185 Comedy Film Writing Prompts

Historic & Time-Journey Tweaks

1. A time-traveling comic who by accident modifications historic occasions with their jokes.
2. A struggling musician wakes as much as discover they’re the one one who remembers the Beatles.
3. A medieval knight transported to the trendy world.
4. A time loop in a small city that results in hilarious eventualities.
5. A comedy about an novice archaeologist uncovering a hilariously insignificant historic artifact.
6. An individual who’s allergic to the twenty first century tries to dwell prefer it’s 1850 in downtown Manhattan.
7. A person discovers his fridge is a time machine, however it solely goes again to 10 minutes in the past.
8. A household trip to a “historic village” the place the actors take their roles manner too far.

Thriller, Spies & Crime (Parodied)

9. A mismatched pair of personal detectives on the path of a weird thriller.
10. An excellent-serious spy paired with a bumbling, talkative companion.
11. A ghost attempting to resolve their very own homicide thriller.
12. A parody of well-known detective tales.
13. A heist film parody with a crew of bumbling thieves.
14. A spy comedy the place the devices have a thoughts of their very own.
15. A parody of well-known motion motion pictures, with an unlikely hero.
16. A city that takes their neighborhood watch program too severely.
17. A gritty, noir-style investigation into who stole the final cookie from the jar.
18. A “True Crime” podcast about individuals who do not return their buying carts.
19. A courtroom drama the place the defendant is a parrot accused of defamation.
20. A spy thriller the place the “High Secret” file is only a actually good recipe for potato salad.
21. A mall Santa who is definitely a fugitive hiding from the regulation.
22. A world-class murderer who’s pressured to go undercover as a preschool trainer.

Office, Enterprise & Careers

23. A office comedy set in a superhero company.
24. A mockumentary in regards to the world’s worst sports activities group.
25. An workplace comedy about an organization that sells ridiculous merchandise.
26. A mockumentary on essentially the most dysfunctional native authorities workplace.
27. A gaggle of children beginning a enterprise that will get surprisingly profitable.
28. A narrative in regards to the world’s most boring one that inadvertently turns into an web sensation.
29. A mockumentary in regards to the world’s most eccentric artwork gallery.
30. A mockumentary a couple of small city’s overly dramatic native theatre group.
31. An underdog sports activities group of misfits and their journey to victory.
32. A film in regards to the world’s worst canine walker.
33. A gaggle of pals attempt to begin a enterprise with a ridiculous idea.
34. A human sources supervisor at a monster-hunting company.
35. A “Security Inspector” for a circus that refuses to comply with any guidelines.
36. A high-end restaurant the place the chef is a five-year-old prodigy who solely makes dinosaur nuggets.
37. A tech startup that by accident creates an app that predicts what folks will eat for lunch—and nothing else.
38. A temp employee who retains getting assigned to “Darkish Overlords” and “Evil Geniuses.”
39. A pilot who’s petrified of heights however is just too embarrassed to stop.
40. A “haunted home” actor who forgets to clock out and goes grocery buying in full demon make-up.
41. A synchronized swimming group made up fully of grumpy building staff.
42. A librarian who treats overdue books like high-level federal crimes.
43. An elevator operator in a skyscraper the place each flooring is a special dimension.
44. A yoga teacher who is continually dropping their mood.
45. A climate reporter who can solely predict the climate by how their knees really feel.
46. A “skilled mourner” who by accident exhibits as much as the improper funeral and turns into the lifetime of the social gathering.
47. A “Life Swap” between a billionaire and an expert dog-groomer.
48. A comedy a couple of undercover agent whose cowl id is a “Skilled Mattress Tester.”

