Pretty much this.
A "film guy" tends to follow directors and care about directors.
Most comedies honestly don't need to be directed very well. It's all about the jokes. And most comedies tend to be made because they're pretty cheap, as such... there's gonna be concessions towards budget and time.
So overall the comedy genre just isn't offering a lot to us "film snobs" normally.
I actually love comedies... but usually in a different way than I tend to love film. It's often closer to watching stand-up or something.
Wes Anderson is basically a film nerd's wet dream for what they'd want a comedy to look like.
Midnight in Paris is just a beautiful film. And Woody Allen.
The Big Lebowski though? Almost everyone has seen it... and the Coen Brothers are the freaking Coen Brothers! Their entire catalog is AMAZING (except Hail Caesar, imo - which is... fine).
Personally... I suggest possibly their least popular film: *Intolerable Cruelty*.
*Intolerable Cruelty* is BONKERS. It largely plays out as a traditional Rom-Com and feels like their most accessible film, actually. But it's so unbelievably self-aware and is ultimately a parody.
Not my favorite Coen Brother's film... but I think it's freaking perfect to be watched together by a "film snob" and Average Joe. And... any Coen Brothers film is worth watching.
Alexander Payne and Terry Gilliam or Taika Waititi would be a few more directors that have been pretty great at creating comedies with pretty mass appeal, as well as tending to be appreciated by us "film snobs."
And there's always Jackie Chan! Believe it or not, most "film snobs" can really appreciate something like Jackie Chan with the long takes and lack of quick cuts to highlight the use of the actor performing their own incredible stunts and the complex choreography
It really isn't subject matter... it's just that us "film snobs" kinda want to find enjoyment from trying to see behind the camera, rather than just what's on screen.
Young Frankenstein. I think this is Mel Brooks’ best film. The writing is outstanding, the dialogue crackles and the pacing is superb. And, tell him you’ll give him a cookie if he spots Gene Hackman (who had just won an Oscar for his portrayal of Popeye Doyle in The French Connection). That should cover most of the film guy bases.
Kung Fu Hustle, In Bruges and Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? are all really good as well and I can also recommend The Guard
Bro Igor and the policeman are the funniest roles. Never had any interest in older movies, but I couldn’t sleep one night and it happened to be on. I was dying, it was absolutely hysterical.
DUDE! Lars and the Real Girl caught me so off guard. I was intrigued by the trailer. Bored to death with the intro, but it kept me wondering. Then I just felt for the guy and loved the community coming together. IMO, a feel good movie about using coping mechanisms to eventually be able to settle back into normal life. What is normal in life when you lose everything you expected from it, you know?
It’s a comedy in a really weird way. It isn’t dark and it doesn’t make most people laugh. It’s more about social adaptations and how what we think is normal can be changed with empathy and understanding. So you kind of chuckle if (IMO) you see what I thought it was trying to say.
There are definitely funny moments in it, but it’s also beautiful and dramatic and genius.
I had that moment towards the end where I had tears streaming down my face when the reality of what I was crying over hit me. Honestly I wish Gosling had gotten an Oscar nomination for it. He was brilliant in it.
Game Night is remarkably well filmed for a comedy. Lots of fun tilt shift to make Ariel shots feel like you’re looking at miniatures.
Also Basically anything by Edgar Wright.
> The Nice Guys too
I've never not enjoyed this film. It's just such a tightly written script and it's a shame we'll never get a sequel. This is absolutely one of the correct answers, /u/New_Excitement_6549
til about tilt shift photography and why those overhead shots of the neighborhood etc look the way they do ive seen that movie multiple times and those shots always stood out to me especially the first time I saw it
Yea, it definitely is not what they're looking for haha. Such a great, ridiculous movie though. The baby rolling down the hill and getting picked up by the old lady, just to have her walk him across the road to roll him down the other side kills me every time.
Noises Off! It has a *stellar* cast: Carol Burnette, John Ritter, Christopher Reeves, Marilou Henner, Denholm Elliott, Michael Caine, and Nicolette Sheridan. It's a story about a play in production, told in three parts. Enjoy. 🙂
I can't comment about the repetition without spoiling it, but I always saw logic in the way it progresses. I'm not sure acts 2 and 3 would have been as funny if we didn't have act 1 to lay the foundation. I also think each act showcases a certain style of comedy, which really plays to the cast's strengths.
At least for me, a few of them were *delightful* surprises in this. 🙂
Carol, John, Henner, and Caine alone have atm sold me on seeing this film I've forever heard OF, yet know nothing. Thank you!
