These Are Some of the Best Comedy Movies of All Time That Never Get Old
It's always time for a good laugh. We'd like to think of it as the cheapest form of medicine and therapy wrapped in one. After all, in today's climate when it's getting harder to watch the news and we're all looking for a little mental vacation, laughter is the way to go. What's the saying? A laugh a day, keeps the doctor away? Well, something like that!
The quickest way for a mood pick-me-up and an impromptu ab workout while we're at it is as easy as pressing play. Choosing the funniest movie full of comedic fair, whether that cinematic humor be slapstick, satirical, or even dark, can be a daunting task so we rounded up some of our personal faves and flicks with a cult following to bring a little laughter to your day.
Now, putting together a list of the funniest movies to ever exist may be the hardest task of our lifetime because when it comes to comedy, people are very selective. But, hopefully we cover some forever classics and even new favorites to add to your list. At the end of the day, we just know that a laugh is a laugh. If at least one of the scenes in this list of comedic movies makes you chuckle, well, we've done our job!
And, if you're looking to go through a full range of emotions in one sitting, we've got you covered with other movie roundups that'll bring the scares, on the edge of your seat mystery and even some that combine horror with comedy.
Coming to America
An extremely wealthy prince travels to NYC and goes undercover in order to find a wife.
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Wayne's World
Two slacker friends attempt to promote their public-access cable show.
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Friday
It's Friday and two friends must come up with $200 that they owe a local bully or they won't see Saturday.
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
As the city's top-rated news anchor, Ron Burgundy is in for a rude awakening when an ambitious woman is hired as a new anchor.
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Bridesmaids
Competition erupts between the maid of honor and another bridesmaid over who is the bride's best friend.
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Dumb & Dumber
After finding an abandoned suitcase at the airport, a dumb limo driver and even dumber friend set out on a cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it.
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Booksmart
Two friends are on the eve of their high school graduation, but are determined to make up for lost time by cramming four years of fun into one night.
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National Lampoon's Vacation
The Griswold family's cross-country roadtrip to Walley World proves to be a lot more arduous than they ever would have expected.
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Superbad
Two codependent high school seniors have to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a raging party doesn't go as planned.
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Bee Movie
Barry Benson just graduated from college and isn't interested in his lone career choice: making honey. By the way, he's a bee! When his life is saved by a NYC florist, he discovers how humans use honey and decides to sue them.
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Girls Trip
When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for a festival, friendships are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered and there's enough amusement to make even the Big Easy blush.
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Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Friends Barb and Star embark on an adventure of a lifetime when they decide to ditch their small town lives for the first time...ever.
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
When an office worker and his stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers (same), what should be a simple trip to a fast food restaurant turns into a lot more than they intended.
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Airplane!
When pilots of a flight become ill, it's up to a man who's afraid of flying to ensure that the plane lands safely.
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Modern Times
Starring Charlie Chaplin, the Tramp struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world until he gets the help of a young woman.
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Elf
Buddy the elf was accidently taken to the North Pole as a toddler and raised among Santa's elves, but when he notices that he doesn't fit in, he travels to NYC (in his full elf uniform) in an attempt to find his biological father.
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21 Jump Street
A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to high school to blend in and help bring down a drug ring.
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
As the #1 NASCAR driver, Ricky Bobby makes sure to stay atop the heap thanks to a pact with his best friend and teammate, Cal Naughton Jr., but his victory is soon threatened when a French Formula One driver makes his way up the ladder.
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The Jerk
When a simple-minded and sheltered country boy suddenly decides to ditch his family home to experience life in the big city, his lack of experience becomes both his best asset and worse nightmare.
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This Is The End
Six celebrities are stuck in James Franco's house after a series of devastating events destroy Los Angeles.
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Napoleon Dynamite
An alienated teen decides to help his new friend win the class presidency while he deals with his bizarre family life back at home.
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Deadpool
A wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal and loses his good looks. Now, he's determined to track down the man who ruined it all for him.
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Step Brothers
Two aimless, middle aged (dare we say losers) men are still living at home and they're forced to become roommates when their parents marry.
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The Producers
After creating yet another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with an accountant in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the worst show ever.
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Trading Places
A snobby investor and local street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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Wedding Crashers
A pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic vibe in the air find themselves at odds when one falls for Claire Cleary.
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The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Living alone, Andy Stitzer is an amiable single guy who spends his free time playing video games and curating his action-figure collection. His friends push Andy towards losing his virginity, while simultaneously getting over his awkwardness around females.
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Mrs. Doubtfire
After a bitter divorce, an actor decides to disguise himself as a female housekeeper in order to spend time with his children who are in the custody of his former wife.
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
World class playboy and part-time secret agent from the 1960s emerges from a 30 year long cryogenic state to battle his nemesis Dr. Evil.
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Scary Movie
A group of teenagers are stalked by a bumbling serial killer after disposing of the body of a man they accidentally killed a year ago.
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The Nutty Professor
Good-hearted professor Sherman Klump struggles with being severely overweight and takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim, yet obnoxious Buddy Love.
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Big Fat Liar
Jason Shepherd has a reputation for stretching the truth. When a big-time Hollywood producer steals his class paper and turns it into a hit movie, no one believes Jason's latest tall tale.
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The Royal Tenenbaums
An eccentric, dysfunctional family reluctantly gathers under the same roof for various reasons.
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Borat from Kazakhstan returns to America and this time he reveals more about American culture from the pandemic to political elections.
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Death at a Funeral
A funeral ceremony turns into chaos, exposed family secrets and misplaced bodies.
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