Comedy: the year in movies

33 movie dates

Movie date Released Memorial

January

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1 Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) Back to the Future Part III (1990) Ray Walston

2

3 Bernhard Wicki

4

5 Earl Boen

6

7 Andrew Marton

8 Leap Year (2010) Leprechaun (1993)

9 Melinda Dillon

10

11 Beulah Bondi

12 Kinji Fukasaku

13 Joe Spinell

14 Alan Rickman Donna Reed Shelley Winters

15

16 Mark Jones

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18

19 Donnie Darko (2001)

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21

22 The Boondock Saints (1999) Donald Madden

23 Hal Holbrook

24 Jerome Cowan

25 John Hurt

26 Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

27 Before Sunrise (1995)

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30 Catherine O'Hara

31 Paul Kelman Alf Humphreys

February

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Tue

Wed

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1

2 Groundhog Day (1993) Philip Seymour Hoffman Donald Pleasence Carl Weathers

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4

5 Joseph L. Mankiewicz

6 Miracle (2004) Joseph Cotten James Whitmore

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10 Valentine's Day (2010) Roy Scheider

11 Groundhog Day (1993) My Bloody Valentine (1981)

12

13 Good Bye Lenin! (2003) Martin Balsam

14 Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Valentine's Day (2010)

15 The Breakfast Club (1985)

16 Howard Da Silva

17 Gene Hackman Stella Stevens

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19 Eric Dane

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23 V for Vendetta (2005)

24 John Randolph Harold Ramis

25 Bill Paxton Darren McGavin

26 200 Cigarettes (1999)

27

28 David Johansen

29 Leap Year (2010)

March

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Tue

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1 The Doors (1991)

2

3 Tom Sizemore William Frawley

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7 Country Joe McDonald

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13 John Cazale

14 Pat Laffan

15 Stuart Rosenberg Matt Clark

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17 Leprechaun (1993)

18

19 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

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22 Joan Shawlee

23 Sully Boyar Ken Howard

24 The Breakfast Club (1985) Richard Widmark

25 Richard Fleischer

26 Woodstock (1970) James Tolkan

27 April Fool's Day (1986) Billy Wilder

28 Richard Griffiths

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31 Brandon Lee Gene Lockhart

April

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Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

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1 Val Kilmer John Forsythe

2 Jack Kruschen Anthony Bushell

3

4 Bob Clark

5 Richard Dysart Charlton Heston Honor Blackman

6 Greer Garson

7 Tim Pigott-Smith

8

9 All the President's Men (1976) Sidney Lumet

10

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12

13 Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

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17 Doris Roberts

18

19 George P. Cosmatos

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22 Bastille Day (2016) Richie Havens Ken Annakin

23 Shay Duffin

24 Michael Mantenuto

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26 Peter H. Hunt

27

28 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) United 93 (2006)

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30 Mean Girls (2004) Peter Mayhew

May

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5 Kenneth Welsh Bernard Hill

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8 Fred Ward

9 Edmond O'Brien

10

11 The Crow (1994) Susan Backlinie

12 Louis Calhern

13 Margot Kidder

14 Joan O'Brien Powers Boothe

15 Tatsuya Mihashi

16 Angela Paton Takahiro Tamura

17 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

18 Alexander Godunov

19

20 Jane Downs

21 Pearl Harbor (2001) John Gielgud

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25 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) Star Wars (1977) Back to the Future Part III (1990)

26 So Yamamura

27 Paul Gleason

28 Dazed and Confused (1993)

29

30 Renée Victor Valerie Mahaffey

31 The Purge (2013)

June

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4 Julius Caesar (1953) Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

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7 Trading Places (1983)

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11 John Wayne

12 Treat Williams Rick Ducommun

13 Sean McCann

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16 Ronald Neame Evans Evans John G. Avildsen

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18 Midway (1976) Ronald Allen

19 James Gandolfini

20 Jaws (1975)

21 The Apartment (1960)

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24 Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

25

26 Nora Ephron

27 Linda Cristal John Entwistle Jack Lemmon

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30 Apollo 13 (1995)

July

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Wed

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1 Public Enemies (2009) Robert Mitchum Marlon Brando

2 Independence Day (1996) James Stewart

3 A Night to Remember (1958) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Back to the Future (1985) Die Hard 2 (1990) +2 more

4

5 Richard Donner

6 James Caan

7

8 Ernest Borgnine Roberts Blossom

9 Rod Steiger

10 Pi (1998)

11 Shelley Duvall Robert Ryan

12 When Harry Met Sally... (1989) Kenneth More

13 Red Buttons

14

15 Die Hard (1988)

16 Hocus Pocus (1993)

17 Thayer David Brenda Fricker

18 Bob Newhart

19 Oppenheimer (2023) Garry Marshall Jack Warden

20

21 John Heard

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23

24 La Bamba (1987) Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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27 The Amityville Horror (1979) Sam Shepard James Mason

