An old good comedy is the best option for a quiet family movie show. But for each person the word "old" means a certain period of time. For someone, good films from the inimitable Charlie Chaplin are good good classics of the comedy in cinema, and for some viewers, films shot at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries seem outdated.
Classics of Soviet cinema
In order to choose the best movie to watch, we turn first to Soviet tapes. Old Soviet comedy is, in principle, a separate genre in cinema. Not a single foreign director has shot such moving, gentle and very lyrical works as The Big Break, Pokrovsky Gates, Faithful Friends and I am Walking in Moscow. The list goes on for a very long time, almost endlessly.
It is difficult to advise something specific, but we will try. Fans of satire and eccentric humor should pay attention to the films Striped Flight, Marriage of Balzaminov, Gentlemen of Fortune, and Cannot Be! Separately, it is worth mentioning all the films from the series "The Adventures of Shurik", as well as the tape "Wedding in the Robin", "Love and Pigeons" and "Hussar Ballad."
In general, I want to note that in the Soviet period very good comedies were shot. Old, but surprisingly good films that have long been stolen into quotes. And the humor in them is clear to everyone, even after many generations.
American humor
Now let us consider in more detail another type of comedy - old foreign films that our viewers loved very much. In the 90s of the last century, Hollywood, it seems, broke all the records for the production of comedy films - “Nutty Professor”, “Liar, Liar”, “Pleasantville”, “While You Sleeped”, “Father of the Bride”, “Curly Sue”, the epic of films about Beethoven, "Obnoxious Denis."
There is an opinion that foreign comedies, old or new, still carry a negative in themselves, since a lot of jokes are built on humiliating a person or hurting him. Recall, for example, the movie Home Alone. Of course, two bandits are unlikely personalities, but they also get very strong during the development of the plot. So there is some truth in such a statement, but only a fraction. In fact, even at the dawn of cinema, people in films threw cakes and pulled off their pants from each other, so this, apparently, is embedded in the very nature of human humor - sometimes laugh at others. The main thing is not to forget to laugh at yourself from time to time, and everything will be in order.
In fact, Hollywood comedies are very different and they can not be considered as a whole - only individually. But even if you are very negative about the production of American film studios, you still can not resist the crazy jokes and unique charm of such comedies as Groundhog Day, “Mask”, “10 Reasons for My Hatred,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” and “ The call man. "
Alluring France
And if you don’t want to watch Hollywood comedies? Old French and Italian films can brighten up any evening, especially since the time of choice will take no more than a couple of minutes. You just need to look for any movie where actors such as Pierre Richard, Adriano Celentano and Louis de Funes are shot. And you will certainly not be disappointed!