Time-tested comedy films can cheer up anyone. The best comedies of all time gather fans among representatives of all ages, regardless of taste preferences.

Top 10 Best American Comedies

The humor of American films is simple and understandable to our viewer. Lungs, without an unnecessary philosophy of comedy, become cult and make literally the whole world laugh to tears.

  1. "There are only girls in jazz." Musicians Joe and Jerry become involuntary witnesses of the murder. To hide from the killers pursuing them, they decide to change their appearance and temporarily pretend to be women, members of the jazz orchestra. Now Josephine and Daphne, friends, are faced with a series of unforgettable adventures that lead them to freedom and even Joe's sincere mutual love, before which even the influence of Hollywood is powerless.
  2. "Back to the Future". A cult adventure comedy that has become a symbol of cinema of the last century. Teen Marty lives a simple life: being late for school, falling in love with a beautiful classmate, misunderstanding in the family. But he has a very unusual friend - scientist and inventor Emmett Brown. Emmett is famous for being crazy around, but Marty believes that his friend is a real genius. Once the dock says that after long unsuccessful attempts he created a time machine. At first, Marty treats Emmett's delight with humor, but this changes as soon as he finds himself in the 80s and meets his senior parents with face-to-face contact.
  3. "Inveterate scammers." Fraudsters Freddy and Lawrence profit by falling in love with wealthy single women, then luring them out of money.At some point, colleagues understand: there will not be enough wealthy ladies in the city for everyone, and someone must give in. Then the men make a bet: whoever first taunts Janet Colgate and lures her from fifty thousand dollars will remain the boss in the town. That's just Janet - not as simple as it might seem initially. The swindlers do not even suspect that they themselves may become victims ...
  4. "Beverly Hills Police Officer." Axel Foley, a Detroit policeman, meets an old school buddy. But that is suddenly killed by unknowns. Axel understands that he is obliged to investigate the death of a friend, and the trace of the criminal leads him to Los Angeles. At first, local policemen are distrustful of the visitor and consider them to be an upstart, but how can one get angry at the cheerful Fowley with an eternal smile on his face for a long time?
  5. "Used cars". Rudy Russo is the real king of deception. For many years he has been selling used cars, deftly dishonoring buyers, and now he has decided to go into politics. He will have to pay a round sum for a seat in the Senate, but his boss is ready to help, provided that Rudy continues to work in the automotive business. Rudy is ready for anything, but then the owner suddenly dies ...
  6. "Police Academy". 1984 year. According to the new decree, now everyone is required to accept police academies, regardless of their physical data. Carey Mahoney was supposed to go to jail, but the investigator managed to send him to the academy as an alternative. He warns Carey that he cannot leave of his own free will, otherwise he will immediately go to jail. Because Carey is ready to do everything to get kicked out as soon as possible, but here's the bad luck: the leaders of the academy firmly decided to give everyone a chance and not expel any of the cadets.
  7. “How to Marry a Millionaire,” (1953). The situation in five words: three models are looking for husbands-millionaires. They rent an apartment in central New York and begin to search for suitable parties. A month later, the last furniture was sold from the apartment, but there are still no rich suitors. But before two of the three friends, an eternal dilemma arises: money or love?
  8. "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back." Inseparable friends Jay and Bob find out that they released a comic strip about which they are going to shoot a film. Of course, no one is going to pay a fee to an inseparable couple. To restore justice, Jay and Bob decide to go to the studio. They are ready for anything, so that victory remains on their side.
  9. Eurotour. The film is rightfully included in the list of the best comedies of all time: ridiculing stereotypes about European countries, an uninhibited theme and charismatic characters will not leave anyone indifferent. A simple American guy dreams of meeting his penfriend from Germany. For this, he is ready to go on a crazy trip across Europe with his friends. On the way to their lover, they encounter a pervert Italian, rolls with real drugs inside, break into the residence of the Pope and drink for the first time to unconsciousness. But after all this, they need to have time to return to America by the time they start college ...
  10. "Mask". Bank employee Stanley suffers daily humiliation at work, after which he returns to his little apartment to dog Charlie. Every day the same thing is repeated, until one day Stanley rushes into the city harbor in an attempt to save the drowning man. But, as it turns out, his vision failed the guy: a floating pile of garbage was drowning. In it, Stanley discovers a strange wooden mask, which he decides to try on. From that moment on, the life of a law-abiding guy turns upside down.

