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The American Society of Magical Negroes
The American Society of Magical Negroes is a 2024 satirical comedy-fantasy film by Kobi Libii, starring Justice Smith as Aren, recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who ease white discomfort; released by Focus Features March 15, 2024, with mixed reviews.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (film)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024 film), directed by Dallas Jenkins, adapts Barbara Robinson's 1972 novel about the Herdman siblings hijacking a church Christmas pageant. Lionsgate release, $40M domestic, CinemaScore A, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Christmas Letter
The Christmas Letter is a 2024 American holiday comedy directed by Tori Hunter, starring Angus Benfield, Regina Schneider, and Christmas Vacation alumni Chevy Chase and Randy Quaid.
The Fabulous Four
The Fabulous Four is a 2024 American R-rated comedy directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, starring Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler, Megan Mullally, and Sheryl Lee Ralph as friends attending a Key West wedding; it grossed $3.5 million worldwide.
The Gutter (2024 film)
The Gutter (2024) is an American bowling comedy directed by brothers Yassir and Isaiah Lester, starring Shameik Moore, Susan Sarandon, and D'Arcy Carden; SXSW premiere, 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 59.
The Idea of You
The Idea of You (2024) is a Prime Video romantic comedy-drama directed by Michael Showalter, adapted from Robinne Lee's 2017 novel, starring Anne Hathaway as 40-year-old Solène and Nicholas Galitzine as 24-year-old boy band singer Hayes Campbell.
The Merry Gentlemen
The Merry Gentlemen is a 2024 Netflix Christmas romantic comedy directed by Peter Sullivan, starring Britt Robertson and Chad Michael Murray, about a Broadway dancer staging an all-male revue to save her parents' venue; released November 20, 2024, with weak reviews (RT 39%, Metacritic 34).
The Penguin Lessons
The Penguin Lessons: 2024 Peter Cattaneo comedy-drama starring Steve Coogan, adapted from Tom Michell's memoir about an English teacher in 1976 Argentina who rescues a penguin, Juan Salvador.
The Present (2024 film)
The Present (2024 film), also called Настоящее, is an American family comedy-fantasy directed by Christian Ditter, written by Jay Martel, starring Isla Fisher and Greg Kinnear, about a boy using a grandfather clock to rewind time 12 hours and stop his parents' separation.
The Roast of Tom Brady
The Roast of Tom Brady (GROAT) is Netflix's 2024 live comedy special from the Kia Forum, hosted by Kevin Hart, drawing 22.6 million viewers, its most-watched live broadcast.
The Second Act (film)
The Second Act (Le Deuxième Acte) is Quentin Dupieux's 2024 French meta-comedy starring Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel, and Raphaël Quenard; it opened the 2024 Cannes Film Festival out of competition on May 14, 2024.
The Tearsmith
The Tearsmith (Fabbricante di lacrime) is a 2024 Italian Netflix romantic drama directed by Alessandro Genovesi, adapted from Erin Doom's best-selling 2021 novel, starring Caterina Ferioli and Simone Baldasseroni as adopted orphans Nica and Rigel.
The Thundermans Return
The Thundermans Return is a 2024 Nickelodeon/Paramount+ reunion TV movie (premiered March 7, 2024) reviving the 2013-2018 sitcom The Thundermans, directed by Trevor Kirschner, with the family sent back to Hiddenville after losing their Metroburg crimefighting assignment.
The Trainer (film)
The Trainer (2024) is a Tony Kaye dark comedy starring Vito Schnabel as Jack Flex, a delusional LA fitness expert selling the Heavy Hat; premiered at Rome 2024, Tribeca 2025; distinct from the 2026 Harper thriller and other same-titled films.
The Uninvited (2024 film)
The Uninvited (2024 film), not to be confused with the Filipino Uninvited or the 2009 thriller, is Nadia Conners' SXSW-premiering comedy drama starring Elizabeth Reaser, Walton Goggins, Lois Smith, and Pedro Pascal, about a Hollywood Hills party upended by an elderly stranger.
