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Bullshot
Booksmart was the funniest I’d seen this year.
Shaun of the Dead. Austin Powers 1&2
It’s all objective but there is some utter sh*te recommendations above.
Bienvenue chez le Ch’tis
Inspector Drake the Movie
It happened one night.
The Apartment.
Some like it hot.
The odd couple.
Sons of the desert.
The producers.
It’s a gift.
A Knights Tale always makes us smile. Great use of music too.
I watched Booksmart! Exactly what I was after, easy watching and properly funny. It’s basically a girl version of Superbad, but actually quite good.
+1 Elf
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz.
Kenny
@choppersquad, I love Fear of a Black Hat. Angry shoes.....
Also going to suggest Repo Man, oh and Duck Soup.
Withnail and I
Van Wilder
Airplane
Naked guns
Kingpin
The man with two brains.
"The Gods must be Crazy"
A South African film, probably embargoed in the UK.
Very funny.
Walk Of Shame
Rat Race
The Ladykillers (Cohen brothers version)
Top hat.
Gonna go bareback into Tucker and Dale…
You have chosen wisely. Let us know how you get on.
How come we've had a few Steve Martin films but not The Jerk?
And for a vintage selection; check out the director Preston Sturgess. Sort of similar to the Marx brothers.
At the time, Super Troopers was very funny. Dunno how it has stood the test of time meoooww.
Pentagon Wars.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
Twin Town.
Came here to add The Jerk, cannot believe it took so long for someone to suggest it
My two penn'orth
My cousin Vinny - Joe Pesci, Ralf Macchio and Oscar winning Marisa Tomei in deep south courtroom chaos. Includes the best one punch knockout ever
Housesitter - Steve Martin being Steve Martin. Goldie Hawn being Goldie Hawn
Tootsie - Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Nuff said
A fish called Wanda - Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and some Pythons
Parenthood - Steve Martin + great ensemble cast. Best massive vibrator mistaken for candle scene ever
In Bruges
+1. Reminded me of Father Ted with Gleeson as Ted & Farrell as Dougal. Just cos of the accents.
Purely Belter
Forgot about that!
'Where did you nick it from?'
'The pound shop'
'So how much do ya think It's worth?'
'I divvent naa, £2.00?'
Rubbishly funny.
Super Troopers defo still funny
Earth Girls are Easy.
Easy A
Starship Troopers
This is Spinal Tap
First mention of Spinal Tap took its time!
Tucker and Dale, I only found a stream that worked late on so will save for weekend - watched half an hour or so tho and I know im gonna like it!!
Best in show, Final Girls, O’Horten, Purely Belter all on the list.
Fear of a black hat looks great too but doesn’t seem to exist anywhere…
Have we had Dodgeball yet?
Not mentioned:
Deadpool 1 & 2
Thor Ragnorok
Four Lions (not seen The Day Shall Come but a mate has and says it's more deep than funny)
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Down By Law
It’s very black comedy but three billboards outside ebbing Missouri is very funny at times.
newly released in cinemas is the peanut butter falcon, which is an amazing film in its own right but also has some bloody funny moments even though not billed as purely a comedy.
Anybody mentioned monty python and the holy grail yet?
Ali G indahouse - childish fun for adults
Pretty sure there’s a South Park film as well.
Young Frankenstein.
Going by all the other things OP likes, O’Horten might be a little leftfield and gentle
Depends on how you get your kicks, but all worthwhile watches for various reasons
Network
In a World....
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Anna and the Apocalypse
Bridesmaids
Drowning by numbers
High hopes
check out the director Preston Sturgess.
Sullivan's Travels is one of my all-time favourite films.
Must re-watch a few of them.
The Guard
Untouchable
+1 for Four Lions
"Rubber Dinghy Rapids!"
