Top Comedy Movies


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

101. My Cousin Vinny

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Actors: Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei, Bruce McGill, Fred Gwynne, Mitchell Whitfield
Plot: Two friends from New York travel south in Alabama and find themselves on trial for murder. Without money to hire an attorney, they turn to a family lawyer, who has no trial experience, a big mouth and a loud fiancée in tow.

102. Friday

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: F. Gary Gray
Actors: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford
Plot: Follows the hilarious events of a typical Friday of two friends.

103. The Jerk

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Carl Reiner
Actors: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King, Jackie Mason, M. Emmet Walsh
Plot: A rags to riches back to rags story of the clueless, innocent Navin Johnson.

104. What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lasse Hallström
Actors: Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Darlene Cates, Laura Harrington
Plot: Gilbert Grape lives in Endora, a place where nothing much happens. The only times the police got something to do is when Gilbert's autistic brother Arnie tries to climb up on the watertower nearby. Taking care of Arnie is mostly Gilbert's task which can be pretty demanding, at least while you are working at the local grocery store. Then one day Becky and her grandmother passes through Endora getting trouble with the car. Gilbert falls in love with Becky, but gets problems when he tries to find time for his own private life

105. National Lampoon's Vacation

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Harold Ramis
Actors: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Randy Quaid
Plot: The all-American Griswold family prepares for their annual summer vacation, this time to Wally World.

106. Eighth Grade

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bo Burnham
Actors: Josh Hamilton, Elsie Fisher, Emily Robinson, Missy Yager, Greg Crowe, Deborah Unger
Plot: Kayla has lived through nearly a year of a disastrous eighth grade year. As we follow her through her last week in middle school before summer, we live her life in all its painful glory.

107. The Truman Show

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Natascha McElhone, Brian Delate, Noah Emmerich
Plot: An insurance salesman discovers that his entire life has been a television show.

108. Best in Show

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher Guest
Actors: Parker Posey, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Jay Brazeau, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean
Plot: Christopher Guest's hilarious mockumentary follows several dog owners as they prepare for, and compete in, the Mayflower Dog Show.

109. Manhattan

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, Michael Murphy, Anne Byrne
Plot: A divorced man looks for a romantic relationship away from his teenage lover- who happens to be the mistress of his best friend.

110. Baby Driver

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edgar Wright
Actors: Lily James, Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx
Plot: A young getaway driver finds himself coerced into working with a crime boss. His first job may be his last, however, when the heist he gets involved with looks doomed to fail.

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