WHAS is a good #1 pick but all of these would get a thumbs up from me.
1. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)2. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)3. In The Loop (2009)5. Shaun Of The Dead (2004)6. Frances Ha (2012)8. High Fidelity (2000)10. Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan (2006)13. Hot Fuzz (2007)17. In Bruges (2008)27. Idiocracy (2006)28. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)29. The Informant! (2009)31. The World’s End (2013)35. Kung Fu Hustle (2004)46. Bad Santa (2003)
― nomar, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:25 (seven years ago) link
oh sorry missed that KFH is up there my bad
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:25 (seven years ago) link
good call above on Pineapple Express being omitted. I definitely have a strong bias towards some of these films after having watched them on cable 9,000 times, hence my top ten from this list would be:
2. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)3. In The Loop (2009)4. Best In Show (2000)5. Shaun Of The Dead (2004)7. Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004)14. Bridesmaids (2011)17. In Bruges (2008)18. Mean Girls (2004)28. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)40. Zoolander (2001)
really hated to cut Hot Fuzz there. speaking of which, my #1 would be Shaun of the Dead.
― evol j, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:25 (seven years ago) link
i like all of the edgar wright films i've seen but SOTD is pretty clearly the funniest and the tightest film, narratively speaking.
― nomar, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:29 (seven years ago) link
No Wedding Crashers?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 11 July 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
frances ha is a pretty damn good movie i think. also i enjoyed its humor, i was thinking it would be more dour than it was.
― nomar, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
I guess I should probably finally watch Kung Fu Hustle and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 July 2016 17:47 (seven years ago) link
they might be overhyped at this point but I love both of them to death
― http://porno (DJP), Monday, 11 July 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
KFH has so many memorable aspects and the Ax Gang is super dope. the knife/snake scene is probably the funniest scene of any scene in any of these films (possible competition from the Tim Robbins murder fantasy in High Fidelity)
― nomar, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link
Seen 41, haven't heard of two.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:29 (seven years ago) link
I think the hardest I've laughed at a movie made in the last 15 years was that one scene about ten minutes into The Other Guys. Too bad the rest of the movie didn't measure up.
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Monday, 11 July 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
12:08 East of Bucharest, guys.
― Frederik B, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:40 (seven years ago) link
the only times I laugh at movies are during rematches of The Naked Gun
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 July 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
sounds kinky
― momtest (map), Monday, 11 July 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
I guess the indifferently received sequels really damaged The Hangover's cultural standing (I always thought it was terrible but it was a pretty big deal at the time)
first Jump Street should probably be on there
Elf for sure
never actually watched the movie version of The Trip, but I'm sure it's better than half this list
― Number None, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:55 (seven years ago) link
surprised Super Troopers isn't on here
and yeah 21 Jump Street is a good call. I couldn't believe how funny that one was. (22 was good too but...yeah)
― frogbs, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
v likely I Heart Huckabees is one of the 5 best here
(RIP Russell)
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:00 (seven years ago) link
and you people deserve Jonah Hill and Rogenthing.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
I'm by no means averse to Brit comedy but I thought The Trip was very dull.
great call on Super Troopers, that's finely distilled idiocy right there.
― evol j, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:02 (seven years ago) link
anyway I voted for Step Brothers :)
― Number None, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
Also, I haven't seen them, but I've only heard good things about the Magic Mike films - seems like an odd omission.
― 'they pelted us with rocks and garbage' (Doctor Casino), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:09 (seven years ago) link
I... do not think the Magic Mike films are comedies
― http://porno (DJP), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
i'd say the second very much is, in the Shakespearean sense!
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
also Step Brothers fans, really, don't watch 12:08 or Offside, there's no point.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
I haven't seen them so my perception is 100% based on the promo material and secondhand accounts
― http://porno (DJP), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
go back to the Jerry Lewis thread Morbs
there's nothing for you here
― Number None, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:20 (seven years ago) link
but Jerry Lewis is kinda like Adam Sandler, except funny.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:21 (seven years ago) link
I loved the Trip. Several on here and suggested by some I would not consider comedies (including, possibly, the Trip). The way I see it is if I leave a movie with a general sense of melancholy or sadness, a la Lost in Translation (which is basically just a lighter remake of non-comedy In the Mood for Love) or Eternal Sunshine or even Royal Tenenbnums/Grand Budapest Hotel, I dunno if I think of them as comedies. List def. needs Pineapple Express/This is the End, or Harold and Kumar or a few others. Love that What We Do In The Shadows is here, that movie was hilarious.
