sometimes we just need a good laugh
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 20
comedy movies of the century so far come
on it's not that bad john i look like
something you give your kid when you
tell him grandma died for this list
we're looking at our favorite comedic
films released between 2000 and 2019.
we're only looking at live-action movies
featuring real actors so animated films
like the lego movie and puppet-based
films like team america world police
will not make the cut of course if
you're not interested
there's the door
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all right thanks
number 20 what we do in the shadows
taiko itt has become one of the major
comedic auteurs in the last decade and
while he has created some great and
hilarious flicks our favorite has to be
2014's what we do in the shadows which
he co-created with another new zealand
funny man jermaine clement we're going
to have a flat meeting in about 10
minutes 20.
okay
this movie takes a satirical look at the
vampire genre and employs the
mockumentary style to flawless comedic
effect the story is set in wellington
and focuses on a group of vampire
roommates oh no
peter gotten why tt and clement both
star in the film which works on both
obvious physical jokes and more clever
subversive ones making for a
well-rounded horror comedy that we could
watch again and again it really really
sucks
that i can't eat them i just want to
like
number 19 walk hard the dewey [ __ ] story
the trend of satirizing common film
genres started of course long before
what we do in the shadows goodbye paul
just wait till you see what happens now
in 2007 walk hard the dewey [ __ ] story
took a stab at the tropes found in the
standard music biopic seeming to pay
particular attention to walk the line
and rey john c riley stars in the
titular role and is as hilarious as he
always is but brings his comedic musical
talents to the table as
well the original songs are a feat of
their own and while this movie hasn't
become a pop culture phenomenon like
some of the others on our list we'd say
it's seriously underrated we're both
[ __ ] paul
both of us are [ __ ] number 18 wet hot
american summer this movie was a total
box office bomb making under 300 000
despite a 1.8 million dollar budget but
that doesn't mean it isn't beloved
wet hot american summer received mixed
to negative reviews and clearly didn't
bring people out to theaters but with an
all-star cast that included bradley
cooper amy poehler elizabeth banks and
paul rudd before they were household
names how could you go wrong you have
barbecue sauce all over your face i know
that
so it's pretty foul it too is a satire
taking a comedic look at summer camp
culture and despite its poor fiscal
performance it was picked up by netflix
for a prequel series that spawned a
sequel look at me
number 17 this is the end the concept of
a bunch of a-list celebrities getting
together during the apocalypse seems
almost too good to be true but seth
rogen and evan goldberg use their celeb
clout to pull it off with this is the
end we need to stay here until they
start rescuing people okay a huge
earthquake happens who do they rescue
first
actors famous people they called in all
their famous friends and managed to
convince the likes of emma watson mindy
kaling james franco and rihanna to play
over-the-top fictionalized versions of
themselves as they band together for the
end of the world channey introduce
yourself hey what's up guys y'all cool
there's a certain behind-the-scenes
enjoyment viewers get from this movie
because it begs the question of whether
this is really what these guys are like
in real life
number 16 step brothers the story line
of step brothers is just so delightfully
weird that it works two adult men played
flawlessly by will ferrell and john c
reilly become step brothers when their
parents get together and act like
children throughout the process don't
ever ever
ever
touch
my drum set
you understand
don't go in there you're talking all
right the plot is full of twists and
turns though because while at first it
seems that the conflict will be between
the two men children they quickly
realize how much better things will be
if they decide to be friends hey derek
you know what's always good for shoulder
pain
if you lick my butthole
snap the flick is full of iconic moments
and gave us phrases that most of us have
probably forgotten are even from the
film that's right this is the movie that
prompts us to comment on how much extra
space for activities a room may have hey
i never asked you yeah do you like
guacamole
oh god number 15 21 jump street who
would have thought that jonah hill and
channing tatum were the buddy cop duo
that we'd all been waiting for
this unconventional pairing made for a
great partnership in 21 jump street
where two cops have to go undercover to
bust a high school drug ring hey you
guys aren't gnarx are you oh
this story has so much going for it
tackling teenage stereotypes in a way
that's really funny and also kind of
heartfelt was this funny to you guys
sequels aren't always worth talking
about but 2014's 22 jump street actually
holds up pretty well to its predecessor
then we get too old for this [ __ ]
we started off too old for this [ __ ]
number 14 bridesmaids after 2011 people
were forced to stop saying that female
comedians aren't funny anymore are you
an appliance no i'm a man and my name is
steve you're a flight attendant that's
absolutely accurate bridesmaids was
unlike anything else that came before it
a major studio comedy with an all-female
primary cast that employed as much
over-the-top and gross-out humor as
anything the boys were making jesus
megan
i'm sorry i won't apologize i'm not even
confident of which end that came out of
the film was a massive financial success
bringing in almost 10 times its budget
and box office revenue in fact it's the
biggest box office success that judd
apatow has ever had it also reignited
melissa mccarthy's career as a comedic
