Film geeks usually get their noble sense of smell for comedies. But over the past decade, so many marvels have appeared that even the most hard-line critic has been up in arms. Old-time favorites like Martin Scorsese and Wes Anderson and new blood like Yorgos Lanthimos and Taika Waititi got even the biggest dry-guy to laugh.
In the meantime, the tsunami of female leads sparked by Paul Feig’s “Bridesmaids” blew an armpit-fresh breeze into the comedy genre that has been dominated by sexism and scintillating beer. Wondering about the best comedies of 2010-2019? If so, sink back and relax for this Top 20 Comedies of the 2010s.
The ranking order of the best comedies of the 2010s is based on the ratings (0 to 10 points) of the Internet Movie Database (short: IMDb) – an internationally valid “directory” of reviews for movies and series.
- Original title: Deadpool
- Director: Tim Miller
- IMDb rating: 8.0/10
What is the “Deadpool” about?
Söldner Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) has terminal cancer. To spare his sweetheart Vanessa (Morena Baccarin) from a life at the side of a terminally ill man, he goes to the treatment of Ajax (Ed Skrein), which promises to make a superhero out of him. Through torture experiments, he renders him invulnerable but outwardly a monster. Of course, this screams for retribution…
Criticism/opinion: Original, delightfully self-deprecating and hard comic adaptation (age rating: 16 and up), which breaks the fourth wall. Full of side-swipes at the X-Men – and lead actor Ryan Reynolds himself.
