Top Comedy Movies


The Top Comedy Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Comedy List". Lists are calculated daily.

21. The Breakfast Club

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Hughes
Actors: Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald
Plot: A group of diverse high school student spend detention together and find out they have a lot more in common than they ever thought.

22. Hot Fuzz

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edgar Wright
Actors: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy
Plot: The top cop in London is too good at his job, so he is sent to a quiet country village where crime is nonexistant, however, not all is as it seems.

23. Dumb and Dumber

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Farrelly
Actors: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Mike Starr
Plot: Harry and Lloyd have good intentions, no brains and a briefcase they have to get to Aspen, Colorado.

24. Caddyshack

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Harold Ramis
Actors: Rodney Dangerfield, Harold O'Keefe, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase
Plot: At an exclusive golf club, a new member shakes things up while a gopher & grounds keeper have their own showdown.

25. Old School

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Todd Phillips
Actors: Will Ferrell, Luke Wilson, Ellen Pompeo, Vince Vaughn
Plot: A heart broken man realizes that it is not too late to relive the college days as they try recruiting old men and college kids to join their new fraternity.

26. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Actors: Chevy Chase, Juliette Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid
Plot: The Griswold clan comes together to celebrate the yuletide, but in typical fashion, nothing seems to go right for the family.

27. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens
Plot: A cold war spoof, based off a mad general who wants to destroy the U.S.S.R. The President and his advisors meet in hopes of averting a nuclear war.

28. Little Miss Sunshine

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jonathan Dayton
Actors: Abigail Breslin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano
Plot: An extended family tries to make the trek to Little Olive's beauty pageant in their bus. They encounter mishap after mishap in their journey to California.

29. Monty Python's Life of Brian

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Jones
Actors: Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Jones
Plot: During the time of Jesus, a boy is born in the stable next to the Messiah, his name is Brian and he is often mistaken for the messiah.

30. Knocked Up

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Judd Apatow
Actors: Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd
Plot: Ben Stone is a typical party guy, that is until a beautiful woman knocks on his door and says she is pregnant with his baby.

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