15 Black Comedy Movies To Watch Today!
They say laughter is the best medicine. Unfortunately for you, you've been looking for something entertaining to watch for hours and still cannot find the perfect comedy to lift up your spirit!
Don't worry though, we have you covered! Black Comedy movies are short of disappointment when it comes to getting a good laugh. They bring a certain flavor of flair, energy and enthusiasm that you can't help but laugh your ass off!
Don't take my word for it, check out these 15 funny black movies worth watching today!
1) Friday
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 91% | IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
Cast:
Ice Cube as Craig, Chris Tucker as Smokey, Nia Long as Debbie, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister as Deebo, John Witherspoon as Jones, Anna Maria Horsford as Mrs Jones, Regina King as Dana, Paula Jai Parker as Joi, Faizon Love as Big Worm, Bearnie Mac as Pastor Cleaver, Tony Cox as Mr. Parker, and much more.
Synopsis:
Craig Jones was recently fired from his job and to make things worse, his friend Smokey owes a local drug dealer a lot of money. They must now work together to to pay back the drug dealer while dealing with the gamut of urban life, complete with crackheads, baby mamas and an overbearing father.
Memorable Quotes:
"Bye Felicia" - Craig
"You just got knocked the f*** out" - Smokey
"That's my bike punk" - Debo
"Damnnnnn" - Smokey
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2) Rush Hour
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 78% | IMDB Rating: 5.7/10
Cast:
Chris Tucker as James Carter, Jackie Chan as Detective Inspector Lee, Elizabeth Pena as Tania Johnson, Tom Wilkonson as Thomas Griffin, Julia Hsu as Soo Yung, Tzi Ma as Council Han, and much more.
Synopsis:
The Councilman's daughter has been kidnapped in Los Angeles and held for ransom. He has requested that the FBI work with Detective Inspector Lee to get his daughter back. Unfortunately the FBI want's nothing to do with Inspector Lee and request a local LAPD office, James Carter, to keep Inspector Lee company while they solve the case. When Inspector Lee and James Carters find out the FBI wants nothing to do with them, they work together to find the Councilman's daughter and bring her home safely.
Memorable Quotes:
"DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORDS THAT ARE COMING OUT FROM MY MOUTH?" - James Carter
"Fifty million dollars? Man, who do you think you kidnapped? Chelsea Clinton?!" - James Carter
"Wipe yourself off, man. You dead" - James Carter
"Wipe yourself off, man. You're bleeding" - Sang
"Hu! Ha! Yea! What is it good for. Abosuletely nothing. Good guy. You all" - Inspector Lee
"We got the same moma. I'm blackanese" - James Carter
"Put the gun down and fight me like a man" - James Carter
"Yea! Push the damn button" - Soo Yang
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4) Next Friday
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 76% | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
Cast:
Ice Cube as Craig, Mike Epps as Day-Day, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister as Deebo, John Witherspoon as Jones, Justin Pierce as Roach, Don D.C. Curry as Uncle Elroy, Jacob Vargas as Joker, Clifton Powel as Pinky, and much more.
Synopsis:
Following, Friday, this sequel starts with Debo's release from prison after spending two years behind bars. Fearing for his sons safety, Craig's father sends his son to live with Uncle Elroy. However, Craig soon learns that trouble can find you no matter where you live.
Memorable Quotes:
"Now who sent you n*gga?" - Pinky
"Modasucka" - Michael Blackson
"No more locked doors" - Joker
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5) Money Talks
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 71% | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
Cast:
Chris Tucker as Franklin, Charlie Sheen as James Russell, Heather Locklear as Grace, Elise Neal as Paula, Paul Sorvino as Guy, Faizon Love as Himself, and much more.
Synopsis:
Reporter James (Charlie Sheen) wittingly brings car wash crook Franklin (Chris Tucker) to justice. As Franklin is being taken to jail, he escapes custody with an unsuspecting jail-mate and overhears the escapee talking about recovering a few lost diamonds. The police pursue Franklin and he turns to James for help to steal the diamonds for himself. Figuring he has stumbled upon the story of a lifetime, the journalist agrees to prove that Franklin is innocent. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned and both men find themselves trying to escape the law and convicted crooks.
Memorable Quotes:
"You're phat. P-H-A-T. Pretty Hot And Tempting." - Franklin
"This tub wasn't clean you dirty assed white boy!" - Franklin
"My 'do is tight." - Franklin
"Fifteen million? Fifteen million dollars? Oh, you gotta cut a brother in on that. Hey, we split it three ways. Seven for me, seven for you, And you, you get whatever's left over 'cause you been tripping ever since I met you. " - Franklin
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6) White Chicks
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 55% | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
Cast:
Shawn Wayans as Kevin, Marlon Wayans as Marcus, Jaime as Heather, Frankie Faison as Chief Gordon, Terry Crews as Latrell, Lochyln Munro as Agent Harper, Busy Philipps as Karen, Brittany Daniels as Megan, Drew Sidora as Shaunice, Jennifer Carpenter as Lisa, and much more.