actress and has become something of a
modern classic how many of those did you
take i took nine
i took nine yeah i uh
i did i think slightly over commit
to the whole dog thing it turns out i'm
probably more comfortable with six
number 13 pineapple express
not all stoner comedies are worth
writing about but this one definitely is
this is the future this is like the apex
of the vortex of joint engineering judd
apatow seth rogen and evan goldberg were
behind pineapple express which pretty
much made it a shoe-in for comedic
success it's about a regular guy and his
drug dealer who find themselves on the
run from the law and shows their
situation quickly escalating out of
control how do you drive with one foot i
don't know
mom it's full of admittedly gratuitous
violence that's used for comedic effect
and the sort of humor that makes you
feel guilty for laughing but hey things
don't always have to be high brow to be
good
number 12 mean girls tina fey's
screenplay for mean girls proved that
she was so much more than an snl star as
she adapted a teen self-help book into
this biting and satirical yet oh so
funny critique of high school girl
culture shut up
i didn't say anything there are so many
iconic characters and moments in this
film which has flawlessly stood the test
of time despite being released more than
a decade and a half ago that is so fetch
gretchen stop trying to make fetch
happen it's not going to happen saying
it has a cult following seems like a
major understatement because mean girls
has simply become part of the cultural
zeitgeist with phrases from the movie
being part of our cultural lexicon you
go glen coco glenn coco fall for you
glenn coco you go glen cocoa number 11
tropic thunder telling the story of a
movie within a movie tropic thunder
looks at a group of privileged actors
who find themselves in dire
circumstances while filming and cut
that's the trailer right there though
most of tropic thunder would be easily
read as being straight up ridiculous it
was one of the rare comedies of this
sort that received award season
recognition robert downey jr even
received an oscar nod for his
performance i believe you people
what do you mean you people well there
was controversy about the treatment of
mental disability in the movie one of
the writers stated that it was in fact
the opposite saying quote some people
have taken this as making fun of
handicapped people but we're really
trying to make fun of the actors who use
this material as fodder for a claim you
are satan jack
you saw simple jack number 10. zoolander
the premise for zoolander may be absurd
but that doesn't make us love it any
less who am i
i don't know
i guess i have a lot of things to ponder
someone is trying to brainwash models to
assassinate the prime minister of
malaysia but the plot doesn't really
matter because this movie is all about
ben stiller absolutely killing it
playing a vain and vapid male model he
has to go up against owen wilson's
hansel so hot right now who is his foe
before becoming his friend and i'm not
your bra
whatever dude
whatever will ferrell is perfection as
fashion mogul mugatu who plays an
outlandish stereotype of the type of
people who work in the industry parts of
this flick may make us feel guilty for
laughing because they're so dumb but we
can't help ourselves what is this
a center for ants
number nine the grand budapest hotel
while most of the comedies on this list
are of the big blockbuster laugh out
loud variety we're gonna take a detour
for this entry you're now going to be
officially interviewed
should i go light the candle first sir
what no wes anderson has become known
for his distinctive filmmaking style his
pastel color palette and his ever so
symmetrical framing all of his movies
have an element of humor to them and we
were definitely tempted to include the
royal tenenbaums but our favorite has to
be 2014's the grand budapest hotel very
good i'm gonna stop you there because
the alarm has sounded but remember where
we left off because i insist you finish
later it has a simmering undercurrent of
comedy running throughout the tale
that's both subtle and incredibly clever
i must say i find that girl utterly
delightful flat as a board enormous
birthmark shape of mexico over half her
face sweating for hours on end in that
sweltering kitchen while mendel genius
though he is looms over her like a
hulking gorilla yet without question
without fail always and invariably she's
exceedingly lovely number eight shawn of
the dead we would have loved to put
every film in edgar wright and simon
pegg's cornetto trilogy on our list but
while we love hot fuzz and the world's
end we had to go with the earliest of
the three shawn of the dead oh my god
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she's so drunk peg managed to take the
zombie horror genre and make it into
comedy in a way that ushered in many
attempts to replicate the formula he
perfected how's that for a slice of
fried gold
yeah boy
the movie is not only funny but actually
kind of touching in a way we wouldn't
expect from films in the genre shot of
the dead was put together by comedy
auteur edgar wright who also penned and
directed the stellar scott pilgrim vs
the world didn't you know
todd's vegan
number seven napoleon dynamite we pity
anyone who's too young to remember what
a big deal napoleon dynamite was back in
2004 is grandma there no she's getting
her hair done
it's the sort of movie that suffers
retroactively because so many tried to
imitate the awkward and dorky style it
created almost making us forget how
great the original really was it was
made on a shoestring budget of less than
a half a million dollars with the film
star only making one thousand dollars
for his work until he negotiated for a
share of the profits following its
massive success can i try it really
quick
the fact that we saw so many vote for
pedro shirts out in the world for years
following its release is an indicator of
its cultural success i'm voting for