The best french comedies of all time

Do you think that the French do not know how to make comedies? Not at all!

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This, of course, is not an American conveyor, but each tape is a masterpiece.

  1. "1 + 1".This film based on real events is rightfully recognized as one of the best dramatic comedies in the world. The main characters are the rich but paralyzed Philip and his nurse - the black-skinned Driss, a guy from the ghetto with a criminal past. Both disappointed in life, men re-learn friendship and love, together cope with problems and finally find happiness.
  2. "Married for two days." Beauty Isabelle is preparing for the wedding with her beloved man. It would seem that she should be happy and pick up a snow-white dress, but she is very worried: the girl is sure that a family curse lies on her family. The fact is that the first marriage of each relative suddenly collapsed. Isabelle is going to quickly find some guy to jump out for him fictitiously, and then get a divorce. That's just the problem: it seems she really fell in love with this “fictitious” husband ...
  3. “I want Bridget.” Josephine was thirty years old. She believes that her age and supposedly overweight are the reasons why she has problems in her personal life. It seems that there are only a couple around, and only Josephine does not live with her beloved man, but with a cat named Brad Pitt. No longer able to observe from all sides only kisses and cooing, she invents a man for a visit to whom she supposedly flies off on vacation. But in the end, a little fiction dramatically changes the girl's life.

Comedy films of Soviet and Russian cinema

Comedies shot during the Soviet era are truly legendary and kind family films, on which more than one generation of viewers has grown.

They differ from foreign films in a particularly warm atmosphere and joyful, bright endings.

  1. "Love affair at work". The director of a large Moscow institution, Kalugina, is a rich and successful, but lonely woman. Behind the mask of a strict boss is a vulnerable soul and a desire to meet true, sincere love. Anatoly Novoseltsev is a senior statistician with no prospects of promotion. On a tip from his fellow colleagues, he decides to hit the boss in order to advance in the service. But clumsy flirting takes an unexpected turn: Novoseltsev sincerely falls in love with the "callous and heartless woman", which he believed Kalugina for many years.
  2. "The Diamond Arm". One of the most famous and best comedies filmed in the USSR. In Chernomorsk, a gang of swindlers, led by someone named the Chef, is operating. The next transport of contraband jewelry was supposed to go smoothly. The simplest task: the coherent Gesha should fall at the pharmacy indicated in advance and say the code words “Damn it!”. But he is lost among the narrow streets of Chernomorsk, and the honest Soviet citizen Semen Semenovich accidentally turns out to be at the meeting place. Having slipped, he falls and faints, and when he opens his eyes, he sees a strange thing: diamond jewelry is hidden under a plaster cast. Not wanting it, Semen Semenovich gets involved in the dangerous fishing of smugglers "on live bait", which he himself becomes ...
  3. "Operation Y and Shurik's other adventures." Comedy consists of three parts: "Partner", "Obsession" and "Operation" Y ". In the first, the brave Shurik fights with the bully, in the second - he is preparing for the exam and along the way is establishing his personal life. And in the third, an overly gullible student gets acquainted with the famous Coward, Dunce and Experienced.
  4. "Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures." Shurik became interested in folklore and went to distant lands to collect a new portion of legends and folk tales. That's just a gullible young man unwittingly becomes an accomplice in a crime: out of ignorance, he helps attackers to abduct the beautiful and excellent pupil Nina. Realizing the mistake, Shurik is trying to fix it, but regaining Nina’s confidence is not so simple ...
  5. "Ivan Vasilievich is changing the profession."The immortal comedy based on the play by Bulgakov is a real killer mix: police officers, a scientist-inventor, his wife and her film lover, talking cat and even Ivan the Terrible meet here!

What to see from Italian cinema

When you want humor with pepper, turn on Italian comedy. What else can you expect from a temperamental macho?