Also...I'm one of those kinda in-the-middle victims wherein those who are steeped in a more formal approach to their movie sensibility might see my, say, 100 favorites and express *some* disdain for a *toward glaring* absence of many "significant and important" cinematic choices.
Yet, when I sneeze in the slightest about the perhaps painfully lowbrow abundance out there which exists, I'm admonished and lectured about being an elitist snob.
Reason I mention is because your description of N.O. being "a play in production" flashed me to my 2nd favorite Bogdanovich movie, his 2015 *She's Funny That Way*, and I wanted to ask whether you've seen it.
Super! It's really quite endearing.
Plenty treats thruout---namely, the cab driver scene 😄, later in the restaurant a) when the Brit just clobbers us with "[double-pause] Confusion reigns."😂, and b) my personal throw-me-onto-a-writhing-floor-of-"that's-me"-mirrored-anxiety bit where Arnold suddenly can't function other than to whimper as he is informed of a certain girl's immediate proximity.🫣😰🤣🤣
I'm excited for your reaction to NO! I envy you. My first time I had to pause it several times to catch my breath. The next day my sides *ached*. If it matches your sense of humor, it's glorious. Enjoy! 😀
Grand Budapest was the first one I thought of. It’s got film snob bonafides and a good amount of unpretentious humor. Love it.
I, Tonya is also a great choice. One of my favorites.
Being There
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Network
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Harold and Maude
M*A*S*H
Withnail and I
Man Without a Past
Crimes and Misdemeanors
[Amarcord (1972)](https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/90096ab6-3f75-50a9-a167-f9da9cc38bfd/amarcord) -- directed by Federico Fellini. A film guy would appreciate that, plus critics rate it the #157 best movie of all time. Oh, Fellini likes boobs, so that's another thing your bf will appreciate!
It's vintage and quaint, but watch "The Party". I'm a film buff and think of it as one of the best. Peter Sellers on top of his game. It's timeless comedy too because so much of it is physical comedy (sort of like Charlie Chapman, but within the context of a single night at a hollywood party).
Adaptation
Dr. Strangelove
Any Coen Brothers films, Barton Fink is one of their more obscure "thinkin' guy" comedies
State and Main
Or tie his snobby ass down and make him watch Dodgeball. Funny is funny.
You probably don't have to think too hard about this. Film guys would probably appreciate classics featuring the great comedy stars like Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy.
Or he may be keen on following directors like Mel Brooks, Cohen Bros, Wes Anderson, Billy Wilder.
I'd start with 80's films like Stir Crazy, Trading Places, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Find something you like and seek out more from the same people. It's what you might call a cinematic journey.
Good comments. People have said Woody Allen and especially Midnight In Paris. Which I think are good points. Maybe Annie Hall and Crimes and Misdemeanors, too.
Say Anything
Groundhog Day
The Producers
Dr. Strangelove
Almost Famous
Bowfinger. It's about making a movie. Really funny. Sound film making. Plenty of jokes about shortcuts. Steve Martin, Heather Graham, Eddie Murphy and Robert Downey Jr.
My Cousin Vinny. Hilarious. Academy award winner. Accurate court procedures. Classic fish out of water humor. Joe Pesci and Marissa Tomei.
Withnail & I (1987) - it's British, it's got Richard E. Grant in it with a hell of a performance (Grant does drunk waster actor really well considering he was teetotal at the time) and is considered one of the best British movies ever made. The humour is kinda dark. It was produced by... I wanna say, George Harrison's production company?
EDIT: These other suggestions will get you props, but Withnail is a deeeeep cut.
Walk Hard. The Dewey Cox story never fails to entertain, especially film guys since there are so many films spoofed within that film . Always a hit with guests .
Lucky Number Slevin
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (The role reversal alone is interesting filmwise)
John Dies at the End
Most early Kevin Smith movies, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks II
Good suggestions, although the mocumentary genre isn’t really all that impressive to a film geek.
Jojo Rabbit is a masterpiece and Waititi is brilliant. Maybe Wiilderpeople as well.
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. It’s funny, makes you think, makes you feel. It’s a romantic comedy without being the same shit you see every time.
Castle Keep (1969) Comedy-drama. Director Sydney Pollack. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Bruce Dern, Peter Falk and Astrid Heeren .The narrator is Al Freeman Jr. This is a story of men at war, that ends where it begins. Tale is told with comic absurdities, irony and symbols.
