Rolling Stone: 70 Greatest Comedies of the 21st Century

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Since the turn of the century, we’ve giggled at the poignant and the perverse, rom-coms and raunch-coms, new-and-improved takes on singular comic types and loose, highly improvised ensemble pieces that spread the spotlight around. Some of these movies have been gently witty, while others have displayed all of the subtlety of a dose of Sex Panther cologne. But they’ve all consistently cracked us up, in a two-decade-plus span in which — let’s be honest — we’ve need a laugh or two. Or three. Or a dozen.

After a number of heated arguments and lots of name-calling and the occasional chaotic pie fight, we’ve narrowed down our choices for the greatest comedies of the 21st century. Culling this down was a tough call; humor is a seriously subjective topic, and every one of our 19 writers weighing in had their own idea of what constitutes “hilarious.” But this list represents the best cross section of screen comedy of our millennium, a collection that runs the gamut from droll to bladder-loosening.

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1. ‘Best in Show’
2000

2. ‘In The Loop’
2009

3. ‘Bridesmaids’
2011

4. ‘Step Brothers’
2008

5. ‘Idiocracy’
2006

6. ‘Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story’
2007

7. ‘Punch Drunk Love’
2002

8. ‘Toni Erdmann’
2016

9. ‘Shaun of the Dead’
2004

10. ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin’
2005

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