The Cinematic Jokebook

Bill Murray tells a group of doctors a joke in Frank Oz’s What About Bob? (1991).

Russell Crowe tells Paul Bettany a joke in Peter Weir’s Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).

Joseph Gordon-Levitt tells Piper Laurie a joke in Spencer Susser’s Hesher (2010).

Hugh Laurie tells Jason Lewis a joke on the TV series House (“Living the Dream,” Season 4, Episode 14, 2008).

Donald Sutherland tells Brooke Adams a joke in Philip Kaufman’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).

Ryan Gosling tells a joke to Shareeka Epps, and mangles it, in Ryan Fleck’s Half Nelson (2006).

Nicole Vicius tells Ryan Gosling a joke in Ryan Fleck’s Half Nelson (2006).

Shareeka Epps tells Ryan Gosling a joke in Ryan Fleck’s Half Nelson (2006).

Will Ferrell and Christopher Jordan Wallace exchange jokes in Dan Rush’s Everything Must Go (2011).

Tom Finnegan tells Harry Dean Stanton, Tracey Walter, and Sy Richardson a joke (not that they’re paying any attention) in Alex Cox’s Repo Man (1984).