The 28 Best Comedies This Century, Ranked From Worst to Best
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.
Jennifer Lawrence won an Academy Award for her role as a recently widowed woman who befriends a man with bipolar disorder (Bradley Cooper). The two bond as they train for a dance competition together.
“Family nuttiness, football madness, romantic obsession and certifiable mental illness coexist happily in Silver Linings Playbook - a crazy beaut of a comedy that brims with generosity and manages to circumvent predictability at every turn.” —Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly