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What happened to all the FUNNY movies? They seemed to fizzle out in the 80's or 90's. Some of my favs were Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, My Cousin Vinny, Young Frankenstein, Throw Mama From the Train, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Blazing Saddles and The Bird Cage. I'm sure I missed some, but "funny" movies just aren't funny any more.

DarwinistOne 7 Mar 20
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It's SO TRUE! It seems the movie industry is striving to only entertain 17 years old (because it's the most who are buying/watching films these days)... and they're most likely running out of ideas. Indie Movies are also not well advertised. Then I'm sure there's those elite who won't buy well written screenplays.

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Uhm, ok? I don't agree.
Just a few:

  • Bridesmaids ❤ (epic!)
  • Idiocracy (so prophetic!)
  • Clear History (Larry David)
  • Surviving Christmas
  • Role Models
  • SuperStar , yes that's 90's 1999 (Molly Shannon)

I happen to like Woody Allen movies so "Whatever works", Deconstructing Harry....
I know I'm forgetting some, those are off the top of my head, easier to find funny comedy series like Tracey Ullman, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Silicon Valley....

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Netflix has some humorous series, such as Atypical, Call my Agent!, One Day at a Time, Grace and Frankie, Drop Dead Diva, Girlboss, etc.

Most of these shows have diversity elements as well; gay issues, autism, feminism issues.

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Watch some of the 80's horror movies. They're hysterical by today's standards.

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I'm a Mel Brooks fan. But Moonstruck is one of my very favorite comedies. The love scene is absolutely my favorite love scene to date.

I LOVE this movie!

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I just watched the new Jumanji. That was funny as hell

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This list is in no way complete. I enoyed these, your mileage may vary. As I remember, all of these were made since 1990:

Osuofia in London
Smoke Signals
Shakespeare in Love
Le Havre
The Invention of Lying
Reel Injun
God Bless America
Juno
Grabbers
Bend It Like Beckham
Up
Sister Act
Despicable Me
Galaxy Quest
Pulp Fiction
Zootopia
Little Miss Sunshine
Trollhunter
Delicatessan
Get Out
East is East
Go Fish
In Bruges
Monsoon Wedding
The African Doctor
Nobody Loves Me/Keiner liebt mich
Best In Show
Men in Black
Mary and Max
Thank You For Smoking
Burn After Reading
Amelie
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Four Lions
Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil
The Royal Tenenbaums
Trainspotting
Being John Malkovitch
Brave
Wag The Dog
Night on Earth

Edit: Should be something for everyone here: Satire, slapstick, cerebral, dark humor, animation, surrealism, etc...

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