Tom Shadyac

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 1994

A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of the missing mascot of the Miami Dolphins.

Category: Comedy

Stars: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young

6.9 IMDB Rating 1,507 Views
Evan Almighty 2007

Buffalo newsman Evan Baxter is elected to Congress with the slogan, "Change the world." He lucks into a huge house in a new Virginia suburb. His Capitol office is also fantastic, but there's a catch: he's tapped by the powerful Congressman Long to co-sponsor a bill to allow development in national parks. In steps God, who appears to a disbelieving Evan and gently commands him to build an ark. Tools and wood arrive in Evan's yard, animal pairs follow, his beard and hair grow wildly, nomad's clothes and a staff appear. Long grows impatient, Evan starts building, his family leaves him, reporters gather, and drought grips D.C. Still, Evan believes. But will he change the world?

Category: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Kids

Stars: Steve Carell,Morgan Freeman,Lauren Graham,Johnny Simmons

5.4 IMDB Rating 8,020 Views
Brian Banks 2019

A football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is wrongly convicted and sent to prison. Years later, he fights to clear his name within an unjust system.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Greg Kinnear, Aldis Hodge, Melanie Liburd

6,7 IMDB Rating 5,550 Views
Bruce Almighty 2003

Bruce Nolan, a television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y., is discontented with almost everything in life despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend Grace . At the end of the worst day of his life, Bruce angrily ridicules and rages against God and God responds. God appears in human form and, endowing Bruce with divine powers, challenges Bruce to take on the big job to see if he can do it any better.

Category: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Stars: Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Baker Hall

6.7 IMDB Rating 15,277 Views
Liar Liar 1997

Fletcher Reede, a fast talking attorney, habitual liar, and divorced father is an incredibly successful lawyer who has built his career by lying. He has a habit of giving precedence to his job and always breaking promises to be with his young son Max, but Fletcher lets Max down once too often, for missing his own son's birthday party. But until then at 8:15 Max has decided to make an honest man out of him as he wishes for one whole day his dad couldn't tell a lie. When the wish comes true all Fletcher can do is tell the truth and cannot tell one lie. Uh-oh for Fletcher!

Category: Comedy, Fantasy

Stars: Jim Carrey,Maura Tierney,Justin Cooper,Cary Elwes

6.8 IMDB Rating 11,702 Views
Patch Adams 1998

The true story of a heroic man, Hunter "Patch" Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. He ventured where no doctor had ventured before, using humour and pathos.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Stars: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter

6.8 IMDB Rating 4,962 Views
The Nutty Professor 1996

Brilliant and obese scientist Sherman Klump invents a miraculous weight-loss solution. After a date with chemistry student Carla Purty goes badly, a depressed Klump tries the solution on himself. Though he instantly loses 250 pounds, the side effects include a second personality: an obnoxiously self-assertive braggart who calls himself Buddy Love. Buddy proves to be more popular than Sherman, but his arrogance and bad behavior quickly spiral out of control.

Category: Comedy, Romantic, Sci-Fi

Stars: Eddie Murphy,Jada Pinkett Smith,James Coburn,Larry Miller

5.6 IMDB Rating 6,669 Views
Dragonfly 2002

A grieving doctor is being contacted by his deceased wife through his patients' near death experiences.

Category: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Stars: Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Joe Morton

6.1 IMDB Rating 5,027 Views