Need cheering up what are the best comedies of the last while?

Kipperhell

Pretty simple any ideas for good comedies need a good laugh.

biko

It depends on your funny bone, what type of comedies are you into?

For me lately - Tropic Thunder or anything with Simon Pegg.

Magic Eight Ball

It's not strictly a comedy, but check out 'That Thing You Do'
It's probably my all-time favorite film. It never fails to cheer me up.

Ginger Nut

Ah Just tune into anything with Dawn French or The Royal Family - not queen & Co but the one on GOLD

Fight Club always cheer me up.

Basq

It's not recent, but.. Kingpin

Still my favourite comedy of all time - great performances all around (but especially Murray and Harrelson), great soundtrack (massively under-rated actually) and some of the funniest and instantly quotable dialogue EVER committed to film IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgYzW8KGU0A

MayoForSam

The Hangover was the best comedy released in 2009, definitely worth a watch.

beans

Best I've seen recently was In The Loop, if you're familiar with The Thick of It then you'll recognise this.

Some old comedy goodies I've seen in the past while include Peter Jackson's Braindead, savage horror comedy with buckets of gore (literally), and The Big Lebowski always cheers me up no end

syklops

Good comedies in the lsat while? To be honest, I cant think of any new comedies. Maybe someone can point one out. He's just not that much into you is a rom com but I don't think thats what you want.

In terms of movies that cheer me up, well it depends what kind of bad mood im in. Shawshank often does the trick, but thats maybe not what your looking for.

How about a fish called wanda? Always puts a smile on my face. As someone said anything with Simon Pegg(except Star trek obviously) is good, or something a bit grittier would be Snatch.

L31mr0d

Like others have said it really depends on how your funny boned is tuned.

I laughed in equal measures during "I love you man" and "A Serious man" (can't find many clips for it on youtube)

EDIT: +1 to Beans recommendation. "In the loop" is very good. Don't be put off by the premise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUOXXAK55C4

unreggd

Superbad!

I was in tears for the whole film, its a bleedin machine-gun of comedy

and it's on DVD in Tesco for €5!!

Kipperhell

OK I better clarify I would say I saw the latest big comedy releases of the last 20 years so probably looking for lesser known ones

Dawn French isn't funny and the Vicar of Dibly is one of the worst shows of all time.

Great TV comedy to me would be (no particular order or complete)

30 Rock
South Park
Better off Ted
Black Books
US Office
The Life According to Tim
Family Guy
Blackadder

Great comedy movies

Brother Where Art Thou
Contenders: Series 7
Happy Gilmore
Braindead ( favourite)
Being John Malcovich

kraggy

Very Bad Things is one of the best comedies I've seen. The new batch of Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder, Superbad, Knocked UP etc aren't a patch on it.

Stella777

I'm having trouble thinking of anything very new, but here are some that made my laugh so much my belly hurt:

Trains, Planes and Automobiles (John Candy, Steve Martin..)

Deuce Bigelow, Male Gigolo (more of a stupid-funny)

Raising Arizona (Nicholas Cage, Holly Hunter, directed by the Cohen Brothers)

Team America, World Police

Kinky Boots

Raging Bob

In the Loop or Humpday maybe?

fitz0

Try Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs I haven't laughed so much is along time. It's ridiculously fun film imo.

matsy1

Your taste is similar to mine.. And I thought the funniest film I have seen it a long time is an independant type movie called 'Trainwreck: My life as an Idiot'

bluefinger

I watched the Walk Hard, the Dewey Cox story recently which was imho quite funny definitely a cheer me up type. on a more cerebral note the latest woody allen is good Whatever Works.

Pushtrak

How about Idiocracy or Religulous?

Kipperhell

Of the movies mentioned
I haven't seen

Religiously and the meat balls one.

Films I wouldn't rate are the Hangover,very bad things or Man I love you.

Superbad and Idiocracy were both excellent

whysoserious?

Anything with Seth Rogen or Will Farrell!

My favorites from the last 10 years would have to be....

Superbad
Pineapple Express
Step Brothers
You Don't Mess With The Zohan
The Hangover
Zoolander
Bad Santa
Tropic Thunder

Dexters16

Anchorman, Step Brothers and Freddy got fingered...they always do the trick for me!

fitz0

whysoserious? wrote: »

My favorites from the last 10 years would have to be....

Pineapple Express
You Don't Mess With The Zohan
Tropic Thunder

The less said the better.