Caddyshack
3 Amigos
Fletch
Any of the Chevy Chase/Dan Ackroyd/Bill Murray/Steve Martin "hey day" films 🙂
How's about some down under black comedy gold - "Black Sheep"
or Scandi noir comedy - "Rams"
or slightly offbeat yank stuff - "Even cowgirls get the blues"
Office Space
King Pin
Naked Gun films, well most stuff I've seen with Leslie Nielsen in, filled with lots of one-liners.
It's animated but Surf's Up.
Sightseers
The Cable Guy
Groundhog Day
+1 Bad Santa
+1 Burn After Reading (it's an acquired taste though)
Maybe Falling Down. Not sure it's supposed to be funny but it is.
Speaking of things that aren't outright comedies but are funny, and definitely fall into the "great films no-one's ever seen" category,
Plunkett & MacLeane. Bobby Carlyle and Johnny Lee Miller as two highwaymen. "They rob the rich... and that's it." It's a glorious little movie, watch it.
was gonna settle down to watch tucker and dale vs evil but couldnt find a stream.....
wotcha all watching it on?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tucker-Dale-Evil-Tyler-Labine/dp/B00ESKUI3M
Looks like you can rent it on Google Play and YourTube also.
... and on the back of this discussion, I'm going to go watch Booksmart.
Midnight run
See no evil, hear no evil
Four pages in and no Tall Guy? Celebrating it's 30th year. RIP Mel Smith:
Some top nostalgia-ing here:
No Surrender
Well, I watched Booksmart.
Fun little coming-of-age film, but a comedy? Not remotely.
The 100 year old man who climbed out of the window -- never check the details there are too many spoilers
les visiteurs -- its mad
I watched Booksmart.
Fun little coming-of-age film, but a comedy? Not remotely.
Agree - Thought it was a kid's film tbh.
Film Four right now.
The Commitments
Team America World Police
Groundhog Day
Clerks, Clerks II, Jay and Silent Bob strike back
Slapshot
The Blues Brothers
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Zombeavers
Hot Rod
My safe word is…
WHISKY!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, no one recommending Dumb & Dumber?
Purile, infantile and utterly hilarious.
Welcome to Woop Woop
Meeting the new father in law - language certainly NSFW
The van, hilarious Irish film
This will make someone’s night
Purile, infantile and utterly hilarious.
Superbad also springs to mind
O Brother, Where Art Thou? is the only film I've had to watch twice because I was laughing so much I missed bits.
Hausu is hilarious and beautifully wrong.
The Guard
OP might also want to check out Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.
Delightfully hilarious spoof pop-umentary with Andy Samberg as a Justin Bieber-type singer.
I'm currently enjoying A million ways to die in the West.
It appeals to my childish sense of humour.
Little Miss Sunshine
Rat Race
I know RomCom may not be on the agenda and there are very few I'll sit and actually laugh at but
What Happens in Vegas
Bridesmaids
kingpin
evil roy slade
Watched The Apartment at @malvern-rider-2 suggestion
I quite liked it but the wife was not impressed.
Too much sexist/cheating behaviour. The nicest guy in it is Baxter, but even he is aiding/abetting the cheating going on.
watched tucker and dale vs evil last night thanks to the suggestions on here.
well worth 90 minutes of your time, easy-watching gore-fest.....
Watched The Apartment at @malvern-rider-2 suggestion
I quite liked it but the wife was not impressed.
Just made me do a double-take and check online as didn’t recognise it from yr description. I don’t think I’ve seen ‘The Apartment’ after all! It was the ‘The Odd Couple’ 😎. (Lemmon/Matthau)
I can see why I got them mixed up because the Odd Couple is about two mismatched room-mates who are sharing an apartment. It’s filmed almost entirely in said apartment. That’s my excuse, but sorry for the misrecommendation!
Anyway, The Odd Couple. Brilliant chemistry between the two main characters. Similar in many ways to ‘Sideways’, ie extrovert vs introvert. It took me a few watches over the years to see bits of myself in Jack Lemmon’s character. With hindsight, I see much more 😬