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Comedy film

The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derived from classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were…

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Comedy film

Nodes214
Edges213
Triples260
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009346
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Comedy film

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related to Hybrid sub-genres · 146
Comedy film → According, Action, American Psycho, American Southwest, American Splendor, Amélie, An American Werewolf, Annie Hall, Another, Bad Boys, BASEketball, Being John Malkovich, Beverly Hills Cop, Big, Black, Braindead, Bringing Up Baby, Buddy, Cash, Character
related to Sub-types · 81
Comedy film → Accordingly, After Hours, Airplane, Although, Anarchic, Anger Management, Animal House, Barton Fink, Bathroom, Be, Because, Black, Brazil, Breakfast, Bridesmaids, Bugsy Malone, Charlie Chaplin, Comedy, Dirty Work, Disney's Steamboat Willie
related to Silent film era · 7
Comedy film → Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, L'Arroseur Arrosé, Less, Louis Lumière, The
see also · 5
Comedy film → AFI's, American, Indian, Laughs, Years
related to External links · 3
Comedy film → Comedy, IMDBTop, Rottentomatoes
is a · 1
Comedy film → film genre that emphasizes humor

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comedy films film include examples often humor genre comedies action slapstick also genres silent comedic story situations humorous type drama

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Comedy filmis afilm genre that emphasizes humor0.90text
religioninstance ofThis sub-type uses comedy to explore serious ideas0.80text
sexinstance ofThis sub-type uses comedy to explore serious ideas0.80text
or politicsinstance ofThis sub-type uses comedy to explore serious ideas0.80text
Bugsy Maloneinstance ofwith movies0.80text
Laurelinstance ofas well as acts0.80text
Hardyinstance ofas well as acts0.80text
the Three Stoogesinstance ofas well as acts0.80text
also found success incorporating slapstick comedy into sound filmsinstance ofas well as acts0.80text
Eddie Murphy started taking more action-oriented rolesinstance ofThe genre became a specific draw in North America in the 1980s when comedians0.80text
such as in 48 Hrsinstance ofThe genre became a specific draw in North America in the 1980s when comedians0.80text
Silver Streakinstance ofFilms0.80text

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