--- title: Comedy movies — Personalized movie assistant description: "This section gathers the site's writing on comedy on screen, from classic comedy films and titles that aged well to newer releases worth a movie night. Articles are grouped by the audience and the situation: teen and coming-of-age comedies, family friendly and age appropriate picks, college and classroom films, adult comedy, and comedies about aging and older characters. Others follow a theme or setting, including travel comedies, rural comedies, culture clash stories, afterlife comedy and age swap plots. Alongside the recommendation lists you will find pieces that look at how these films treat their subjects, such as John Hughes rewatched, movies similar to Stand by Me, and how college movies compare with real college life." canonical: "https://www.tasteray.com/articles/t/comedy-movies-5" author: tasteray.com editorial team source: "https://www.tasteray.com/articles" topic: Comedy movies --- # Comedy movies This section gathers the site's writing on comedy on screen, from classic comedy films and titles that aged well to newer releases worth a movie night. Articles are grouped by the audience and the situation: teen and coming-of-age comedies, family friendly and age appropriate picks, college and classroom films, adult comedy, and comedies about aging and older characters. Others follow a theme or setting, including travel comedies, rural comedies, culture clash stories, afterlife comedy and age swap plots. 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