TV Guide Sky Cinema Comedy Wednesday

A naive pizza parlour owner inherits $40billion and moves to New York, where he encounters unscrupulous opportunists keen to get their hands on the money - and a ruthless reporter determined to tell his story. Remake of 1936 romantic comedy Mr Deeds Goes to Town, with Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro, Allen Covert, Peter Gallagher and Jared Harris

More than a decade on from his appearance in documentary series The Office, a film crew is once again following the life of David Brent. He is now working as a rep for a cleaning-goods distributor, but harbours dreams of making it big in the music business. Acting on this, he takes three weeks off work and tours with a new-look version of Foregone Conclusion, the band he fronted in the 1990s. Mockumentary comedy, starring Ricky Gervais, Ben Bailey Smith and Tom Basden.

A washed-up quarterback ends up in jail after a drunken night out, and is ordered by the warden to put together an American football team to take on the guards, with the help of a former college champ. Remake of 1974 comedy The Mean Machine, with Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Nelly and Burt Reynolds, who starred in the original

A portly Mexican friar working as a cook in an orphanage adopts the guise of a masked wrestler. He teams up with a thief and enters a tournament hoping to win enough money to sort out the monastery's financial problems, feed the kids under his care and impress the nun he is in love with. Comedy, starring Jack Black and Ana de la Reguera

A baseball player is stunned to learn he has come into a massive inheritance. Unfortunately, there is one condition - he must somehow find a way to spend $30million in just one month, or he will lose the lot. Meanwhile, two scheming lawyers, who stand to get the money if he fails, are determined to sabotage his efforts. Comedy, starring Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee and Jerry Orbach

Barton Academy boarding school teacher Paul Hunham incurs the wrath of headmaster Dr Hardy Woodrup by failing the son of a powerful senator. As punishment, Woodrup selects Paul to remain on campus over Christmas to chaperone the boys who won't be travelling home for the holidays. Alexander Payne's comedy drama, starring Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa

A veteran lifeguard commands a highly trained team that keeps the sun-kissed resort of Emerald Bay safe. As he breaks in some new recruits - including an insubordinate former Olympic swimmer - he has to contend with a dangerous new drug sweeping the beach. Action comedy based on the TV series, starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario and Priyanka Chopra

Dim-witted friends Harry and Lloyd are reunited after 20 years. When Harry discovers he has a daughter he never knew about, he breaks his friend out of a psychiatric hospital and they go on a road trip with the intention of fulfilling parental responsibilities neither of them is capable of. Comedy sequel, starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels

A retiree grows tired of the quiet life and becomes an intern at a start-up run by a beautiful entrepreneur, and teaches the young staff a few things about successful business. Comedy, starring Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway and Rene Russo

An unlikely pair of brothers, who were born as the result of a one-off genetic experiment and separated at birth, are reunited in adulthood. They set out on a cross-country search for their unknown mother - fending off vicious loan sharks and a professional assassin along the way. Comedy, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston and Chloe Webb

A directionless bassist meets the girl of his dreams, but finds that romancing her comes with a dangerous catch. She has seven evil ex-lovers, all endowed with tremendous fighting skills or superpowers - and before he can go out with her, he is expected to face each one in a battle to the death. Comedy adventure, starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jason Schwartzman