Thelma (2024 film)
Thelma (2024) is Josh Margolin's action-comedy debut, also his grandmother's name, starring June Squibb, 94, in her first lead role as a scammed grandmother chasing $10,000 across Los Angeles with Richard Roundtree; Sundance premiere, Magnolia release June 21, 2024.
Thelma the Unicorn
Thelma the Unicorn is a 2024 Netflix animated musical comedy directed by Jared Hess and Lynn Wang, adapted from Aaron Blabey's 2015 picture book, voiced by Brittany Howard, released May 17, 2024, with a 60% Tomatometer and 10.7 million peak weekly views.
This Time Next Year (film)
This Time Next Year is a 2024 British romantic comedy film directed by Nick Moore, adapted by Sophie Cousens from her 2020 novel, starring Sophie Cookson and Lucien Laviscount as two Londoners born one minute apart; released digitally in the UK in June 2024 and on The Roku Channel in the US in February 2025.
Un/Happy for You
Un/Happy for You is a 2024 Filipino romantic drama directed by Petersen Vargas, starring exes Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto as Juancho and Zy. It opened August 23, 2024, grossed P200 million, and streams on Netflix.
Unfrosted
Unfrosted (2024) is Jerry Seinfeld's Netflix comedy directorial debut, a fictionalized account of Kellogg's and Post racing to invent the Pop-Tart in 1963 Michigan, starring Seinfeld, Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, and Hugh Grant; it earned mixed reviews (RT 39%, Metascore 42) and an Emmy nomination.
Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story
Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story is Jerry Seinfeld's 2024 Netflix directorial debut, a satirical comedy about the Kellogg's-versus-Post race to invent the Pop-Tart, starring McCarthy, Gaffigan, Schumer, and Grant; 39% on Rotten Tomatoes, Emmy-nominated.
Universal Language (زبان مادری) (2024 film)
Universal Language (زبان مادری; Une langue universelle) is Matthew Rankin's 2024 Canadian comedy-drama set in a Farsi-speaking Winnipeg-Tehran hybrid; it won the first Cannes Directors' Fortnight Audience Award and was Canada's 97th Academy Awards International Feature submission.
Upgraded
Upgraded is a 2024 American romantic comedy on Prime Video, directed by Carlson Young, starring Camila Mendes as intern Ana Santos, Archie Renaux, and Marisa Tomei; released February 9, 2024, rated R, 104 minutes, 76% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Vampire Zombies... from Space!
Vampire Zombies... from Space! (2024) is a Canadian black-and-white horror-comedy directed by Michael Stasko, written with Jakob Skrzypa and Alex Forman, spoofing 1950s B-movies as Dracula turns the town of Marlow into vampire zombies.
Viva La Vida (我们一起摇太阳，) (2024 film)
Viva La Vida (我们一起摇太阳) is a 2024 Chinese romantic drama directed by Han Yan, starring Peng Yuchang and Li Gengxi as chronically ill young people in a kidney-donation marriage pact; final chapter of his Life Trilogy, re-released after a poor Spring Festival opening.
Vulcanizadora
Vulcanizadora is a 2024 American indie film by Joel Potrykus, premiering at Tribeca, in which Potrykus and Joshua Burge reprise their Buzzard characters Marty and Derek on a disturbing pact in the Michigan woods; not the Mexican tire-shop term vulcanizadora.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is Aardman's 2024 stop-motion comedy, the duo's second feature, in which Feathers McGraw returns after The Wrong Trousers and hijacks Wallace's robotic gnome Norbot. Directed by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham, it streamed on BBC iPlayer and Netflix and won the 2025 BAFTA for Best Animated Film.
We Live in Time
We Live in Time is a 2024 romantic drama directed by John Crowley, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh as a London couple whose relationship is told out of order.
Which Brings Me to You
Which Brings Me to You: 2024 American romantic comedy-drama, also a 2006 Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott novel. Film directed by Peter Hutchings, written by Keith Bunin, stars Lucy Hale and Nat Wolff as wedding guests trading confessions over 24 hours.
Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp
Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp (2024) is a Netflix live-action/animated family comedy sequel to the 2017 Woody Woodpecker film, directed by Jon Rosenbaum, with Eric Bauza voicing Woody at Camp Woo Hoo.