Top 30 Comedy Movies NO ONE Expected to Be Good

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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[@samlovatt6966]

good boys 2019

[@SuperBoy-ps9dz]

Barbie

[@idkn1977]

Superbad is the best comedy ever!!

[@gobionaproducciones4074]

Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) and Free Guy.

[@erzaender]

mean girls and jumanji welcome to the jungle

[@TheBaltimoreMovieTrailerPark]

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.

[@KD-xp2eo]

Tropic Thunder has no right being as good as it is. Underrated classic.

[@conradsutton1456]

I know! "What's wrong with you people?!"

[@robertflint4115]

It’s a shame comedies like that will never be made again. Not in today’s woke Hollywood

[@Edward-xw8mp]

​@@conradsutton1456 What do you mean you people?

[@KD-xp2eo]

@@conradsutton1456 😭😭😭

[@tazmaniandevil94]

@@Edward-xw8mpwhat do you mean, you people?

[@cadillacdeville5828]

The movie 'Tag' with Jon Hamm and Renner was SOOO funny 😂

[@joelwillems4081]

Tag should definitely be on this list.

[@biggi3st3v3]

Nailed it with that comment, went into it expecting nothing, have watched it multiple times now and its always fun. Finding out it was based on a true story was the cherry on top

[@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.

[@anabltc]

I honestly think every teenage boy should see Mean Girls 😄 it's funny, nasty and spot on

[@ProfDanielVargas]

I mean, they are and they're not all of us cup of tea, but that doesn't make them any less of a good movie.

[@WinsberryEntertainment]

Exactly the thought I had. Watched it about 10 years after it was released and it's one of my all time favourite movies now.

[@penguinnips]

My boyfriend loves that movie from before we even met. I imagine a lot of guys did but wouldn't all admit it lol

[@king_loser94]

I was like that when my ex tried to get me to watch those movies too. But then I saw them and ended up liking them lol. They're great movies

[@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.

[@TheLauren800]

Yes!! This should be on here! Also the princess bride

[@biswojyoti1]

the other guys gave us such an iconic scene, the rock and sam jackson "aim for the bushes"🤣🤣🤣

[@9cpowell]

“Imagine where you’d be in your career if you didn’t shoot Jeter.”

[@WinsberryEntertainment]

No movie has disappointed me and made me pleasantly surprised more than The Other Guys. I had no idea about the "aim for the bushes" scene, so I was disappointed Rock and Jackson didn't stay in the movie long. But it turned it to be a hilarious movie.

[@MrStrosty]

They should do a spinoff of that scene.

[@CoastPropertyBuyers]

Not to mention the ‘they’re not all 1st round picks’ scene when describing his hot wife 😅

[@BigJeremyBeyer]

When you said classic lines from Friday, I think most of us thought the same thing: "YOU GOT KNOCKED THE **** OUT!"

[@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.

[@shigshug8581]

Jennifer Love Hewitt was so hot in that movie.

[@KD-xp2eo]

Facts!! I love that movie!!

[@AdamG1983]

JLH was an absolute baddie

[@bwines16]

My parents weren’t happy when they found out I’d watched that at 10 😂

[@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

[@hercproductionstudios]

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.

[@AdamG1983]

The robot performing fight set to "Two Tribes" is iconic.

[@Traci2000]

"Scotty Doesn't Know" is still a banger!! 😂

[@hercproductionstudios]

@@Traci2000 always will be!

[@NickCC23]

NO ONE thought Airplane! would be any good...until people went and saw the movie and laughed their butts off. And it still is funny 44 years later.

[@slystone4892]

The Nice Guys is an underrated masterpiece and Ryan Gosling is superb making comedy.

[@MOSMASTERING]

I remember streaming it and immediately wanting to watch it again. It's rare that a movie makes me laugh out loud as much as it did. The part where he's drunk and falls down the hill and discovers a dead body is solid gold - just after jumping into a swimming pool to "question the mermaids". 😂

[@slystone4892]

@@MOSMASTERING Ahaha yes indeed and then he tried to scream but just can’t that’s hilarious.