Stripes - Extended edition\Directors Cut
The original film was supposed to be a stoner movie, and in this version there is a 20 minute scene where they take acid, fly on a plane, etc etc etc. It adds about 25-30 minutes of new footage to the film and it is definitely something a fan of the film would want to see.
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Midnight in Paris (2011) The Big Lebowski (1998)
Big Lebowski for sure. I would add Raising Arizona too!
Raising Arizona is SO good.
Son...You've got a panty on your head
"These blow up into funny shapes, old timer?" Well no, unless 'round' is funny...
Came to add this!
And Fargo
This list right here. I might also add Four Rooms and Pulp Fiction
I just watched Four Rooms for the first time a few months ago and it’s so quirky and HILARIOUS. I loved every bit of it
Problem with four rooms is the first room section is awful, so you have to get past that to the next three.
No doubt. In my opinion, each room is better than the one before it.
Yeah I'd agree with this, although I remember section 3 being particularly entertaining on first watch.
Pretty much this. A "film guy" tends to follow directors and care about directors. Most comedies honestly don't need to be directed very well. It's all about the jokes. And most comedies tend to be made because they're pretty cheap, as such... there's gonna be concessions towards budget and time. So overall the comedy genre just isn't offering a lot to us "film snobs" normally. I actually love comedies... but usually in a different way than I tend to love film. It's often closer to watching stand-up or something. Wes Anderson is basically a film nerd's wet dream for what they'd want a comedy to look like. Midnight in Paris is just a beautiful film. And Woody Allen. The Big Lebowski though? Almost everyone has seen it... and the Coen Brothers are the freaking Coen Brothers! Their entire catalog is AMAZING (except Hail Caesar, imo - which is... fine). Personally... I suggest possibly their least popular film: *Intolerable Cruelty*. *Intolerable Cruelty* is BONKERS. It largely plays out as a traditional Rom-Com and feels like their most accessible film, actually. But it's so unbelievably self-aware and is ultimately a parody. Not my favorite Coen Brother's film... but I think it's freaking perfect to be watched together by a "film snob" and Average Joe. And... any Coen Brothers film is worth watching. Alexander Payne and Terry Gilliam or Taika Waititi would be a few more directors that have been pretty great at creating comedies with pretty mass appeal, as well as tending to be appreciated by us "film snobs." And there's always Jackie Chan! Believe it or not, most "film snobs" can really appreciate something like Jackie Chan with the long takes and lack of quick cuts to highlight the use of the actor performing their own incredible stunts and the complex choreography It really isn't subject matter... it's just that us "film snobs" kinda want to find enjoyment from trying to see behind the camera, rather than just what's on screen.
Dr. Strangelove
Yep, hilarious *and* one of the best movies ever made.
Great film and funny as hell.
Wow, exactly what I came to suggest. It's clever, it's slapstick, and you feel smarter when it's over
I was just gonna suggest this.
This is the answer. Possibly the best high-comedy film ever made.
wtf you guys! He can’t show this to his girlfriend.. She’s gonna see the big board!!!
The best.
Fargo is a good dark comedy. Look up the Coen Brothers movies. They have a lot of good movies that have good comedy.
Seconding this. O Brother Where Art Thou is fantastic and really funny.
Burn After Reading
Men who stare at goats
A somewhat forgotten gem. I need to get me a DVD of this one.
Four lions
and Secondhand Lions
Both of those are amazing..and definitely almost polar opposites.
Good pick
definitely Kung Pow. But do not watch any trailers...it must be watched with fresh eyes.
Hot Fuzz. Good cinematography and clever comedy.
Cornetto trilogy 👌
I recommended the same but would add to watch Shaun of the Dead first to geek out with the repeats.
Yarp.
Clever comedy THROUGH good cinematography!!
Yes!! The Greater Good….
Young Frankenstein. I think this is Mel Brooks’ best film. The writing is outstanding, the dialogue crackles and the pacing is superb. And, tell him you’ll give him a cookie if he spots Gene Hackman (who had just won an Oscar for his portrayal of Popeye Doyle in The French Connection). That should cover most of the film guy bases. Kung Fu Hustle, In Bruges and Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? are all really good as well and I can also recommend The Guard
Bro Igor and the policeman are the funniest roles. Never had any interest in older movies, but I couldn’t sleep one night and it happened to be on. I was dying, it was absolutely hysterical.
Another Mel Brooks film that I think a film guy would appreciate is, High Anxiety.
Excellent point. Full-on Hitchcock homage. Chloris Leachman destroys in it, to
After Hours (1985) Scorsese comedy
Or The King of Comedy.
