Ten Best Comedy Movies of 2023!
Ten Best Comedy Movies of 2023!
It’s our tenth year choosing our top ten comedy movies and we all know that if we get one great comedy movie in a year, that’s something to be excited about. So every year we know our top ten aren’t all going to be classics. And that’s true in 2023, but every movie on this list is worth a watch and some are superstars. Some are junk food. Others are meaningful. And still others we loved because of the casting.
In 2014, Wes Anderson’s gorgeous Grand Budapest Hotel took the honors in this category. In 2015, it was Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck that got your vote. In 2016, Deadpool was your favorite movie. And in 2017 you loved Gilbert: A Gilbert Gottfried Story as much as we did. In 2018, the best comedy movie of the year came from the Coen Brothers with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. In 2019 you picked Dolemite Is My Name as your comedy movie of the year, in 2020, the #1 comedy movie award went to Borat, in 2021, you picked Coming 2 America as your favorite, and last year, Joe List’s feature film debut Fourth of July won the vote.
Now it’s your turn to read the nominees for the #1 comedy movie of 2023. Scroll down to read our top 10 picks, and then vote! You can vote every day, we don’t care! It just is more love for these wonderful films.
Don’t forget you can now vote for Comedy Special of the Year! Vote soon for Comedian of the Year! Comedy TV Series of the Year! Comedy Book of the Year! Comedy Album of the Year!
Director: Wes Anderson
Written By: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Cast:Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Bryan Cranston, Ed Norton, Jake Ryan, Grace Edwards, Maya Hawke, Liev Schrieber
Release: In Theaters
ASTEROID CITY. This retro-future tale is many things. It’s a story about the creation of art. It’s a story of a boy in the 1950s following his dreams of learning “whats out there’ while looking at the sky. It’s a story about how America felt about the future in the 1950’s, and it’s a play within a play within a play. At its most basic, it’s the story about a play, and that play is about a Junior Stargazer convention in 1955 where aliens landed, and those who attended. We’re following the play, and its creation throughout the film. The titular Asteroid City is a small rural community famous for an alien encounter. Bearing Wes Anderson’s signature dream-like visuals, as well as his signature wit, and usual unusual suspects casting, the film is both mesmerizing and fun. Asteroid City leans into all of the Anderson-verse tropes without being tired or stale. Its as fresh as seeing your first Wes.
Available now on VOD
Director: Bill Burr
Written by: Bill Burr, Ben Tishler
Cast: Bill Burr, Bobby Cannavale, Bokeem Woodbine
Friends appearing in it: Natasha Leggero, Paul Virzi,
Release: Netflix
OLD DADS. Three best friends who built a business together become fathers later in life. After selling their business and finding themselves out of work, they attempt to navigate modern culture, preschool principals, millennial CEOs, and modern attitudes about parenting, and relating to the world around them. If you think woke is a dirty word, you’ll love Old Dads for the way it shows off how woke attitudes– taken too far– can be silly. If you think people who complain about “woke” are idiots, then you’ll love the way the movie shows aging Boomers/Gen Xers as out of touch. The reality is the movie takes swings in both directions, and manages to be funny throughout. This is Burr’s feature film directorial debut and he made a fun comedy everyone can enjoy.
Watch on Netflix
Director: Emma Seligman
Written By: Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennot
Cast: Ayo Edebiri, Rachel Sennot, Ruby Cruz, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, Marshawn Lynch
Release: In Theaters
BOTTOMS. Bottoms is a satire of teen comedies, while also being a teen comedy. Two high school students who have never had sex, set up a fight club to help them hookup with cheerleaders, although thats not what they tell the other girls. Along the way, all the teen comedy tropes are present, on acid, but there is one major difference from every teen movie that came before Bottoms. The high school seniors who are trying to get pussy are girls. It’s silly, and sappy, but that comes with the territory of the satire genre. Lessons are learned and it turns out everyone’s gay. Great performances all around, particularly Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennot who are outstanding as the high school girls who set a series of insane events into action.
Available now on VOD
Director: Sammi Cohen
Written By: Allison Peck
Cast: Idina Menzel, Jackie Sandler, Adam Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler
Release: Netflix
YOU’RE SO NOT INVITED TO MY BAT MITZVAH. It’s nepo babies the movie! But you know, just because your daddy got you the part, doesn’t mean you aren’t going to nail it. Not only was YSNITMBM fun to watch, the performances are terrific. Sandlers kids crush it. The movie is probably more for teens and even tweens than for the crowd that reads this website, but it’s still not only watchable but thoroughly enjoyable for full grown adults. YSNItMBM is a great addition to the burgeoning coming of-coming-of-age genre, and Sandler himself also gives a solid performance. The plot is a litte reminiscent of Bride Wars. Two twelve year old besties dream about the perfect bat mitzvahs and can’t wait to share in each others special days. But being twelve year olds, life is complicated. Friendships are complicated. And Boys are complicated. Things go awry as they both become interested in the same boy, and decide to cut each other out of their lives and bat mitzvahs. Some very unforgettable mean girls behavior ensues. Good clean fun that gets a little dirty along the way.
Watch on Netflix.
