A sophisticated comedy (also known as "high comedy") portrays the trials and tribulations of upper-class life. Often these films examine the conflicts caused by social rules that hamper the individualist desires and needs of their protagonists. The emphasis in a sophisticated comedy, as with comedy of manners and more refined examples of satire, is on witty dialogue and ironic situational gags rather than physical humor. Filmmakers of the 30s and 40s such as Ernst Lubitsch (Ninotchka, Trouble in Paradise), George Cukor (The Philadelphia Story,Adam's Rib), Preston Sturges (The Lady Eve) and sometimes Frank Capra (It Happened One Night) were the chief artists of this approach. Woody Allen and Whit Stillman, with their focus on the sexual predicaments of the Upper Class in New York, have kept this talky tradition of filmmaking alive.

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	R	2003	Anything Else
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	PG13	2002	Tadpole
	R	2001	The Royal Tenenbaums
	PG13	1999	An Ideal Husband
		1999	Rien sur Robert
	R	1998	The Last Days of Disco
		1997	Veronica's Closet [TV Series]
		1997	Pousse Cafe
	PG	1995	Sabrina
	R	1995	Flirt
	R	1994	Four Weddings and a Funeral
		1994	Barcelona
	PG	1994	Princess Caraboo
	R	1993	Six Degrees of Separation
		1993	Smoking/No Smoking
		1993	Frasier [TV Series]
		1992	The Importance of Being Earnest
	R	1992	Husbands and Wives
	PG13	1991	L.A. Story
	PG13	1990	Metropolitan
	PG13	1990	Alice
	R	1990	May Fools
		1989	Dinner at Eight
	PG13	1986	Hannah and Her Sisters
	R	1981	Modern Romance
	PG	1979	A Little Romance
	R	1979	Manhattan
		1977	Annie Hall
		1975	Love Among the Ruins
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		1961	Breakfast at Tiffany's
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		1958	Indiscreet
		1958	Auntie Mame
		1957	Designing Woman
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