Supernatural, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

49. Aliens land on Earth and attempt to perceive human humor.
50. A magical distant management that controls the true world.
51. A household inherits a haunted, but comical, mansion.
52. A zoo the place the animals can speak and so they plan a hilarious escape.
53. A marriage planner for supernatural creatures.
54. A day within the lifetime of a slipshod however lovable superhero.
55. A fantasy world the place an unlikely hero is a bard with horrible music abilities.
56. A rom-com set in a world the place everybody has a superpower, however the principle character’s energy is extraordinarily inconvenient.
57. A fantasy journey the place the hero is cursed to talk solely in riddles.
58. A sci-fi comedy about an alien attempting to slot in at a highschool.
59. A comedy a couple of group of ghosts attempting to scare a too-calm new house owner.
60. A comedy a couple of struggling magician who by accident makes folks disappear for actual.
61. A film the place a personality can hear everybody’s ideas, however solely after they sing them.
62. A comedy a couple of theme park the place the sights come to life.
63. A comedy a couple of group of pals who by accident e book a trip at a resort for superheroes.
64. A vampire who’s faint on the sight of blood and tries to dwell on iron-fortified juice.
65. A superhero whose solely energy is the flexibility to make folks crave tacos.
66. An alien invasion that fails as a result of the aliens arrive throughout a worldwide web outage.
67. A wizard who retains by accident casting “Minor Inconvenience” spells.
68. A portal to Hell opens in the course of a classy vegan cafe.
69. A robotic that’s programmed to be “too well mannered” and refuses to let anybody do something.
70. A dragon who hoards nothing however discarded 90s boy band memorabilia.
71. A help group for individuals who have been “the chosen one” however failed to satisfy the prophecy.
72. A zombie apocalypse the place the zombies are solely occupied with consuming kale.
73. A fairy godmother who’s going by means of a “darkish, edgy” section.
74. A spaceship crew the place the AI has the persona of a sarcastic teenager.
75. A centaur who’s attempting to make it as an expert ballerina.
76. A mad scientist who solely invents issues to make his every day chores barely simpler.
77. A comedy a couple of college for “Sidekicks” who’re bored with doing the soiled work.
78. A ghost who’s afraid of the darkish.
79. A person turns into the “chosen one” to save lots of a world he thinks is a online game.
80. A gaggle of ants attempting to break a superbly deliberate picnic.
81. A gaggle of pirates who’re attempting to go “inexperienced” and save the ocean.

Journey & Excessive-Stakes Adventures

82. A gaggle of pals by accident win a fortune however need to spend it in 24 hours.
83. A household highway journey that goes hilariously improper at each flip.
84. A highschool reunion that turns right into a wild treasure hunt.
85. A highway journey to discover a legendary, hidden amusement park.
86. A highway journey film the place the principle character is joined by a speaking map.
87. A comedy a couple of household’s first tenting journey going absurdly improper.
88. An journey comedy a couple of treasure map present in a bottle of soda.
89. A comedy a couple of group of pals who by accident get locked in a division retailer in a single day.
90. A film a couple of group of seniors who escape their retirement residence for a wild journey.
91. A comedy a couple of group of children who begin a yard area program.
92. A marathon the place contestants should carry a full bowl of soup the whole time.
93. A survival present the place the contestants are “marooned” in a luxurious mall.

Rom-Coms & Relationships

94. A rom-com the place a pair falls in love over a sequence of wrong-number calls.
95. A rom-com about rival baristas.
96. A rom-com about two rival meals truck homeowners.
97. A rom-com set in a world the place everybody’s life is narrated by a voiceover.
98. A rom-com about two individuals who meet whereas returning the improper Christmas items.
99. A pair on a blind date realizes they’re undercover spies searching one another.
100. A person by accident proposes to a stranger due to a sneeze.
101. A “break-up coach” who is definitely horrible at sustaining their very own relationships.
102. A relationship app that solely matches folks based mostly on the issues they completely hate.
103. A marriage the place the bride and groom understand they’re each marrying into the identical rival crime household.
104. A person falls in love with the voice of his automated “Sensible Dwelling” system.
105. A girl dates a person who’s clearly three toddlers in a trench coat.
106. A rom-com the place the “meet-cute” occurs throughout a financial institution theft.
107. A pair tries to have a “excellent” marriage ceremony whereas a meteor is headed for Earth.
108. A speed-dating occasion for superheroes and supervillains.
109. A person tries to win again his ex by recreating scenes from motion pictures she’s by no means seen.
110. A marriage photographer who tries to sabotage the weddings they shoot to maintain their enterprise busy.
111. A girl discovers her “excellent” boyfriend is definitely a personality from a cleaning soap opera.
112. A protracted-distance relationship between a human and an astronaut on a one-way mission to Mars.
113. A man brings a “plus one” to a marriage who seems to be a educated grizzly bear.
114. A rom-com set in a retirement residence for ex-supervillains.

