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
This Golden Globe-winner stars Annette Bening and Julianne Moore as a married lesbian couple who have each given birth to children using the same sperm donor. The children later seek out their biological father (Mark Ruffalo).
“A thrillingly funny and casually profound film.” —Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
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