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Best Comedy Movies of the 1990s
#1 Pulp Fiction (1994) · ★ 8.5 · 30,904 votes · 2h 34m · comedy, thriller, dramaA burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in…
#2 Forrest Gump (1994) · ★ 8.5 · 30,420 votes · 2h 22m · comedy, romance, dramaA man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But…
#3 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) · ★ 8.5 · 4,625 votes · 3h 10m · comedy, romance, dramaRaj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indi…
#4 Life Is Beautiful (1997) · ★ 8.4 · 14,273 votes · 1h 56m · comedy, dramaA touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire famil…
#5 The Truman Show (1998) · ★ 8.2 · 20,730 votes · 1h 43m · comedy, dramaIn a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running…
#6 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) · ★ 8.1 · 7,418 votes · 1h 45m · comedy, crimeA card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang w…
#7 Toy Story (1995) · ★ 8.0 · 20,575 votes · 1h 21m · comedy, adventure, animationLed by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz.…
#8 Chungking Express (1994) · ★ 8.0 · 2,296 votes · 1h 43m · comedy, romance, dramaTwo melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.…
#9 Three Men and a Leg (1997) · ★ 8.0 · 2,181 votes · 1h 38m · comedyFriends Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo cross Italy from north to south for Giacomo's wedding: the father of the bride, a despotic magnate who is both their boss and father-in-law—sinc…
#10 The Postman (1994) · ★ 7.9 · 1,252 votes · 1h 54m · comedy, romance, dramaSimple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.…
#11 The Big Lebowski (1998) · ★ 7.8 · 12,489 votes · 1h 57m · comedy, crimeJeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and fi…
#12 Scent of a Woman (1992) · ★ 7.8 · 4,083 votes · 2h 36m · comedy, dramaCharlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job…
#13 Porco Rosso (1992) · ★ 7.8 · 3,826 votes · 1h 33m · comedy, fantasy, adventureIn Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco…
#14 The Dinner Game (1998) · ★ 7.8 · 2,063 votes · 1h 20m · comedyFor Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the…
#15 The Wrong Trousers (1993) · ★ 7.8 · 1,197 votes · 0h 30m · comedy, animation, familyWallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno trousers created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wante…
#16 Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) · ★ 7.7 · 1,537 votes · 2h 10m · comedy, dramaAmidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced h…
#17 Underground (1995) · ★ 7.7 · 811 votes · 2h 50m · comedy, drama, warBlack marketeers Marko and Blacky manufacture and sell weapons to the Communist resistance in WWII Belgrade, living the good life along the way. Marko's surreal duplicity propels h…
#18 Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997) · ★ 7.7 · 616 votes · 1h 29m · action, comedy, dramaTwo young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in tequila and decide to take one last…
#19 Toy Story 2 (1999) · ★ 7.6 · 15,393 votes · 1h 32m · comedy, animation, familyAndy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps…
#20 Groundhog Day (1993) · ★ 7.6 · 9,219 votes · 1h 41m · comedy, fantasy, romanceA cynical TV weatherman, along with his idealistic producer and his sardonic cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself…
#21 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) · ★ 7.6 · 8,988 votes · 1h 37m · comedy, romance, dramaOn the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered…
#22 Boogie Nights (1997) · ★ 7.6 · 3,719 votes · 2h 36m · comedy, dramaIn 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.…
#23 All About My Mother (1999) · ★ 7.6 · 2,116 votes · 1h 41m · comedy, dramaFollowing the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an…
#24 The Sandlot (1993) · ★ 7.6 · 1,387 votes · 1h 41m · comedy, drama, familyDuring a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team and their leader becomes a legend by confronting the terrifying mystery bey…
#25 Geri's Game (1997) · ★ 7.6 · 1,259 votes · 0h 4m · comedy, animation, familyAn aging codger named Geri plays a daylong game of chess in the park against himself. Somehow, he begins losing to his livelier opponent. But just when the game's nearly over, Geri…
#26 Mediterraneo (1991) · ★ 7.6 · 1,094 votes · 1h 36m · comedy, romance, warGreek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village…
#27 A Close Shave (1996) · ★ 7.6 · 977 votes · 0h 30m · comedy, animation, familyWallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.…
#28 Black Cat, White Cat (1998) · ★ 7.6 · 845 votes · 2h 7m · comedy, romance, crimeA small-time hustler makes a deal with a notorious gangster to whom he owes money: marry his teenage son to the latter's daughter. However, the young lovers are not as agreeable.…
#29 Home Alone (1990) · ★ 7.5 · 12,877 votes · 1h 43m · comedy, familyEight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into h…
#30 Back to the Future Part III (1990) · ★ 7.5 · 11,607 votes · 1h 59m · comedy, adventure, science-fictionThe final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the traveler…
#31 Hercules (1997) · ★ 7.5 · 8,135 votes · 1h 33m · comedy, fantasy, adventureBestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a f…
#32 Ed Wood (1994) · ★ 7.5 · 2,594 votes · 2h 7m · comedy, drama, historyThe mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful…
#33 My Cousin Vinny (1992) · ★ 7.5 · 1,984 votes · 1h 59m · comedy, dramaTwo carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer…
#34 Barton Fink (1991) · ★ 7.5 · 1,958 votes · 1h 57m · comedy, thriller, dramaA renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.…
#35 EverAfter (1998) · ★ 7.5 · 1,628 votes · 2h 1m · comedy, romance, dramaDanielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother, Rodmilla, is a heartless woman who forces…
#36 That's Life (1998) · ★ 7.5 · 1,400 votes · 1h 48m · comedyWhile on the run from the police, an unlikely companionship blossoms between a funny con man who just broke out of jail, the bumbling cop whose car he seized at gunpoint, and a nit…
#37 Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994) · ★ 7.5 · 1,380 votes · 1h 40m · comedyA second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as…
#38 The Legend of Drunken Master (1994) · ★ 7.5 · 1,129 votes · 1h 42m · action, comedyReturning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and…
#39 Night on Earth (1991) · ★ 7.5 · 1,097 votes · 2h 9m · comedy, dramaA quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.…
#40 A Grand Day Out (1990) · ★ 7.5 · 1,043 votes · 0h 24m · comedy, adventure, science-fictionWallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese.…