Top Comedy Movies of 2023


Best Comedy Movies 2023

In case you missed it, 2023 saw the return of some of our funniest actors, such as Jennifer Lawrence, Adam Sandler, Tom Hanks, and Paul Giamatti. The good times didn’t stop there, either. Greta Gerwig made everyone laugh (then cry!) in Barbie. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Wright’s depiction of a Black novelist brought endless laughter, along with some much-needed reflection about the state of the publishing industry.

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30 You People

You People

Follows a new couple and their families, who find themselves examining modern love and family dynamics amidst clashing cultures, societal expectations and generational differences.

Director: Kenya Barris
Writers:
Jonah Hill, Kenya Barris
Starring:
Jonah Hill, Lauren London, Eddie Murphy

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29 Murder Mystery 2

Murder Mystery 2

Full-time detectives Nick and Audrey are struggling to get their private eye agency off the ground. They find themselves at the center of international abduction when their friend Maharaja is kidnapped at his own lavish wedding.

Director: Jeremy Garelick
Writer:
James Vanderbilt
Starring:
Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Mark Strong

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28 Family Switch

Family Switch

When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the Walkers to wake up to a full body switch, can they unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal, and soccer tryout?

Director: McG
Writers:
Adam Sztykiel, Victoria Strouse, Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Starring:
Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms, Emma Myers

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27 Polite Society

Polite Society

A merry mash up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

Director: Nida Manzoor
Writer:
Nida Manzoor
Starring:
Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Renu Brindle
Box office:
$2 643 000

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26 Old Dads

Old Dads

Jack Kelly, Connor Brody, and Mike Richards are best friends, business partners, and old dads. After agreeing to sell their throwback sports apparel company, they’re excited to punch their tickets to the lives they’ve always dreamed of. But when the company is made over by an eccentric new millennial CEO, Jack’s anger boils over, creating a series of crises at work, home, and his son’s ultra-progressive preschool. In the aftermath, Jack and his fellow old dads must fight to win back their families and self-respect on an unlikely quest that takes them from Palm Desert casinos to strip clubs to the e-scooter-riddled streets of Los Angeles.

Director: Bill Burr
Writers:
Bill Burr, Ben Tishler
Starring:
Bill Burr, Bobby Cannavale, Bokeem Woodbine

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25 You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah

You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah

Stacy and Lydia are BFFs who’ve always dreamed about having epic Bat Mitzvahs. However, things start to go comically awry when a popular boy and middle school drama threatens their friendship and their rite of passage.

Director: Sammi Cohen
Writers:
Alison Peck, Fiona Rosenbloom
Starring:
Idina Menzel, Jackie Sandler, Adam Sandler

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24 The Family Plan

The Family Plan

A former top assassin living incognito as a suburban dad must take his unsuspecting family on the run when his past catches up to him.

Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Writer:
David Coggeshall
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, Ciarán Hinds

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23 They Cloned Tyrone

They Cloned Tyrone

A pulpy, sci-fi mystery caper in which an unlikely trio investigates a series of eerie events, alerting them to a nefarious conspiracy lurking directly beneath their hood. Fontaine, a neighborhood drug dealer, is shot dead by rival Isaac and then is very shocked to wake up in his bed the next morning unharmed. He and Slick Charles and Yo-Yo begin looking into the incident, and their search eventually leads them to a vast underground complex where a government backed lab is performing experiments on the local Black population. Realizing that he is an artificial clone controlled by Nixon, Fontaine initially feels despair, but decides he needs to stand up to these White institutional overlords for the sake of his neighborhood.

Director: Juel Taylor
Writers:
Tony Rettenmaier, Juel Taylor
Starring:
John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris

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22 Bottoms

Bottoms

After they accidentally injure their high school’s star quarterback Jeff by hitting him with a car, transforming them from awkward outcasts to overnight celebrities, best friends PJ and Josie concoct an elaborate lie about having spent time in a juvenile correction facility over the summer, and with their equally-awkward friend Hazel and teacher Mr G, they start a self-defense club for women in an attempt to lose their virginities to Brittany and Isabel, their cheerleader crushes.

Director: Emma Seligman
Writers:
Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott
Starring:
Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz
Box office:
$12 947 000

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21 Next Goal Wins

Next Goal Wins

Story of the American Samoa soccer team, who suffered the worst loss in World Cup history, losing to Australia 31-0 in 2001. With the 2014 World Cup approaching, the team recruits a down on his luck, maverick coach to help turn their fate around.

Director: Taika Waititi
Writers:
Taika Waititi, Iain Morris
Starring:
Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Kaimana
Box office:
$14 084 000

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