Synopsis:
Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus (Marlon Wayans) and Kevin Copeland (Shawn Wayans) are forced to escort a pair of socialites (Maitland Ward, Anne Dudek) to the Hamptons, where they're going to be used as bait for a kidnapper. But when the girls realize the FBI's plan, they refuse to go. Left without options, Marcus and Kevin decide to pose as the sisters, transforming themselves from Black men into a pair of blonde, white women.
Memorable Quotes:
"Move b*tch." - Marcus
"It's not just a bag! it's Prada" - Kevin
"Yo, hold ma poodle! Hold ma poodle!" - Marcus
"Wazzup man, you got a problem? " - Marcus
"Tripple TKA..... time to totally kick ASS!!" - Marcus
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7) Blue Streak
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 65% | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
Cast:
Martin Lawrence as Miles Logan, Luke Wilson as Carlson, Peter Greene as Deacon, Dave Chapelle as Tulley, Nicole Ari Parker as Melissa, Octavia Spencer as Shawna, Tamala Jones as Janiece, William Forsythe as Hardcastle, and much more.
Synopsis:
A heist goes wrong and thief, Miles (Martin Lawrence) hides a diamond at a construction site before he's arrested. After serving two years, Miles returns to the location where he hid the diamond only to find out that it is now a police station. Disguising himself as an officer, Miles stops at nothing to retrieve his diamond.
Memorable Quotes:
"Yeah! Imma rip you lips off, and kiss my ass with them shits! Imma rip yo tung out, and wipe my balls with em'!" - Tulley
"Its like leaving candy around me, its not gonna be alright I'm gonna [chomping teeth] chomp it up! " - Miles
"O you can't? Well watch me then" - Miles
"This gon hurt a little...I said this gon hurt a little " - Miles
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8) Scary Movie 1
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 43% | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
Cast:
Marlon Wayans as Shorty, Shawn Wayans as Ray, Anna Faris as Cindy, Shannon Elizabeth as Buffy, Lochlyn Munro as Greg, Regina Hall as Brenda, Jon Abraham as Bobby, Carmen Electra as Drew, and much more.
Synopsis:
Scary Movie parodies the classic scenes from "Scream," "The Sixth Sense," "The Matrix," "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and "The Blair Witch Project," then goes on to mock a whole myriad of teen movie clichés, no matter the genre.
Memorable Quotes:
"This shit is good." - Doofy
"Oh. Shit. Son" - Shorty
"WAZZZZZZZUPPPPP!!!" - Doofy
"Ooops. I farted, I didn't think you would hear me." - Drew
"I'm on T.V. Oh shit, first "Cops" now this. I'm gonna be a star, son." - Shorty
"Yes I do, um-ah-Miss Mann. Thanks for ball-- I mean, all your help. I have to go to class. " - Cindy
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9) Coming to America
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 85% | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
Cast:
Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem, Clearance, Saul, Randy Watson, Arsenio Hall as Semmi, Morris, Reverend Brown, James Earl Jones as King jeffe Joffer, John Amos as Cleo McDowell, Madge Sinclair as Queen Aoleon, Frankie Faison as Landlord, Garcelle Beauvais as Rose bearer, and much more.
Synopsis:
Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) is the prince of a wealthy African country and is in search of a wife to marry despite his title. He escapes an arranged marriage, by fleeing to America to find his queen. In America he disguises himself as a foreign student working in a fast food restuarnt and romances Lisa (Shari Headley). He battles with revealing his true identity to and his intentions to his king father (James Earl Jones).
Memorable Quotes:
"If loving the Lord is wrong, then I don't wanna be right!" - Rev Brown
"Hey Stu, your rent's due, motherf***er!" - Shorty
"when you think of garbage think of akeem" - Prince Akeem
"Damn boy, what's this some kind of weave or something?" - Clarence
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10) Barbershop
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 62% | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
Cast:
Ice Cube as Calvin Palmer, Anthony Anderson as JD, Cedrick the Entertainer as Eddie, Sean Patrick Thomas as Jimmy James, Eve as Terri Jones, Michael Ealy as Ricky Nash, Keith David as Lester,DeRay Davis, Jason George as Kevin, Lahmard J Tate as Billy, and much more.
