The Complete List of the Comedies of Summer 2015…So Far
It’s Summer movie season. The Avengers, the dinosaurs and secret agent Ethan Hunt are all back in theaters. Besides the screen exploding with action sequels, there’s also plenty of laughs packed into the next 3 months. Amy Schumer is making her feature film debut. Melissa McCarthy and Paul Feig are at it again. And the guys from “Entourage” have made it from your television to the big screen. “Neighbors” was the big comedy hit last Summer. Who’s going to pull it off this year!? There’s so much to choose from. Here’s your guide to the 2015 Summer comedies.
May 2015
May 1: Ride
Starring Helen Hunt, Luke Wilson, Brenton Thwaites, David Zayas, Richard Kind, Mike White
Written and directed by Helen Hunt, she also stars as an overbearing mother who follows her son to L.A. and learns to surf to try to reconnect with him after he drops out of college. Watch the trailer.
May 1: Welcome To Me
Starring Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Linda Cardellini, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack
An emotional disturbed woman (Wiig) uses the money she won in the lottery to buy time on a local cable system for her own eccentric talk show. Watch the trailer.
May 8: The D Train
Starring Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn, Jeffrey Tambor, Russell Posner, Mike White
Jack Black plays Dan Landsman who has promised to get the most popular guy in high school, Oliver Lawless, back for his class’ 20 year reunion. Oliver is now a star and Dan goes on a quest to get him to the reunion. Watch the trailer.
May 8: Hot Pursuit
Starring Reese Witherspoon, Sofía Vergara, Robert Kazinsky, Michael Mosley, John Carroll Lynch, Mike Birbiglia
This woman buddy comedy stars Reese Witherspoon as a police officer who goes on the run with a witness, the widow of drug dealer played by Modern Family’s Sofia Vergara in order to protect her. Watch the trailer.
May 15: Slow West
Starring Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Caren Pistorius, Ben Mendelsohn
At the end of the nineteenth century, 16-year-old Jay Cavendish journeys across the American frontier in search of the woman he loves. He is joined by Silas, a mysterious traveler, and hotly pursued by an outlaw along the way. Watch the trailer.
May 15: Pitch Perfect 2
Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Skylar Astin, Adam DeVine, John Michael Higgins
The Barden Bellas a cappella group is back and this time representing America on a worldwide stage. Watch the trailer.
May 15: I’ll See You In My Dreams
Starring Blythe Danner, June Squibb, Rhea Perlman, Mary Kay Place, Martin Starr, Sam Elliott
Blythe Danner leads a brilliant cast as a woman whose everyday activities are making her feel old. With the help of her friends, she sets out to reinvent herself and embrace the world including a new love life. Watch the trailer.
May 29: Aloha
Starring Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Alec Baldwin, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Danny McBride, Jay Baruchel
“Aloha” is written and directed by Cameron Crowe. It’s the romantic comedy about a military contractor (Bradley Cooper) heading back to Hawaii for a project and finds himself torn between a former love and the tough as nails female Air Force pilot he finds himself falling for. Watch the trailer.
May 29: Results
Starring Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Kevin Corrigan, Giovanni Ribisi, Brooklyn Decker, Anthony Michael Hall, Constance Zimmer
Kevin Corrigan plays a wealthy divorced man who joins a gym to improve his life, but ends up bringing chaos to the lives of two of the gym’s personal trainers played by Guy Pearce and Colbie Smulders. Watch the trailer.
June 2015
June 5: Entourage
Starring Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven, Perrey Reeves, Rex Lee, Scott Caan, Debi Mazar
Let’s hug it out. The HBO series is back as a feature film. The movie picks up where the series left off. New studio head Ari Gold gives Vinny Chase a chance to direct his first film and of course, he goes millions of dollars over budget. Watch the trailer.
June 5: Spy
Starring Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Miranda Hart, Bobby Cannavale, Allison Janney, Jude Law
Produced, written by and directed by Paul Feig, “Spy” stars Melissa McCarthy as a CIA employee who unexpectedly finds herself on the front lines of international espionage when 2 agents become compromised. Watch the trailer.
June 19: Dope
Starring starring Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Blake Anderson, Zoë Kravitz, A$AP Rocky, Tyga, Chanel Iman, Rick Fox
This coming of age comedy-drama takes place in a rough neighborhood in Inglewood, California. Malcolm (Shameik Moore) has dreams of going to Harvard, but that could all change during one wild night at a party in Los Angeles involving drug dealers and gangsters. Watch the trailer.
June 19: Infinitely Polar Bear
Starring Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, Ashley Aufderheide
Mark Ruffalo stars as a father suffering from severe emotional problems. He’s finds himself reunited with and now raising his two daughters as his estranged wife goes off to college and he tries to win his family back. Watch the trailer.
June 19: The Overnight
Starring Adam Scott, Jason Schwartzman, Taylor Schilling, Judith Godrèche
Produced by Mark and Jay Duplass and Adam Scott, a new couple moves into the neighborhood and arrange a play date for their kid with their neighbors. After the kids are put to bed, all bets are off between the two couples in this sex comedy written and directed by Patrick Brice. Watch the trailer.
June 26: The Outskirts (Moved to November 6)
Starring Claudia Lee, Eden Sher, Victoria Justice, Avan Jogia, Ashley Rickards, Peyton List, William Peltz
It’s a high school revolution in “The Outskirts”. Two friends to decide to bring together all of their school’s misfits in order to take control from the most popular girl on campus.
