Has there been a comedy as great as A Fish Called Wanda in the past twenty years

My cousin vinny

Eta: wait has it been over 20 years?

the big lebowski?

watched this for the first time in years the other day and laughed the whole movie

With the possible exception of The Holy Grail, I'm not sure there has ever been a comedy as great as A Fish Called Wanda.

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the big lebowski

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This one can be thrown into the discussion.


Still can't think of any in the 2000's. Course, they have been dominated by Apatow and his crew. Those movies don't compare.


ETA: The British version of Death at a Funeral could be.

I love A Fish Called Wanda, but there are many movies that could make a case for being better or as good as it.

saw it for the first time a few months ago...very good stuff

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I thought Fierce Creatures was funnier, jmo.

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A Fish Called Wanda is pretty much the hardest I've ever laughed in a theater.

Fierce Creatures I saw for the first time on video - and it was equally funny... but not the same laughing at home as in a theater.

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Titanic was hilarious.

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The propeller-clipping scene is possibly the hardest I've laughed in a theater, ever.

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The propeller-clipping scene is possibly the hardest I've laughed in a theater, ever.

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I seriously thought the last hour of the movie was a straight up slap-stick comedy.

Interesting question. There are movies I like about as much and that have humor but they are not straight comedies with the kind of cast that Wanda had. It seems like now if you are making a comedy it's intended for a younger demographic with dumber jokes. A few that I've liked since Wanda are In the Loop, The Guard, Rushmore, Zombieland, The Cabin in the Woods. None are really that close to Fish Called Wanda. Maybe Groundhog Day would come closest.