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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.
Right Now, Wrong Then (지금은맞고그때는틀리다)
Right Now, Wrong Then (지금은맞고그때는틀리다) is Hong Sang-soo's 2015 two-part drama, his 17th feature, starring Jung Jae-young and Kim Min-hee; it won the 2015 Locarno Golden Leopard and began Hong's collaboration with Kim Min-hee.
Rock the Kasbah (film)
Rock the Kasbah is a 2015 American comedy directed by Barry Levinson, written by Mitch Glazer, starring Bill Murray as a music manager who discovers an Afghan singer for Afghan Star; released by Open Road Films, it grossed $3.0M and holds 7% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Rules Don't Apply
Rules Don't Apply is a 2016 American romantic comedy-drama written, directed, and produced by Warren Beatty, who stars as Howard Hughes opposite Lily Collins and Alden Ehrenreich.
Sisters (2015 film)
Sisters is a 2015 American comedy film starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as adult sisters who throw one last party in their childhood home.
Sleeping with Other People
Sleeping with Other People (2015) is a romantic comedy by Leslye Headland starring Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie as serial cheaters who reunite at a sex-addicts meeting and pact to stay platonic; Sundance premiere, IFC Films release.
Special Correspondents
Special Correspondents is a 2016 Netflix comedy written and directed by Ricky Gervais, starring Eric Bana, a remake of Envoyés très spéciaux about radio journalists faking Ecuador war reports from Queens; released April 29, 2016, poorly reviewed.
Superfast!
Superfast! is a 2015 American parody comedy spoofing the Fast and the Furious franchise, written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, starring Alex Ashbaugh and Dale Pavinski, budgeted at $20 million and grossing about $2 million.
Swiss Army Man
Swiss Army Man (2016), the Daniels' feature debut, is a surrealist comedy-drama starring Paul Dano as a castaway and Daniel Radcliffe as a flatulent talking corpse; Sundance Directing Award winner distributed by A24.
Tallulah (film)
Tallulah is a 2016 Netflix original drama, Sian Heder's feature debut expanded from her short film Mother, starring Elliot Page, Allison Janney, and Tammy Blanchard; a vagabond kidnaps a neglected baby and passes it off as her own, premiering at Sundance 2016.
Tangerine (film)
Tangerine (2015) is Sean Baker's independent comedy-drama about two transgender sex workers in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve, notable as a Sundance premiere shot entirely on three iPhone 5s phones for about $100,000, starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor.
The Age of Adaline
The Age of Adaline is a 2015 American romantic fantasy drama directed by Lee Toland Krieger and starring Blake Lively as a woman who stops aging.
The Boss (2016 film)
The Boss (2016) is an American comedy directed by Ben Falcone, starring Melissa McCarthy as disgraced tycoon Michelle Darnell, who rebuilds a brownie business after prison; also called a Groundlings character film, it grossed $78.7 million worldwide and scored 21% on Rotten Tomatoes.