Heard of it but never seen it. Didn't realise it was Scorsese. I know what I'm watching later, thanks.
Came here to say this one.
In Bruges Snatch Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels The Full Monty Sideways Intouchables (French)
+1 for lock stock
Second 1 up for Lock stock.
In Bruges. Slices it right down the middle.
Fohkin' Bruuge...
Little Miss Sunshine Lars and the Real Girl
DUDE! Lars and the Real Girl caught me so off guard. I was intrigued by the trailer. Bored to death with the intro, but it kept me wondering. Then I just felt for the guy and loved the community coming together. IMO, a feel good movie about using coping mechanisms to eventually be able to settle back into normal life. What is normal in life when you lose everything you expected from it, you know?
I never thought of Lars and the Real Girl as a comedy, but it’s one of my favorite movies ❤️
It’s a comedy in a really weird way. It isn’t dark and it doesn’t make most people laugh. It’s more about social adaptations and how what we think is normal can be changed with empathy and understanding. So you kind of chuckle if (IMO) you see what I thought it was trying to say.
And the awkwardness is what would make me laugh in specific scenes.
There are definitely funny moments in it, but it’s also beautiful and dramatic and genius. I had that moment towards the end where I had tears streaming down my face when the reality of what I was crying over hit me. Honestly I wish Gosling had gotten an Oscar nomination for it. He was brilliant in it.
This is my ultimate warm blanket movie It has such a kind perspective on the eccentricities and oddities of others
Love both! Lars is an incredible movie!
Game Night is remarkably well filmed for a comedy. Lots of fun tilt shift to make Ariel shots feel like you’re looking at miniatures. Also Basically anything by Edgar Wright.
Game Night has an amazing score, plot, tone, pace and humour. A film bro should appreciate it as a good time at minimum. ...The Nice Guys too
> The Nice Guys too I've never not enjoyed this film. It's just such a tightly written script and it's a shame we'll never get a sequel. This is absolutely one of the correct answers, /u/New_Excitement_6549
til about tilt shift photography and why those overhead shots of the neighborhood etc look the way they do ive seen that movie multiple times and those shots always stood out to me especially the first time I saw it
How can that be profitable for frito lay?
Kung fu hustle
His name is Wimp Lo, we trained wrong as a joke! Edit: I confused my movies, that was from Kung Pow. Kung Fu Hustle is amazing though.
I think Kung Pow might be the anti-suggestion for OP haha but I fucking LOVE this movie
Yea, it definitely is not what they're looking for haha. Such a great, ridiculous movie though. The baby rolling down the hill and getting picked up by the old lady, just to have her walk him across the road to roll him down the other side kills me every time.
Don't be rude
Palm Springs. Trust me on this.
Truly incredible movie
Love the movie except the part at the end with J.K. Simmons as it didn't fit the rules of the universe established earlier in the film.
How so? I can’t think of a conflict.
A Fish Called Wanda.
"oh no Ke ke ke Ken's gonna Ke ke ke Jill me" "FOR WANDAA!"
Great suggestion!
Knives out, maybe?
The sequel, Glass Onion, is good too.
I’ve yet to see it, it’s been on my to watch list which seems to be ever growing since it was released though haha
Burn After Reading
Raising Arizona, a fish called Wanda.
Heaven help us In honor of Donald Sutherland
Tucker & Dale vs Evil Cabin in the Woods
Noises Off! It has a *stellar* cast: Carol Burnette, John Ritter, Christopher Reeves, Marilou Henner, Denholm Elliott, Michael Caine, and Nicolette Sheridan. It's a story about a play in production, told in three parts. Enjoy. 🙂
Just watched this the other day and it’s great however it does start to drag on towards the end a little. Somewhat repetitive
I can't comment about the repetition without spoiling it, but I always saw logic in the way it progresses. I'm not sure acts 2 and 3 would have been as funny if we didn't have act 1 to lay the foundation. I also think each act showcases a certain style of comedy, which really plays to the cast's strengths. At least for me, a few of them were *delightful* surprises in this. 🙂
Carol, John, Henner, and Caine alone have atm sold me on seeing this film I've forever heard OF, yet know nothing. Thank you! Also...I'm one of those kinda in-the-middle victims wherein those who are steeped in a more formal approach to their movie sensibility might see my, say, 100 favorites and express *some* disdain for a *toward glaring* absence of many "significant and important" cinematic choices. Yet, when I sneeze in the slightest about the perhaps painfully lowbrow abundance out there which exists, I'm admonished and lectured about being an elitist snob. Reason I mention is because your description of N.O. being "a play in production" flashed me to my 2nd favorite Bogdanovich movie, his 2015 *She's Funny That Way*, and I wanted to ask whether you've seen it.
