Comedy Movies

While Ace Ventura proved a star vehicle for Jim Carrey, it also aided the resurgence of Sean Young, who had been a major player in showbiz. Young made quite the lasting impression in the film, but if you're one of those struggling to place her face, here's why Einhorn looks so familiar.

Jim Carrey was joined in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" by beloved character actors, athletes, rappers and more. Here's what the eclectic cast is doing today.

These comedy movies are some of the funniest flicks around -- and they're all currently available to watch on Netflix.

Ready to return to a world of heists and illusions? Here's everything we know about "Now You See Me 3."

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is an incredibly satisfying movie, which means there's one problem when it's over ... no more Ferris Bueller. Fortunately, many of the film's characteristics can be found in plenty of other movies that have come around in its wake.

The beginning of the 21st century saw a rise in raunchy, raucous comedies, and that trend hit a peak in 2009 with The Hangover, which spawned two sequels.

Adam Sandler is now entering the fourth decade of his (at times intermittent) box office success. The movie that paved the way: Happy Gilmore, which earned Sandler a $2 million payday, grew his budding reputation as a bankable comedic star, and led directly to his first overall deal with Sony.

Even by the standards of a screwball comedy, there's some stuff in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation that doesn’t make sense. From Clark Griswold’s dubious decisions to the reasons why it’s actually a horror flick, here are the dumb things we've all been ignoring about Christmas Vacation.

Most triumphant! We're finally getting a threequel in the saga of Bill S. Preston, Esquire, and Ted "Theodore" Logan. While we can't travel into the future to watch Bill & Ted Face the Music right now, we've rounded up everything we know about their next (and assuredly, most excellent) adventure.

More than a decade after we last caught up with Dante and Randal (and with a false start along the way), Kevin Smith is ready to go back to the store — Clerks 3 is officially happening. Here's everything we know so far.

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Well, Ferris Bueller's Day Off moves pretty fast, too. Perhaps everyone has seen it so many times that they didn't stop and look around and realize that there are a lot of baffling events in the movie.

In the years since its release, the stars have kept working steadily, so here's a look at what the cast of Superbad is up to today.

Beetlejuice is a lot. It's a film that was never catering to young audiences at the outset, but which wiggled its way into their awareness like a pesky sandworm. If you loved Beetlejuice as a kid and haven't revisited it in a while, here are some things that might surprise you. It's showtime.

It took a long time for Space Jam 2 to get off the ground, and it's been in the works for the better part of the 2010s. Now it's finally on its way to theaters.

Since its low-profile release in 2001, Wet Hot American Summer has become a cult classic among a certain breed of comedy lovers

This Is Spinal Tap was an instant comedy classic, and helped pave the way for mockumentary filmmaking for years to come. It was also a star-packed ensemble piece featuring performers who were already stars, performers who were just becoming stars, and performers who were about to be stars.

Some romantic comedies, whether intentionally or not, end up playing on and even subverting audience expectations of the genre.

You can usually count on comedies to send the audience out smiling. However, every now and then, filmmakers will throw those same audiences a curveball.

We've traveled far and wide to scope out what the most historic cast of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is up to these days.

Ben Stiller was a prolific presence in theaters for years. Let's take a closer look at the real reasons you don't see him anymore.

What has life been like for Tina Majorino since she played the side ponytail-sporting Deb in Napoleon Dynamite? We're taking a look back at her earliest roles and everything she's been up to in the years after that indie comedy became a cult phenomenon.

Napoleon Dynamite took the world by storm. For what seemed like years, an entire generation couldn't stop making jokes about ligers, llamas, and sweet skills. But what's become of Jon Heder, the man who wore the iconic Vote for Pedro t-shirt? A lot, as it turns out.

Napoleon Dynamite is the kind of movie that rewards repeat viewings, thanks to very subtle jokes and hints, as well as odd details you just can't catch the first time because you're too busy looking at other odd details.

How well do you know the man who brought Pedro to life? It turns out that nowadays, he's living exactly the way he wants to: as an actor, author, motivational speaker, and off-road adventurer extraordinaire. Let's take a look at where his many skills have taken him.

Whatever happened to Martha MacIsaac? Read on to find out what she's been up to and see how she looks today.

Caddyshack is one of the most beloved comedies of all time. Its journey mirrored the drug-fueled shenanigans onscreen. Here's a behind the scenes look.

From his humble childhood to his tumultuous relationship history and his passion for political artwork, here's some things you might not know about Jim Carrey.