathon to win back his former fiancée.
Scandal Makers (과속스캔들)
Scandal Makers (과속스캔들, Speedy Scandal) is a 2008 South Korean comedy-drama, Kang Hyoung-chul's directorial debut, starring Cha Tae-hyun, Park Bo-young, and Wang Seok-hyeon; it sold over 8.2 million tickets, becoming Korea's top comedy hit until 2013.
Secret (不能说的·秘密) (2007 film)
Secret (不能說的·祕密) is Jay Chou's 2007 Taiwanese-Hong Kong directorial debut, a piano romance with a time-travel twist starring Chou, Gwei Lun-mei, and Anthony Wong; it won Golden Horse awards and spawned Japanese, Korean, and musical adaptations.
Sex Drive (film)
Sex Drive is a 2008 American teen sex comedy directed by Sean Anders, about a teenager who drives cross-country to meet a woman he met online.
Simply Actors
Simply Actors (戲王之王, Hei wong ji wong) is a 2007 Hong Kong Cantonese comedy directed by Chan Hing-Ka and Patrick Leung, starring Jim Chim as a cop sent to acting school, with Charlene Choi, who won a Golden Bauhinia Best Actress award for the film.
Sky of Love
Sky of Love (恋空, Koizora) is a 2007 Japanese romantic drama directed by Natsuki Imai, adapted from Mika's mobile novel; starring Yui Aragaki and Haruma Miura, it earned about 3.9 billion yen and 6th place in the 2007 domestic box office.
Somers Town
Somers Town is a 2008 British black-and-white comedy-drama by Shane Meadows, written by Paul Fraser, starring Thomas Turgoose and Piotr Jagiello as runaway Tomo and Polish immigrant Marek in London; Eurostar-funded, it won the Edinburgh Michael Powell Award.
Son of Rambow
Son of Rambow: 2007 British comedy by Garth Jennings (Hammer & Tongs) about two 1980s schoolboys making a camcorder sequel to First Blood; Sundance 2007, sold to Paramount Vantage for a reported $8 million, starring Bill Milner and Will Poulter.
Speedy Scandal (과속스캔들)
Speedy Scandal (과속스캔들, Scandal Makers) is a 2008 South Korean family comedy, Kang Hyeong-cheol's directorial debut, starring Cha Tae-hyun, Park Bo-young, and Wang Seok-hyeon; it drew 8,245,523 admissions, topping the 2008 Korean box office.
Step Brothers (film)
Step Brothers is a 2008 American comedy directed by Adam McKay, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as middle-aged men forced to live together.
Strange Wilderness
Strange Wilderness is a 2008 American stoner comedy directed by Fred Wolf. It stars Steve Zahn and Allen Covert as a crew searching for Bigfoot in South America.
Sunshine Cleaning
Sunshine Cleaning is a 2008 American comedy-drama directed by Christine Jeffs, starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt as sisters who start a crime-scene cleanup business in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Swing Vote (2008 film)
Swing Vote (2008 film) is a Touchstone/Disney political comedy-drama directed by Joshua Michael Stern, starring Kevin Costner as Bud Johnson, a New Mexico man whose single vote decides a tied presidential election; released August 1, 2008, 120 minutes, $16.3M US gross.
Sydney White
Sydney White is a 2007 American teen comedy directed by Joe Nussbaum, starring Amanda Bynes as a freshman who retells Snow White with seven outcasts in college Greek life.
The Accidental Husband
The Accidental Husband is a 2008 romantic comedy directed by Griffin Dunne, starring Uma Thurman, Colin Firth, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, about a radio love guru accidentally married via a forged license; it grossed $22.7 million internationally and skipped US theaters.
The Band's Visit (زيارة الفرقة الموسيقية) (2007 film)
The Band's Visit (ביקור התזמורת; زيارة الفرقة الموسيقية) is Eran Kolirin's 2007 Israeli-French comedy-drama about an Egyptian police orchestra stranded overnight in Bet Hatikva; Cannes Coup de Coeur winner, seven Ophir Prizes, disqualified from the Oscars for English dialogue, later a Tony-winning musical.
The Brothers Bloom
The Brothers Bloom (Bratři Bloomovi) is Rian Johnson's 2008 con-artist comedy-drama starring Mark Ruffalo, Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz, and Rinko Kikuchi; released 2009 by Summit, it grossed $3.5 million in the US.
The Bucket List
The Bucket List is a 2007 American comedy-drama directed by Rob Reiner, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as two terminally ill men completing a list before they die.
The Clique (film)
The Clique (2008) is an American teen comedy-drama, also known as a direct-to-DVD film, directed by Michael Lembeck and adapted from Lisi Harrison's novel. It stars Elizabeth McLaughlin and Ellen Marlow as rival middle schoolers, runs 87 minutes, and is rated PG.
The Comebacks
The Comebacks is a 2007 American sports parody comedy directed by Tom Brady, starring David Koechner as a losing coach seeking redemption with a team of misfits.
The Darjeeling Limited
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) is Wes Anderson's comedy-drama, co-written with Jason Schwartzman and Roman Coppola, about three estranged brothers (Wilson, Brody, Schwartzman) on a train journey across India after their father's death, released by Fox Searchlight.
The Game Plan (film)
The Game Plan is a 2007 American family sports comedy directed by Andy Fickman, starring Dwayne Johnson as a quarterback who learns he has a young daughter.
The Heartbreak Kid (2007 film)
The Heartbreak Kid is a 2007 American romantic comedy directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Ben Stiller as a newlywed on a disastrous Mexican honeymoon.
The House Bunny
The House Bunny is a 2008 American comedy directed by Fred Wolf, in which Anna Faris plays an evicted Playboy Bunny who becomes house mother to a struggling college sorority.
The Love Guru
The Love Guru is a 2008 American comedy film starring Mike Myers as Guru Pitka, a self-help guru hired to mend a hockey star's marriage, directed by Marco Schnabel.