The 25 best comedy movies, ranked by critics

Ranked by Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Tomatometer), then Metacritic score. Only movies with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 70% or higher make the list. Scores as recorded in Wikidata.

1. 1
   3 Idiots2009

   3 Idiots (2009)

   Rotten Tomatoes 100% · Metacritic 67

   Directed by Rajkumar Hirani

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2. 2

   Annie Hall (1977)

   Rotten Tomatoes 97% · Metacritic 92

   Directed by Woody Allen

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   Who Framed Roger Rabbit1988

   Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

   Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 83

   Directed by Robert Zemeckis

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4. 4

   Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)

   Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 77

   Directed by Terry Jones

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5. 5

   Catch Me If You Can (2002)

   Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 75

   Directed by Steven Spielberg

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6. 6

   Lost in Translation (2003)

   Rotten Tomatoes 95% · Metacritic 91

   Directed by Sofia Coppola

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   The Artist (2011)

   Rotten Tomatoes 95% · Metacritic 89

   Directed by Michel Hazanavicius

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   Ghostbusters (1984)

   Rotten Tomatoes 95% · Metacritic 71

   Directed by Ivan Reitman

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   Her2013

   Her (2013)

   Rotten Tomatoes 94% · Metacritic 91

   Directed by Spike Jonze

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10. 10

    The Truman Show (1998)

    Rotten Tomatoes 94% · Metacritic 90

    Directed by Peter Weir

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    Fargo (1996)

    Rotten Tomatoes 94% · Metacritic 88

    Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

    Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 84

    Directed by Miloš Forman

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    Midnight in Paris (2011)

    Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 81

    Directed by Woody Allen

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    Thor: Ragnarok2017

    Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

    Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 74

    Directed by Taika Waititi

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15. 15

    Groundhog Day (1993)

    Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 72

    Directed by Harold Ramis

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    Pulp Fiction (1994)

    Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 95

    Directed by Quentin Tarantino

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    American Hustle (2013)

    Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 90

    Directed by David O. Russell

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    Back to the Future (1985)

    Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 88

    Directed by Robert Zemeckis

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    The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

    Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 88

    Directed by Wes Anderson

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    Shakespeare in Love (1998)

    Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 87

    Directed by John Madden

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    Silver Linings Playbook2012

    Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

    Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 81

    Directed by David O. Russell

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    Apocalypse Now1979

    Apocalypse Now (1979)

    Rotten Tomatoes 91% · Metacritic 94

    Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

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    Borat2006

    Borat (2006)

    Rotten Tomatoes 91% · Metacritic 89

    Directed by Larry Charles

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    Tootsie1982

    Tootsie (1982)

    Rotten Tomatoes 91% · Metacritic 88

    Directed by Sydney Pollack

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    Birdman2014

    Birdman (2014)

    Rotten Tomatoes 91% · Metacritic 87

    Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

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