Best Comedy movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Hope Davis, Kathy Bates, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

A man upon retirement embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.

Actors : Jack Black, Adam Pascal, Mike White, Joan Cusack,
Directors : Richard Linklater,

After being kicked out of a rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of a strict elementary private school, only to try and turn it into a rock band.

Actors : Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner,
Directors : David Silverman,

After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpson family are declared fugitives.

Actors : Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloë Grace Moretz,
Directors : Marc Webb,

An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

Actors : Terry Crews, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne,
Directors : Paul Feig,

Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.

Actors : Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Mette Towley, Julia Stiles,
Directors : Lorene Scafaria,

Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Tom Pelphrey, Lily Collins,
Directors : David Fincher,

1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).

Actors : Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Jim Carrey,
Directors : Peter Weir,

An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a television show.

Actors : Catherine Keener, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich, John Cusack,
Directors : Spike Jonze,

A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.

Actors : John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs,

In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, 2 monsters realize things may not be what they think.

Actors : Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Ryan Phillippe,
Directors : Robert Altman,

The lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a party in 1932 in a country house in England as they investigate a murder involving one of them.

Actors : Shari Springer Berman, Harvey Pekar, Chris Ambrose, Paul Giamatti,

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

Actors : Julie Andrews, Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy,

Princess Fiona's parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres.

Actors : Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta,
Directors : Adam Shankman,

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Actors : Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms,
Directors : Todd Phillips,

Three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding.

Actors : Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind,

Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.

Actors : Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff,

When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister, Anna, teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition.

Actors : Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston, Joaquin Phoenix, Owen Wilson,
Directors : Paul Thomas Anderson,

In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

Actors : Jason Statham, Jude Law, Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne,
Directors : Paul Feig,

A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

Actors : Brie Larson, Bill Hader, Amy Schumer, Colin Quinn,
Directors : Judd Apatow,

Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.