This year, movieplexes are packed with comedies. Maybe it’s because of the economy, or maybe it’s the war. Whatever it is, movie studies have decided the American public needs to laugh. With this slate of comedy movies, you’re sure to find at least one to tickle your funny bone. Assuming you can afford the ticket.

Letters to Juliet - May 14
Oh, Hollywood, we can’t stay mad at you forever. Not when you bring us Letters to Juliet. What better way to start the summer than with a sweet romantic comedy set in Verona, the land where Romeo met Juliet. It stars Amanda Seyfried, a cute British guy, and Vanessa Redgrave as a trio who set out to reunite Vanessa with her long-lost love. You can be sure Amanda will find her true love (cute British guy) along the way.

Sex and the City 2 – May 28
Two chick flicks in a row? Be still our beating hearts. This sequel to the movie that was the sequel to the TV series picks up two years after the last one left off, and features the girls jetting off to far-flung desert locales in impossibly fantastic fashions. The plot is probably immaterial as long as you can sneak cosmos into the theater.

Get Him to the Greek – June 4
If you’re a fan of Judd Apatow’s crude humor, you’ll love this movie. If you’re not, then we don’t recommend this. In this latest crass buddy-ish movie, Jonah Hill is the bumbling fat guy charged with getting rock star Russell Brand to the Greek Theater for a reunion concert. Hi-jinks ensue.

The Killers – June 4
So, while you’re boyfriend is being grossed out by the previous movie, you can be in the theater next door watching Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher as the happily married couple, at least until she discovers that he used to be a spy and now there are assassins after them. Happy Anniversary, honey!

Cyrus – June 18
John (John C. Reilly) is divorced, lonely, and oozes pathetic desperation in conversations with women at parties. But sparks fly when he meets Molly (Marisa Tomei) and the future finally looks bright again–until he meets her grown, live-in son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill). Cyrus is beyond clingy and will use any strange behavior or manipulative tactics to push John over the edge and keep his mother to himself. It’s a somewhat familiar plot but the movie was an official selection at both the Sundance and SXSW film festivals so it must have something to offer beyond awkward-funny moments like Cyrus sitting in the dark waiting when Molly and John come home from a date to get some action.

Grown-Ups – June 25
Is grown men getting together to relive their youth a new trend or has this been happening for the last 30 years and just didn’t notice? This one stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade who seethe death of their high school basketball coach as a reason to relive their youth, but without all the studying and curfews and with all their kids.

Dinner for Schmucks – July 23
In order to secure the promotion he’s been working toward, Tim (Paul Rudd) must play his boss’s favorite game: whoever brings the biggest idiot to dinner this month wins. Guess who’s the perfect idiot that Tim runs into (literally, with his car) and picks up (off the pavement) to take to dinner? That’s right, current king of loveable-schmuck-slaptstick antics Steve Carrell. Directed by Jay Roach, this movie has less cringe-worthy moments and more laughs than his Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers movies. It also has a few other recognizable faces, including Ron Livingston and The Daily Show’s Larry Wilmore.

We’ve got quite a good selection of comedy movies this summer and fall. From romantic comedies to quirky character portraits to buddy films and gross-outs, there’s a little something for everyone.