[@DirectionerKelso1202]

Blockers surprised me so much! We went and saw it with little expectations and fell in love with the cast

[@jamalvargas6146]

Mystery Men (1999) I'm Not The Biggest Ben Stiller fan but Mr. Furious was my favorite character

[@spinflux]

The Heartbreak Kid was surprisingly hilarious too

[@KrisMecholsky]

I agree with the assessment that it's great, but I don't think it actually did well when it came out. Cult classic. This is why I wouldn't put The Big Lebowski on this list. No one thought it would be good and it didn't do well, even though it's an amazing film and is widely recognized today.

[@drunkenramblingswithaaron7708]

Always great to see Galaxy Quest getting love!

[@Historicutuber]

a true classic movie

[@pooky-changaming4089]

It’s one of my mama’s favorites!

[@Manuelabor1978]

R I.P Alan Rickman

[@bwines16]

I feel like no one ever appreciates that or Mars Attacks 😂 even my parents teased me for finding both of them so funny as a kid.

[@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.

[@joelwillems4081]

I told everyone I knew, like 8 whole people, that Game Night was amazing.

[@IhaveaDoghouse]

3 bags of Tostitos scoops, I notice.

[@greenyax]

​@@IhaveaDoghouseHow can that be profitable for Frito-Lay?

[@mcflyguy8873]

Bridesmaids was so overhyped when I finally went to see it. But, wow, it delivered.

[@CubiCNooBiC]

"My name is Jeff" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

_Mean Girls_ in the second third of the list? I’ll take it. The best way to compare one’s favorite teen movies is with a line from that “Fetch” movie.

[@BrentBare-cw6gz]

Hot Tub Time Machine, Horrible Bosses, The Other Guys, Neighbors & 21 Jump Street Surprised Me.

[@stevensiferd7104]

What about "A Christmas Story"? Nobody thought a nostalgic family comedy by the director of "Black Christmas" and "Porky's" would appeal to anybody.

[@andyhaines3062]

You need to make top 50 underrated films and add Grandmas Boy and Dodgeball plus Old School.

[@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.

[@OLICIT]

But a film by Monty Python was bound to be funny, that’s why it wouldn’t have made the list, the same with A Fish Called Wanda, starring so many of the core Python actors. Gods must be crazy has not aged well

[@Dopecheetah]

“Take a picture, write it down. I don’t give a fck”😂 The guy who wrote Friday, wrote GTA San Andreas? If so that’s dope.

[@DandreaMBrady]

Tropic Thunder was one of my favorite movies in 2008. This movie, along with Iron Man, made me fall head over heels in love with Robert Downey Jr. And yes, blackface is so politically incorrect to do in movies now, but Ben Stillers direction and writing contribution helped balance the over the top satire of Downey’s character. Hell, the dude was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for this role. I just really glad he didn’t win, because all hell would have broke loose in the Black community if he did!!! Bruh!!! All in all, it’s a great film. You have to watch it. Bonus tip, watch the extended version. Way more funnier scenes included.

[@hercproductionstudios]

I gotta be honest, RDJ was so good in that film that I kept forgetting it was him.

[@fi_gabor7851]

The black community forgave RDJ…he’s the only one who got a pass 😂

[@marcelomoura5644]

@@hercproductionstudios Because he's the dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude!

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@fi_gabor7851why would the black community didn't watch.

[@Scott93312]

Say what!?!?! Not only was Austin Powers not number one on your list, but you completely left it off? No one was interested in that movie, but as word of mouth about the movie spread, it became a must-rent film, and when the sequel came out, it made more money on the first day than the original did in its entire time in theaters.

[@mcflyguy8873]

Preach!

[@TheLauren800]

I feel bad that I forgot about Austin Powers, but that would be good on my list of that like movies that bombed at the box office but then like found an audience later

[@rickm.2956]

Where's The fantastic LEGO Movie? People thought it would be crap. It shocked almost everyone with its awesometudeness!!!

[@justineld4905]

I thought the movie was a stupid, pathetic cash grab. Nothing more than an overly produced commercial. Boy was I happy to be COMPLETELY wrong. I now own the first one and the sequel. Both are amazing.