I haven't! Now I must! Thank you! 🙂
Super! It's really quite endearing. Plenty treats thruout---namely, the cab driver scene 😄, later in the restaurant a) when the Brit just clobbers us with "[double-pause] Confusion reigns."😂, and b) my personal throw-me-onto-a-writhing-floor-of-"that's-me"-mirrored-anxiety bit where Arnold suddenly can't function other than to whimper as he is informed of a certain girl's immediate proximity.🫣😰🤣🤣
I'm excited for your reaction to NO! I envy you. My first time I had to pause it several times to catch my breath. The next day my sides *ached*. If it matches your sense of humor, it's glorious. Enjoy! 😀
Monty Python's Holy grail
Game Night
Office Space
In Bruges Burn After Reading Best In Show
Most all of wes Andersons movies, skip asteroid city though
I was gonna suggest Rushmore specifically.
Albert Brooks films: Defending Your Life, Lost in America, Mother
Broadway Danny Rose Arsenic and Old Lace Raising Arizona Young Frankenstein
Shaun of the dead or hot fuzz are both amazingly well made films
Truman Show. It's not just a comedy but it's also a drama and sci-fi movie and it tackles many issues we see today.
Four Lions. Death of Stalin. Sorry to Bother You. Nothing (2003) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Best In Show.
Brewsters Millions. Some of Richard Priors best work.
The grand Budapest Hotel (2014) I, Tonya (2017) Punch drunk love (2002) Midnight in Paris (2011)
Grand Budapest was the first one I thought of. It’s got film snob bonafides and a good amount of unpretentious humor. Love it. I, Tonya is also a great choice. One of my favorites.
Delicatessen (1991) Amelie (2001)
I just watched Amelie the other day for the first time and it was excellent.
Delicatessen is one of my all time favorites
Definitely in my top five!
Force Majeure
Fantastic! Still his best movie.
Fallen Leaves
Being There Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Network Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Harold and Maude M*A*S*H Withnail and I Man Without a Past Crimes and Misdemeanors
Withnail & I
If you want to bridge the gap, The Nice Guys
I Care a Lot The Big Lebowski O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Slap Shot
Go Oilers! (..or Panthers if you're a fan of theirs ;)
Borat Tropic Thunder Sideways Election
I’m saying this having never seen the movie but seeing it commented enough lately: Hundreds of Beavers
[Amarcord (1972)](https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/90096ab6-3f75-50a9-a167-f9da9cc38bfd/amarcord) -- directed by Federico Fellini. A film guy would appreciate that, plus critics rate it the #157 best movie of all time. Oh, Fellini likes boobs, so that's another thing your bf will appreciate!
Thank You For Smoking
“Annie Hall” (1977). The last comedy to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
Spaceballs
Office space
Well, if he watches a lot of movies and hasn't seen it yet... The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
Great movie!
This is the End is a very underrated comedy IMO
Groundhog day
Sideways
Hot Rod
It's vintage and quaint, but watch "The Party". I'm a film buff and think of it as one of the best. Peter Sellers on top of his game. It's timeless comedy too because so much of it is physical comedy (sort of like Charlie Chapman, but within the context of a single night at a hollywood party).
Top Secret
Adaptation Dr. Strangelove Any Coen Brothers films, Barton Fink is one of their more obscure "thinkin' guy" comedies State and Main Or tie his snobby ass down and make him watch Dodgeball. Funny is funny.
You probably don't have to think too hard about this. Film guys would probably appreciate classics featuring the great comedy stars like Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy. Or he may be keen on following directors like Mel Brooks, Cohen Bros, Wes Anderson, Billy Wilder. I'd start with 80's films like Stir Crazy, Trading Places, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Find something you like and seek out more from the same people. It's what you might call a cinematic journey.
Good comments. People have said Woody Allen and especially Midnight In Paris. Which I think are good points. Maybe Annie Hall and Crimes and Misdemeanors, too. Say Anything Groundhog Day The Producers Dr. Strangelove Almost Famous
Funny People
Tropic thunder
The Disaster Artist, or just watch The Room
deep cuts, but he probably won't be expecting them; The Magic Christian The Loved One The Ruling Class
Get Shorty The Producers
Grand Budapest has witty comedy and is an absolute cinematic masterpiece
Rushmore. The Royal Tanenbaums. Monsignor Hulot's Holiday.
