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A Castle for Christmas
A Castle for Christmas is a 2021 Netflix holiday romantic comedy directed by Mary Lambert, starring Brooke Shields as author Sophie Brown and Cary Elwes as Duke Myles, filmed in Scotland at Dalmeny House and released November 26, 2021.
A Man Called Otto
A Man Called Otto is a 2022 American comedy-drama directed by Marc Forster and starring Tom Hanks as a grieving widower befriended by the young family next door.
America: The Motion Picture
America: The Motion Picture is a 2021 Netflix R-rated adult animated comedy, directed by Matt Thompson and written by Dave Callaham, in which a chainsaw-wielding George Washington avenges werewolf Benedict Arnold's murder of Abraham Lincoln during a revisionist American Revolution.
B-Boy Blues
B-Boy Blues (2021 film, also called B-Boy Blues movie) is Jussie Smollett's directorial debut, adapting James Earl Hardy's 1994 novel about Brooklyn journalist Mitchell Crawford and Harlem bike messenger Raheim Rivers; released on BET+ June 9, 2022.
Bad Trip (film)
Bad Trip (2021) is a Netflix hidden-camera prank comedy directed by Kitao Sakurai, starring Eric André, Lil Rel Howery, and Tiffany Haddish in a scripted road-trip story with real pranks; it premiered March 26, 2021 after COVID-19 delays.
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar) is a 2021 American comedy directed by Josh Greenbaum, written by and starring Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo of Bridesmaids, with Jamie Dornan; released on PVOD February 12, 2021, it holds 81% on Rotten Tomatoes and became a pandemic cult favorite.
Blithe Spirit (2020 film)
Blithe Spirit (2020 film), Edward Hall's feature debut, adapts Noël Coward's 1941 play with Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, and Judi Dench; released on Sky Cinema in 2021, it earned 28% on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metascore of 26.
Breaking News in Yuba County
Breaking News in Yuba County (2021) is a Tate Taylor dark comedy, written by Amanda Idoko, starring Allison Janney as Sue Buttons, who buries her dead husband and milks his disappearance for fame; released February 12, 2021 by the relaunched American International Pictures.
Bros (film)
Bros is a 2022 American romantic comedy produced by Judd Apatow. It features an all-LGBTQ+ principal cast starring Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane.
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Cha Cha Real Smooth is a 2022 American comedy-drama written, directed by, and starring Cooper Raiff, with Dakota Johnson, about a 22-year-old bar mitzvah party-starter; it won the Sundance 2022 US Dramatic audience award and sold to Apple for a reported $15 million.
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (film)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022 Disney+ film), a hybrid live-action/CG action-comedy directed by Akiva Schaffer, starring John Mulaney and Andy Samberg as retired chipmunk actors; won the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie.
CODA (2021 film)
CODA (2021) is Siân Heder's Apple TV+ comedy-drama, a remake of La Famille Bélier, about a hearing teen in a deaf Gloucester fishing family. It won Sundance's Grand Jury Prize and three Oscars including Best Picture, with Troy Kotsur the first deaf man to win an acting Oscar.
Delicious (2021 film)
Delicious (Délicieux, 2021) is a French-Belgian historical comedy-drama by Éric Besnard starring Grégory Gadebois and Isabelle Carré, about a dismissed 1789 chef who opens France's first restaurant.
Do Revenge
Do Revenge is a 2022 Netflix teen dark comedy directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, starring Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke as girls who swap revenge targets, loosely adapting Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train with 1990s teen-movie homages.
Dog (2022 film)
Dog is a 2022 American road comedy-drama in which Army Ranger Jackson Briggs, played by Channing Tatum, drives a troubled military dog named Lulu down the Pacific Coast to a funeral.
Easter Sunday (film)
Easter Sunday is a 2022 Universal comedy directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, starring Jo Koy as comedian Joe Valencia at a family Easter gathering; the first major Hollywood studio film centered on Filipino Americans, grossing $13 million.
Even If This Love Disappears From the World Tonight (2022 film)
Japanese 2022 romance film, 今夜、世界からこの恋が消えても, Sekakoi, directed by Takahiro Miki from Misaki Ichijo's novel, starring Shunsuke Michieda and Riko Fukumoto; a girl's anterograde amnesia drives the love story, grossing 1.53 billion yen.
Falling for Christmas
Falling for Christmas (2022) is a Netflix holiday rom-com directed by Janeen Damian, starring Lindsay Lohan as an amnesiac heiress and Chord Overstreet as a lodge owner; 62% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 40, filmed in Utah.
Finding You (film)
Finding You is a 2021 American romantic drama directed by Brian Baugh, starring Rose Reid as an American violinist who falls for a movie star in Ireland.
Fire Island (film)
Fire Island (2022) is a Hulu romantic comedy directed by Andrew Ahn, written by and starring Joel Kim Booster with Bowen Yang, adapting Pride and Prejudice as a gay vacation story at Fire Island Pines; Searchlight Pictures, 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, 2023 GLAAD Media Award winner.
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a 2022 British comedy-drama directed by Sophie Hyde, written by Katy Brand, starring Emma Thompson as widow Nancy Stokes and Daryl McCormack as sex worker Leo Grande; Sundance premiere, four BAFTA nominations, Metascore 78.
Good on Paper
Good on Paper is a 2021 Netflix romantic comedy directed by Kimmy Gatewood, written by and starring Iliza Shlesinger, based on her real dating experience with a lying boyfriend; Metascore 54, 53% on Rotten Tomatoes.
He's All That
He's All That is a 2021 Netflix teen rom-com, a gender-swapped remake of She's All That (1999), directed by Mark Waters, starring Addison Rae as influencer Padgett Sawyer and Tanner Buchanan as Cameron Kweller, released August 27, 2021.
Hi, Mom (你好，李焕英) (2021 film)
Hi, Mom (你好，李焕英), also known as Hi, Mom 2021, is a Chinese comedy-drama directed by and starring Jia Ling, adapted from her 2016 sketch; it grossed 5.413 billion yuan, about US$822 million worldwide, making her China's top-grossing female director, with Sony acquiring English remake rights in 2023.
How It Ends (2021 film)
How It Ends (2021) is an apocalyptic comedy-drama by Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones, premiered at Sundance January 29, 2021, starring Lister-Jones and Cailee Spaeny, shot during 2020 quarantine in Los Angeles.
Hundreds of Beavers
Hundreds of Beavers (2022) is a wordless black-and-white American slapstick comedy directed by Mike Cheslik, starring Ryland Brickson Cole Tews as trapper Jean Kayak fighting costumed beavers; made for $150,000 and self-distributed.
I Want You Back (film)
I Want You Back is a 2022 Amazon Prime Video romantic comedy directed by Jason Orley, written by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, starring Charlie Day and Jenny Slate as dumped strangers scheming to sabotage their exes' new relationships; 87% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Jerry & Marge Go Large is a 2022 Paramount+ comedy-drama directed by David Frankel, starring Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening as the real Selbees, who legally won millions exploiting a Winfall lottery rolldown loophole.
Licorice Pizza
Licorice Pizza (2021) is Paul Thomas Anderson's coming-of-age comedy-drama set in 1973 in the San Fernando Valley, starring Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman as Alana Kane and Gary Valentine; named for a defunct SoCal record store chain.
Look Both Ways (2022 film)
Look Both Ways (2022) is a Netflix romantic comedy-drama directed by Wanuri Kahiu, written by April Prosser, starring Lili Reinhart as Natalie, whose life splits into two timelines after a pregnancy test, echoing Sliding Doors.