28 George Seaton

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August

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Mon

Tue

Wed

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1

2 Frank Faylen

3 Mark Margolis

4 Charles Cyphers

5 Tedde Moore Alec Guinness Richard Burton

6 John Hughes

7

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9 World Trade Center (2006)

10

11 Robin Williams Peter Cushing

12 Henry Fonda

13 Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Kenny Baker

14 Bruno Kirby

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17 Terence Stamp

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20 Kim Stanley

21 John Amos

22 Keith Knight

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24 E.G. Marshall Jerry Nelson

25 Tim Curry

26 Toshio Masuda

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28 Chadwick Boseman Robert Shaw

29 Gene Wilder Ed Asner

30 Richard Jordan Glenn Ford

31 Richard Anderson

September

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Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

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1 Murray Hamilton Jack Smight

2 Back to the Future Part III (1990)

3 Frank Capra Carol Lynley

4

5 Erni Mangold

6 Outlaw King (2018) Edmund Gwenn John Cairney

7 Back to the Future Part III (1990) Sully (2016) Keith Moon

8

9 The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) James Earl Jones Burgess Meredith

10 Cliff Robertson

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13 Walk the Line (2005)

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16 Resident Evil (2026) Robert Redford

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21 Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

22 Michael Gwisdek

23

24 Dazed and Confused (1993)

25 The Longest Day (1962) Miss Juneteenth (2020)

26 Gloria Stuart

27 Michael Gambon

28 Deepwater Horizon (2016) Arthur Penn

29

30 Stephen Pearlman

October

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Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1 The Book of Life (2014)

2

3 Mean Girls (2004) Roddy McDowall Dub Taylor

4

5 Roy Ward Baker

6 Porter Hall Denholm Elliott

7 All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

8 Gettysburg (1993) Burt Young

9

10 Captain Phillips (2013) First Man (2018)

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13 Strange Days (1995)

14 Elizabeth Peña

15

16 John Larch Jean Shepherd Deborah Kerr

17

18 Henry Travers

19 Flags of Our Fathers (2006) Gerard Parkes

20 The Right Stuff (1983)

21 Back to the Future Part II (1989)

22

23 The Alamo (1960)

24 Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) Maureen O'Hara

25 Halloween (1978)

26 Back to the Future (1985)

27 Coco (2017)

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30 Halloween II (1981)

31 Hocus Pocus (1993) Trick 'r Treat (2007) Sean Connery

November

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Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

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1 James Broderick

2

3 Diane Ladd Tony Rohr

4 Michelle Nicastro

5 Back to the Future (1985) Ward Bond Fred MacMurray Robert Ayres

6

7 Elf (2003) Leslie Phillips

8

9 Good Bye Lenin! (2003) 1776 (1972)

10

11 Interview with the Vampire (1994)

12 Back to the Future (1985) Back to the Future Part II (1989) 127 Hours (2010)

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15 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Lionel Barrymore

16 Home Alone (1990)

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18 A Christmas Story (1983) James Coburn

19 Alan J. Pakula

20 Michael J. Pollard

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22 Back to the Future Part II (1989) Scrooged (1988)

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25 Laurence Harvey Jack Albertson

26 The King's Speech (2010)

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29 Natalie Wood Wendie Jo Sperber Ralph Bellamy

30 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) Paul Walker

December

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Tue

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1 The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

2

3 Rocky (1976)

4 Robert Loggia

5 The Last Samurai (2003)

6 John Payne Don Ameche

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9 Trick 'r Treat (2007)

10 Hidden Figures (2016)

11 The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) David Lewis Andre Braugher

12 Patriots Day (2016) Wolfgang Becker

13 Perry Crawford

14 Rob Reiner

15 Glory (1989) Chill Wills

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17 Thomas Mitchell

18 Titanic (1997) Les Misérables (2012)

19 Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

20 Born on the Fourth of July (1989) JFK (1991) It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

21 Art Evans

22 Joe Cocker

23

24 Home Alone (1990) Elf (2003) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) Scrooged (1988) +5 more

25 A Christmas Story (1983) Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Selma (2014) 1917 (2019) +3 more

26 Jason Robards

27 Carrie Fisher

28 Black Hawk Down (2001)

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30 Tom Wilkinson

31 When Harry Met Sally... (1989) The Apartment (1960) Trading Places (1983) 200 Cigarettes (1999) +1 more