30 Best Comedy Movies of All Times   

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30 Best Comedy Movies of All Times   

I am sure you have heard the phrase ‘laughter is the best medicine’ well, it’s not just a phrase but it is a proven fact. Laughter increases the blood flow through your arteries, thereby reducing your blood pressure and lowering the risk of heart disease. It will also reduce your stress, improve your mental health and boost your immune system among other benefits.  

This list of comedy movies will have you rolling on the floor and thereby getting a dose of the good medicine as you get entertained. 

Here are the 30 best comedy movies of all time. 

1. The Gods Must Be Crazy 

The Gods Must Be Crazy is a comedy movie that was released in 1980. The film is set in the Kalahari Desert.  There is a hunter and gatherer man who is going about his business to fend for his clan when he finds a glass soda bottle that was thrown from an aircraft. Having never seen anything like it, he believes it is a gift from God until everyone starts fighting for it.  

The only solution to this problem is to return the bottle to the gods. Will he find the end of the world to throw the glass bottle that is bringing them problems? Watch this movie to get a good laugh and appreciate life in the wild. The movie has one official sequel, The Gods Must Be Crazy II, released in 1989. 

2. Mrs. Doubtfire 

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Mrs. Doubtfire is a comedy movie that was released in 2003. It is the story of a recently divorced man who dresses up like a woman and pretends to be a nanny and housekeeper to get a job in his ex-wife’s household because he wants to be close to his children. How long will this act last? Watch to find out.  

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3. Me Time 

Me Time is a buddy comedy film that was released in 2022. It is the story of two childhood friends who care for each other but have drifted apart over time. One is a senior bachelor who does crazy and wild things for his birthday while the other is a stay-at-home dad who loves his family and is involved in his children’s lives and is a bit of a jealous husband. 

He gets to have some “me time” for the first time in years while his wife and kids are away, and he reconnects with his childhood friend for a wild weekend to celebrate the friend’s 44th birthday. Watch this hilarious comedy to see how it goes. 

4. New Year’s Eve 

New Year’s Eve is a romantic star-studded comedy-drama film that was released in 2011. It is by far the best New Year’s movie that I have watched in my life so far. It has several storylines of different people experiencing different challenges on the last day of the year. Will they have found solutions to their problems before the ball drops at the times square? Watch to find out. 

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5. MacGruber   

MacGruber is an action-comedy film with so many goofs that you will continuously laugh till your ribs hurt. It was released in 2010. The story is about a former Green Beret, Navy SEAL, and Army Ranger who is called back from retirement to help with a serious case. He refuses at first but later accepts on condition that he is allowed to form his team with the crudest people he had previously worked with. 

He is still using outdated weapons in this modern world and that is how his homemade explosives blow up his team of experts. Watch the movie to see how he achieves his goals by sheer luck without a team. It is a seriously funny movie worth your time. 

6. Date Night 

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Date night is a crime comedy movie with a bit of romance. It was released in 2010 and is a story about a couple trying hard not to be boring by having a routine life. The husband wants to take his wife to a nice restaurant but it is fully booked so he steals the reservation of a couple that hasn’t shown up.

This marks the beginning of their problems because the couple whose identity they stole is in trouble with a mobster. Watch to see how their night gets interesting, complicated, and scary all at once for this boring couple from the suburbs. 

7. Mr. Bones 

Mr. Bones is a comedy film that was produced and acted in South Africa. It’s the story of a white boy who survives a plane crash and is found and rescued by a king and is raised in the palace. He grows up not knowing how to play the local games with the other village boys but he can fortune tell by throwing and reading bones.  

When the king becomes aged and sickly, He sends the bone thrower to the city to go and find a son he had sired many years ago. It’s a humorous movie that will have you laughing at the mishaps as Mr. Bone goes in search of the Prince. There is also a sequel, Mr. Bones 2. 

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8. Horrible Bosses 

Horrible Bosses is a very funny comedy movie that was released in 2011. It is a story about three friends who give their all at work but they have the worst bosses. One evening over drinks they agree that their lives would be so much better if they got rid of their bosses. They decide to hire a murder consultant who advises them to kill each other’s bosses so that they do not get caught.  

Watch how they execute their plans and get ready to laugh because this movie is quite something. The sequel, Horrible Bosses 2 was released in 2014. 

9. Due Date 

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Due Date is a 2010 comedy film with the story of a man whose wife is almost giving birth to their child while he is away but he wants to be present during birth to support his wife. Unfortunately, he losses his wallet then gets kicked off the plane and is added to the No-Fly List.  

