It's understandable to feel that there haven't been many films that have made us laugh in the last couple of years. Fortunately, there have been some honestly great comedies that have made us smile, from romantic films to action movies and everything in between. And in 2022, as audiences slowly return to the cinema, several promising films and reboots (all, reboots) are headed our way, from J.Lo's new romantic comedy and several animated films to the return of Elle Woods and the Sanderson Sisters, comedy films to watch in 2022 Here are some of the films to watch in 2022.

Release Date February 4, 2022

Starring Johnny Knoxville, Steve O., Chris Pontius, Dave England, Wee Man, Danger Ehren, Preston Lacy, Machine Gun Kelly, Eric Andre

Four Jackass films The second is sure to be full of outrageous stunts that made the names of adventurers Knoxville and Steve O. famous: February 11, 2022

Starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Maluma, Sarah Silverman, Jamila Jamil, Jimmy Fallon

In J.Lo's latest romantic comedy, she plays a music superstar who finds out her lover (Maluma) is cheating on her and marries the man she fell in love with (Wilson). The marriage lasts only three months, but strangers may fall in love with each other.

Release date February 11, 2022

Cast Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Tom Bateman, Rose Leslie, Emma McKee, Armie Hammer, Letitia Wright, Annette Bening, Sophie Okonedo

By Branagh The second Agatha Christie adaptation is a river cruise with a new stellar cast. It is smooth sailing, but when a young girl is found dead, several passengers become suspects.

Release date February 11, 2022

Starring Jenny Slate, Charlie Day, Gina Rodriguez, Scott Eastwood, Manny Jacinto, Mason Gooding, Jami Gertz, Isabel May

This revenge romcom is, available on Amazon Prime in time for Valentine's Day. Freshly dumped by their respective partners, Peter (Day) and Emma (Slate) team up to put an end to their former lovers' new relationship and win them back.

Release Date February 18, 2022

Starring Channing Tatum, Jane Addams, Kevin Nash, Qualianka Kircher, Aquella Zoll, Kayden Boyd

Movies featuring dogs always have cute moments. In this buddy comedy, an army veteran (Tatum) ends up driving a feisty service dog to his handler's funeral. Of course, the two bond along the way.

Release date March 11, 2022

Cast Sandra Oh, Rosalie Chen, Orion Lee, Wai Ching Ho, Maitrey Ramakrishnan, Jordan Fisher, Eva Morse, Hain Park

If you get too excited Pixar film about a 13-year-old girl who transforms into a giant red panda. (It's relatable.)

Release date: April 22, 2022

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Neil Patrick Harris, Tiffany Haddish, Sharon Horgan, Alessandra Mastronardi, Jacob Scipio, Lily Sheen

In this trippy parody, Cage plays himself. An actor who receives a million dollars to attend the birthday of a drug lord and superfan (Pascal) is recruited by a CIA agent (Haddish) to take down his fans.

Release date April 22, 2022

Starring Ankwafina, Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Zazie Beetz

"Can a gang of animal villains be rehabilitated?" a predator forced to find out. Animated film about predators forced to find out.

Release date May 13, 2022

Starring Rebel Wilson, Angourie Rice, Mary Holland, Molly Brown, Sam Richardson, Zaire Adams, Zöe Chao, Ana Yi Puig

Wilson plays a high school cheerleader who wakes up from a 20-year coma to become prom queen at age 37.

Release date May 16, 2022

Cast Andy Samberg, John Mulaney, Kiki Layne, Will Arnett, Eric Bana, Fra Borg, Seth Rogen, Keegan-Michael Key, J.K. Simmons

Fans of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" should check out this comedy in which the main characters Chip and Dale reunite to save their former cast members 30 years after the show ended.

Release date May 19, 2022

Starring Victoria Justice, Adam Demos, Luca Asta Sardellis, Samantha Kane, Craig Horner, Antonio Alvarez, Lucy Dulac

This city girl/ country boy romance In the film, a wine company executive from LA travels to Australia to win clients and falls in love with the handsome manager of a sheep ranch.

