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The action comedy is a genre that combines aspects of action and comedy.

Film

AllMovie describes action comedy films as those with "fast and furious" action yet being "mostly lighthearted", rarely having death or serious injury.^[1] The Script Lab wrote, "[The genre] relies on the characters to bring out the humor, while the action scenes tend to be less intense than in the traditional action movie."^[2]

Action comedies often have "fish out of water" themes; for example, using a starring actor's celebrity to contrast the setting, such as how comedian and actor Eddie Murphy's "streetwise, sarcastic persona clashes with conventional police procedures in the Beverly Hills Cop films" in the late twentieth century.^[3]

The 1926 film The General starring Buster Keaton may be the first action comedy film.^[4] Other early forms of action comedy films were swashbuckler films from the 1930s. Allmovie wrote that its "stars combined wit and one-liners with a thrilling plot and daring stunts". In the 1980s, the genre became commonplace, and buddy cop films emerged as an extension of action comedy films such as Midnight Run (1988) and the Lethal Weapon film series.^[1] Other action comedies from the decade included The Blues Brothers (1980) and the films of actor and martial artist Jackie Chan.^[5]

In the 1990s, action comedy films "became more violent, with fiery deaths and emphatic shootings increasingly used as punchlines".^[1] Rotten Tomatoes wrote that Rush Hour (1998) revitalized the genre's formula and that Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) was a highlight from the decade. In the first two decades of the 21st century, the films Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), Tropic Thunder (2008), 21 Jump Street (2012), and Bad Boys for Life (2020) were among numerous instances of the genre.^[5]

List of action comedy films
Film	Year	Ref.
21 Jump Street	2012	^[5]
22 Jump Street	2014	^[5]
48 Hrs.	1982	^[5]
American Made	2017	^[5]
Ant-Man	2015	^[5]
Ant-Man and the Wasp	2018	^[5]
Attack the Block	2011	^[6]
Bad Boys	1995	^[7]
Bad Boys for Life	2020	^[5]
Big Trouble in Little China	1986	^[5]
Big Momma's House	2000	^[7]
Beverly Hills Cop	1984	^[5]
Birds of Prey	2020	^[5]
Black Dynamite	2009	^[5]
The Blues Brothers	1980	^[5]
The Cabin in the Woods	2011	^[6]
D.E.B.S.	2004	^[6]
Deadpool	2016	^[5]
Deadpool 2	2018	^[5]
Drive-Away Dolls	2024	^[6]
Drunken Master II	1994	^[5]
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	2024	^[6]
Everything Everywhere All at Once	2022	^[6]
The Fall Guy	2024	^[6]
Free Guy	2021	^[5]
Galaxy Quest	1999	^[6]
Game Night	2018	^[5]
Get Smart	2008	^[7]
The General	1926	^[5]
The Gentlemen	2019	^[5]
Ghostbusters	1984	^[6]
Guardians of the Galaxy	2014	^[5]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	2017	^[5]
The Heat	2013	^[7]
Hit Man	2023	^[6]
Hot Fuzz	2007	^[5]
If Looks Could Kill	1991	^[8]
The Interview	2014	^[7]
Johnny English	2003	^[7]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	2017	^[7]
Keanu	2016	^[5]
Kick-Ass	2010	^[5]
Kingsman: The Secret Service	2014	^[5]
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	2005	^[5]
Kung Fu Hustle	2004	^[5]
Lethal Weapon	1987	^[5]
Lethal Weapon 2	1989	^[5]
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	1998	^[5]
Logan Lucky	2007	^[6]
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	2015	^[6]
The Mask	1994	^[6]
Men in Black	1997	^[5]
Midnight Run	1988	^[5]
Miss Congeniality	2000	^[6]
Mr. & Mrs. Smith	2005	^[6]
The Nice Guys	2016	^[5]
Now You See Me 2	2016	^[6]
The Other Guys	2010	^[5]
The Paper Tigers	2020	^[5]
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	2003	^[6]
Polite Society	2023	^[6]
The Princess Bride	1987	^[6]
Red	2010	^[5]
Ride Along	2014	^[7]
Romancing the Stone	1984	^[5]
Rumble in the Bronx	1995	^[5]
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	2010	^[5]
Shanghai Noon	2000	^[5]
Shaolin Soccer	2001	^[5]
Shaun of the Dead	2004	^[7]
Shazam!	2019	^[5]
Sherlock Holmes	2009	^[6]
Shotgun Wedding	2022	^[6]
Something Wild	1986	^[5]
Spy	2015	^[5]
Spy Kids	2001	^[6]
The Suicide Squad	2021	^[5]
Supercop	1992	^[5]
Tag	2018	^[6]
Team America: World Police	2004	^[5]
Thor: Ragnarok	2017	^[5]
Three Kings	1999	^[5]
Tropic Thunder	2008	^[5]

TV series

List of action comedy TV series
TV series	Year(s)	Ref.
The A-Team	1983–1987	^[9]
Burn Notice	2007–2013	^[10]
Chuck	2007–2012	^[11]
Doom Patrol	2020–2022	^[12]
The Dukes of Hazzard	1979–1985	^[13]
Future Man	2017–2020	^[14]
Kidd Video	1984–1985	^[13]
Lethal Weapon	2016–2019	^[14]
Our Flag Means Death	2022-2023	^[15]
Peacemaker	2022	^[16]
Remington Steele	1982–1987	^[17]
Rush Hour	2016	^[18]
Teenage Bounty Hunters	2020	^[19]

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^ Baldwin, Daniel (July 29, 2016). "From Grieco With Love: Remembering 'If Looks Could Kill'". Forbes. Archived from the original on December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
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^ Truitt, Brian (January 13, 2022). "How HBO Max's 'Peacemaker' became a hair metal superhero spin on the ensemble comedy". USA Today. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
^ Taylor, Larry (2018). "Nomads". John McTiernan: The Rise and Fall of an Action Movie Icon. McFarland. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-4766-3233-9.
^ Swift, Andy (September 30, 2014). "Rush Hour TV Series In the Works for CBS from Bill Lawrence, Brett Ratner". TVLine. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
^ Nemetz, Dave (July 30, 2020). "Teenage Bounty Hunters Trailer: High School Girls Kick Ass After Class in Netflix's Edgy Action Comedy". TVLine. Archived from the original on July 30, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2022.