The best comedies of the decade guarantee you a fun and carefree evening spent in the circle of loved ones. A good and funny movie is always an opportunity to relax your soul, laugh a lot, distract from the boredom and routine of our lives, and forget about problems for at least a couple of hours. This list will be especially relevant for the New Year holidays, when everyone has a lot of free time. This article will give a rating of the best comedies of the decade, based on feedback from viewers. In the list below, the serial number corresponds to the place in the ranking.
1. "The Adventures of Paddington"
New Year is, first of all, a family holiday. Therefore, the rating opens one of the best comedies of the decade, which will be interesting to both children and adults. This is a fairy tale by British director Paul King called "The Adventures of Paddington", which was released in 2015.
The central character of this picture is the Paddington cub, who travels to England from the dense Peru in search of a traveler who, many years ago, revealed to the world their rare look. At the train station, he meets a family of Browns who host him at their home.
But not everything is so cloudless in the fate of the little bear. The insidious taxidermist Millicent, who heads the Natural History Museum, wants to kill Paddington for the sake of a scarecrow that is missing in her collection.
If you enjoy this one of the best comedies of the last decade, check out the sequel to Paddington's Adventures 2. In Russia, this tape was released only in 2018, collecting the same good reviews as the first part.
2. "Bad Santa 2"
What New Year without comedies corresponding to this worldly beloved holiday? If you already know the Soviet repertoire of comedy classics by heart, pay attention to Mark Waters' black comedy "Bad Santa 2" - the second part of Willie's hilarious adventures, played by Billy Bob Thornton. Judging by the reviews, the viewers immediately liked the picture, they claim that this is the rare case when the second part turned out to be no worse than the first.
According to the plot, 13 years have passed since the events of the first film, but the main character still suffers from alcohol dependence and is depressed. Left alone, he decides to commit suicide, but suddenly he is saved by a friend Terman. He brings him a package. Now Terman works in a sandwich shop, he also has a lot of problems in his life: his father left them, his grandmother died a few years ago, that's why he still considers Willie to be an important part of his family.
3. "The Third Extra"
Surprisingly, but in the list of best comedies of the last decade there were several films at once, in which the bear is one of the main characters. Some critics in reviews of trends in modern comedies even note that a certain fashion begins on these animals.
That bear Ted - one of the central heroes of Set MacFarlane’s tape "Third Extra". In the list of the best comedies of the decade, this film takes pride of place thanks to the original approach of the creators to the story that they decided to tell.
The picture tells about a boy named John, who in his childhood had absolutely no friends. Therefore, he dreamed that his teddy bear would ever learn to speak. When he made this wish for Christmas, it came true. They became best friends.
Years passed. John grew up, and Ted's character was catastrophically spoiled. He became a problem because he did not want to grow up, unlike his friend, only going to hang out and smoke weed. The situation escalates when John falls in love, after which he is faced with a choice between a girl and a childhood best friend.
4. "Macho and nerd"
In 2012, another of the best comedies of the decade was released - the film Chris Miller and Phil Lord "Macho and Nerd." This is a comedy crime action movie in which the main characters are police losers Morton and Greg. When they were in school, they were at different levels of society. At the academy, they turned into best friends, but because of their stupidity they are not able to do anything right.
They are sent to an old school, in which synthetic drugs are being traded with might and main under the guise of the most common chips. The task of two friends is to calculate the dealer, to reveal the first thing in his career.
5. "Real ghouls"
In 2014, Jemaine Clement and Taika Waiti shot the horror comedy "Real Ghouls", which is made in a pseudo-documentary style. This is a story about a small group of vampires who live in the ordinary world among the most ordinary people. In anticipation of a major ball, they agree to shoot in a documentary.
The pseudo-documentary genre has recently become more and more popular, which allowed this talented work to be included in the list of best comedies of the last decade. Viewers in the reviews note that they like this genre, they will not get tired of it for a long time. Especially he justifies himself in comedies.
6. "Dumb and Dumber 2"
Another example, when the second part of the film left the same good impressions as the first, - a picture of Peter and Bobb Farrelli "Dumb and Dumber 2". The film of the same name with Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey in the lead roles in 1994 was a real discovery. The continuation that appeared on the screens exactly two decades later turned out to be able to overshadow the original. At least that's what viewers say in reviews of the tape, including it on the list of best comedy films in recent decades.
In the story, Harry Danny has been visiting his friend Lloyd for 20 years in a psychiatric hospital. He is practically in a vegetable state, cannot speak. However, it turns out that in fact, everything is fine with him, all these years he has been pretending to play.
