Best Recent Comedy Movies

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janeway529 said:
I was at Big Lots today and came across ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ (2013). It’s fun and comedic, but can be corny for some people.
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I’ve seen that around at a bargain price also - thanks!

Have you seen The Night at the Museum parts 2 & 3? I thought the first one was a good comedy/adventure. Not sure about the sequels.
 
janeway529 said:
I was at Big Lots today and came across ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ (2013). It’s fun and comedic, but can be corny for some people.
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Have you ever heard of “The Great Buck Howard” with Colin Hanks and John Malkovich? Nearly identical movie about a magician, but much funnier and (supposedly) more accurate insofar as what full-time touring magicians have to deal with. Plus, it co-stars Emily Blunt.
 
randomuser said:
Have you ever heard of “The Great Buck Howard” with Colin Hanks and John Malkovich? Nearly identical movie about a magician, but much funnier and (supposedly) more accurate insofar as what full-time touring magicians have to deal with. Plus, it co-stars Emily Blunt.
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Haven’t heard of either version, myself. Thanks for the suggestion!
 
reggieM said:
I’ve seen that around at a bargain price also - thanks!

Have you seen The Night at the Museum parts 2 & 3? I thought the first one was a good comedy/adventure. Not sure about the sequels.
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2 & 3 aren’t as good as the first one, but they are still decent enough. I forgot about those!
 
I don’t know if it’s a gut buster, but “Chef” was one of the best movies I’ve seen in years. The director of Iron Man made it, and it’s probably got one of the most poignant scenes I’ve seen about how not to relate to an estranged son.

The Dad picks up his son (he’s divorced, sadly) and then takes him out to an amusement park. It then goes through a 3 second sequence of quick clips of them going to movies, riding rollercoasters, playing video games. All over in a few seconds, showing that all the activity was virtually worthless because the Dad wasn’t really invested in spending time with the kid, he was clocking it in, and the boy knew it. It has so much great stuff in it, and it does technically count as a comedy in that it follows the classical arc of one.
 
Bdonoho said:
I don’t know if it’s a gut buster, but “Cook” was one of the best movies I’ve seen in years. The director of Iron Man made it, and it’s probably got one of the most poignant scenes I’ve seen about how not to relate to an estranged son.

The Dad picks up his son (he’s divorced, sadly) and then takes him out to an amusement park. It then goes through a 3 second sequence of quick clips of them going to movies, riding rollercoasters, playing video games. All over in a few seconds, showing that all the activity was virtually meaningless because the Dad wasn’t really invested in spending time with the kid, he was clocking it in, and the boy knew it. It has so much great stuff in it, and it does technically count as a comedy in that it follows the classical arc of one.
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Bdonoho said:
I don’t know if it’s a gut buster, but “Chef” was one of the best movies I’ve seen in years. The director of Iron Man made it, and it’s probably got one of the most poignant scenes I’ve seen about how not to relate to an estranged son.

The Dad picks up his son (he’s divorced, sadly) and then takes him out to an amusement park. It then goes through a 3 second sequence of quick clips of them going to movies, riding rollercoasters, playing video games. All over in a few seconds, showing that all the activity was virtually worthless because the Dad wasn’t really invested in spending time with the kid, he was clocking it in, and the boy knew it. It has so much great stuff in it, and it does technically count as a comedy in that it follows the classical arc of one.
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That does sound like a good one - thanks!
I like that kind of humor built into the story and something meaningful coming out of it (although I like gut-busters also).
It reminds me of one from a long while back: About Schmitt. It’s a kind of simple story about an old guy, widower. But it’s a comedy also - I remember some very funny scenes. A long time ago, but nothing really offensive in it that I can remember.
 
My taste in comedy varies. I don’t mind R-rated comedies as long as they’re actually funny. Like Blazing Saddles or Caddyshack or The Big Lebowski. If there’s one thing I hate, it’s adult humor without intelligence, which is why I can’t stand Seth Rogen. But if I want to go old school I watch The Three Stooges or Laurel & Hardy. I love slapstick.

