Best Comedy Movies of All Time

The best comedy movies by audience rating and number of votes. Each movie links to a list of similar ones. Still can't decide? Swipe to find yours.

1. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
★ 8.5 · 4,633 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.
Movies like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge →
2. Parasite (2019)
★ 8.5 · 21,483 votes · Comedy, Thriller, Drama
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Movies like Parasite →
3. Pulp Fiction (1994)
★ 8.5 · 31,085 votes · Thriller, Crime, Comedy
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Movies like Pulp Fiction →
4. Forrest Gump (1994)
★ 8.5 · 30,662 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
Movies like Forrest Gump →
5. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
★ 8.4 · 14,312 votes · Comedy, Drama
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Movies like Life Is Beautiful →
6. Back to the Future (1985)
★ 8.3 · 22,575 votes · Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
Movies like Back to the Future →
7. Modern Times (1936)
★ 8.3 · 4,227 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
Movies like Modern Times →
8. The Great Dictator (1940)
★ 8.3 · 3,837 votes · Comedy, War
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Movies like The Great Dictator →
9. The Intouchables (2011)
★ 8.3 · 18,936 votes · Drama, Comedy
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Movies like The Intouchables →
10. City Lights (1931)
★ 8.2 · 2,566 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Movies like City Lights →
11. Green Book (2018)
★ 8.2 · 13,368 votes · Drama, Comedy, History
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Movies like Green Book →
12. The Apartment (1960)
★ 8.2 · 2,803 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Movies like The Apartment →
13. The Truman Show (1998)
★ 8.2 · 21,029 votes · Comedy, Drama
In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.
Movies like The Truman Show →
14. The Kid (1921)
★ 8.1 · 2,465 votes · Comedy, Drama
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
Movies like The Kid →
15. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
★ 8.1 · 3,645 votes · Comedy, Romance
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
Movies like Singin' in the Rain →
16. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
★ 8.1 · 6,407 votes · Comedy, War
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
Movies like Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb →
17. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
★ 8.1 · 7,456 votes · Comedy, Crime
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Movies like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels →
18. Some Like It Hot (1959)
★ 8.1 · 4,025 votes · Comedy, Romance, Crime
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
Movies like Some Like It Hot →
19. There's Still Tomorrow (2023)
★ 8.1 · 1,572 votes · Drama, Comedy, History
In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life.
Movies like There's Still Tomorrow →
20. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
★ 8.0 · 26,721 votes · Crime, Drama, Comedy
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Movies like The Wolf of Wall Street →

Best Comedy Movies of All Time

The best comedy movies by audience rating and number of votes. Each movie links to a list of similar ones. Still can't decide? Swipe to find yours.

1. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
★ 8.5 · 4,633 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.
Movies like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge →
2. Parasite (2019)
★ 8.5 · 21,483 votes · Comedy, Thriller, Drama
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Movies like Parasite →
3. Pulp Fiction (1994)
★ 8.5 · 31,085 votes · Thriller, Crime, Comedy
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Movies like Pulp Fiction →
4. Forrest Gump (1994)
★ 8.5 · 30,662 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
Movies like Forrest Gump →
5. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
★ 8.4 · 14,312 votes · Comedy, Drama
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Movies like Life Is Beautiful →
6. Back to the Future (1985)
★ 8.3 · 22,575 votes · Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
Movies like Back to the Future →
7. Modern Times (1936)
★ 8.3 · 4,227 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
Movies like Modern Times →
8. The Great Dictator (1940)
★ 8.3 · 3,837 votes · Comedy, War
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Movies like The Great Dictator →
9. The Intouchables (2011)
★ 8.3 · 18,936 votes · Drama, Comedy
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Movies like The Intouchables →
10. City Lights (1931)
★ 8.2 · 2,566 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Movies like City Lights →
11. Green Book (2018)
★ 8.2 · 13,368 votes · Drama, Comedy, History
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Movies like Green Book →
12. The Apartment (1960)
★ 8.2 · 2,803 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Movies like The Apartment →
13. The Truman Show (1998)
★ 8.2 · 21,029 votes · Comedy, Drama
In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.
Movies like The Truman Show →
14. The Kid (1921)
★ 8.1 · 2,465 votes · Comedy, Drama
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
Movies like The Kid →
15. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
★ 8.1 · 3,645 votes · Comedy, Romance
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
Movies like Singin' in the Rain →
16. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
★ 8.1 · 6,407 votes · Comedy, War
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
Movies like Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb →
17. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
★ 8.1 · 7,456 votes · Comedy, Crime
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Movies like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels →
18. Some Like It Hot (1959)
★ 8.1 · 4,025 votes · Comedy, Romance, Crime
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
Movies like Some Like It Hot →
19. There's Still Tomorrow (2023)
★ 8.1 · 1,572 votes · Drama, Comedy, History
In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life.
Movies like There's Still Tomorrow →
20. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
★ 8.0 · 26,721 votes · Crime, Drama, Comedy
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Movies like The Wolf of Wall Street →

1. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

2. Parasite (2019)

3. Pulp Fiction (1994)

4. Forrest Gump (1994)

5. Life Is Beautiful (1997)

6. Back to the Future (1985)

7. Modern Times (1936)

8. The Great Dictator (1940)

9. The Intouchables (2011)

10. City Lights (1931)

11. Green Book (2018)

12. The Apartment (1960)

13. The Truman Show (1998)

14. The Kid (1921)

15. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

16. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

17. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

18. Some Like It Hot (1959)

19. There's Still Tomorrow (2023)

20. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

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