Stella777

Office Space

jaykhunter

I love Will Ferrell so
Oldschool
Anchorman
Zoolander
Step Brothers
even Semi-Pro...

I liked The Hangover...Zombieland I really enjoyed...Yep Kingpin...

for TV i'd highly, highly recommend Arrested Development, The life and times of Tim, and My Name is Earl (even though it's more easy-watching than laugh-out-loud funny, it puts me in a great mood)

Wossack

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

L31mr0d

Wossack wrote: »

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

It's comedy like only the Coen Brothers can produce.

OP, watch "A serious man" and "Burn after reading". 2 very good Coen Brothers comedies, A serious man being the superior of the 2.

Also worth checking out for that understated comedy is "The Promotion".

Hyndsy85

L31mr0d wrote: »

It's comedy like only the Coen Brothers can produce.

OP, watch "A serious man" and "Burn after reading". 2 very good Coen Brothers comedies, A serious man being the superior of the 2.

Also worth checking out for that understated comedy is "The Promotion".

Op do not watch a serious man. It may have an odd chuckle or 2 in it but its not a comedy and its not a feel good movie.

Few choices would be
Old School
Kingpin
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

And while not a comedy my favourite feel good movie
Dazed & Confused

BopNiblets

Religulous is funny in a way that humanity is doomed by stupidity funny, doesn't cheer me up.

Arrested Development though, right on!
Or if you can get a hold of the old Whose Line Is It Anyway? episodes...

DazMarz

Trying to think of some good/decent comedies that nobody else has mentioned so far:

-The Breakfast Club (not strictly comedy; but has some hilarious moments)

-Blades Of Glory (not to everyone's tastes; I'm not that into Will Ferrell or that 'Brat Pack' genre of comedy, but damn, this one got me laughing!)

-Detroit Rock City (4 young numbskulls try to wrangle their way into a KISS concert and hilarity (naturally!!!) ensues. Easy on the grey matter and hilarious in spots too.)

-Y Tu Mamá También (highly sexed up Mexican road movie comedy) (WARNING: this movie does contain heavily graphic sex scenes, so not for the strong Catholics out there)

-My Cousin Vinny (Joe Pesci is the eponymous 'Noo Yawk' lawyer out to defend his young cousin on a phoney murder charge in the deep South; Marisa Tomei gives an Oscar-winning turn as Pesci's equally brash-'Noo Yawk' fiancee)

-In Bruges (dark comedy at its very finest; Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are superb as the mismatched Dublin criminals on the run in the Belgian city)

-Hot Fuzz (the best policeman in England is re-assigned to a sleepy hamlet in the middle of the English countryside much to his chagrin... but is everything as 'sleepy' as it seems??? Simon Pegg is excellent as the over-zealous copper at odds with his surroundings)

Joycey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrl3n2ZtK2E&feature=related


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/


Really uplifting. Try it out

jm99

MayoForSam wrote: »

The Hangover was the best comedy released in 2009, definitely worth a watch.

i agree, brilliant comedy

Sean Quagmire

basquille wrote: »

It's not recent, but.. Kingpin

Go deeper, Johnathon.


When I heard about the lonely mothers outreach programme, I had to get invloved. I couldn't help myself.

Lamper.sffc

Not sure if you like Asian movies but the funniest and not just funniest Asian Movies would be Kung Fu Hustle and The Good The Bad The Weird.

Life is a great comedy, also Nothing to Lose.

JP Liz

MayoForSam wrote: »

The Hangover was the best comedy released in 2009, definitely worth a watch.

+ 1

humanji

If you liked Superbad then check out Hot Rod. I thought it was hilarious.

I'm not an Adam Sandler fan, but I did think Don't Mess With The Zohan was funny in parts. I think it could just be John Turturro is in it and I think it's illegal for him not to be brilliant in a movie.

Mike Litoris

Observe and Report. Best off beat/dark comedy since Napoleon Dynamite.:D

Not a laugh a minute, more quality than quantity.

IvySlayer

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Observe and Report. Best off beat/dark comedy since Napoleon Dynamite.:D

Not a laugh a minute, more quality than quantity.

Well done on the name sir. :pac:

OP: If you want to see a stupid film with some giggles, then I suggest Paul Blart: Mall Cop.

The Hangover was a pretty decent film, enjoyed it. Tropic Thunder, was expecting it to be ****e, but it was amazing. Up! is also a good one. And it's not just kiddish humour.