pedro sanchez who do you think number
six school of rock not everyone loves
jack black but we're pretty sure we can
all agree that this movie is a
masterpiece i feel sorry for you guys
a comedy that makes us laugh this much
but that also manages to be incredibly
heartwarming is truly something special
when dewey finn starts impersonating a
substitute teacher at a fancy prep
school he uses the only skills he has to
teach the kids about rock and roll i
thought you didn't believe in grades
of course i believe in grades i was
testing you and you passed good work
summer it's easy to forget that this
film was directed by richard linklater
who's better known for his more serious
and artsy endeavors the songs in the
movie are catchy as hell and the child
actors do a much better job than you
think
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not only that but it makes even the
biggest hater love jack black grazie
number five the hangover the premise of
the hangover is such a simple one but
the execution made this movie one of the
biggest comedies of the 2000s oh my god
my lateral sizer's it's gone a group of
guys goes to vegas for a bachelor party
and things escalate into chaos but this
flick is full of unexpected twists and
turns that keep you guessing and that
never take you where you think you're
going
the cast is full of great comic actors
like ed helms and zach alfinakis along
with bradley cooper whose career
skyrocketed after the film was released
in case you don't already know this feel
free to skip the two sequels because
they do not hold up to the original you
cannot be serious number four super bad
superbad wasn't exactly going into
uncharted territory wait you changed
your name to
mclovin
what kind of a stupid name is that fogel
what are you trying to be an irish r b
singer on paper it seems like a
run-of-the-mill high school comedy about
two dorky teens who want to lose their
virginities before graduation and end up
having a big night out but the comedic
duo that is jonah hill and michael cera
elevated this movie into something
iconic that was not only a huge
financial and critical success but also
has helped it to become seen as one of
the best teen movies of all time looks
like you're standing money like you
wouldn't be standing like that like a
duck yeah but i'm doing like
i'm doing like college poses like i
don't know if you are the chemistry
between the two leads gives the story a
much sweeter undercurrent than other
more cynical films and we can watch it
again and again i i love you i'm not
embarrassed love you i love you number
three borat i'm my name
i like you
i like sex did anyone not see borat when
it hit theaters in 2006 back then it
seemed like everyone and their mother
was testing out their borat impression
by saying very nice and great success
sasha baron cohen's idea behind this
film was nothing short of genius
impersonate a journalist from kazakhstan
and go around the us interviewing
unsuspecting citizens showing just how
backwards things are in our own
should drink the backyards of every
single man woman and child of iraq
sure there are aspects of this approach
that haven't aged all that well but
keeping in mind what cohen's intention
was you know his own views aren't the
ones to be concerned about is this a cat
in a hat no it's a tortoise and a shell
number two the 40 year old virgin though
the office began airing a few months
before this movie was released it was
really the 40 year old virgin that made
steve gorilla star you know what i
respect women i love women
i respect them so much that i completely
stay away from he penned the screenplay
for the film alongside judd apatow and
it seems like it was flawlessly written
for his personal brand of adorable
awkwardness though it's a story filled
with silliness there's also something
going on below the surface which has
come to characterize apatow's movies
whether he directed wrote or produced is
your your date drug your roofie
it's a mentos
they're the freshmaker in fact it was
apatow's directorial debut and remains
one of his best comedies though more
modern picks like train wreck also give
it a run for its money this is it for us
our journey is over so the first time i
saw our number one pick i hated it then
i gave it another chance and now it's
one of my favorite movies i literally
could not stop quoting it for a few
years there anyway it's kind of a big
deal so let's look through the must
watch list that is our honorable
mentions and then we'll see our pick for
funniest comedy of the century so far is
this gun real oh no annie
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snow balls
where's the
twinkies i'm not gay but if i was i
would want equal rights i'm not gay but
if i were i would marry who i like
there's no tp in the bathroom what about
the piece stuck to your shoe what about
the piece stuck to my shoe
[ __ ]
cooper
i thought you were dead so did i but i'm
not
i'm alive and i'm putting together a
teen just tell them you have a spiral
fracture of the left radius no
no deep breath
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number one anchorman the legend of ron
burgundy we've already seen a handful of
great will ferrell comedies on this list
but none can top anchorman you know i
don't speak spanish in english please
huh a piece about a group of
misogynistic tv newscasters in the 1970s
may not have seemed like fodder for
comedy gold but you can't possibly
explain the appeal of this movie on
paper it's full of quotable lines that
have become part of our everyday speech
patterns whether we realize it or not
well i can't help it
it's fantastic it's one of those films
that somehow never gets old even though
the jokes aren't exactly clever i don't
know how to put this
but
i'm kind of a big deal there may be no
rhyme or reason to it but there was no
question that it had to be at the top of
our list you stay classy san diego i'm
ron burgundy you stay classy san diego
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