What's the hands-down no-messing funniest film of the century so far?

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i honestly can't think of any truly hillarious films of the last 5 years.

there *must* have been some.

― piscesboy, Saturday, 23 April 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

Jackass: The Movie

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 23 April 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

Anchorman! Surely?

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Saturday, 23 April 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

Zoolander

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 23 April 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

If only it was Alexander.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 23 April 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

Super Troopers made me laugh the hardest but it wasn't a very good movie.

― Bryan (Bryan), Saturday, 23 April 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)

Jackass and Anchorman are both worthy nominees. Kung Fu Hustle cracked my shit up last night.

― sugarpants: new and improved! (sugarpants), Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:03 (twenty years ago)

The Accused

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

Bad Santa

― happy fun ball (kenan), Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:15 (twenty years ago)

The only I can think of is I Heart Huckabees.

― Ian Riese-Moraine. To Hell with you and your gradual evolution! (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

ANCHORMAN
KUNG FU HUSTLE

― adam (adam), Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

ALSO HAROLD AND KUMAR

― adam (adam), Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

harold and kumar.

nb I've watched like 8 movies this century.

― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

Was Freddy Got Fingered in the '00s or the '90s?

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 23 April 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)

I say harold and kumar too

― a banana (alanbanana), Saturday, 23 April 2005 16:41 (twenty years ago)

Harold and Kumar by far. Anchorman wasn't even as funny as Old School.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Saturday, 23 April 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)

Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

― Slumpman (Slump Man), Saturday, 23 April 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

bad santa and harold and kumar seconded

― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 23 April 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

bad santa thirded, i guess? yeah. bad santa. haven't seen harold & kumar yet.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 23 April 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)

Thank you for admitting that last point, Slocki, I was beginning to think I was alone. Will get around to it. (So Bad Santa's that good, is it?)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 23 April 2005 17:04 (twenty years ago)

I haven't seen Harold and Kumar either. I can't remember if I put it on my rental queue or not but I meant to.

― Ian Riese-Moraine. To Hell with you and your gradual evolution! (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 23 April 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)

it is surprisingly great! i really wasn't expecting that much but billy bob thornton was totally fantastic--definitely one of the best, if not the best, comic performances of the last 10 years or so. and zwigoff, who i wasn't really inclined to like as a director after "ghost world," really pulls it off perfectly. it's much less of a one-gag movie than you might expect, too, which is what i guess i was most afraid of...

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 23 April 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

from the little I've seen I'll go with Harold And Kumar

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 23 April 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

KUNG FU HUSTLE

yes yes yes

― phil-two (phil-two), Saturday, 23 April 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

I missed Bad Santa last xmas, and (I think) I have yet to get the opportunity to see Harold & Kumar or Kung Fu Hustle, so my list is

1. Zoolander
2. Anchorman
3. everything else.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Saturday, 23 April 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

Harold & Kumar Get The Munchies - release date 4th March 2005

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Saturday, 23 April 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

Team America! Though I don't where where I'd place it.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Saturday, 23 April 2005 18:02 (twenty years ago)

Harold and Kumar is the only film this year to make me laugh out loud for nearly the entire film. I think the last time I enjoyed a film so much was The Big Lebowski.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Saturday, 23 April 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

Team America definitely, though I admit I'll want to see how it holds up when I finally get the DVD. Hopefully just fine!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 23 April 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

Consensus being reached here is HAROLD AND KUMAR then?
Never heard of it.

― piscesboy, Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)

I suppose Some Kind Of Monster would qualify as "messing"

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:24 (twenty years ago)

Anchorman.

Though I must say that Arrested Development is better, but that's a tv show.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

I came to this thread to say Harold and Kumar too.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Saturday, 23 April 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

Consensus being reached here is HAROLD AND KUMAR then?

With Anchorman and Bad Santa as runner ups, it seems.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 23 April 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

I have to throw in a vote for Anchorman. I roflmayonaise'd constantly while watching it.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 23 April 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

Bad Santa

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:00 (twenty years ago)

Bad Santa (School of Rock was my second, I liked Harold and Kumar but I suspect I was not stoned enough to think it was THAT funny.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:02 (twenty years ago)

Kung Fu Hustle (Shaolin Soccer) is also amaz-fuck-ing.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)

Bad Santa is funny, but I can't help but think of it as being extremely overrated.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:07 (twenty years ago)

Kung Fu Hustle (Shaolin Soccer) is also amaz-fuck-ing.

*blinks* Wait, hold on, I completely missed that this was the same film for some reason; I thought Kung Fu Hustle was the *new* film by the same dude.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:09 (twenty years ago)

It's not the same film. I just missed the part where I said Shaolin Soccer is ALSO amazing.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)

when maria and i got really stoned a couple years ago, we thought that The Animal starring Rob Schneider was the funniest movie EVER. But, um, this might not be the case. being stoned, we thought the scenes with him and that cutey colleen from Survivor were especially weird cuz it looked like they filmed her by herself and then edited rob in later. which may have been the case.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:20 (twenty years ago)

We also loved Harold & Kumar. And we were sober when we saw it.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

And Wet Hot American Summer! We loved that one. That was the 2000's wasn't it?

