Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "hysterical-laughter"

1. Lucy (I) (2014)

R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked

Votes: 534,577 | Gross: $126.66M

2. Police Academy (1984)

R | 96 min | Comedy

The mayor declares that anyone can enroll in the police academy irrespective of their physical condition or education level, and many misfits descend on the academy, including a young troublemaker who's forced to apply or go to jail.

Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith

Votes: 137,481 | Gross: $81.20M

3. Mandy (I) (2018)

Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance.

Director: Panos Cosmatos | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Ned Dennehy

Votes: 89,557 | Gross: $1.21M

4. Freaks (1932)

Not Rated | 64 min | Drama, Horror

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates

Votes: 50,626 | Gross: $0.63M

5. Star Trek: Generations (1994)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

With the help of long presumed dead Captain Kirk, Captain Picard must stop a deranged scientist willing to murder on a planetary scale in order to enter a space matrix.

Director: David Carson | Stars: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell, Jonathan Frakes

Votes: 87,068 | Gross: $75.67M

6. Synchronic (2019)

R | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.

Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | Stars: Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan, Katie Aselton, Ally Ioannides

Votes: 40,229

7. Unsane (2018)

R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear - but is it real or a product of her delusion?

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple

Votes: 49,944 | Gross: $7.73M

8. The Mummy (1932)

Approved | 73 min | Fantasy, Horror

A resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess.

Director: Karl Freund | Stars: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Arthur Byron

Votes: 30,143

9. Blue Exorcist (2011)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Drama

After discovering that he's the son of Satan, a young man must join the True Cross Academy in order to master his abilities and defeat Satan himself.

Stars: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Bryce Papenbrook, Jun Fukuyama, Johnny Yong Bosch

Votes: 15,089

10. French Exit (2020)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama

An aging Manhattan socialite existing on the last of her inheritance moves to a small Paris apartment with her son and cat.

Director: Azazel Jacobs | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey

Votes: 8,772

11. Cold Fish (2010)

Not Rated | 146 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

The lives of a bored suburban couple are changed forever when a seemingly nice old man gives their daughter a job at his fish store, and soon his gruesome hobbies are brought to light.

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Denden, Asuka Kurosawa, Megumi Kagurazaka

Votes: 14,529

12. It's Alive (1974)

PG | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever it is scared. And it is easily scared.

Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell

Votes: 8,980

13. Antibodies (2005)

Not Rated | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Wanted for a long time, serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police raid. Small town cop Michael Martens travels to the big city to interrogate him and finds out more than he is looking for.

Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Norman Reedus, Christian von Aster, André Hennicke, Waltraud Witte

Votes: 9,041

14. Rent-A-Pal (2020)

Unrated | 108 min | Horror, Thriller

1990: David, 40, looks after his dementia mom. He uses a video dating service to no avail. He buys a "Rent-A-Pal" video tape and things change.

Director: Jon Stevenson | Stars: Brian Landis Folkins, Wil Wheaton, Kathleen Brady, Amy Rutledge

Votes: 6,035

15. Angels of Death (2018)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Horror

When Rachel wakes up with no memories in the basement of an unfamiliar building, she runs into Zack, a scythe-carrying serial killer.

Stars: Haruka Chisuga, Meg McClain, Dallas Reid, Derick Snow

Votes: 2,880

16. Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)

92 min | Horror, Comedy

Six scientists investigate a strange phenomenon at the creepy Headstone Manor, the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier that took the lives of 18 guests in one night.

Director: Ray Cameron | Stars: Kenny Everett, Vincent Price, Pamela Stephenson, Gareth Hunt

Votes: 2,764

17. Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966)

100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Stuck in a dream world of his own, Italian sculptor Albert Saporito (Marcello Mastroianni) sometimes has difficulty separating truth from fiction. When he dreams that his gangster neighbor ... See full summary »

Director: Eduardo De Filippo | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Raquel Welch, Guido Alberti, Leopoldo Trieste

Votes: 169

18. Carry on Regardless (1961)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy

The Helping Hands agency employs some very strange people to perform some very strange jobs. Even the simplest of tasks get bungled by the incompetent but lovable staff.

Directors: Gerald Thomas, Ralph Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims

Votes: 2,500

19. Queen of Earth (2015)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Two women who grew up together discover they have drifted apart when they retreat to a lake house together.

Director: Alex Ross Perry | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Katherine Waterston, Patrick Fugit, Kentucker Audley

Votes: 6,900 | Gross: $0.08M

20. Another Man's Poison (1951)

TV-G | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A mystery writer becomes involved in a tangled web of murderous deception not unlike the plots of her novels.

Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams, Anthony Steel

Votes: 3,371

21. Wild Weed (1949)

Not Rated | 70 min | Drama

A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana.

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Lila Leeds, Alan Baxter, Lyle Talbot, Mary Ellen Popel

Votes: 504

22. Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)

Approved | 106 min | Comedy

All about the citizens of Putnam's Landing and their reactions to an Army missile base in their backyard.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins, Jack Carson

Votes: 1,376

23. Blotto (1930)

Approved | 26 min | Short, Comedy

Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Baldwin Cooke

Votes: 1,813

24. Lakki... The Boy Who Could Fly (1992)

102 min | Drama

A friendless, lonely boy who dreams of escape from a broken home with an neglectful, promiscuous. alcoholic mother and self-centered, clueless, absent father.

Director: Svend Wam | Stars: Anders Borchgrevink, Nina Gunke, Bjørn Skagestad, Jorunn Kjellsby

Votes: 286

25. Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)

105 min | Comedy

An episodic satire of the social and politic status of Italy in the 1970s through the programming of a television channel.

Directors: Leonardo Benvenuti, Luigi Comencini, Piero De Bernardi, Agenore Incrocci, Nanni Loy, Ruggero Maccari, Luigi Magni, Mario Monicelli, Ugo Pirro, Furio Scarpelli, Ettore Scola | Stars: Senta Berger, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi

Votes: 921

26. Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem (2015 Video)

PG | 81 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Joker is aided in his Halloween quest to render modern technology useless and take over Gotham City by Solomon Grundy, Silver Banshee, Clayface and Scarecrow.

Director: Butch Lukic | Stars: Troy Baker, Eric Bauza, Steve Blum, Janell Cox

Votes: 3,141

27. When Seagulls Cry (2009)

23 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror

A family reunion is held on a secluded island. The dying patriarch wants to see his lost love one last time, so he tries summoning her with black magic and that's when the murders begin. Third installment in the "When They Cry" series.

Stars: Ken'ichi Suzumura, Daisuke Ono, Yui Horie, Rie Kugimiya

Votes: 602

28. The Brain Man (2013)

123 min | Crime, Mystery

A not-too-bright cop searches for a serial bomber.

Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Shôta Sometani, Yôsuke Eguchi, Renji Ishibashi

Votes: 1,127

29. APPyness (2020)

11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Interviews are stressful even in the best of circumstances. Add a recent death in the family, no job to speak of, and mounting financial pressures to get a very nervous Cassie, hoping for ... See full summary »

Director: Ryan Turner | Stars: Danielle Dallas Roosa, Gavin Leatherwood, Stephanie Andrea Barron, Kevin Andrew Grady

Votes: 57

30. Diamond Flash (2011)

128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller

Violeta is willing to do anything to find her missing kid. Elena keeps a strange secret. Lola wants to settle her debts with the past. Juana needs someone who loves her unconditionally and ... See full summary »

Director: Carlos Vermut | Stars: Maria Cuéllar, Inma Isla, Ramos López, Alba Guerrero

Votes: 846

31. Austeria (1982)

109 min | Drama, War

During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks. The fugitives hide out in a rural inn, terrified that they may be given away at any moment.

Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Franciszek Pieczka, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Szurmiej, Ewa Domanska

Votes: 660

32. Uncle Cyril (1989)

107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A surreal look at madness in a brooding Czech countryside mansion.

Director: Jirí Svoboda | Stars: Petr Brukner, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Václav Burkert, Petr Cepek

Votes: 183

33. Fish Fry (1944)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

An alley cat attempts to steal the goldfish Andy Panda just bought from a pet shop, but the fish proves too clever for him.

Director: Shamus Culhane | Stars: Harry Lang, Grace Stafford, Lionel Stander

Votes: 168

34. Stan's 420 Adventures (2018– )

Comedy

Has connections in terms of characters to another Steve Oakley/ Justin Nardine Grunder/ Production - 'The Unhandymen'

Stars: Christine Carol, Daniel Krause, Justin Nardine, Terry Opp

Votes: 8

35. House Group (2006 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy

The group seek to workshop how we can use alternative techniques to resist sex.

