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Comedies of 2015 to 2016: K to Z

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A Royal Night Out

A Royal Night Out is a 2015 British comedy-drama directed by Julian Jarrold, imagining Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret slipping out of Buckingham Palace on V-E Day, 8 May 1945.

Keanu (film)

Keanu is a 2016 American action comedy directed by Peter Atencio, in which Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele play cousins who pose as drug dealers to rescue a kidnapped kitten.

Keeping Up with the Joneses (film)

Keeping Up with the Joneses is a 2016 American action comedy directed by Greg Mottola, starring Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm, and Gal Gadot.

Look Who's Back (film)

Look Who's Back (Er ist wieder da) is a 2015 German satirical comedy directed by David Wnendt, adapting Timur Vermes' bestseller; Oliver Masucci plays Hitler reborn in modern Berlin as a TV comedian.

Love the Coopers

Love the Coopers, also known as Christmas With the Coopers, is a 2015 American Christmas comedy-drama directed by Jessie Nelson, starring Diane Keaton, John Goodman, and Olivia Wilde.

Maggie's Plan

Maggie's Plan is a 2015 American comedy-drama written for the screen, produced, and directed by Rebecca Miller, starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, and Julianne Moore, released in 2016.

Magic Mike XXL

Magic Mike XXL, also known as Magic Mike 2, is a 2015 American comedy-drama in which Channing Tatum's retired stripper Mike rejoins the Kings of Tampa for a final show.

Man Up (film)

Man Up is a 2015 British romantic comedy directed by Ben Palmer, written by Tess Morris, starring Simon Pegg and Lake Bell. Nancy is mistaken for Jack's blind date at Waterloo Station; premiered at Tribeca 2015, released by StudioCanal.

Mascots (2016 film)

Mascots (2016) is a Netflix original mockumentary comedy directed by Christopher Guest, co-written with Jim Piddock, following sports mascots competing for the Gold Fluffy at the World Mascot Association Championships; released October 13, 2016.

Me Before You (film)

Me Before You is a 2016 romantic drama directed by Thea Sharrock, adapted by Jojo Moyes from her 2012 novel, starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin; it grossed $208 million and drew disability-rights protests over its assisted-suicide storyline.

Mi Gran Noche

Mi gran noche (My Big Night) is a 2015 Spanish comedy by Álex de la Iglesia starring Raphael as singer Alphonso, about extras filming a fake New Year's Eve TV special in August; 4 Goya nominations, 473,660 Spanish admissions.

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (film)

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life is a 2016 American family comedy directed by Steve Carr, adapted from James Patterson's novel, starring Griffin Gluck.

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is a 2016 American R-rated comedy directed by Jake Szymanski, in which partying brothers seek respectable wedding dates via a viral Craigslist ad.

Mississippi Grind

Mississippi Grind (2015) is an A24 road drama written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, starring Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan Reynolds as gamblers traveling the Mississippi to a New Orleans poker game; 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Mistress America

Mistress America is a 2015 American comedy film directed by Noah Baumbach and co-written with Greta Gerwig, who stars with Lola Kirke as two young women in New York.

Monster Trucks (film)

Monster Trucks is a 2017 American live-action and computer-animated family adventure film directed by Chris Wedge, about a teenage mechanic whose pickup is powered by a subterranean creature.

Moonwalkers (film)

Moonwalkers is a 2015 French-Belgian action-comedy by Antoine Bardou-Jacquet, written by Dean Craig, starring Ron Perlman and Rupert Grint as a CIA agent and rock manager staging a fake Apollo 11 moon landing after failing to hire Stanley Kubrick; SXSW premiere, 42% Tomatometer.

Mother's Day (2016 film)

Mother's Day is a 2016 American ensemble romantic comedy directed by Garry Marshall, starring Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, and Jason Sudeikis, released April 29, 2016.

Mr. Right (2015 film)

Mr. Right (2015) is the shared title of two American films: a Paco Cabezas action comedy written by Max Landis starring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick as a woman who falls for a hitman, and a Roger Melvin romantic comedy starring Columbus Short and Erica Tazel about a dating service.

Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List

Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List: 2007 YA novel by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan about a straight girl and her gay best friend whose pact fails when Ely kisses Naomi's boyfriend, plus its 2015 film adaptation with Victoria Justice and Pierson Fodé, premiered at Outfest.

Never Gone (film)

Never Gone (致青春·原来你还在这里), also released as So Young 2: Never Gone, is a 2016 Chinese romance film directed by Zhou Tuoru, adapted from Xin Yiwu's novel, starring Kris Wu and Liu Yifei; it earned about RMB337 million and spawned a 2018 TV series.

Nine Lives (2016 film)

Nine Lives is a 2016 American comedy-fantasy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Kevin Spacey as a billionaire trapped in the body of his daughter's new cat.

Oddball (film)

Oddball is a 2015 Australian family comedy directed by Stuart McDonald, starring Shane Jacobson, based on the true Middle Island Maremma Project in which a dog guarded Warrnambool's penguins from foxes; it earned $11 million.

Office Christmas Party

Office Christmas Party is a 2016 Paramount R-rated comedy directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, T.J. Miller, Olivia Munn, and Kate McKinnon, about employees throwing a wild party to save their jobs.

Ordinary World (film)

Ordinary World is a 2016 American comedy-drama, also titled Geezer at Tribeca, directed by Lee Kirk and starring Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong as former punk rocker Perry; released October 14, 2016, 53% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Other People (film)

Other People is a 2016 American comedy-drama, Chris Kelly's feature debut, starring Jesse Plemons and Molly Shannon. Autobiographical story of a gay writer caring for his dying mother in Sacramento; Sundance 2016 premiere, Spirit Award winner.

Our Times (我的少女时代)

Our Times (我的少女時代) is a 2015 Taiwanese romantic comedy directed by Chen Yushan, in which two 1990s high schoolers help each other pursue their crushes and fall in love; it became 2015's highest-grossing Taiwanese film.

Paper Towns (film)

Paper Towns (2015), Jake Schreier's adaptation of John Green's 2008 novel, stars Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne; screenplay by Neustadter and Weber, $31.9M US gross, PG-13, 109 minutes.

Quo vado?

Quo vado? ("Where am I going?") is a 2016 Italian satirical comedy by Gennaro Nunziante starring Checco Zalone as a civil servant fighting to keep his lifetime job; it broke Italian box office records, beating Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Range 15

Range 15, a 2016 American zombie comedy, was directed by Ross Patterson and stars William Shatner and Sean Astin, featuring a cast composed mostly of military veterans.