[@pooky-changaming4089]

@rickm.2956 I’m sure it-and maybe the sequel-will be in this list’s sequel “Another Top 30 Comedy Movies NO ONE Expected To Be Good”!

[@bwines16]

I made fun of a friend in college because he loved it so much. When I finally watched it I apologized because it really is so funny😂 just thinking of Jonah Hill saying “uh. Hello neighbor” to Channing Tatum when they get locked up makes me laugh.

[@jpmtlhead39]

"Tropic Thunder", the best comedy of the last 24 years. And in the top 5 comedies of all Times. PS: " Anchorman" also in the top 5.

[@lexkanyima2195]

So true

[@mjsteele42]

Who didn't expect Deadpool to be hilarious?

[@Aragorn7884]

*Kung Pow: Enter the Fist* ❤😂

[@princeboydzambia]

I see you have made it passed my cow

[@Aragorn7884]

@@princeboydzambiaI am great magician...your clothes are red!!

[@princeboydzambia]

@@Aragorn7884 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hercproductionstudios]

"I am bleeding, making me the victor!"

[@michaelj.beglinjr.2804]

@@hercproductionstudios ----My nuts to your fist style!

[@williamsummerson1204]

Snatch is one of my favorite action/Comedies of all time. 🥰

[@leiamims3633]

Me, too! I love that movie!

[@crossgordon4376]

Wedding Crashers shoulda been on the list somewhere

[@rainyear9984]

Home Alone with the Beta/VHS Tape..Xmas Classic that we still have it after 34yrs

[@marekolchawski7998]

How is My Big Fat Greek Wedding NOT on this list?

[@stefanformgren4978]

agree, i was so surprised by that one :)

[@pooky-changaming4089]

I’m sure it’ll be on this list’s sequel “Another Top 30 Comedy Movies NO ONE Expected To Be Good”!

[@fi_gabor7851]

Tropic Thunder shocked me…I went to the movie theatre with hell expectations and came out saying it was a classic

[@noodle-san8]

Pretty decent list. Missing Super Troopers, but can agree with most on here.

[@brorjordas1979]

A one helluva listing! Amazing! Well done!👍🏻👍🏻

[@freefaller003]

I’m honestly surprised that Guardians of the Galaxy or The Lego Movie aren’t on this list

[@8279hlh]

Stuck on you is one of the funniest and underrated movies but this list is great- thanks for sharing !😊

[@peterrealar2.067]

AGREED. It's Farrelly Bros' most underrated gem.

[@chaberio1335]

I thoroughly liked this video. It also proves that the early 2000's had some of the best comedies of all time.

[@mikeychrisanthus9948]

I watched mean girls for the first time this year and is it fair to say that it’s kind of a miracle how well it portrays what it wants to? Let alone how it became the endlessly quoteable phenomenon that it did?

[@coomtothebroom778]

Napoleon Dynamite is one of the strangest movies and I couldn’t get it the first time I saw it, but it sticks with you and it has this ridiculous charm ya can’t resist.

[@unonymousthelyricaltitan4780]

We’re The Millers, Black Dynamite, Scary Movie 2, CHIP’s, Beerfest, Super Troopers 1 & 2, and White Chicks would be on my list. I had low expectations of these movies but they pleasantly surprised me.

[@maestroh2986]

Game Night was a big surprise for me, as was Horrible Bosses

[@D415h4n34]

Friday being on here and the narration yall did for it, cracks me tf up

[@elisciachristie6984]

Love it!!! Only 4 of these I had never seen.

[@BO4SHO]

Great list....NAILED IT

[@atx0025]

If you didnt think Deadpool would be funny you don't know Ryan Reynolds. The character was like made for him. It's just his personality multiplied.

[@mrloverman2.0]

Game Night is so good 😂

[@MOSMASTERING]

I remember streaming The Nice Guys and immediately wanting to watch it again. It's rare that a movie makes me laugh out loud as much as it did. The part where he's drunk and falls down the hill and discovers a dead body is solid gold - just after jumping into a swimming pool to "question the mermaids".

