Best Witty Movies & TV Shows

The Mummy Returns

Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn’t above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis’s otherworldly army.

Run time: 130m Tagline: Adventure is reborn. Release: 2001-05-04

Stars: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Alun Armstrong Arnold Vosloo Brendan Fraser Dwayne Johnson Freddie Boath John Hannah Oded Fehr Patricia Velásquez Rachel Weisz

The Mummy

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

Run time: 124m Tagline: The sands will rise. The heavens will part. The power will be unleashed. Release: 1999-04-16

Stars: Arnold Vosloo Brendan Fraser Erick Avari John Hannah Jonathan Hyde Kevin J. O'Connor Oded Fehr Patricia Velásquez Rachel Weisz Stephen Dunham

Ghostbusters

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.

Run time: 107m Tagline: They're here to save the world. Release: 1984-06-08

Stars: Annie Potts Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd David Margulies Ernie Hudson Harold Ramis Rick Moranis Sigourney Weaver Slavitza Jovan William Atherton

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.

Run time: 140m Tagline: When the game ends, the mystery begins. Release: 2022-11-23

Stars: Daniel Craig Dave Bautista Edward Norton Janelle Monáe Jessica Henwick Kate Hudson Kathryn Hahn Leslie Odom Jr. Madelyn Cline Noah Segan

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Run time: 164m Tagline: We all share the same fate. Release: 2023-07-08

Stars: Esai Morales Hayley Atwell Henry Czerny Pom Klementieff Rebecca Ferguson Shea Whigham Simon Pegg Tom Cruise Vanessa Kirby Ving Rhames

Paddington 2

Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

Run time: 104m Tagline: Magic. Mystery. Marmalade. Release: 2017-11-09

Stars: Ben Whishaw Brendan Gleeson Hugh Bonneville Hugh Grant Imelda Staunton Jim Broadbent Julie Walters Madeleine Harris Sally Hawkins Samuel Joslin

Hawkeye

Former Avenger Clint Barton has a seemingly simple mission: get back to his family for Christmas. Possible? Maybe with the help of Kate Bishop, a 22-year-old archer with dreams of becoming a superhero. The two are forced to work together when a presence from Barton’s past threatens to derail far more than the festive spirit.

Stars: Alaqua Cox Aleks Paunovic Fra Fee Hailee Steinfeld Jeremy Renner Piotr Adamczyk Tony Dalton Vera Farmiga

M3GAN

A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.

Run time: 102m Tagline: She's more than a toy. She's family. Release: 2022-12-28

Stars: Allison Williams Amie Donald Amy Usherwood Brian Jordan Alvarez Jen Van Epps Jenna Davis Lori Dungey Ronny Chieng Stephane Garneau-Monten Violet McGraw

The Umbrella Academy

A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.

Stars: Aidan Gallagher Colm Feore David Castañeda Elliot Page Emmy Raver-Lampman Justin H. Min Ritu Arya Robert Sheehan Tom Hopper

The Ark

100 years in the future, planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to help secure the survival of the human race. The first of these missions on a spacecraft known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive destruction and loss of life. With more than a year left to go before reaching their target planet, a lack of life-sustaining supplies and loss of leadership, the remaining crew must become the best versions of themselves to stay on course and survive.

Stars: Christie Burke Pavle Jerinić Reece Ritchie Richard Fleeshman Ryan Adams Shalini Peiris Stacey Read Tiana Upcheva

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Jack's got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. But ever-crafty Jack isn't about to go down without a fight.

Run time: 151m Tagline: Captain Jack is back! Release: 2006-07-06

Stars: Bill Nighy David Bailie Jack Davenport Johnny Depp Jonathan Pryce Keira Knightley Kevin McNally Lee Arenberg Mackenzie Crook Orlando Bloom

Blue Moon

On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator, Richard Rodgers, celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical, “Oklahoma!”

Run time: 100m Tagline: Forgotten but not gone. Release: 2025-10-17

Stars: Andrew Scott Bobby Cannavale Cillian Sullivan Ethan Hawke Giles Surridge Jonah Lees Margaret Qualley Michael James Ford Patrick Kennedy Simon Delaney

A Real Pain

Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Run time: 90m Tagline: Join the family. Release: 2024-11-01

Stars: Daniel Oreskes Ellora Torchia Jakub Gąsowski Jennifer Grey Jesse Eisenberg Kieran Culkin Krzysztof Jaszczak Kurt Egyiawan Liza Sadovy Will Sharpe

Big Mouth

Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy comedy from real-life pals Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg.

Stars: Fred Armisen Jason Mantzoukas Jessi Klein John Mulaney Jordan Peele Maya Rudolph Nick Kroll