Shubhabrata Dutta
Comedy movies carry a lot of advantages for their audiences. Although they aren’t prescribed as medicines, they can work wonders for your mental health. To tune it down a bit, watching comedy movies relieves stress, brings joy, and serves as a great getaway from a mundane life. Of course, you can watch them even if your life isn’t mundane, and they will have the same effect, perhaps even better than usual, as they will only add to your already happiness-filled life. So, here we bring you nine great comedy movies of different kinds, all of which are available for streaming on Peacock. Each of these movies, while being connected by humor, offers a different type of comedy customized to complement the story, offering you a unique experience with each watch.
3. National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
Directed by John Landis, this wacky comedy is set in 1962 and follows the misadventures and exploits of the Delta Tau Chi fraternity of the fictional Faber College. Inspired by stories in the American humor magazine ‘National Lampoon,’ the story centers on the members of the fraternity, which include new recruits Larry Kroger (Tom Hulce) and Kent Dorfman (Stephen Furst), along with core members Robert Hoover (James Widdoes), John Blutarsky (John Belushi), Eric Stratton (Tim Matheson), Donald Schoenstein (Peter Riegert), and Daniel Simpson Day (Bruce McGill). Vernon Wormer (John Vernon), the dean of Faber College, is fed up with the fraternity and its violations and has directed another fraternity leader, Greg Marmalard (James Daughton) of the Omega Theta Pi, to find a way to have the Delta students expelled. The Delta Tau Chi fraternity thus declares an all-out war against the dean, leading to a string of hilarious situations stemming from the fraternity’s wild pranks and complete disregard for academic rules, underscored by funny dialogue. You can watch the ‘Animal House’ here.
2. Twins (1988)
‘Twins’ is a cult classic comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. The two actors play twin brothers developed in a lab. However, while Julius (Schwarzenegger) turned out to be the “perfect” human specimen, Vincent (DeVito) is more like a failed experiment and was put in an orphanage. When Julius learns he has a twin brother, he sets out to find him, and together they shall look for their mother, who is, in fact, alive out there somewhere. With Schwarzenegger and DeVito’s chemistry exploring a beautiful and unheard-of “twin” angle, ‘Twins’ is a must-watch. It is directed by Ivan Reitman and can be streamed here.
1. The Holdovers (2023)
Starring Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, ‘The Holdovers’ is a Christmas comedy-drama directed by Alexander Payne. It revolves around the two-week winter break at 1970s Barton Academy, which has a few unfortunate students within its premises because they have no place to go for the holidays. And the hateful professor Paul Hunham is responsible for them. What begins as a war between him and a troublesome 18-year-old student, Angus Tully, slowly turns into an unlikely bond when both find out about each other’s damaged parts and how they make them similar. Joining them is head cook Mary, who lost her son in the Vietnam War. ‘The Holdovers’ received numerous accolades at the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, National Board of Review, and Golden Globe Awards. At the Golden Globe Awards, Da’Vine Joy Randolph won Best Supporting Actress, while Paul Giamatti won Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. You can watch ‘The Holdovers’ here.
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