[@ponya3.66]

Soooo happy to see Walk Hard and The Nice Guys on the list! Underrated but so awesome ! 😍

[@KevinKlineisawesome]

Here are several that I did not expect to be that good not ranked here. Those with the word bad in the title. Bad Santa, bad teacher, and bad moms.

[@nyishabolt1081]

Tom cruise's best performance and that end credit was the BEST OF ALL TIME!

[@karimmuhammad2765]

The Nice Guys at #19 is criminal. This is a perfect movie all around not just a good funny comedy.

[@azureDrama]

One of the funniest movies of all time. #19 is a joke.

[@themaskedman6489]

Agreed! All anyone one does is bitch hollywood has no original ideas, Nice guys comes out, Hilarious, New, Fresh story, Does Dick at the Box office, Most underrated movie of the passed 20 years

[@mitchellbush9200]

I can't believe home alone is on this list

[@RoccX04]

Tropic thunder is and always will be a GOAT!! RDJ did his best in that role of a dude playing a dude disguised as a another dude! 😂😂

[@Sensydon1538]

This list is phenomenal!

[@pastorneil9125]

40-Year Old Virgin, I was working at a movie theater at the time. I told my manager that the movie would be popular. Steve Carrell had been popular somewhat from his role in Anchorman. And at that time, sex comedies did really well in theaters (for being rated 'R'). Wedding Crashers a few weeks earlier did really well. Both times, I debated with my manager about how we needed them in bigger theaters because they were going to be hits. Both times I was right, and the movies were both good.

[@tomjensen7950]

So glad you put Napoleon Dynamite so high. One of my favorite movies of all time. Will be doing a Napoleon Tour in Preston, ID this summer.

[@ComaAlpha]

That movie sucks

[@theamazingandtalentedblake8296]

Elf should be on the list because it’s become a classic over the past 20 years

[@safahmie]

I forgot about that movie. Will Farrell man, he's great. My sister made me watch Get Hard recently. They need a top 10 about him alone.

[@aysada]

Gremlins two is the movie I always think of as unexpectedly funny. The building alone and its talking elevators are worth the watch.

[@54raynor]

You left out the biggest reason why 21 Jump Street was such a surprisingly good comedy: the show it was based off of was not a comedy. It was a show with a flimsy premise that mostly played it straight. That it was able to be converted into a campy comedy was a huge surprise. It’s the equivalent of following up the Tim Burton Batman movies with the Adam West show.

[@1ofus]

Game Night is INSANE. The characters are sociopaths

[@shawnbowers4836]

Galaxy Quest should be number one, that movie is a masterpiece .

[@paulcharpentier1241]

I loved the Nice Guys.

[@chubbibots]

Man I might be on my own with this one but I didn’t think Superbad was that funny! There are funny moments. Might have to rewatch that one

[@fourierfoyer365]

3:22 When, 24 years later, you can STILL quote the first and surnames of both lead characters from memory, you know it was a good movie. (Thank you, Theodore Logan & Bill S. Preston .. Esquire)

[@Talldude1980]

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World anyone?

[@Rickywwx]

Found it underwhelming, sorry.

[@mikeroki3806]

"Tropic thunders humor might not work today" Well, it's still funny so clearly the humor works. A major part of comedy is being able to laugh at yourself.

[@joelwillems4081]

The humor definitely works still today. I also hate when people say garbage like, "I wouldn't be made today". Like we were somehow totally cool with blackface just a few years back but now everybody universally dislikes it? Nope, they went with that then because the outrage was so thunderous at that time.

[@jaredwonnacott9732]

It wouldn't work as well today, not because it wouldn't be funny, but because there would be so much controversy and backlash that people would cancel it without giving it a chance. It doesn't seem like that long ago that people understood that just because something feels offensive doesn't mean it's harmful and it's okay to laugh at the uncomfortable side of life. Now, if there's even a little controversy, people make a huge fuss and the echo chamber that is social media let's even the pettiest and most ridiculous issues become massive.

[@forgedude]

Pineapple Express & Knocked up could easily be up there too.

[@graemepennell]

"Aim for the bush " literally put me in hospital due unable to breathing after laughing.... After that I had to be more serious to life.