June 26: Ted 2
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Schiff
The foul-mouthed talking teddy bear is back and now he’s married. Ted and his wife want to start a family and need a sperm donation from his best friend John (Mark Wahlberg), but before he can have kids, Ted must prove he’s real in a court of law. Watch the trailer.
July 2015
July 1: Magic Mike XXL
Starring Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez, Gabriel Iglesias
The guys from the Xquisite Strip Club in Tampa are taking a road trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for the big male strippers convention. Watch the trailer.
July 10: The Bronze
Starring Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole, Thomas Middleditch, Sebastian Stan, Cecily Strong, Haley Lu Richardson
Written by and starring Melissa Rauch (The Big Bang Theory), “The Bronze” is the story of a former bronze medal gymnast with a horrible personality who can’t take when it when a there’s a new local gymnastics hero in her town. Watch the cast talk about “The Bronze” with the Hollywood Reporter
July 10: Tangerine
Starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, James Ransone, Mickey O’Hagan
Mark and Jay Duplass are the producers behind this comedy about a transgender prostitute, Sin-Dee Rella, who’s out of jail and looking for her boyfriend (who’s also her pimp), his new girlfriend and revenge. Watch the trailer.
July 17: Trainwreck
Starring Ar, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, Tilda Swinton, Mike Birbiglia, Jon Glaser, Vanessa Bayer, John Cena, Ezra Miller, LeBron James
This could be the most anticipated comedy of the Summer. Written by and starring Amy Schumer and directed by Judd Apatow, “Trainwreck” stars Amy as a woman who’s life is messy and her inability to commit to relationships is put to the test when she meets a guy who she really likes this time played by Bill Hader. Watch the trailer.
July 17: Irrational Man
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey, Jamie Blackley
Woody Allen’s latest film stars Joaquin Phoenix as a burnt out, depressed, alcoholic philosophy professor who finds a new lease on life after getting involved in a relationship with one of his students, played by Emma Stone. Watch the trailer.
July 24: Pixels
Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Monaghan, Jane Krakowski
This action comedy features aliens attacking the the Earth using classic arcade games brought to life to wipe out the human race. The President (Kevin James) enlists his childhood friend and former 1980s arcade champion Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler) to defeat the video game invaders. Watch the trailer.
July 31: Vacation
Starring Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Leslie Mann, Chris Hemsworth, Charlie Day, Keegan-Michael Key, Tim Heidecker, Nick Kroll with Beverly D’Angelo and Chevy Chase
It’s the second generation of vacationing Griswolds. Ed Helms stars a grownup Rusty Griswold from the original “Vacation” movies starring Chevy Chase. Rusty tries to recreate his father’s dream of taking his own family on a cross country road trip. Watch the trailer.
August 2015
August 7: Masterminds
Starring Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis.
A slow-witted security guard for an armored car company decides to pull off one of the biggest cash heists in history with the help of his friends. Watch the trailer.
August 7: Ricki And The Flash
Starring Meryl Streep, Mamie Gummer, Kevin Kline, Sebastian Stan, Rick Springfield, Audra McDonald, Ben Platt
Academy Award winner Meryl Streep stars as Ricki in a new comedy from Academy Award winning screenwriter Diablo Cody and Academy Award winning director Jonathan Demme. Ricki is a woman who walked out on her family years ago to become a rock star. She now has the opportunity to reconcile with her adult daughter when she heads back home to Chicago. Watch the trailer.
August 21: American Ultra
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Connie Britton, Topher Grace, John Leguizamo, Bill Pullman, Walton Goggins, Tony Hale
Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart reunite for the first time since “Adventureland” in “American Ultra”. They play a stoner couple getting by in small town until they find themselves caught up in a government plot.
August 21: Grandma
Starring Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer, Nat Wolff, Sam Elliot
Comedy legend Lily Tomlin is back in a lead role in “Grandma”. Tomlin plays Elle whose long time life partner has recently died. She’s now traveling on the road with a granddaughter she’s trying to reconnect with. Watch a clip.
August 21: Learning To Drive
Starring Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Jake Weber, Grace Gummer
In this new comedy based on an article in the New Yorker, Patricia Clarkson plays a woman seeking independence by learning to drive after her husband leaves her. Ben Kingsley plays her instructor, a man facing an arranged marriage from his home country and who needs advice about women. Watch the trailer.
August 21: She’s Funny That Way
Starring Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Will Forte, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Aniston
“She’s Funny That Way” stars Imogen Poots as a prostitute turned Broadway actress. She turns the production she’s appearing in upside down as well as the lives of those involved in the play when the director (Owen Wilson) and the playwright (Will Forte) both fall for her. “She’s Funny That Way” is directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Watch the trailer.
August 21: Sleeping With Other People
Starring Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Natasha Lyonne, Amanda Peet, Adam Scott
This romantic comedy stars Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie as a pair of sex addicts. They form a friendship to help each other change their ways which leads to a mutual attraction. The comedy premiered at Sundance. Watch Alison Brie talk about the film at the festival with Vanity Fair.
Labor Day Weekend
September 2: A Walk In The Woods
Starring Robert Redford, Mary Steenburgen, Nick Nolte, Nick Offerman, Emma Thompson, Kristen Schaal
This comedy – biopic is based on the true story of author Bill Bryson who after spending years in England, decides to reacquaint himself with America by hiking the Appalachian Trail with his best friend. Watch a clip.
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