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Lottery Ticket (2010 film)
Lottery Ticket (2010 film) is an American comedy directed by Erik White. It stars Bow Wow as a man who wins $370 million, facing schemes from his community.
Love & Other Drugs
Love & Other Drugs is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama directed by Edward Zwick, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway, based on Jamie Reidy's memoir of 1990s pharmaceutical sales.
Love in a Puff (志明与春娇)
Love in a Puff (志明与春娇) is Pang Ho-cheung's 2010 Hong Kong romantic comedy starring Miriam Yeung and Shawn Yue, about smokers who meet in back alleys after the 2007 indoor smoking ban; Category III rated, HK$6.32 million gross, 2011 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay, first of a three-film series.
Made in Dagenham
Made in Dagenham is a 2010 British comedy-drama by Nigel Cole starring Sally Hawkins, dramatizing the 1968 Ford Dagenham sewing machinists strike (187 women, Barbara Castle, Equal Pay Act 1970); originally titled We Want Sex, later a West End musical.
Männersache
Männersache, also titled Man's Business, is a 2009 German comedy film, the first theatrical feature of comedian Mario Barth, released in German cinemas in March 2009.
Micmacs
Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) is Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 2009 French comedy starring Dany Boon as Bazil, a man with a bullet in his brain who joins junkyard outcasts to destroy two arms manufacturers; released October 28, 2009, grossing about $17 million worldwide.
Miss March
Miss March is a 2009 American teen sex comedy written, directed by, and starring Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore of The Whitest Kids U' Know, about a coma patient whose girlfriend becomes a Playboy centerfold; it grossed $4.5 million and was critically panned.
Morning Glory (2010 film)
Morning Glory is a 2010 American comedy directed by Roger Michell, in which producer Rachel McAdams tries to save a failing morning show whose feuding co-anchors are Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton.
Norwegian Wood (film)
Norwegian Wood (ノルウェイの森) is Tran Anh Hung's 2010 film adaptation of Haruki Murakami's 1987 novel, starring Kenichi Matsuyama and Rinko Kikuchi, with music by Jonny Greenwood, released by Toho on December 11, 2010 after four years of rights negotiation.
Observe and Report
Observe and Report: 2009 American black comedy written and directed by Jody Hill, starring Seth Rogen as delusional mall security head Ronnie Barnhardt chasing a flasher; Warner Bros. release, $27 million worldwide gross, 51% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Old Dogs (film)
Old Dogs is a 2009 American family comedy directed by Walt Becker, starring John Travolta and Robin Williams as business partners caring for twin children.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Paul Blart: Mall Cop is a 2009 American comedy starring Kevin James as a mall security guard who must rescue hostages when thieves seize his New Jersey mall.
Pinoy Sunday
Pinoy Sunday (台北星期天) is a 2009 comedy-drama, Ho Wi Ding's first feature, about Filipino migrant workers Manuel and Dado carrying a discarded red sofa across Taipei. It won the 47th Golden Horse Best New Director award and opened the 12th Cinemanila festival.
Potiche
Potiche (2010) is a French-Belgian comedy by François Ozon, adapted from Barillet and Grédy's 1980 play, starring Catherine Deneuve as a 1977 trophy wife who takes over her husband's umbrella factory during a strike; Venice competition film released 10 November 2010.
Ramona and Beezus
Ramona and Beezus is a 2010 G-rated family comedy directed by Elizabeth Allen, starring Joey King and Selena Gomez, adapted from Beverly Cleary's Ramona Quimby novels and released by 20th Century Fox on July 23, 2010.
She's Out of My League
She's Out of My League is a 2010 American romantic comedy directed by Jim Field Smith, starring Jay Baruchel as an insecure airport security agent who dates Alice Eve's successful Molly.
Sophie's Revenge (非常完美)
Sophie's Revenge (非常完美) is a 2009 Chinese-Korean romantic comedy, Eva Jin's directorial debut, produced by and starring Zhang Ziyi with Fan Bingbing and So Ji-sub; it earned about 100 million RMB and launched China's chick-flick genre.
Soul Kitchen
Soul Kitchen is Fatih Akin's 2009 German comedy about Hamburg restaurateur Zinos Kazantsakis, starring Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, and Birol Ünel; it won the Special Jury Prize at Venice 2009.
Spread (film)
Spread is a 2009 American comedy-drama-romance directed by David Mackenzie, starring Ashton Kutcher as LA hustler Nikki, with Anne Heche and Margarita Levieva; it premiered at Sundance, grossed $12 million worldwide, and scored 22% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Taipei Exchanges
Taipei Exchanges (第36個故事) is a 2010 Taiwanese drama by Hsiao Ya-chuan, executive produced by Hou Hsiao-hsien, in which sisters Gwei Lun-mei and Zaizai Lin run a Taipei café whose barter-only exchange system trades objects for stories; the first government-funded Taipei city-marketing film.
Taking Woodstock
Taking Woodstock (2009) is Ang Lee's comedy-drama, written by James Schamus from Elliot Tiber's memoir, about the motel owner who helped bring the 1969 Woodstock festival to Bethel, New York; it grossed about $10 million worldwide.
The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It
The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It is a 2010 direct-to-video parody comedy directed by Craig Moss that spoofs Judd Apatow films including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Superbad.
The Back-up Plan
The Back-up Plan is a 2010 American romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez as a single New Yorker who conceives twins, then meets her dream man the same day.
The Bounty Hunter (2010 film)
The Bounty Hunter is a 2010 American romantic action comedy directed by Andy Tennant, starring Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston as a bounty hunter and his bail-jumping ex-wife.
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Neal Brennan, starring Jeremy Piven as a mercenary used-car salesman saving a failing dealership.
The Infidel
The Infidel is a 2010 British comedy directed by Josh Appignanesi, written by David Baddiel, starring Omid Djalili as Mahmud Nasir, a London Muslim who learns he was adopted and born Jewish, named Solly Shimshillewitz.
The Invention of Lying
The Invention of Lying, formerly This Side of the Truth, is a 2009 satirical comedy film co-directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson, starring Gervais and Jennifer Garner.
The Joneses
The Joneses is a 2010 comedy-drama, Derrick Borte's debut feature, starring David Duchovny and Demi Moore as fake family members hired as stealth marketers to sell a lifestyle to suburban neighbors; released by Roadside Attractions, grossing $1.5 million.
The Kids Are All Right (film)
The Kids Are All Right is a 2010 comedy-drama by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg about two teens of a lesbian couple contacting their sperm donor father, starring Bening, Moore, and Ruffalo; Golden Globe winner with four Oscar nominations.
The Men Who Stare at Goats (film)
The Men Who Stare at Goats is a 2009 Grant Heslov comedy starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, and Kevin Spacey, adapted from Jon Ronson's 2004 nonfiction book about a secret US Army psychic-soldiers unit, released November 6, 2009, grossing $32.4 million.