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Defining Genre
Peak 2010s

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 263 won at least one Oscar
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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01
The Kid
1921 · Charles Chaplin
94.3
02
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975 · Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
93.5
03
The Intouchables
2011 · Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano
93.5
04
Klaus
2019 · Sergio Pablos, Carlos Martínez López · 1 nom
93.1
05
Young Frankenstein
1974 · Mel Brooks · 2 noms
93.1
06
The Sting
1973 · George Roy Hill · 7 Oscars
92.8
07
The Breakfast Club
1985 · John Hughes
92.7
08
My Neighbor Totoro
1988 · Hayao Miyazaki
92.6
09
Dangal
2016 · Nitesh Tiwari
92.2
10
Sanjuro
1962 · Akira Kurosawa
92.2
11
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995 · Aditya Chopra
92.0
12
Clerks
1994 · Kevin Smith
91.9
13
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon Ho · 4 Oscars
91.8
14
Blazing Saddles
1974 · Mel Brooks · 3 noms
91.7
15
The Odd Couple
1968 · Gene Saks · 2 noms
91.7
16
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
91.6
17
Safety Last!
1923 · Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
91.6
18
Sherlock Jr.
1924 · Buster Keaton
91.6
19
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 · Robert Hamer
91.3
20
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2011 · Zoya Akhtar
91.3
21
The Shop Around the Corner
1940 · Ernst Lubitsch
91.1
22
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
2024 · Pat Boonnitipat
91.1
23
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · Taika Waititi
91.1
24
A Hard Day's Night
1964 · Richard Lester · 2 noms
91.1
25
Late Spring
1949 · Yasujirô Ozu
91.1
26
Forrest Gump
1994 · Robert Zemeckis · 6 Oscars
91.0
27
National Lampoon's Animal House
1978 · John Landis
91.0
28
The Chaos Class
1975 · Ertem Egilmez
90.9
29
The Station Agent
2003 · Tom McCarthy
90.9
30
Tosun Pasha
1976 · Kartal Tibet
90.8
31
A Dog's Will
2000 · Guel Arraes
90.8
32
Tampopo
1985 · Jûzô Itami
90.8
33
It Happened One Night
1934 · Frank Capra · 5 Oscars
90.6
34
Tight Dress
2016 · Hiner Saleem
90.6
35
Stranger Than Paradise
1984 · Jim Jarmusch
90.5
36
C.R.A.Z.Y.
2005 · Jean-Marc Vallée
90.5
37
The Big Sick
2017 · Michael Showalter · 1 nom
90.5
38
The Great Dictator
1940 · Charles Chaplin · 5 noms
90.5
39
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · Stanley Kubrick · 4 noms
90.5
40
The Apartment
1960 · Billy Wilder · 5 Oscars
90.4
41
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-Wai
90.4
42
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
90.3
43
The Cameraman
1928 · Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton
90.3
44
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986 · John Hughes
90.3
45
One Cut of the Dead
2017 · Shin'ichirô Ueda
90.3
46
The Jungle Book
1967 · Wolfgang Reitherman · 1 nom
90.2
47
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · Lin-Manuel Miranda · 2 noms
90.1
48
Exit Through the Gift Shop
2010 · Banksy · 1 nom
90.1
49
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
2015 · Kabir Khan
90.0
50
Hustle
2022 · Jeremiah Zagar
90.0
51
His Girl Friday
1940 · Howard Hawks
89.9
52
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021 · Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe · 1 nom
89.9
53
3 Idiots
2009 · Rajkumar Hirani
89.9
54
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975 · Jim Sharman
89.8
55
Early Summer
1951 · Yasujirô Ozu
89.8
56
Mary Poppins
1964 · Robert Stevenson · 5 Oscars
89.7
57
What's Up, Doc?
1972 · Peter Bogdanovich
89.7
58
Swingers
1996 · Doug Liman
89.7
59
Shaun of the Dead
2004 · Edgar Wright
89.7
60
La La Land
2016 · Damien Chazelle · 6 Oscars
89.7
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