Defining Genre
THE COMEDY
THE SETUP, THE CUT
The genre that earns its laughs and forgives its lulls. The form Hollywood will never stop trying to perfect.
Peak 2010s
26,125
Films Catalogued
65.0
Avg Master Score
6.0
Avg IMDb
2010s
Peak Decade
WOODY ALLEN
Top Director
Of which 270 earned Oscar nominations or wins
The Defining Three
ESSENTIAL VIEWING
Top-ranked by master score. If you only saw three films from this decade, these are the three.
No.01
MS94.3
CHARLES CHAPLIN|1921
THE KID
“6 reels of Joy.”
No.02
MS93.5
TERRY GILLIAM, TERRY JONES|1975
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
“And now! At Last! Another film completely different from some of the other films which aren't quite the same as this one is.”
No.03
MS93.5
OLIVIER NAKACHE, ÉRIC TOLEDANO|2011
THE INTOUCHABLES
“Sometimes you have to reach into someone else's world to find out what's missing in your own.”
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Master Score
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01
T
The Kid
1921 · Charles Chaplin
94.3
02Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975 · Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
93.5
03The Intouchables
2011 · Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano
93.5
04Klaus
2019 · Sergio Pablos, Carlos Martínez López
93.1
05Young Frankenstein
1974 · Mel Brooks
93.1
06The Sting
1973 · George Roy Hill · 7 Oscars
92.8
07The Breakfast Club
1985 · John Hughes
92.7
08My Neighbor Totoro
1988 · Hayao Miyazaki
92.6
09Dangal
2016 · Nitesh Tiwari
92.2
10Sanjuro
1962 · Akira Kurosawa
92.2
11Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995 · Aditya Chopra
92.0
12Clerks
1994 · Kevin Smith
91.9
13Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon Ho · 4 Oscars
91.8
14Blazing Saddles
1974 · Mel Brooks
91.7
15The Odd Couple
1968 · Gene Saks
91.7
16Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
91.6
17S
Safety Last!
1923 · Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
91.6
18S
Sherlock Jr.
1924 · Buster Keaton
91.6
19Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 · Robert Hamer
91.3
20Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2011 · Zoya Akhtar
91.3
21The Shop Around the Corner
1940 · Ernst Lubitsch
91.1
22How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
2024 · Pat Boonnitipat
91.1
23Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · Taika Waititi
91.1
24A Hard Day's Night
1964 · Richard Lester
91.1
25Late Spring
1949 · Yasujirô Ozu
91.1
26Forrest Gump
1994 · Robert Zemeckis · 6 Oscars
91.0
27National Lampoon's Animal House
1978 · John Landis
91.0
28The Chaos Class
1975 · Ertem Egilmez
90.9
29The Station Agent
2003 · Tom McCarthy
90.9
30Tosun Pasha
1976 · Kartal Tibet
90.8
31A Dog's Will
2000 · Guel Arraes
90.8
32Tampopo
1985 · Jûzô Itami
90.8
33It Happened One Night
1934 · Frank Capra · 5 Oscars
90.6
34Tight Dress
2016 · Hiner Saleem
90.6
35Stranger Than Paradise
1984 · Jim Jarmusch
90.5
36C.R.A.Z.Y.
2005 · Jean-Marc Vallée
90.5
37The Big Sick
2017 · Michael Showalter
90.5
38The Great Dictator
1940 · Charles Chaplin
90.5
39Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · Stanley Kubrick
90.5
40The Apartment
1960 · Billy Wilder · 5 Oscars
90.4
41Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-Wai
90.4
42Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
90.3
43T
The Cameraman
1928 · Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton
90.3
44Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986 · John Hughes
90.3
45One Cut of the Dead
2017 · Shin'ichirô Ueda
90.3
46The Jungle Book
1967 · Wolfgang Reitherman
90.2
47tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · Lin-Manuel Miranda
90.1
48Exit Through the Gift Shop
2010 · Banksy
90.1
49Bajrangi Bhaijaan
2015 · Kabir Khan
90.0
50Hustle
2022 · Jeremiah Zagar
90.0
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