Best Comedy movies that are award winners or nominees

My Big Fat Greek Wedding(2002)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.



Bee Movie(2007)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Barry B. Benson, a bee just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue them.



There's Something About Mary(1998)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.



The Square(2017)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.



Hope Springs(2012)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 74

After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.



Love & Other Drugs(2010)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A young woman suffering from Parkinson's befriends a drug rep working for Pfizer in 1990s Pittsburgh.



Junebug(2005)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A dealer in "outsider" art travels from Chicago to North Carolina to meet her new in-laws, challenging the equilibrium of this middle class Southern home.



The Book of Life(2014)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart, embarks on an adventure that spans three fantastic worlds where he must face his greatest fears.



The Player(1992)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?



As Good as It Gets(1997)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.



The Croods(2013)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 67

After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy.



Transamerica(2005)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A preoperative transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.



Shark Tale(2004)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 66

When a son of a gangster shark boss is accidentally killed while on the hunt, his would-be prey and his vegetarian brother both decide to use the incident to their own advantage.



Bandits(2001)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.



In Her Shoes(2005)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Strait-laced Rose breaks off relations with her party girl sister, Maggie, over an indiscretion involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella, the grandmother neither sister knew existed.



Love and Monsters(2020)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Seven years after he survived the monster apocalypse, lovably hapless Joel leaves his cozy underground bunker behind on a quest to reunite with his ex.



Monsieur Lazhar(2011)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 78

At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.



Moonstruck(1987)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Loretta Castorini, a book keeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.



Click(2006)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.



The Sea Beast(2022)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 72

When a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters - and make history to boot.




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