Funny comedies: the list of the best

2025 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-24 17:46

Laughter is an integral part of every person's life. It is no coincidence that the comedy genre in literature and art was born one of the first. There is so much negativity in everyday life that sometimes you want to relax and spend time watching a good movie that will make you laugh and help you lose the accumulated burden. So this genre is very popular with filmmakers, who annually release many excellent films. But whatever one may say, each of the viewers has their favorite funny comedies, their list can be quite extensive. However, among the comedies there is a recognized classic of the genre, the viewing of which has not left anyone indifferent for many years now. Below is a list of the best hilarious comedies of all time.

Italian humor

Of course, there will be a considerable number of Hollywood films on our list, but Europeans also know a lot about comedies. Adriano Celentano can hardly be called handsome, but this recognized Italian actor and excellent comedian gave the world a lot ofmind-blowingly funny movies. And although more than one decade has passed since their release, his funny comedies are still considered the best, such as:

• "Taming the Shrew";
• "Bingo Bongo";
• "As";
• "Crazy in Love";
• "Bluff".

They still look like one breath, making the audience laugh to tears. Many quotes from Celentano's films have become winged.

Good old France

The French have shown the world more than once that making people laugh is a real art that they have mastered to perfection. And the old funny comedies are no worse than modern ones. The immortal adventures of Louis de Funes in the role of the eccentric gendarme Cruchot, as well as Fantomas with his participation, are firmly rooted in the hearts of the viewer after the first viewing. And films with Pierre Richard are definitely classics of the genre, this most talented comedian immortalized himself in many unsurpassed tapes. And his tandem with another wonderful Frenchman Gerard Depardieu turned into three funny comedies. So must-see:

• "Toy";
• "To the left of the elevator";
• "Tall blond in black shoe";
• Unlucky;
• "Runaways";
• "Daddies".

But the French comedies of the last decades can safely give odds to the good old classics. One of the most popular and beloved among millions of viewers around the world is the Taxi franchise about the incredible and amazingly funny adventures of two friends, taxi driver Daniel and a policeman. Emilien. Another franchise is no less popular, good family films about the incredible adventures of Asterix and Obelix make all viewers, young and old, laugh until they drop. Well, the best comedies of recent years, filmed in France, according to many reviews of the audience, are Amelie and 1 + 1. Watching in one breath:

• "Taxi", "Taxi 2", "Taxi 3", "Taxi 4";
• "Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar", "Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra";
• "Amelie";
• "1+1/ Untouchables".

American Classics

But of course Hollywood knows how to make funny movies like nobody else. "Only Girls in Jazz" with the unsurpassed Marilyn Monroe can be deservedly considered a classic American comedy. It may be a black and white film, but it costs hundreds of color ones. But the 80s of the last century were truly fruitful for comedy films. The 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally even made it to the top 100 classic American films. Dustin Hoffman's superb portrayal in Tootsie still looks incredibly funny, and the hilarious Danny DeVito in Ruthless Men is wonderfully uplifting. Well, among the audience of the post-Soviet space, "Police Academy", released in 1984 and received a considerable number of sequels, enjoys special love.

Not childishly funny

Actually, the 80s successfully passed the baton of wonderful films to the 90s. One after another, the most fun comedies came out, the list of which can definitely be namedimpressive. Home Alone has been the most beloved family movie on New Year's holidays for many years, and surprisingly, the confrontation between the little boy Kevin and two stupid bandits does not bother the audience, but only annually gives positive emotions and sets in a festive mood. In the same vein, Problem Child is also a great choice for family viewing.

Symbol of 90s humor

If we talk about laughter, then the identical concept in Hollywood will definitely be Jim Carrey. The best comedies of the end of the last century are, undoubtedly, almost all the films with his participation:

• "Mask";
• "Ace Ventura: Pet Wanted";
• "Dumb and dumber";
• "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls";
• "Bruce Almighty".

Like most of the funny films of those years, these comedies do not get bored, they always want to be reviewed and shown to younger generations, gathering with the whole family for home Sunday viewing with tea and various goodies.

Laugh and fight

Comedy thriller has become one of the favorite genres of viewers, because it's so cool to watch good action scenes, during which the characters also manage to make a great joke. Jackie Chan became one of the recognized masters of this genre, his adventures with the Americans are simply unrealistically funny, which was brilliantly demonstrated by several film franchises Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon. And here is another couple who were not averse to making fun of catching aliens - these are the characters of "People in Black". Movies with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones were a hit in the late 90s and are perfectly uplifting these days.

Dark comedies

One more film can be singled out as a special category, comedies with black humor, which, although they touch on quite important topics, can also have some fun. A very striking example of a black comedy is "Nine Yards", in which Bruce Willis moved away from the role of the savior of mankind, and tried on the role of an ironic killer who retired. The master of eccentric cinema Quentin Tarantino is a recognized connoisseur of black humor, and his "Pulp Fiction" and "Four Rooms" are more proof of this. But the non-trivial "The Addams Family" in 1991 firmly won the love of viewers of all ages.

The best of the last 15 years

Favorite comedian of the 2000s is, of course, Ben Stiller, few people have not seen his films. Comedies with his participation:

• Meet the Parents,
• "Duplex",
• "Dodgeball",
• Killer Couple: Starsky & Hutch,
• Meet the Fockers,
• Night at the Museum

These films and many others definitely charge with positive for a long time. Well, the most fun comedies of recent years are definitely:

• "The Hangover";
• "Horrible Bosses";
• "Killer Vacation";
• Back-to-back.

These tapes clearly stand out with a good plot and great humor compared to many others.

And what about in Russia?

Regardingdomestic cinema, we can say for sure: in the Soviet Union they knew how to make people laugh, an example of this is a myriad of amazing films of the last century, which are being reviewed by more than one generation of our citizens. These are “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession”, “Operation Y” or Shurik’s New Adventures”, “Prisoner of the Caucasus”, “12 Chairs” and many other favorite films. They still gather the whole family at the TV screens. But modern domestic cinema does a pretty good job of "making the audience laugh." Perhaps, Russian comedies are released in greater numbers than films of any other genre, and most of them really deserve to be on our list. But over the past 20 years there have been so many of them that it is simply unrealistic to list them all, and it is worth highlighting only the most famous of them. For example, in the 90s of the last century in the post-Soviet space, the most beloved were:

• "Peculiarities of the national hunt";
• "Peculiarities of national fishing".

They have literally become classics of Russian humor. Well, among the more modern stand out:

• "What men talk about";
• Radio Day;
• "Election Day";
• Piter FM;
• "Christmas Trees";
• "New Year's Tariff";
• "Hottabych";
• "DMB";
• High Security Vacation and many more.

The best comedy of the year 2014 is the full-length "Kitchen in Paris", the continuation of the well-known and beloved series in Russia, although its competitor for this honorary title is a no less cheerful film"Ambulance Moscow-Russia". But in general, if a comedy really makes you laugh to tears, then it is by definition already the best!