Top 30 Comedy Movies NO ONE Expected to Be Good

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Published 2024-03-02
Unexpected laughs are always good! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the comedy movies everyone had low expectations for– until they saw them. Our countdown includes movies “Napoleon Dynamite”, “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”, “Zombieland” and more! Which unexpectedly great comedy movie shocked you the most? Let us know in the comments below.

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All Comments (21)
  • @KD-xp2eo
    Tropic Thunder has no right being as good as it is. Underrated classic.
  • Imagine being Warner Bros., turning down Home Alone, watching it stay in the top spot of the box office for 12 weeks into the next year and then seeing what you’ve chosen to make instead falter as it happens. You at WB chose to make a movie like Nothing But Trouble and then watched it fail hard while Fox rolled in the dough with Home Alone. A true “kicking myself” moment right there.
  • @trinaq
    I remember wanting my brother to watch Mean Girls and Legally Blonde with me, and he initially refused, thinking that they'd be "Too Girly." He ended up being pleasantly surprised by how much he enjoyed them.
  • @adcardenas
    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery was one of the first movies I thought of. I remember seeing posters for it and saying "This looks dumb." But, I went with a friend on opening night and was surprised how funny it was.
  • @biswojyoti1
    the other guys gave us such an iconic scene, the rock and sam jackson "aim for the bushes"🤣🤣🤣
  • @Mos41f
    'Heartbreakers' should definitely be on this list. It's so criminally underrated. Nobody expected a movie with dramatic actors like Sigourney Weaver, Gene Hackman, Ray Liotta etc. to be so funny.
  • @slystone4892
    The Nice Guys is an underrated masterpiece and Ryan Gosling is superb making comedy.
  • I had no idea Eurotrip was going to be as funny as it was. I figured I'd probably chuckle here and there, but I laughed out loud near constantly with that film. One of my favorite teen angst/coming-of-age comedy films. Can't believe you didn't mention it.
  • @markking2310
    You definitely missed Office Space. Like....Top 5
  • @Neekogo
    Tropic Thunder & Walk Hard are the two that blew me away as being so much funnier than expected
  • @jamalvargas6146
    Mystery Men (1999) I'm Not The Biggest Ben Stiller fan but Mr. Furious was my favorite character
  • @vgsquirrel
    I went to see Game Night on a whim when I was subscribed to MoviePass. I was constantly surprised by how good it was and hope more people watch it.
  • Blockers surprised me so much! We went and saw it with little expectations and fell in love with the cast
  • @BrentBare-cw6gz
    Hot Tub Time Machine, Horrible Bosses, The Other Guys, Neighbors & 21 Jump Street Surprised Me.
  • @gregorysilva2798
    Big Trouble in Little China, A Fish Called Wanda, Being There, Rush Hour, Monty Python's Holy Grail, The Gods must be Crazy, Shaun of the Dead - These were excellent comedy films.
  • @BigJeremyBeyer
    When you said classic lines from Friday, I think most of us thought the same thing: "YOU GOT KNOCKED THE ** OUT!"