  1. "Perfect Strangers." At one time, this film became a sensation in the world of European cinema. The plot is simple: a company of old friends gathers for a dinner together. To prove to each other that there are no secrets between them, they put all their gadgets on the table and agree to read aloud all the messages that they receive. At first, a fun idea makes a pleasant evening full of disappointments and spoiled relationships.
  2. "If the Lord wills." Tomazzo is a staunch atheist who can infuriate any mention of the Lord. In addition to hatred of religion in him, only one feeling is strong - love for the family, especially for two children. And then shocking news breaks into the life of the old heart surgeon: his beloved son decides to go to the clergy.
  3. "Babylonian Sisters." The immigrant family receives a letter saying that very soon they will be deprived of a roof over their heads and evicted from housing. Trying to win their place under the sun, the family unites with other visitors to protect each other. Acting together against the corruption system, simple truths were revealed to women: true love and support can be found in a most unexpected place very far from the homeland.

The best youth comedies of all time

Despite the slang and frankly stupid situations in which the main characters invariably find themselves, youth comedies collect representatives of all ages from the screens. What's so surprising? After all, everyone was young.

  1. "Third wheel". An adult man without any problems with the psyche is friends with a talking teddy bear. It sounds crazy, but friends don't care about this absurdity. Together they spend days on end, drink, curse with selective obscenities and glue girls who are greedy for a cute little teddy bear.
  2. "A very scary movie." A funny film about the terrible: it is a mockery of all the cult horror films that existed at that time. Partly delusional, sometimes too vulgar and even scary - "Scary Movie" has been heard by almost black comedy lovers for almost twenty years.
  3. "Spring Breakers". Four students are tired of the evenings for textbooks and want to have a good time. They are ready to go to great lengths so that the upcoming holidays will be truly unforgettable. By negligence, friends are faced with a dangerous type of Eileen - a dealer in arms and drugs. And he is definitely able to give the girls what they really wanted - a lot of thrills that cannot be forgotten.
  4. "American Pie". Without a doubt, this is the most famous comedy of recent decades. The plot revolves around the eternal problem of young people - deprivation of virginity. American teenagers are not used to giving up, and if they had planned to leave their childhood at another party, then so be it.
  5. "Scott Pilgrim Against Everyone." At one of the parties, Scott meets the mysterious girl Ramona and immediately falls in love. It would seem that what could go wrong? But Ramona has seven evil exes, and she cannot start a new relationship until the previous ones are over. Scott and his group need to compete in a musical duel with competitors, and only after that the guy can find happiness with his beloved. Garage rock, comics and good jokes - that’s the whole Scott Pilgrim.

Rating of the best black comedies

Comedy or horror? Horror or comedy? Enough torment! Today we watch black comedies!

  1. "Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned Not to Worry, and Loved the Atom Bomb." Kubrick's black comedy is filled with death, weakness and cruelty.A mixture of blood and human stupidity against the backdrop of a worldwide apocalypse, laughter through tears and at the same time the cold war between the USA and the USSR - what could be better?
  2. "After reading burn." The perfect example of intellectual black comedy. The dismissed CIA agent tries to figure it out and writes a diary in which it includes, among other things, classified information. By coincidence, he leaves these notes in the sports locker room, where they are found by a frivolous coach named Chad. Chad decides to blackmail the former agent, and as a result, a simple pursuit of easy money leads to a confusing situation that no CIA agent can figure out ...
  3. “Big jackpot”, “Revolver”, “Cards, money, two trunks”, “Rock-n-roller”. Guy Ritchie's beautiful black comedies cannot be shared. They need to be watched in one gulp, one by one, barely managing to breathe. Severed limbs, witty jokes and flying in each frame towards the head are an ideal example of black comedy.
  4. "Mud". Bruce Robertson, the protagonist of the film, seeks to get a promotion. In order to become a detective-inspector, he is ready for anything: to sleep with his wife colleagues, to spread dirty rumors about another, set the whole department against an innocent newcomer. Erratic sex, hard drugs, alcohol, and brutal beatings of suspects - after all this, Bruce calmly returns home, where his faithful wife Carol awaits.

Of course, what is funny and what is not, everyone has their own idea. However, in our selection you will surely find that movie that you like.

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