Release date May 27, 2022

Starring H. Jon Benjamin, Kristen Schaal, Dan Mintz, John Roberts, Eugene Mirman, Larry Murphy

FOX sitcom The Belcher family finally hits the silver screen for Memorial Day in the first feature film from the team behind the FOX sitcom.

Release date June 3, 2022

Starring Joel Kim Boozer, Bowen Yang, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, Matt Rogers, Trian Miller, Margaret Cho

A modern homage to "Pride and Prejudice," This hilarious film follows two best friends whose bond is tested during a week-long summer vacation.

Release Date June 17, 2022

Starring Emma Thompson, Darryl McCormack, Isabella Laughland

Thompson plays a middle-aged widow seeking a relationship and decides to hire an attractive escort in this sexy romantic comedy.

Release date June 17, 2022

Starring Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martinez, Jose Luis Gomez, Manolo Solo, Irene Escolar, Pilar Castro

This farce from Argentina won the Best Film Award-winning director (Cruz), a box-office star (Banderas), and a theater actor (Martinez) working together to balance their egos in this film about filmmaking.

Release date July 1, 2022

Starring Steve Carell, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Alan Arkin, Lucy Lawless, Danny Trejo, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews

The adorable and hilarious Minions never get old, and in their second solo film, they team up with 12-year-old Gru to steal the Minions from the supervillain group the Sinister Six.

Release date July 15, 2022

Starring Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Henry Golding, Richard E. Grant, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Janet Henfrey

Jane The first film adaptation of Austen's last completed novel follows the life of 27-year-old Nia Spinster as she returns to the life of one of the people she ran away from.

Release date August 12, 2022

Starring Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson, Kaley Cuoco, Ellen Barkin, Melanie Rivard, Lela Lauren, Jasmine Matthews

A world-class hit man and a bumbling New Yorker mistaken for an AirBnB in this rather high-strung identity-swapping comedy.

Release date September 30, 2022

Starring Billy Eichner, Luke MacFarlane, Monica Raymund, Jim Rash, Harvey Firestein, Dot-Marie Jones, Guillermo Diaz, Guy Branum, Bowen Yang

this sweet-as-sugar romantic comedy will go down in history as the first gay romantic comedy by a major studio. Eichner and MacFarlane, who also wrote the screenplay, play two men who stumble upon love.

Release date September 30, 2022

Cast Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Doug Jones, Sam Richardson, Tony Hale, Hannah Waddingham, Whitney Peake

30 from original years, the Sanderson sisters return. The rebooted Halloween comedy will be released on Disney+ in the fall of 2022 and follows three young women who accidentally bring the witches back to modern-day Salem.

Release date October 21, 2022

Starring Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Caitlin Dever, Billy Lloyd, and Lucas Bravo

In this star-studded romantic comedy, Robert and Clooney play a divorced couple who 25 years In this star-studded romantic comedy, Robert and Clooney play a divorced couple who team up to prevent their daughter from making the same mistakes they made 25 years earlier. The film is also set in Bali, which provides a wonderful backdrop.

Release Date Undecided (planned for holiday season)

Starring Daniel Craig, Kathryn Hahn, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Jessica Henwick, Madeline Klein, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monae

Directed by Rian Johnson The long-awaited sequel to the hilarious hodgepodge of hilarious hodgepodge films from the world of the hodgepodge is coming to Netflix this year. Craig's character, detective Benoit Blanc, faces yet another mystery.

Release date TBD

Starring Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Coolidge, Jessica Coffiel, Alana Ubach

Elle Woods Written by Mindy Kaling" We literally cannot wait for the third installment of "Legally Blonde".

Release date TBD

Starring Jonah Hill, Julia Lewis-Dreyfus, Eddie Murphy, Nia Long, Lauren London

In this Netflix film, Hill and London play a couple who get to know each other's families and comedy legends Louis-Dreyfus and Murphy play the discerning parents.