Lloyd leaves the hospital and sets off with an old friend to seek new adventures. In the house of foster parents, they find out that a certain girl was pregnant from Harry. They decide to find a child who has already grown up so that he still gets to know his father.
7. “Hotel Grand Budapest”
In 2014, one of the best comedies of the last decade was shot by the cult American director Wes Anderson. This is a feature film based on the stories of Stefan Zweig. The main roles in it were played by Tony Revolori and Ralph Fiennes.
The action of the picture takes place in the non-existent East European state of Zubrovka. At the very beginning, a young woman comes to the grave of an unknown writer. And after the author begins to tell a story from the time of his youth. In particular, about how he once visited the famous Grand Budapest Hotel, in which he met his extravagant owner.
8. "Scott Pilgrim Against Everyone"
Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrimm vs. Everyone hit the top comedies of the decade. This is a picture of the main character performed by Michael Cera, who finally finds the girl of his dreams.
However, in order to win her love, he has to solve a difficult task. He has to defeat all of her ex, among whom are many interesting personalities. For example, a vegan rocker, a movie star who has become a skateboarder, identical twins.
The way he hilariously does this, the audience watches with great pleasure, calling the movie one of the best comedies of the decade.
9. "Lego. The film"
Among the most hilarious comedies of recent years there were several cartoons. For example, Christopher Miller and Phil Lord's full-length comedy fantasy adventure thriller "Lego. Film".
The action of this whole picture takes place in the Lego world. It all starts when the most ordinary builder Emmett Blokowski begins to save the Lego universe from the villain Lord Business, because for some reason everyone around him considers Emmett the chosen one.
Over time, Emmett discovers the abilities of the Grand Master, builds a giant robot that is able to fulfill this difficult mission.
10. The Spy
Paul Freyg's action movie "Spy" was released in 2015, becoming one of the brightest and most memorable comedies of the decade. The main character is the coordinator and analyst Susan Cooper, who all her life dreamed of working in the CIA as a secret agent. However, instead, she has to do boring, routine and monotonous work. But she also helps the spy Bradley Fine.
Suddenly, Faina was sent to Bulgaria with a mission to find out where an unprecedented nuclear bomb was hidden in Eastern Europe. This remains to be done while communicating with Tikhomir Boyanov, whom Fayn accidentally kills. It turns out that in his circle no one knows about the bomb. However, just before his death, the seller of deadly weapons manages to admit that he knows only where the bomb is.
Despite this, the CIA expects to find out the location of the nuclear charge from the daughter of Tihomir Reina. Fyne is sent to her house. On the spot, he falls into the trap, the daughter of the seller of the bomb kills him, because in person he knows all the employees of the American counterintelligence.
The CIA decides to send a new agent to it. This is Susan, previously not lit up anywhere. In addition, she is indignant and determined to avenge the death of her immediate superior. Cooper receives all the necessary instructions from the leadership, but on the spot everything is not going as it was originally planned, she has to act on circumstances.
11. "Nice guys"
Shane Black's detective comedy "Goodfellas" in 2016 was one of the hits in movie theaters around the world. The audience was conquered by a hilarious script and performers of the roles of the main characters - Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling.
The film takes place in Los Angeles in the 1970s. In a car accident, the famous porn star Misty Mautins dies. But a few days after her funeral, the aunt of the actress sees her niece in a window alive and healthy. She hires Holland March, a private detective, to go looking for the girl.
In parallel, the storyline unfolds, in which the girl Amelia hires an impressive bone-crusher to protect her from people who began to follow her. March is one of them. He went to Amelia, looking for a pornstar.
Bonebreaker Healy comes home to the detective, beats him, breaks his arm. At the exit, he encounters a teenage girl who turns out to be March's daughter.
That evening, Healy himself is attacked by unidentified men, who force him to reveal the whereabouts of Amelia. He decides to go for advice, again goes to detective March. At first, he refuses to help because of the conflict that occurred earlier, but then he still lends himself to persuasion.
Together they are looking for a group, one of the leaders of which is Amelia. Its members are pretending to be dead. New friends find out that the girl’s boyfriend Dean, who recently burned out a house, is involved. His friend reports that Dean recently made an experimental film with the allegedly dead porn star Misty.
In the evening, they go to the porn producer Kletcher, who also had a relationship with all this. They find his corpse in the forest. Judging by the reviews, already at this place the audience was delighted with the rich imagination of the creators of the comedy, but this was not all that they were capable of.