He is left with no option but to drive with a guy that wants to be an actor. Is the road trip enjoyable? Will he get home in time or will he miss his child’s birth? Watch to find out. 

10. Vacation  

Vacation is another road trip comedy movie that was released in 2015. It is the story of a pilot that works with a budget airline that decides to take his wife and two sons on a road trip across the country on a budget Albanian SUV that he hasn’t learned how to use well. So many bad things happen along the way from losing their belongings to swimming in a raw sewage dump and even destroying their car. 

This story has so many mishaps that will get you laughing at the characters’ pain. Watch to see if anything worse could happen.  

11. We’re The Millers  

We’re the Millers is a crime comedy film that was released in 2013. The plot follows a drug dealer who talks his neighbors into pretending that they are a family so that he can easily smuggle drugs from Mexico into the United States. 

The is tension every time they are almost caught but all goes well. Watch and see how the story ends. 

12. The Hangover

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The Hangover was a very well-received comedy film that was released in 2009. It is a story of a bachelor party gone wrong. Four friends travel to Vegas for their friend’s bachelor party, they wake up the next morning, but they can’t find the groom and they have no memory of what happened that previous night. 

With the wedding in a few hours, will they find the groom in time for the ceremony? Watch this comedy and laugh to release your stress. The movie has sequels, Hangover 2 and 3 released in 2011 and 2013 respectively. 

13. Bridesmaids 

Bridesmaids is a comedy movie that was released in 2011. The story is about a lady who hasn’t been lucky in the recent past. Having been dumped by her boyfriend, her bakery business failing, and having no life savings, this lady is forced to move back home after her roommate got tired of putting her up. 

Her best friend is getting married, and she’s asked to be the maid of honor. Everything goes wrong as she plans for this wedding due to unhealthy competition between her and another bridesmaid. Watch to find out what happens. 

14. Game Night 

Game Night is an action-comedy movie that was released in 2018. It is a movie about a group of friends who have a night of getting together to hang out and play games every week. A new game interactive roleplaying mystery game is introduced one night and one of the is kidnapped in their presence but they do nothing about it because to them, it’s part of the new game. It is a good hilarious movie that is worth your time. 

15. 21 Jump Street  

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21 Jump Street is a buddy cop action-comedy movie that was released in 2012. It is a movie about two fresh police training graduates who are assigned bike patrol duties. One day they make an arrest but the criminal is released because they did not read him the Miranda rights during the arrest. 

They are soon deployed to a unit working from a rundown building on 21 jump street. The new assignment forces them to relive high school when they are assigned to go undercover as high school students to prevent a new drug from being sold to students and arrest its supplier. 

16. Spy  

Spy is an action-comedy movie that was released in 2015. It is a story about a secret agent who has never been out in the field but has always sat at a desk helping field agents remotely. When circumstances force her to leave the desk and go out in the field, Will she trace a stolen portable nuclear device or is she not field material? 

17. Step Brothers  

Step Brothers is a comedy movie that was released in 2008. It is a story about two 40-year-old grown men, one living with his widowed father and the other with his divorced mum. Their parents meet, fall in love, and get married. This is where the problems start because they all move in and live together as a family. Will this blended family survive? Watch and see. 

18. Hall Pass 

In school, a hall pass is permission to be away from class during class time. In marriage, a hall pass is an agreement to temporarily or conditionally relax monogamy in a relationship. Now Hall Pass is a comedy movie that was released in 2011. 

It is the story of two married men who think their marriages are boring and so their wives give them hall passes for one week. Do their marriages survive? Watch and find out how it goes. 

19. Yes Day 

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Yes Day is a family comedy movie that was released in 2021. It is a story of parents that are always saying no in a bid to keep their three children safe. When the children submit homework that portrays their mum as the bad cop that always says ‘no’ she agrees to have a ‘yes day’ from time to time if they all do their chores well and on time. 

Yes Day is a 24-hour period where the parents cannot say no but it must be within reason. Watch the fun-filled movie to see how the day goes. 

20. Neighbors 

Neighbour is a comedy movie that was released in 2014. It is about a young couple that is forced to live next to a fraternity house after the birth of their newborn baby. The fraternity is known for its loud parties, but the college can only intervene after giving them 3 chances. 

Will the couple raise their child in this chaos or will they win the war against the brotherhood? Watch to find out. There is a sequel, Neighbors 2, which was released in 2018. 

21. Instant Family 

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This heartwarming family comedy movie was released in 2018. It is the story of a couple that is considering adoption even though their friends and family have no faith in their parenting skills. They enroll in foster care and although they’re not keen on adopting a teenager, they get one who fits their bill. The only problem is she comes with two other siblings because the system prefers not to separate children.  Will the arrangement work out or is this too great a task? Watch the movie to see what happens.  