Synopsis:
Calvin (Ice Cube), inherited a struggling barbershop business from his deceased father, only to find out it is a burden and a waste of time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, he slowly begins to see value in the shop through the many life's it has changed and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
Memorable Quotes:
"I'm big-boned, Rick! Hefty! Rotund! There's too much of myself to go around!" - Dinka
"F*** Jesse Jackson" - Eddie
"Knock his college ass out" - Eddie
"First thing I'ma do...I'ma get me a tattoo. It gon' say, "Thug Nasty, Nasty Thug!" - Billy
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11) The Nutty Professor
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 44% | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
Cast:
Eddie Murphy as Sherman Klump, Buddy Love, Lance Perkin, Papa, Mama, Ernie, James Coburn as Harlan Hartley, Jada Pinkett Smith as Carla Purty, Larry Miller as Dean Richmond, Dave Chapelle as Reggie Warrington, John Ales as Jason, and much more.
Synopsis:
Brilliant and obese scientist Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy) invents and tries a miraculous weight-loss solution on himself. The side effects include a second personality: an obnoxiously self-assertive braggart who calls himself Buddy Love. Sherman must now find a way to control both himself and Buddy Love as he tries to impress his crush, Carla Purty (Jada Pinkett).
Memorable Quotes:
"I Heard Of Dreadlocks, But ****locks?" - Buddy Love
"Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!" - Mama Klump
"It's your world, dog! I'm just a squirrel tryin' to get a nut!" - Buddy Love
"Now, be careful. If you scratch the car, I'll be scratchin' your *ss." - Buddy Love
"I can see my d*ck! My d*ck! My d*ck! My d*ck! Yeah!" - Buddy Love
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12) Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 80% | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
Cast:
Shawn Wayans as Ashtray, Marlon Wayans as Loc Dog, Tracey Jones as Dashiki, Vivica A. Fox as Ashtray's Mother, Darrell Heath as Toothpick, Suli McCullough as Crazy Legs, Lahmard Tate as Ashtray's Father, and much more.
Synopsis:
Innocent young black man Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) is forced to move into a tough Los Angeles slum with his family, including his oddly streetwise, pot-smoking grandma (Helen Martin). Before long, Ashtray's nuclear-armed gangster cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans) introduces him to a bizarrely comic crime underworld. Luckily, Ashtray falls for urban poet Dashiki (Tracey Cherelle Jones), and she convinces him to go straight -- but he must deal with her manic ex-boyfriend Toothpick (Darrel Heath).
Memorable Quotes:
"Nice execution! I'm gonna give that an 8!" - Crazy Legs
"Ashtray! You little bitch ass mother fucker! Come here and give your Grandma a hug!" - Grandma
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13) White Men Can't Jump
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 68% | IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
Cast:
Wesley Snipes as Sidney, Woody Harrelson as Billy Hoyle, Rosie Perez as Gloria, Tyra Ferrell as Rhonda Deane, Cylk Cozart as Robert, Kadeem Hardison as Junior, Ernest Harden Jr. as George, John Marshall Jones as Walter and much more.
Synopsis:
Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) is a white man who makes money by fooling black players into thinking he has no skills on the court. He partners with Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes), one of his victims, and they become partners in the con game across the courts of Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Billy has to keep one step ahead of mobsters, to whom he owes money, while staying on the good side of his "Jeopardy!"-obsessed, motormouth wife (Rosie Perez).
Memorable Quotes:
"Cut this motherf***er" - Sidney
"Let's just get off mommas because I just got off yours." - Walter
"Your mother's an astronaut." - Sidney
"White men can't jump" - Sidney
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14) Cool Runnings
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 81% | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
Cast:
Leon as Derice Bannock, Doug E. Doug as Sanka Coffie, Rawl D. Lewis as Junior Bevil, Malik Yoba as Yul Brenner, John Candy as irv Blitzer, Raymond Barry as Kurt Hemphill, and much more.
Synopsis:
Four Jamaican bobsleighers dream of competing in the Winter Olympics, despite never having seen snow. With the help of a disgraced former champion desperate to redeem himself, the Jamaicans set out to become worthy of Olympic selection, and go all out for glory.
Memorable Quotes:
" Jamaica, we have a bobsled team!" - Sanka Coffie
"I'm feeling very Olympic today!" - Sanka
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15) Sorry to Bother You
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 70% | IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
Cast:
LaKeith Stanfield as Cassius Green, Tess Thompson as Detroit, Armie Hammer as Steve Lift, Terry Crews as Sergio Green, Steven Yeun as Squeeze, Omari Hardwick as Mr. Blank, Jermaine Fowler as Salvador, Danny Glover as Langston, and much more.
Synopsis:
Telemarketer Cassius Green finds the key to material glory. As Green's career takes off, his co-workers/friends organize a protest against corporate oppression. Cassius has to choose between selling out and climbing the corporate ladder or backing up his friends/co-workers in the protest.
Memorable Quotes:
"You smell great, watch you got on?" - Cassius
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