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

The idea of bluescreening Rob Schneider into an already completed movie strikes me as very very amusing.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:24 (twenty years ago)

Actually, we thought that maybe her performance was so bad/unuseable that they had to actually film her by herself to calm her nerves or something. and then they just added his reaction shots.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

They just didn't seem to be in the same room together. but, like i said, we were impaired.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

Rufus is going to be all "I think all actors are blue-screened into roles with other people and I LEARNED IT FROM YOU DAD."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:30 (twenty years ago)

i don't even want to think about the space-drugs they will have by the time he is a teen.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

At that point he will be living on the moon.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 23 April 2005 23:00 (twenty years ago)

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what? how is ND more populist than most of the films ppl have mentioned? it's more like the film equiv of Arcade Fire

― jabba hands, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 09:36 (sixteen years ago)

nope, napoleon dynamite was more popular than the hangover, anchorman, or step brothers, and if you didnt like it yr a rockist

― max, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 13:33 (sixteen years ago)

ND 'populism' = laughing at retards

― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 13:37 (sixteen years ago)

I like Napoleon Dynamite, but I don't think it's uproariously funny. I do like comedies with a skewed perspective that don't really seem to be trying to make the audience laugh in any traditional sense (see also Freddy Got Fingered).

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 13:40 (sixteen years ago)

nope, napoleon dynamite was more popular than the hangover, anchorman, or step brothers, and if you didnt like it yr a rockist

I'm a rockist,(n.1) and I liked Napoleon Dynamite.

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(n.1) I'm at least sort of a rockist. I mean, I like Wilco.

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 11 November 2009 13:42 (sixteen years ago)

of the ones I've seen listed on this thread the one I want to rewatch the most is super troopers

― 囧 (dyao), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 13:50 (sixteen years ago)

I think Super Troopers, Anchorman or A Mighty Wind hold up best to repeated viewings of the ones I've seen. Probably Kung Fu Hustle too.

― banned of bros. (darraghmac), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 13:53 (sixteen years ago)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall had me in belly laughs for at least the first 2/3.

― Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 14:34 (sixteen years ago)

So beyond Kung Fu Hustle and Eternal Sunshine, what else rates for you, Morbs?

― cough syrup in coke cans (Eric H.), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 14:43 (sixteen years ago)

fuck haters, Be Kind Rewind was funny

― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 14:45 (sixteen years ago)

I wouldn't really call Eternal Sunshine a comedy, even though it's among my faves of the movies mentioned so far.

― a Barbie-like nub where he provates should be (HI DERE), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 14:51 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwcMEQYYow&feature=channel

Real answer

― Death to False Meta (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 14:57 (sixteen years ago)

that movie is really funny

― some dude, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 15:02 (sixteen years ago)

Considering its terrible rep in some quarters, it makes me laugh a lot too.

― Death to False Meta (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 15:07 (sixteen years ago)

No love for Blades of Glory? I thought it was waaaay better than Step Brothers and almost on par with Anchorman and TN.
"The night is a very dark time for me."

― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 15:13 (sixteen years ago)

not many others, Eric. As Mort Sahl said, comedy changed in the '70s -- "it stopped being funny." Witness the 2-hour SNL sketches listed here.

oh, I laughed a fair amount at High Fidelity and Be Kind Rewind too.

― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 15:17 (sixteen years ago)

the top 4 grossing comedies of the 00s:

1) Meet The Fockers
2) My Big Fat Greek Wedding
3) Bruce Almighty
4) Goldmember

― ♪♫(●̲̲̅̅̅̅=̲̲̅̅̅̅●̲̅̅)♪♫ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 15:28 (sixteen years ago)

The Room

― fel (latebloomer), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 15:31 (sixteen years ago)

think shaolin soccer is better than Kung Fu hustle; need to investigate stephen chows earlier work

― 囧 (dyao), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 15:42 (sixteen years ago)

As Mort Sahl said, comedy changed in the '70s -- "it stopped being funny."

Bull, but hey, I don't think it started getting funny until the '60s.

― cough syrup in coke cans (Eric H.), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 16:11 (sixteen years ago)

Bugs Bunny was funny

― fel (latebloomer), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 16:13 (sixteen years ago)

esp. when he dressed up like a woman.

― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 16:15 (sixteen years ago)

Point taken.

― cough syrup in coke cans (Eric H.), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 16:16 (sixteen years ago)

It's been a while since I've seen it, but Rat Race used to have me in stitches. Plus, you get a Smashmouth concert at the end.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 16:37 (sixteen years ago)

It's been a while since I've felt it, but a chinese burn used to have me in stitches. Plus, you get a noogie at the end.