22. Daddy’s Home  

This Dad vs Stepdad comedy film was released in 2015. It is a story of a stepfather who is trying hard to compete for his wife’s and stepchildren’s attention when the kids’ dad comes back into their lives. The biological father tries his best to drive a wedge between the couple in a bid to win his family back. The competition gets so bad that the stepfather leaves. Will this dad step up to the responsibility of being a present father? Watch to find out and laugh while at it. It has a sequel Daddy’s Home 2 that was released in 2017. 

23. Pitch Perfect 

Pitch Perfect is a musical comedy that was released in 2017. It is a story that follows a girl who joins university but she’s not very keen on getting a college education and she would rather join the music industry as a DJ. Her father teaches at the institution and is worried that his daughter is anti-social and only seems interested in music as she does her mash-ups on her computer all the time. 

The daddy pleads with her to attend the university activities fair to at least find a club to join. When a leader of an all-female acapella group hears her sing, she convinces her to audition and join the group. Watch all the hilarious events as you enjoy the music. The movie has two sequels, Pitch Perfect 2 and 3, released in 2015 and 2016. 

24. Identity Thief  

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Identity Thief is a road comedy film that was released in 2013. It is the story of a guy who buys an anti-identity theft from a con who uses all the info he has given to steal his identity.

The thief gets in trouble with the law using his name and for him to clear his name, he must physically bring the thief to the police station. He sets off to find the thief and surprise! surprise! It’s a lady. This hilarious film is very interesting and worth your time.  

25. The Night Before 

The Night Before is a Christmas comedy film that has a lot of weed smoking. It is a story of three childhood friends who intentionally spend every Christmas eve together. This started way back when one of them lost his parents in a car crash and they spend the holiday season together doing different activities so that their friend is never alone.

Having made this a tradition for many years, they all agree to end the tradition after this year’s Christmas. How will they spend this Christmas? Will they end the tradition? Watch to find out what happens. 

26. The Hitman’s Bodyguard  

The Hitman’s Bodyguard is an action-comedy film that was released in 2017. It is the story of a CIA officer who runs his private practice by offering triple-A-rated executive protection to the elite in society.

He is disgraced when an international arms dealer is assassinated on his watch and his business suffers a big blow that costs him his fancy lifestyle because the only jobs he is getting are protecting drug-addicted corporate executives and thus not well paying. 

Things turn around when his ex-girlfriend contracts him to protect and deliver to the ICC a witness of an ongoing trial against a world leader that has committed crimes against humanity. I recommend that you watch this funny movie for laughs and more. It has a sequel, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, that was released in 2021. 

27. Grown Ups 

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Grown Ups is a comedy movie that was released in 2010.  The movie is about five childhood friends that reunite after very many years of being apart. Thirty years ago, they won a junior high school basketball championship and went to a lake house to celebrate with their coach. Fast forward to the present times, when their coach passes on, they hire the lake house for the 4th of July weekend. They bring their families together as they mourn their coach. Will they get along for the sake of the coach? Watch this funny movie to find out. The film has a sequel, Grown Ups 2, that was released in 2013. 

28. Bad Moms 

Bad Moms is a comedy movie that was released in 2016. It is a story of overworked and overcommitted mums who are not appreciated enough and are taken for granted. With a lot going on in their lives, tough work lives, failing marriages, and husbands who are not keen to help with the kids and chores, are these women bad moms? Will they make positive changes and become more focused and feel more re-energized? Watch and see what happens. The movie has a sequel, A Bad Moms Christmas, which was released in 2017. 

29. Wedding Crashers  

Wedding Crashers is a comedy film that was released in 2005. It is a story of two guys who are always crashing weddings with the belief that girls at weddings are vulnerable and easier to get because of the love bug in the air. The duo crashes so many weddings using fake identities and sleeping with many bridesmaids. This continues until they crash a high-profile wedding and trouble starts when they fall in love. This movie is so funny you will laugh till your ribs hurt. 

30. Meet the Parents 

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Meet the Parents is a comedy movie that was released in 2000. It is the story of a guy who wants to propose to his girlfriend, but circumstances lead to him having to meet her parents, who are hard to please, first. He is invited to his girlfriend’s family home for her sister’s wedding and a series of bad things happen to him.

From losing his luggage to breaking someone’s nose and setting the wedding altar on fire, the odds are not in his favor. It is a very funny movie that is worth your time. 

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