Directors: James Everett, Adam Randall | Stars: Tom Abramson, Adam Bunce, Tiernan Douieb, Sarah Everard

36. Ark II (1976)
Episode: The Flies (1976)

23 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

A band of orphans led by the thieving Fagon have found canisters of poison gas that they plan to use against the bullying War Lords. The Ark II crew must intervene to prevent mass murder.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Terry Lester, Jean Marie Hon, José Flores, Moochie

Votes: 40

37. Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode: The Black Seal (1983)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

When Edmund loses his title of Duke of Edinburgh, he snaps, fires Baldrick and Percy and hires some of the most cruel men in England; Sir Wilfred Death, Three-Fingered Pete, Guy de ... See full summary »

Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: John Carlisle, Bert Parnaby, Roy Evans, Forbes Collins

Votes: 985

38. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996)
Episode: The Harder They Fall (1994)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Lisa's very protective father wants to scare Will out of having a relationship with her.

Director: Shelley Jensen | Stars: Will Smith, James Avery, Daphne Reid, Alfonso Ribeiro

Votes: 631

39. Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1976)
Episode: A Fragile Possession (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama

A model faces pressure to have an abortion.

Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Robert Young, James Brolin, Elena Verdugo, Beverly Garland

Votes: 15

40. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Old Man Out: Part 2 (1966)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The IMF breaks off its attempt to free an elderly cardinal. Now, Briggs & Co. must regroup and Briggs must alter his plans. On top of that, a colonel in the unnamed Eastern European country... See full summary »

Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Votes: 389

41. Space Academy (1977)
Episode: Johnny Sunseed (1977)

22 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Gampu's Luddite brother Johnny Sunseed visits the Academy and rages against the machine, Peepo in particular. Tee Gar tries to contain an outbreak of silliness after the Cadets consume space lettuce.

Director: Ezra Stone | Stars: Jonathan Harris, Pamelyn Ferdin, Ric Carrott, Ty Henderson

Votes: 16

42. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: The Naked Time (1966)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The crew is infected with a mysterious disease that removes people's emotional inhibitions to a dangerous degree.

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Stewart Moss, Majel Barrett

Votes: 5,193

43. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: Timescape (1993)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Aboard a shuttlecraft and en route back to the Enterprise, Picard, LaForge, Data, and Troi find themselves trapped in a time trap of some sort, where the Enterprise is being taken over by ... See full summary »

Director: Adam Nimoy | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 3,391

44. In Search of... (1977–1982)
Episode: Laugh Therapy (1980)

Not Rated | 23 min | Documentary

Is laughter the best medicine? Entertainers old and new offer their thoughts along with researchers into the placebo effect, biofeedback, and laughter therapy.

Stars: Leonard Nimoy, Steve Allen, Carl Reiner, Red Horton

Votes: 17

45. Batman: The Audio Adventures (2021–2022)
Your Old Uncle Blabbo (2021 Podcast Episode)

TV-14 | 40 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Batman must outwit the Riddler before his hijacked ocean-liner crashes into Penguin's casino, while Catwoman gets to the dark heart of Project JoyCure. King Scimitar is on his way out of town - but Joker has other plans.

Director: Dennis McNicholas | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Fred Armisen, Ike Barinholtz, Rosario Dawson

Votes: 16

46. Blue Exorcist (2011)
Episode: Satan no ko (2011)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Hordes of demons are spilling out of Gehenna Gate! And these intruders from the "Empty World" are now indiscriminately attacking the people of True Cross Academy Town! Meanwhile, on the ... See full summary »

Directors: Toshimasa Kuroyanagi, Tensai Okamura | Stars: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Jun Fukuyama, Keiji Fujiwara, Kana Hanazawa

Votes: 160

47. Blue Exorcist (2011)
Episode: Shinjitsu (2011)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Ernst is scheming to invoke the Gehenna Gate by using the blood of Rin, son of Satan. In order to protect his wounded older brother, Yukio offers to take his place.

Directors: Mamoru Enomoto, Tensai Okamura | Stars: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Jun Fukuyama, Keiji Fujiwara, Kana Hanazawa

Votes: 164

48. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Vacation Solution (2012)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

When the university forces Sheldon to use vacation days, he decides to hang out in Amy's lab. Howard becomes upset when he hears Bernadette wants him to sign a prenuptial agreement.

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 3,517

49. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode: A Sunny Day in the Void (2012)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

D-Squad has obtained their mission objective, but crash-land on a desolate planet after a run-in with comets.

Director: Kyle Dunlevy | Stars: Stephen Stanton, Ben Diskin, Tom Kane

Votes: 3,051

50. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: World's Finest (1997)

Unrated | 20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Joker steals a statue made of solid Kryptonite and makes a deal with Luthor to kill Superman. But Joker's plan is jeopardized when Batman arrives to warn Superman that his life is in danger.

Director: Toshihiko Masuda | Stars: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill

Votes: 593