Household & Neighborhood Quirkiness

115. A speaking canine turns into the mayor of a small city.
116. A gaggle of retirees type a rock band.
117. A world the place mendacity doesn’t exist till one man discovers how.
118. An novice chef by accident will get entered right into a connoisseur cooking competitors.
119. A mistaken id results in a median Joe working for president.
120. A buddy comedy about two rival gardeners.
121. A comedy a couple of household of inventors the place the whole lot goes improper.
122. A mockumentary about essentially the most overly aggressive neighborhood in America.
123. A mockumentary on essentially the most weird household reunion.
124. A forgotten vacation {that a} small city decides to have fun in an extravagant manner.
125. A feel-good comedy a couple of group of pals beginning a band with no musical expertise.
126. A city the place everyone seems to be required to put on costumes on daily basis.
127. A household comedy about by accident swapping lives with their neighbors.
128. A sitcom-style film about life in a unusual small city.
129. A grandmother turns into a world-class e-sports champion.
130. A household tries to dwell a “tech-free” week however finally ends up speaking by way of provider pigeon.
131. A neighborhood the place everybody thinks their neighbor is an alien, and so they’re all proper.
132. A toddler discovers their mother and father are literally retired circus clowns.
133. A gaggle of toddlers plans a “heist” to get the cookies from the highest shelf.
134. A person tries to persuade his household he’s a undercover agent, however he’s only a information entry clerk.
135. A “Dad Joke” competitors that determines the following mayor of a city.
136. A household strikes right into a home that’s “good” however extremely passive-aggressive.
137. A narrative a couple of sibling duo who understand their canine has been working the family.
138. A neighborhood “Potluck” that turns into an all-out tactical struggle.
139. A youngster discovers their mother and father have been the “cool children” within the 80s and is horrified.
140. A grandpa who claims he invented the web and tries to show it.
141. A “Deliver Your Daughter to Work Day” at a secret lair for a James Bond villain.
142. A person tries to win a “Finest Garden” award through the use of unlawful alien fertilizer.

Pure Absurdity & Satire

143. A comedy the place each character speaks in film quotes.
144. A gaggle of pals by accident begins a viral dance craze.
145. A author who begins dwelling the occasions they write of their novel.
146. A mockumentary on a bunch of people that imagine they’re superheroes.
147. A parody of catastrophe motion pictures the place the whole lot that may go improper does.
148. A film the place a personality can solely converse in social media hashtags.
149. A parody of The Bachelor the place all of the contestants are golden retrievers.
150. A medical drama set in a hospital for stuffed animals.
151. A documentary in regards to the secret world of competitive-eating judges.
152. A Shakespearean play carried out fully by ventriloquist dummies.
153. A parody of Kitchen Nightmares set in a highschool cafeteria.
154. A “Dwelling Enchancment” present the place they “renovate” caves for modern-day cavemen.
155. A horror film the place the “monster” is only a very persistent telemarketer.
156. A political thriller in regards to the election for a suburban cul-de-sac’s HOA president.
157. A superhero film the place the hero’s “origin story” is only a delicate allergic response.
158. A musical a couple of man who’s bodily incapable of singing.
159. A “Actuality TV” present the place the contestants do not know they’re on a present.

On a regular basis Absurdity

160. A help group for individuals who have been hit by falling pianos.
161. An expert “line-stander” who stands in for a groom at a marriage.
162. A world the place your “interior monologue” is performed by means of a speaker in your chest.
163. A person discovers his GPS is definitely his ex-girlfriend attempting to break his life.
164. A aggressive “excessive ironing” group takes its sport manner too severely.
165. A help group for henchmen who survive their villainous bosses’ explosions.
166. A person finds out his cat is a world-renowned inventory market professional.
167. A city the place disagreements are settled by “Rock, Paper, Scissors.”
168. A customer support consultant for a corporation that sells “Doomsday Gadgets.”
169. A minimalist and a hoarder are pressured to share a tiny studio house.
170. A world the place espresso is unlawful and traded like contraband.
171. An influencer loses their cellphone and has to explain their lunch in particular person.
172. A “Ghostbuster” model group that focuses on eradicating annoying ex-boyfriends.
173. A world the place everybody has a “Stat Bar” exhibiting their weirdest secrets and techniques.
174. A person wakes as much as discover he has been changed by a physique double, and his household likes the double higher.
175. A help group for individuals who have been ghosted by literal ghosts.
176. A world the place folks can “purchase” new personalities from a merchandising machine.
177. A person finds a “Consumer Handbook” for his spouse.
178. A city the place it rains literal cats and canine yearly.
179. An individual who can solely see the world in “low-resolution” graphics.
180. A secret society of people who find themselves attempting to convey again the “fanny pack.”
181. A person discovers his reflection is 5 seconds behind and begins taking part in pranks on it.
182. A world the place everybody’s title relies on the very first thing they ate that day.
183. A detective who “talks” to the furnishings on the crime scene.
184. A gymnasium the place you drop a few pounds by laughing.
185. A person finds a “Skip” button for actual life however retains lacking the great elements.