Nice to see The Informant! on here. I'd read the book, so the tonally different movie was a really pleasant surprise.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
categorizing the ones I haven't seen...
very little interest:13. Hot Fuzz (2007)15. Team America: World Police (2004)23. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) 30. Young Adult (2011)
maybe if it's on tv:18. Mean Girls (2004)22. Burn After Reading (2008)48. Josie And The Pussycats (2001)
possible rental:43. State And Main (2000)47. Force Majeure (2014)49. Songs From The Second Floor (2000)
? look these up on imdb:44. The Color Wheel (2011)45. 12:08 East Of Bucharest (2006)
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:34 (seven years ago) link
I liked Step Brothers and Outside
Offside I mean.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:35 (seven years ago) link
If animation is ok, then how is the LEGO Movie not on here?
― Frederik B, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
very few romantic comedies on there but I'd also have Enough Said on my personal list
and Adventureland
― Number None, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:39 (seven years ago) link
Songs From The Second Floor
Remains one of my favorite films, Bergman by way of Month Python. I saw it blind at Toronto International fest back in I guess 1999 or 2000, and it totally took me by surprise, so much so that I caught a second screening just to watch the audience react to it.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:44 (seven years ago) link
Roy Andersson needs more explosive diarrhea gags
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:47 (seven years ago) link
apparently, his last one was originally titled A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Shitting on Adam Sandler, but Roy got cold feet
― Number None, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
i wish I'd seen You the Living in a theater just for the tablecloth scene.
― JoeStork, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
Hot Fuzz is my favorite movie on the list, but Bad Santa was probably the one that made me laugh the hardest. Decisions, decisions...
― frogbs, Monday, 11 July 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
Movie that made me laugh the hardest in recent years (and which I omitted in my earlier list of omissions, much to my shame): Appropriate Behaviour.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 July 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
Young Adult is p great tbh, and I am far from a Reitman stan
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 11 July 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
It's good. Best Charlize Theron work though.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 July 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
anyway one of these:
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)A Mighty Wind (2003)School Of Rock (2003)I Heart Huckabees (2004)Knocked Up (2007)Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)Shaun Of The Dead (2004)Frances Ha (2012)Superbad (2007)
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 July 2016 20:33 (seven years ago) link
Adaptation is totally comedy wtf.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 11 July 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
Top ten is genuinely awful.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 11 July 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
Oh wow Black Dynamite is in there, jeez that might have my vote. I laughed pretty fuckin' hard
― frogbs, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:39 (seven years ago) link
I think Black Dynamite has almost Airplane-level lols-per-minute but I also liked Nacho Libre so ymmv
― orifex, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:42 (seven years ago) link
black dynamite is amazing, def voting for it
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 11 July 2016 21:43 (seven years ago) link
yeah the first 20 minutes of that are all-time if you ask me. but then again I loved Kung Fury so yeah it's my kind of movie
― frogbs, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:44 (seven years ago) link
Moonrise Kingdom & The Fantastic Mr. Fox are funnier Wes Anderson movies than the two they picked.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 11 July 2016 22:11 (seven years ago) link
Yeah actually The Lego Movie would have been my pick.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 11 July 2016 22:28 (seven years ago) link
xps fair point on Friedburg & Seltzer, those guys have a lot to answer for :(
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 22:28 (four months ago) link
I started watching Barb & Star a while back and recall liking it, so it's due for a revisit. I'll put Theater Camp on the list too
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 22:32 (four months ago) link
can we maybe pull back on calling ppl british as a reflex
historically we have shot ppl for it and im not sure laziness will be accepted as an excuse if i start
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 18:12 (four months ago) link
Stop the presses, a new title emerges:
First poster for ‘RICKY STANICKY’, starring Zac Efron and John Cena.Releasing March 7 on Prime Video. pic.twitter.com/RyEm9SWvso— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) January 26, 2024
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Friday, 26 January 2024 16:08 (three months ago) link
The writing credits are as long as a Kanye track's.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 January 2024 16:14 (three months ago) link
Academy Award-winning director Peter Farrelly!
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 26 January 2024 18:16 (three months ago) link
Perhaps Eric assumed that, much like every US funnyman turns out to be Canadian, British comedies are secretly entirely made by Irish people?
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 27 January 2024 06:41 (three months ago) link
an interesting thought- apart from graham linehan ironically who everyone thinks is irish but is actually from anywhere else
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 27 January 2024 12:17 (three months ago) link