― the juddering triumph of camembert (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 16:48 (sixteen years ago)

I would be glad to refresh your memory, Louis.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 17:04 (sixteen years ago)

Rat Race has a couple very funny scenes.

― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 17:16 (sixteen years ago)

unfortunately those couple of very funny scenes are in the movie "Rat Race"

― a Barbie-like nub where he provates should be (HI DERE), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 17:30 (sixteen years ago)

hitler moustache nazi rally scene is funny.

but Dan otm

― the juddering triumph of camembert (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 18:01 (sixteen years ago)

and come on smash mouth, it's not even like it's the only fucken film which ends with THAT PARTICULAR FUCKEN SONG

― the juddering triumph of camembert (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 18:02 (sixteen years ago)

still, possibly Lovitz's peak.

― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 18:10 (sixteen years ago)

Lovitz is better in the opening 5 minutes of Happiness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b_x9R44qoI

Acting!

― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 18:25 (sixteen years ago)

see now i actually am honestly wondering what Lovitz's peak was

― cee-u-en-tee (some dude), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 18:28 (sixteen years ago)

what? how is ND more populist than most of the films ppl have mentioned? it's more like the film equiv of Arcade Fire

Well, I seem to recall one of the guys in the AF looking like Napolean Dynamite.

Bull, but hey, I don't think it started getting funny until the '60s.

Depends on how you remember or view the sixties. Early sixties mainstream comedies were really broad and corny, and were a step back from where Hollywood was in the 40s and 50s.

― Cunga, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 19:22 (sixteen years ago)

ND is Owl City not Arcade Fire

― A B C, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 19:27 (sixteen years ago)

philadelphia story is the most consistenly belly laugh inducing 4 me

― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 19:31 (sixteen years ago)

yo know, ever, not since 2000

― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 19:31 (sixteen years ago)

obv.

― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 19:31 (sixteen years ago)

god that Happiness opening is so perfect

― squarefair (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 19:53 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

i love Lovitz. his performance of the art teacher in the 'brush with greatness' episode of the simpsons is pretty much my perfect idea of what all teachers should be like.

― piscesx, Saturday, 19 December 2009 19:13 (sixteen years ago)

Kind of bumming that I can't think of anything this decade that even approaches the Austin Powers 1/Something About Mary/South Movie belly-laughs run of 1997-1999

― got the feelin for the flava of a gucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 19 December 2009 19:16 (sixteen years ago)

*South Park movie

― got the feelin for the flava of a gucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 19 December 2009 19:16 (sixteen years ago)

I still stand by my answer in this thread:
What was the hardest you've ever laughed in a movie theater?

― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 19 December 2009 19:37 (sixteen years ago)

dunno, lotta good calls in this thread: anchorman, zoolander, team america, borat, super troopers, harold & kumar, jackass, POOTIE fucking TANG, napoleon dynamite, superbad, kung fu hustle, mean girls, bad santa, the hangover, the 40 year old virgin.

funny's a matter of taste, but I think it's been a fantastic decade for light comedies. plus a TON of great kids'/family stuff that's more funny than not: spongebob movie, over the hedge, pixar flicks, etc.

plax is right tho, the philadelphia story = the funniest movie ever made. and that was quite a while back.

― a dimension that can only be accessed through self-immolation (contenderizer), Saturday, 19 December 2009 19:44 (sixteen years ago)

Kind of bumming that I can't think of anything this decade that even approaches the Austin Powers 1/Something About Mary/South Movie belly-laughs run of 1997-1999

― got the feelin for the flava of a gucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, December 19, 2009 7:16 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark

oh sure, nothing approaches that towering classic 'there's something about mary'.

― Dean Gaffney's December (history mayne), Saturday, 19 December 2009 19:56 (sixteen years ago)

Towering Inferno?

― sarahel, Saturday, 19 December 2009 20:09 (sixteen years ago)

i dunno whiney's kinda otm for me a bit: 97-99 were the last two years of high school for me, and i saw all of those w/bros looking for excuses to laugh our asses off. cf ave ventura, dumb and dumber, farley/sanders

dont know how all of them hold up, but at the time they were comedy ne plus ultra

― being being kiss-ass fake nice (gbx), Saturday, 19 December 2009 20:17 (sixteen years ago)

ave ventura, lol

― being being kiss-ass fake nice (gbx), Saturday, 19 December 2009 20:17 (sixteen years ago)

Ave Ventura
Gratia placenta
Dominus rectum
Benedicta tu in moley, hairy butts
Et been-a-dick-tush fructus tetris
To wee on Jesus
Scrota Ventura
Mater Diarrhea
Oral pro nob us, pectoral us
Nunc et in whore-a mortis nostril
A Mento.

― Zoo Snickers (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 19 December 2009 20:41 (sixteen years ago)

three months pass...

i saw 2 days in paris, partly based on nabiscos suggestion in this thread, and it was hi. lar. i. ous.

― max, Monday, 12 April 2010 15:02 (fifteen years ago)

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