96
Parasite review
A poor family infiltrates a rich household, and the film turns into something else entirely. The staircase motif is not decoration — it is the thesis.
★★★★★ 5.0/5
Comedy films, reviewed
Comedy is the hardest genre to write about, because explaining a joke is the surest way to kill it, and the hardest to sustain, because a film must be funny across ninety minutes rather than in a sketch. The comedies worth taking seriously are the ones with a consistent comic logic — a world with its own rules — and something underneath the jokes that justifies the runtime.
What we look for in comedy
- A consistent comic logic rather than isolated gags
- Performers with real timing rather than good material alone
- Something underneath the humour that earns the length
- Tonal control — knowing when not to be funny
This hub currently collects 4 reviews. Our library is curated rather than comprehensive, and every genre page grows as we publish.
Every comedy film we have reviewed
Ordered by our score, highest first.
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96
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93
Toy Story review
A cowboy doll and a space ranger learn to share a boy's affection. The first fully computer-animated feature and still one of the best-written.
★★★★½ 4.8/5
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92
Everything Everywhere All at Once review
A laundromat owner discovers she must connect with parallel versions of herself to save existence, and the film turns out to be about a mother and a d…
★★★★½ 4.7/5
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91
The Grand Budapest Hotel review
A legendary concierge and his lobby boy navigate a stolen painting, a family fortune, and the collapse of Europe. Anderson's funniest and saddest film…
★★★★½ 4.7/5
Comedy index
Year, director, runtime and score for every film in this genre.
| Film | Year | Director | Runtime | Score | Rating |
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| Parasite | 2019 | Bong Joon-ho | 132 min | 96 | ★★★★★ |
| Toy Story | 1995 | John Lasseter | 81 min | 93 | ★★★★½ |
| Everything Everywhere All at Once | 2022 | Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | 139 min | 92 | ★★★★½ |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | 2014 | Wes Anderson | 99 min | 91 | ★★★★½ |
Frequently asked questions
What makes a comedy last beyond its moment?
A world with its own internal rules, and a subject underneath the jokes. Jokes date; comic logic and character do not.
Why is comedy so rarely rewarded at awards ceremonies?
Because laughter is difficult to evaluate in a way that feels serious, and because comic performances are frequently underrated as technical achievements. Timing is a craft.
Which comedy here has the most serious subject?
The Grand Budapest Hotel, which is genuinely funny throughout and ends as an elegy for a vanished Europe.
Read around comedy
Our ranked lists place these films against each other within a decade or a genre, and explain the ordering.