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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)
6.7/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Try this for a factory job where an extraterrestrial problem arrives in the form of bubble gum. Daffy and Porky have good reason to worry about what has gone into the product. The jokes escalate from a badly run shift to a very large cartoon panic.
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Making Mr. Right (1987)
5.6/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Try this for a robotics project that needs somebody in public relations. An android built for space travel can look convincingly like its inventor without knowing how everyday human encounters are supposed to go. The dating and workplace mistakes make this feel like a screwball comedy.
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Innerspace (1987)
6.9/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Try this for a shop clerk who inherits somebody else’s elaborate experiment. A miniaturized pilot can talk to him from inside his body, so Jack has to explain some very odd reactions in public. The best jokes depend on how differently the two men approach the same problem.
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Multiplicity (1996)
6.2/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Try this for a man who delegates work and chores to clones of himself. Each copy has an idea of what part of the original’s life counts as a priority, and making a copy of a copy only widens the gap. It’s a domestic comedy powered by Michael Keaton’s different performances.
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Jetsons: The Movie (1990)
5.6/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Try this for an automated factory with a practical problem its bosses don’t understand. George’s promotion moves the whole family to a space colony, where trouble at the plant complicates the promise of a comfortable new life. It keeps the clean colors and quick gadget jokes of the television cartoon.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
6.7/10on IMDb
Released
Getting around. Try this if you like a spaceship that makes simple conversation feel exhausting. Its automatic doors are programmed to enjoy serving passengers, while Marvin is a robot who has an entirely different attitude toward the same work. The contrast keeps the jokes dry even when the sets get huge.
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Back to the Future Part II (1989)
7.8/10on IMDb
Released
Getting around. Pick this for a future in which getting dressed and putting dinner on the table both have new steps. The clothes adjust and the pizza rehydrates, but Marty still has to figure out what people expect him to do. The future suburb has more little jokes than the time-travel explanation needs.
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Spaceballs (1987)
7.1/10on IMDb
Released
Getting around. Choose Mel Brooks’s movie for an engine whose highest setting creates as much confusion as it solves. The turns from ludicrous speed to plaid give one of its longest space chases the rhythm of an argument over a dashboard. It’s a broad, fast parody.
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The Fifth Element (1997)
7.6/10on IMDb
Released
Getting around. Try this for a cab ride in a city where the traffic lanes go up as well as across. Korben Dallas tries to do an ordinary shift until a passenger falls into the cab and gives him a reason to break out of the routine. Its busy color and traffic gags keep the getaway playful.
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The World's End (2013)
6.9/10on IMDb
Released
Getting around. Pick this for a pub crawl that gets harder after the people in town stop acting quite human. The group keeps making route decisions as if the evening could still be completed to plan. The fight choreography and the old friends arguing give it two different kinds of momentum.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)
6.9/10on IMDb
Released
Getting around. Try this for a tightly contained British comedy in which a trip to the pub bathroom can lead to a different point in the evening. A small group of friends has to distinguish what they remember from what version of events is happening around them. The low-key staging lets the timing do the work.
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Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
6.4/10on IMDb
Released
Getting around. Pick this for a resort appliance that sends friends back to the age of their own bad decisions. They try to reproduce details of a night they remember very differently. It is a rowdy comedy with much less reverence for the time machine than for the group’s grievances.
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Iron Sky (2012)
5.9/10on IMDb
Released
Getting around. Try this for the spectacle of retro moon machinery running out of computing power. A smartphone turns out to matter more than the grand control room can manage by itself. The joke is blunt, and it helps if you want the political satire as broad as the gadget comedy.
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Back to the Future (1985)
8.5/10on IMDb
Released
Getting around. Choose the first movie if you want a modern teenager to find that a car can take him to a town that doesn’t yet have the infrastructure to send him back. The return trip requires making plans around one old clock tower, so the timing becomes a visual gag as well as a source of suspense.
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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
6.9/10on IMDb
Released
Getting around. Pick this for a device that could change history but is first of all useful for avoiding a failing grade. A phone booth turns a school assignment into a collection of scheduling problems, complete with historical figures let loose in a mall. The leads’ cheerfulness makes even the busiest scenes easy to follow.
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Sleeper (1973)
7.1/10on IMDb
Released
Bureaucracy. Try this for a thawed-out man who has to keep up appearances as a household robot. The switch turns a futuristic party into a series of physical gags, and its bizarre gadgets are funnier when everyone treats them as good manners.
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Mars Attacks! (1996)
6.4/10on IMDb
Released
Bureaucracy. Choose this for a meeting at which you’re invited to trust a translated phrase over everything happening out on the lawn. The seriousness of the preparations makes the change to slapstick more abrupt. The cast treats the equipment and ceremony as reasons to keep smiling at exactly the wrong moment.
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Don't Look Up (2021)
7.1/10on IMDb
Released
Bureaucracy. Pick this for a broad satire in which a billionaire’s new plan sends a comet-response mission in a different direction. The change is sold as a technical opportunity even while the scientists are still trying to describe the original problem. The politics are pointed and the jokes are intentionally loud.
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)
7.0/10on IMDb
Released
Bureaucracy. Choose this if you want the apocalypse to begin as a difficult conversation at a diner. A stranger from the future has to persuade a group of distracted customers to help stop an AI before it takes over. The ordinary furniture and aggrieved strangers keep the setup funny as it grows chaotic.
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