THEME EXPLORATION

comedic misunderstandings

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Minions
Minions
2015 · Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda
Designing Woman
Designing Woman
1957 · Vincente Minnelli
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
2006 · Larry Charles
There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary
1998 · Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
1996 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Due della legione straniera
Due della legione straniera
1962 · Lucio Fulci
He Who Hesitates Is Lost
He Who Hesitates Is Lost
1960 · Sergio Corbucci
Hydrothérapie fantastique
Hydrothérapie fantastique
1909 · Georges Méliès
Story of a Lifetime
Story of a Lifetime
1965 · Yannis Dalianidis
The Trip to Spain
The Trip to Spain
2017 · Michael Winterbottom
City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes
City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes
2019 · Kenji Kodama
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jacques Tati France

His films like Playtime and Mon Oncle explore humor arising from the clash between modern systems and human behavior, creating endless comedic misunderstandings.

 Billy Wilder Austria-United States

His masterpieces Some Like It Hot and The Apartment are built on escalating misunderstandings where characters' false assumptions drive both comedy and pathos.