The 28 Best Comedies This Century, Ranked From Worst to Best
by
Julia Hays, for Metacritic
– June 5, 2017
From Academy Award winners to outrageous, campy comedies, this century has been filled with a variety of laugh-inducing flicks.
These films star titans of the genre, including Seth Rogen, Jack Black, Sacha Baron Cohen and Chris Rock. And while some are of the laugh-out-loud variety, other comedies are satirical, of the mumblecore genre, or just plain dark.
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photo by Universal
Judd Apatow's romantic comedy stars Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl as two people who have a one-night stand which leads to an unplanned pregnancy. Among the film's accolades was a Stony Award for Best Pot Comedy from High Times Magazine in 2007.
“Sweep aside the gross-outs and you've got the family values comedy of the year.” —Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
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