[@joelmbaumgartner]

How is Dumb and Dumber not #1 on this list? No one expected anything from it, and it’s literally one of the most quoted movies ever. Also, Caddyshack should be somewhere on the list.

[@Rickywwx]

Not sure those qualify. When they came out, Jim Carrey, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, and Chevy Chase were already household names.

[@leiamims3633]

Seriously!

[@staceylavon7219]

Project X. That movie is the reason why ALL the Walmart’s in DUVAL are no longer 24hrs 🤦🏽‍♀️🤣

[@sockygaldamez9492]

All of these are some great comedy classics now that nobody can resist watching or laughing 😄😆 I cannot resist watching Napoleon Dynamite, Home Alone, Bridemaids, Mean Girls, The Others Guys or Superbad. I would. I will say this though Blockers really surprised me because I wasn’t expecting it to be so hilarious 😂😂

[@eplvn1982]

Omg Spy needs a sequel!!!😊

[@deltawolf1124]

The Nice Guys is incredibly underrated and a fantastic watch

[@coco2.2]

Great list for once hehe

[@nafisahg.6509]

My list would put Galaxy Quest in the top 3! Thanks for including it!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@josephharrison5639]

I’d say tag should’ve been a honorable mention

[@guiwhiz]

Keaton just KILLED it in Beetlejuice. When that came out I took a girl on one of our first dates to it and we laughed so hard I nearly puked in the popcorn and she almost peed herself.

[@beeonthyme5760]

On the last two days of school, I borrowed my brother's Napoleon Dynamite movie. I hadn't seen it, but turned it on for students if they wanted to watch. I had 4 classes throughout the day, and I watched the first half 4 times, and the next day, I watched the second half of the video for 4 class periods. The more I watched It , the more I laughed. It just got funnier and funnier the more I watched it. Just seeing the clip made me laugh again. I love the movie.

[@greggraham9785]

Good list. Kung Pow was very funny...Call me Betty 😂

[@solarguy1702]

Little Miss Sunshine was surprisingly good 😊

[@randomreviews4278]

7:33 also American dad

[@davidmitchell005]

I was surprised by the film Confetti, which was a comedy about a wedding magazine putting on a competition for the most original themed wedding. Was actually really funny.

[@JHesse1897]

Nah I expected Tropic Thunder to be good. I did not expect it to be outstanding

[@lexkanyima2195]

Nobody saw that coming

[@Dora_D_Destroyer]

Tropic thunder for me is the best unexpected great comedy movie

[@Chuckf66]

Galaxy Quest is a grossly underrated film. Superbly cast, fantastic script and, like the Brady Bunch movies, it was a gentle piss take while paying homage to fans of Sci Fi.

[@dalenewberry4610]

This is Spinal Tap is a big one for me

[@jvlicious]

Great list! If I may add, even as Honorable Mentions: 1) Rat Race: underrated laugher headed by Breckin Meyer and Amy Smart, w/ a stacked cast that includes Jon Lovitz, Whoopi Goldberg and Rowan Atkinson, among others 2) Marley and Me: veers more drama than comedy but stands out on both with lots of heart

[@lexkanyima2195]

Rat Race was bit over the top

[@NickCC23]

"Iron Maiden! Excellent!"

[@NickCC23]

The Ted TV series belongs on a similar TV sitcom list.

[@ImaginationMw]

Game night had me laughing throughout the entire movie.

[@spacejam8765]

Dude where's my car and Kevin and Perry Go Large are brilliant film's. 😂

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

I dunno I went to sleep during Dude Where's My Car? Maybe I didnt get it.

[@user-my6tn8wc6f]

Its crazy how many future stars were in superbad

[@Aragorn7884]

Saving Silverman? 🤔👍

[@andrewblanchard2398]

MAN : NICE TO MEET YOU DARREN " looks at JUDITH " SATAN "

[@The_Infamous_Boogyman]

The bad guy in Galaxy Quest gave the guys from Twiztid their hairstyles for the "freekshow" album 😅

[@amonrodriguez3518]

I was fired up for good boys lol. Saw is late but damn that movie was legit