IndieWire ranks the 45 best comedy films of the 21st century
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IndieWire has expanded its 2017 list of the best comedy films released since 2000, adding 20 films.
"As we tend to lean toward the indie side, there are also some titles on here that you might not have seen," its staff writes. "There are even some you may not consider to be straightforward comedies. You may not think of Lost in Translation or Mistress America or Toni Erdmann as laugh riots, but we felt it best to be broad in our approach-any movie that balances its darker shades with cathartic humor was eligible. One is even in Finnish and has an instant-classic scene built around 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic.'"
40. Palm Springs (2020, Max Barbakow)
Shiftless ennui never seemed so fun. Built on the same narrative framework and cinematic language as modern comedy classic Groundhog Day, Max Barbakow and Andy Siara's Sundance sensation cleverly reorients the time loop conundrum into its own new story.
30. Thor: Ragnarok (2017, Taika Waititi)
Brimming with eye-popping colors and the sharp humor that defines all of Waititi's movies, Thor: Ragnarok is light on its feet and allows Hemsworth not to be overburdened with the world-ending pseudo-gravitas of The Dark World.
20. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, Joel and Ethan Coen)
Packed with corn-pone humor and catchy southern roots music, this rollicking Coen brothers 1930s adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey follows a gang of escaped dimwit prisoners led by pomaded charmer Everett McGill (George Clooney), who tries to get back his wife (Raising Arizona star Holly Hunter) by singing her into submission.
10. Midnight in Paris (2011, Woody Allen)
None of [Allen's] Continental romances have been quite as swoon-worthy as Midnight in Paris, whose nocturnal whimsy both embraces and rejects a rose-tinted vision of the past that you can't help wanting to be part of. Owen Wilson proved the perfect (if seemingly unlikely) vessel for Allen's golden-age musings.
1. Sideways (2004, Alexander Payne)
Led by one of the greatest performances to ever go unnominated by the Academy (snub of all snubs!), Alexander Payne's wine-drunk dramedy is, like any good glass of vino, likely to inspire buzzed introspection and giddy laughs in equal measure.
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