# Which are your favorite comedy movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873 "2012-11-13T10:01:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/1 "2012-11-13T10:01:35Z")
Any type of comedies post 1990… romantic, drama, action, stoner comedies, black comedies, parodies… I can think of right now from Hollywood my favorites : Harold and kumar movies, Dumb and Dumber, Pineapple express, American Pie movies, There’s something about Mary, Snatch, Rush hour. so, what are your favorites?? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/2 "2012-11-13T11:14:04Z")
There were comedies made after 1990? I must have aged out of the target demographic. (Trying to remember the last “funny” film I saw in the theatre. . .) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/3 "2012-11-13T12:55:03Z")
It’s hard for me to know what other people think of the films I consider to be comedies. These for me are partly comedies and were released after 1990: _Four Weddings and a Funeral_ (1994, U.K., dir. Mike Newell) _Groundhog Day_ (1993, U.S., dir. Harold Ramis) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/4 "2012-11-13T13:09:40Z")
_Borat_! That was a comedy, wasn’t it? I saw that in the theatre! ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/5 "2012-11-13T13:15:47Z")
Galaxy Quest Groundhog Day Blazing Saddles Airplane Young Frankenstein Clean Slate ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/6 "2012-11-13T13:19:05Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Galaxy Quest > Groundhog Day > Blazing Saddles > Airplane > Young Frankenstein > Clean Slate A lot of these are pre-1990. That’s my problem with the OP. Once I get past the thread title, I’m stuck, because all my _favorite_ comedies are pre-1990. _A Night at the Opera, What’s Up, Doc? A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum_, and so on.I was hard pressed to come up with a post-19090 comedy that I really liked. _Galaxy Quest_ is definitely one. Does _Paul_ count? How about _Shaun of the Dead_ and _Zombieland_? Does it say anything abouit me that my favorite post-1990 comedies are about science fiction geeks and zombies? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/7 "2012-11-13T13:20:02Z")
Um, RikWriter, note that the OP specifies that the movie be released after 1990. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/8 "2012-11-13T13:22:02Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > A lot of these are pre-1990. > That’s my problem with the OP. Once I get past the thread title, I’m stuck, because all my _favorite_ comedies are pre-1990. _A Night at the Opera, What’s Up, Doc? A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum_, and so on.I was hard pressed to come up with a post-19090 comedy that I really liked. _Galaxy Quest_ is definitely one. Does _Paul_ count? How about _Shaun of the Dead_ and _Zombieland_? > Does it say anything abouit me that my favorite post-1990 comedies are about science fiction geeks and zombies? I think it might be an age thing. You grow up watching the comedies popular at the time, and since it’s incredibly hard to make an original comedy, you wind up dismissing newer stuff as pale imitations. To be fair, I do enjoy some new stuff: Tropic Thunder was hilarious, for example. It’s just not my favorite of all time…which is probably because the older stuff was what I was exposed to in my formative years. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/9 "2012-11-13T13:23:11Z")
I recently saw Harold and kumar movies, found them very funny, had a great time watching. Actually saw the first one multiple times(coz it was so funny)… So I thought of asking for similar movies so I could watch more and enjoy more…Thanks all… keep your posts coming pls. > [@DrFidelius](#): > > There were comedies made after 1990? > I must have aged out of the target demographic. (Trying to remember the last “funny” film I saw in the theatre. . .) You can list pre-1990 also. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/10 "2012-11-13T13:24:45Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Um, RikWriter, note that the OP specifies that the movie be released after 1990. My bad, I missed that as it wasn’t in the title. Post 1990 then… Galaxy Quest Tropic Thunder Zombieland The Hangover Hot Fuzz Groundhog Day Office Space ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/11 "2012-11-13T13:33:27Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I think it might be an age thing. You grow up watching the comedies popular at the time, and since it’s incredibly hard to make an original comedy, you wind up dismissing newer stuff as pale imitations. > To be fair, I do enjoy some new stuff: Tropic Thunder was hilarious, for example. > It’s just not my favorite of all time…which is probably because the older stuff was what I was exposed to in my formative years. I don’t think I’m dismissing them as pale imitations. I’ve tried watching the Harold and Kumar movies, but I lose interest. They’re not imitations of anything. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/12 "2012-11-13T13:38:08Z")
The Invention of Lying ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/13 "2012-11-13T13:38:13Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I don’t think I’m dismissing them as pale imitations. I’ve tried watching the **Harold and Kumar movies, but I lose interest.** They’re not imitations of anything. Did you lose interest in part I : H&K go to white Castle ?? Part 3 was least funny of the three. Part 2 lesser than Part 1 but still very good. Part 1 was all time great imo. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/14 "2012-11-13T13:58:55Z")
Pre-1990, including only those films I saw first run in a theatre, I have to go with _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_, _Animal House_, and _Airplane!_ off the top of my head. I seem to have a strong absurdist streak ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/15 "2012-11-13T14:51:51Z")
Best In Show Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Muriel’s Wedding In Bruges I Love You Phillip Morris The Muppets Bruno Bridesmaids The Castle The Producers Shaun Of The Dead Hot Fuzz Galaxy Quest Groundhog Day Ghost Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Clueless There’s Something About Mary Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery …and it’s from 1988, but I can’t leave it out, as it’s one of the funniest movies of all time… A Fish Called Wanda ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/16 "2012-11-13T15:16:21Z")
Often overlooked but very, very funny: [http://www.amazon.com/Head-Office-Eddie-Albert/dp/B0007TKNE2](http://www.amazon.com/Head-Office-Eddie-Albert/dp/B0007TKNE2) Head Office I thought it was earlier but this says 2005. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/17 "2012-11-13T15:17:48Z")
The Big Lebowski Napoleon Dynamite Bad Santa Office Space Harold and Kumar ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/18 "2012-11-13T15:35:02Z")
thank you thank you. some of these I have seen and some I haven’t but will be seeing. I have Borat on my computer atm, will watch it. Btw today is Diwali, A colorful Indian festival. Happy Diwali all!! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/19 "2012-11-13T20:04:21Z")
I was going to cite **This Is Spinal Tap** as the only post-1990 movie I find High-Larious, then I looked it up and found it was released in 1984. I’m getting old; I coulda swore it was just last year 😃 mmm ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873/20 "2012-11-13T20:15:04Z")
Probably not a popular opinion, but **Anchorman** was one I thought of. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-your-favorite-comedy-movies/640873.md?page=2)