What are the funniest movies of the century? We investigated all types of comedy to bring you what we consider to be the best comedy films of the 21st century.
They say that laughter is the best medicine. So humor films have been, are, and always will be one of the best remedies to have a good time. And distract oneself from the problems that one has in life, which are not usually few.
From the most absurd humor to the most “serious” comedy. This film genre has given us a multitude of films that are well worth having among our cinephile collection. With many as the main references of humor in the classic cinema of Charlie Chaplin or the Marx Brothers.
However, in the most recent cinema, we also find several titles that, in one way or another, have made us laugh out loud. Today, in Hobby Consolas, we wanted to investigate the different types of humor in cinema to collect some of what we consider to be the best comedy films of the 21st century.
Zombies Party
Without a doubt, absurd good humor is the best medicine to have a fun time. But not always this type of humor fulfills its function, leaving many titles relegated to merely entertaining films. Even with this, there are certain films of this genre that are a gem for lovers of absurd humor.
A good example of this we have in Zombies Party, a fun romantic comedy with zombies in between written and starring Simon Pegg. The plot revolves around Shaunn, a poor airhead who, after realizing how little attention he has paid to his girlfriend when she leaves him, decides to put his life in order and win back his love. The bad thing is that just at that moment the dead have risen from their graves, so he will have to steel himself to save his mother and his girlfriend from this threat.
Deadpool
Another of the most hilarious films of these years is Deadpool, where the story of one of the most popular antiheroes in Marvel comics is adapted, telling us how Wade Wilson, after being subjected to a cruel experiment, ends up acquiring quick healing powers, becoming in the mercenary Deadpool. We remind you here of our review of Deadpool.
This film of laughter and humor is a parody of superhero cinema and Marvel characters (in which they even get involved with the film itself), with very black and vulgar humor that has caused a furor around the world, which led to making a sequel also funniest. However, now that Disney has acquired Fox, it is up in the air whether we will finally see a new Deadpool sequel and, if made, whether this movie will keep the extremely grown-up tone of the previous ones or whether it will loosen up for a better age rating. .
Virgin at 40
Directed by Judd Apatow and co-written and starring Steve Carell, Madonna at 40 is a hilarious film whose plot revolves around Andy Stitzer, a most charming 40-year-old man, but who has the great downside of following being a virgin. That is why his co-workers will try to do everything possible so that the man is released and finally loses his virginity. But it will not be an easy task, since Andy is in search of happiness and true love.
Hangover Trilogy
Probably from The Naked Gun we have not seen such a funny trilogy as Resacón known as Trilogy, consisting of films Hangover, Hangover 2, now in Thailand! and R3sacon, a saga directed by Todd Phillips, recently on everyone’s lips for being the director of the spectacular Joker.
Starring, among others, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis, this hilarious film saga kicks off with a bachelor party riot, where three friends wake up with a monumental hangover and have no memory of what they did last night, discovering that the groom has disappeared and in the hotel room there is a baby and a tiger.
Knives Out
One of the funniest comedies that we find in recent cinema is Knives Out, a film directed by Rian Johnson and starring artists such as Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Christopher Plummer, Keith Stanfield, and Katherine Langford. In it, the classic mystery and suspense films are parodied where, curiously, its plot becomes hooked to the point of being one of the best mystery films that manage to maintain the intrigue until the end.
The plot revolves around the mysterious death of Harlan Thrombey, a renowned author of mystery novels. Detective Benoit Clans must solve the murder while dealing with Harlan’s dysfunctional family, who seem to have more than enough reasons to end the life of the patriarch. This is our review of Backstabbing.
The Grand Budapest hotel
Among the best humor films of the 21st century, we have The Great Budapest Hotel, a funny 2014 comedy directed by Wes Anderson and with a cast of the likes of Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Saoirse Ronan, Edward Norton, Jeff Goldblum, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, and Bill Murray, among many others.
The film is about a young woman who finds a book in which its author recounts a trip he made in his youth to the great Budapest hotel in the late 60s. There he meets Zero Moustafa, who tells him how he took over the hotel. And why he is not willing to close it.
Little Miss Sunshine
Funny and emotional in equal measure, Little Miss Sunshine is a dramatic comedy starring Abigail Breslin, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, and Paul Dano whose plot revolves around a rather peculiar family: the cocaine-addicted grandfather, the uncle who tries to commit suicide because her boyfriend has left her, the teenage son who doesn’t want to talk, the father who is a failure …
Everything changes when Olive, the family’s chubby little daughter, receives an invitation to participate in the Little Miss Sunshine children’s beauty pageant in California. The family will embark on a long three-day journey aboard a rickety Volkswagen van. The journey of which will be full of unexpected surprises that, in one way or another, will eventually bring them closer together as a family. Without a doubt, one of the best comedies of the century.
Birdman
Another of the great comedies of the 21st century is Birdman or (the unexpected virtue of ignorance), a four-time Oscar-winning film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, and Zach Galifianakis, among others. . Its plot revolves around Riggan Thomson, an actor typecast for his role in a superhero movie who is about to take a new direction in his life by opening a play on Broadway to reaffirm his professional career as an actor.
With Birdman, Iñárritu makes a brilliant social criticism of show business, leaving no puppet with ahead. He messes with the cinema, the theater, the actors, directors, critics, the public … All this carried out from a magnificent narrative that catches you from the first second. Here you can read our review of Birdman.
The Intouchables
Another dramatic comedy that is undoubtedly among the best of the 21st century is Intouchables. A French film written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and starring François Cluzet and Omar Sy. This funny and moving story revolves around Phillippe, an aristocratic quadriplegic who hires the services of Driss. An immigrant fresh out of jail, as a home caregiver. Although both are very different in terms of personality and way of life, little by little Phillippe and Driss establish a crazy and strong friendship.
Parasites
We could not close this list of outstanding comedies of the 21st century without mentioning Parasites. One of the great cinematographic gems of recent cinema carried out by Bong Joon-ho and winner of the Oscar for Best Picture in 20219, whose plot revolves around a family of misfits to whom luck smiles when the eldest son gets a job as a tutor in the Parks’ house, a good family. Immediately the boy gains confidence with the Parks and little by little he “plugs in” his family to other household tasks. A fun comedy full of jaw-dropping script twists, especially in its surprising ending. And up to here, we can read. We leave you our review of Parasites.
Here we finish our review of some of the best comedy films of the 21st century. Of course, there are many others that are also worthy of being on the list. So we want to ask you, what are your favorite humorous and laughter movies of the 21st century? Let us know in our comments section.