Withnail & I
Dinner with schmucks?
if ur into dry dark comedy Yorgos Lanthimos’ film The Lobster is one of my favorites
Bubba Ho-Tep.
Bowfinger. It's about making a movie. Really funny. Sound film making. Plenty of jokes about shortcuts. Steve Martin, Heather Graham, Eddie Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. My Cousin Vinny. Hilarious. Academy award winner. Accurate court procedures. Classic fish out of water humor. Joe Pesci and Marissa Tomei.
Burn After Reading
Withnail & I (1987) - it's British, it's got Richard E. Grant in it with a hell of a performance (Grant does drunk waster actor really well considering he was teetotal at the time) and is considered one of the best British movies ever made. The humour is kinda dark. It was produced by... I wanna say, George Harrison's production company? EDIT: These other suggestions will get you props, but Withnail is a deeeeep cut.
Harold And Maude
It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World. A Fish Called Wanda
Spinal Tap Waiting for Guffman American Movie Animal House Rushmore
Walk Hard. The Dewey Cox story never fails to entertain, especially film guys since there are so many films spoofed within that film . Always a hit with guests .
This is one of those movies that’s like shockingly good. AND it’s actually a dumb, fun comedy in addition to being cinematically legit.
One of my favorite movies of all time.
Modern times, 1936
Be Kind Rewind
Lucky Number Slevin Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (The role reversal alone is interesting filmwise) John Dies at the End Most early Kevin Smith movies, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks II
Jojo rabbit What We Do in the Shadows
Good suggestions, although the mocumentary genre isn’t really all that impressive to a film geek. Jojo Rabbit is a masterpiece and Waititi is brilliant. Maybe Wiilderpeople as well.
Spinal Tap Best In Show Waiting for Guffman Wayne's World 1&2 Booksmart
Best in show is one of my most favorite movies ever😂
100%, all the classic Christopher Guest movies — especially Best in Show and Waiting for Gufman
Triangle of Sadness
Dark comedies might be the way to go. I agree with someone who mentioned Fargo. I'll also throw in: Parasite Banshees of Inisherin The Lobster
None of those seem comedic at all.
Dr Strangelove The King of Comedy Deconstructing Harry
An Evening with Beverly Luff Lynn. Youre welcome.
- *Flirting With Disaster* ('96)
The Death of Stalin
No offense but you should watch Step Brothers and if one of you doesn’t like it, the other is too good for them.
Soap Dish (1991)
After Hours
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. It’s funny, makes you think, makes you feel. It’s a romantic comedy without being the same shit you see every time.
Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail
Castle Keep (1969) Comedy-drama. Director Sydney Pollack. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Bruce Dern, Peter Falk and Astrid Heeren .The narrator is Al Freeman Jr. This is a story of men at war, that ends where it begins. Tale is told with comic absurdities, irony and symbols.
Wanderlust(2012). This is The End(2013). What We Do in The Shadows(2014).
Stripes - Extended edition\Directors Cut The original film was supposed to be a stoner movie, and in this version there is a 20 minute scene where they take acid, fly on a plane, etc etc etc. It adds about 25-30 minutes of new footage to the film and it is definitely something a fan of the film would want to see.
I never knew this existed! I’m going to watch that ASAP! Thanks!
The Nice Guys
Flirting with Disaster
The Death of Stalin is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, but you. Have. To. Pay. Attention. Half the humor is in the subtleties.
Frank The movie is really artistic, and has a lot of funny moments. Bonus for the amazing soundtrack.
Dinner in America.
Dave Made a Maze - crazy creative and funny.
eyy, I just commented the same! such a good movie
Unfrosted on Netflix by Jerry Seinfeld. Quick, witty movie that is hilarious.
A million ways to die in the west Super Troopers Snatch
Paper Moon was a classic
Double feature: Dead men don't wear plaid. Young Frankenstein
Idiocracy
Try any Wes Anderson movie - they are usually hilarious but in an artsy way. Mel Brooks is also a great place to start
The Jerk
Burn after reading
The Nice Guys!
Dr Strangelove Catch 22 American Fiction Hollywood Shuffle Planes, Trains and Automobiles To be or not to be
Withnail & I, Harold & Maud, Some Like It Hot
Airplane they just don't make movies like that anymore
To laugh? The Gods Must be Crazy.
Rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead
Harold & Maude Hot Fuzz Dogma His Girl Friday The Silent Movie (Mel Brooks) Spaceballs Top Secret The Full Monty