For me, recommending comedy films on these forums would prove troublesome because my sense of humor is probably a lot different than that of most people here. But I’ll try a few:

Pre-1970s
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Ladykillers
A Shot In The Dark
Some Like It Hot
The Producers
It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
A Night In Casablanca
Road To Morocco
His Girl Friday

1970s
Blazing Saddles
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Silver Streak
Young Frankenstein
The Bad News Bears
Silent Movie
High Anxiety
The Jerk

1980s
Stir Crazy
Caddyshack
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
A Fish Called Wanda
Beetlejuice
Beverly Hills Cop
Stripes
Scrooged
Weekend At Bernie’s
Raising Arizona
Throw Momma From The Train

1990s
As Good As It Gets
The Big Lebowski
The Cable Guy
Wayne’s World
Happy Gilmore
Dazed And Confused
Office Space
What About Bob?

2000s-2010s

This is where it gets tough to recommend here. This is mostly for those who don’t mind a little raunch to their comedies. Only check these movies out if that stuff doesn’t bother you.

Death at a Funeral (2007)
Analyze This
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Rod
Chef
Black Dynamite
Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil
Dodgeball
Bad Santa
Horrible Bosses
Role Models
Napoleon Dynamite
Tropic Thunder
In Bruges
Bad Words
 
Thanks for those selections!
I think you’ve got ‘troublesome’ mixed with less offensive, so let the viewer beware.
I notice that IMDB now has a parental review section for movies along with the RIAA ratings.
Needless to say, we can guess pretty easily what an R-rated comedy is going to present.

I wish they offered clean versions. As mentioned before, it would cut an hour out of some of them. There was a Christian group that did that for a while, but it was deemed illegal to rent or sell edited versions of the film.
 
reggieM said:
Thanks for those selections!
I think you’ve got ‘troublesome’ mixed with less offensive, so let the viewer beware.
I notice that IMDB now has a parental review section for movies along with the RIAA ratings.
Needless to say, we can guess pretty easily what an R-rated comedy is going to present.

I wish they offered clean versions. As mentioned before, it would cut an hour out of some of them. There was a Christian group that did that for a while, but it was deemed illegal to rent or sell edited versions of the film.
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The legal battle is not quite through yet. VidAngel has changed course and is now offering their filtering services of Netflix, Amazon, and other streaming services. Clearplay also is moving this direction. Previously, they simply sold their own bluray player that skipped or muted when appropriate. They never had any legal suits brought against them (to my knowledge). That was only VidAngel as they were essentially streaming edited versions of physical discs they purchased, which got them into legal trouble.

I haven’t tried either service myself, so I can’t vouch for how they work.
 
Joe_5859 said:
The legal battle is not quite through yet. VidAngel has changed course and is now offering their filtering services of Netflix, Amazon, and other streaming services. Clearplay also is moving this direction. Previously, they simply sold their own bluray player that skipped or muted when appropriate. They never had any legal suits brought against them (to my knowledge). That was only VidAngel as they were essentially streaming edited versions of physical discs they purchased, which got them into legal trouble.

I haven’t tried either service myself, so I can’t vouch for how they work.
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Interesting - thank you! I will look into those.
 
reggieM said:
Interesting - thank you! I will look into those.
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Even Sony is starting to make some of its movies digitally available in a “clean version.” I’ve picked up a chunk of “Ultra Violet” movies over the years and when I logged in recently, the clean versions were just there. The one I remember is Spider-Man, but I’m sure there are others.
 
Joe_5859 said:
Even Sony is starting to make some of its movies digitally available in a “clean version.” I’ve picked up a chunk of “Ultra Violet” movies over the years and when I logged in recently, the clean versions were just there. The one I remember is Spider-Man, but I’m sure there are others.
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I’m tempted to say “it’s about time somebody in the industry figured that out” …
Ok, I will say it. 😉
 
reggieM said:
I’m tempted to say “it’s about time somebody in the industry figured that out” …
Ok, I will say it. 😉
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We’ll see how it goes. They were catching some flack for it from some directors. So it will probably depend on how much revenue it generates for them.

I mean, to me it makes perfect sense. They’ve been editing movies like this for decades in order to play them on TV and/or airplanes. They might as well make those versions available for those who would prefer them.
 
It’s been a bit since I’ve seen them, but I’m fairly conservative in my comedy tastes and I liked Parental Guidance (2012) w/Billy Crystal
The Internship (2013) (brief strip club scene but otherwise surprisingly clean based on my recollection)
The 100 Foot Journey (2014) - not a comedy by definition, but definitely some laugh out loud moments and an uplifting theme
 
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