Director: Greta Gerwig
Written by: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Margo Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Will Ferrell
Release: In Theaters
BARBIE. This live action fantasy comedy follows Barbie and Ken first in the land of Barbie where girls are in charge and men are homoerotic supplicants. Each have their own existential crises at different points in the movie. Barbie has hers first, and travels to the “real world” where she learns about things like shoes without heels, and toxic men. Ken decides to be a stow away and has an awakening to the world of toxic masculinity, and in all his excitement he brings what he’s learned back to Barbieland. In the real world, Barbie meets her “owner” who criticizes her for encouraging unrealistic beauty standards. Everyone learns a valuable lesson along the way- you’d have to- this campy fun flick hits you in the face with the “go girl- boo men” motif. But it’s not a “lesson” movie. There’s a reason why Barbie is busting up records everywhere you turn. This movie is surreal, it’s parody, it’s homage, and it’s silly, but it also defies comparison or categorization. It’s slightly reminiscent of the Brady Bunch Parody movies, where its parody but also satisfies your cravings for the real thing, and has some real commentary on the world. Is it for kids? Maybe. Is it for grown ups? Most definitely. And Barbie has not only crushed award nomination season, it’s also crushed the box office. Instant classic.
Available on VOD
Director: Peter Atencio
Written By: Kevin Biegel and Scott Landes
Cast: Bert Kreischer, Mark Hamill, Jimmy Tatro, Iva Babic, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jessica Gabor.
Release: In theaters
THE MACHINE. Bert Kreischer went from being a star, to being an industry soon after his story about how he became The Machine went viral in 2016. So it makes perfect sense that the story that became a stand up bit, would be adapted for film. But rather than just retell his story of a class trip to Russia that would turn Bert into a legend, the movie picks up the story 23 years later. In the movie, Bert, the character, has turned his 1999 escapades into a comedy special, and a Russian mobster, recognizing the story, comes looking for him. She claims Bert stole his fathers antique pocket watch and seeks revenge. Who would have believed that Bert could have turned a 15 minute story into a major motion picture with Luke Skywalker as his dad. The Machine is 100% comedy, full of laughs, and fun. if you missed the chance to see it in theaters, you should check it out on Netflix now.
Streaming now on Netlfix
Director: Gene Stupnitsky
Written by: Gene Stupnitsky, John Phillips
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benati, Natalie Morales, Matthew Broderick
Release: In Theaters
NO HARD FEELINGS Joining the “someone is going to lose their virginity” subgenre of the coming of age category, “No Hard Feelings” is a fresh funny update on the topic. Lawrence proves herself to be great in a comedy role, as Maddie, a broke ass 32 year old woman who finds an ad in Craig’s List posted by parents seeking a woman to help their son come out of his shell before college. Andrew Barth Feldman adeptly handles the challenge of blossoming from a hapless 19 year old to a more confident adolescent. And the supporting cast adds more laughs around every corner, particularly the men who irritate Maddie at every turn including an ex, a realtor and a male nanny. This is the kind of fun fast paced funny comedy movie that seems to be disappearing from the landscape so show it some love.
Streaming now on Netflix.
Director: Larry Charles
Written by: Aaron Jackson, Josh Sharp
Based on the Musical: Fucking Identical Twins
Cast: Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion, Bowen Yang, Nathan Lane, Aaron Jackson, Josh Sharp
Release: In Theaters
DICKS: THE MUSICAL: THE MOVIE. Identical twins plot to reunite their divorced parents. God narrates the story of womanizers Craig and Trevor who have no idea they are identical twins separated at birth by their divorced parents. They plan to reunite Evelyn, their shut-in and eccentric mother whose vagina had fallen off and died, and Trevor visits Harrison, their newly out gay father, who keeps two humanoid genetic mutants called “sewer boys” in a cage in his home. All of this while spoofing the format of the movie musical and filling the format with fuck jokes, unlimited profanity and often obnoxious.
Available on VOD
Director: Greg Glienna
Written by: Greg Glienna, Tony Boswell
Cast: Doug Stanhope, Des Mulrooney, Krystyna Haje, Greg Fitzsimmons, Tim Kazurinsky
Release: VOD.
THE ROAD DOG. Only one movie on our list this year stars a stand up comic, is about stand up comedy, but isn’t very funny. Its a heartbreaker, and for many hits a bit close to home.The film is a Drama/Comedy starring Doug Stanhope as an alcoholic standup comedian road dog, who gets a second chance in life when he reconnects with the son he’s never known. Reminiscent of at times of Sam Tallent’s novel Running the Light. It’s not a comedy movie, and its not a great movie, but it is about comedy, and gives us all a chance to see the actor Doug Stanhope has inside him.
Buy or Rent on Demand
Director: Dylan K Narang
Written By: Brad DeMarea, Dylan K Narang
Cast: Gina Gershon, Billy Zane, John Heder, Chad Dukes
TAPAWINGO. This movie came in late, but it came out swinging. In Tapawingo, an oddball becomes the bodyguard for a misfit teenager and finds himself in the crosshairs of the towns family of bullies. Star John Heder went back to his indie roots and it feels very much like this is where he belongs. He’s not playing Napoleon Dynamite but it certain feels like the same universe. Tapawingo feels like a 90’s indie comedy with a large brush of 80’s hijinx. Heder finds his offbeat character at war with first time actor Chad Dukes and film legend Billy Zane teaming up as the hilarious villains. Throw in Amanda Bearse and John Ratzenberger as his parents and Heder is back in the game with this stand up triple.
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