The Definitive Top 100 Comedies From the ’90s – Part Four

24 – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
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Adventure | Drama | Comedy

Directed by: Terry Gilliam

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7.52 /10

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.
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23 – The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
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Drama | Comedy

Directed by: Stephan Elliott

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7.53 /10

Two drag queens and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a town in the remote Australian desert. As they head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla, the three friends come to the forefront of a comedy of errors, encountering a number of strange characters, as well as incidents of homophobia, whilst widening comfort zones and finding new horizons.
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22 – Braindead (1992)
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Horror | Comedy

Directed by: Peter Jackson

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7.54 /10

When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove’s mother, she’s transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
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21 – My Cousin Vinny (1992)
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Comedy | Crime

Directed by: Jonathan Lynn

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7.61 /10

Two carefree pals travelling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who’s a lawyer – Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend, to try his first case, it’s a real shock – for him and the Deep South!
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20 – The Commitments (1991)
They had nothing to lose, they risked it all.

Comedy | Drama | Music

Directed by: Alan Parker

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7.62 /10

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey “The Lips” Fagan.
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19 – Barton Fink (1991)
What’s in his head

Comedy | Drama | Crime

Directed by: Joel Coen

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7.63 /10

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
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18 – Rushmore (1998)
Love. Expulsion. Revolution.

Comedy | Drama

Directed by: Wes Anderson

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7.64 /10

When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max’s new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.
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17 – Dazed and Confused (1993)
See it with a bud.

Comedy | Drama

Directed by: Richard Linklater

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7.65 /10

The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a “no drugs” pledge.
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16 – Home Alone (1990)
A family comedy without the family.
Comedy | Family

Directed by: Chris Columbus

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7.71 /10

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin’s house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before Christmas Day.
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15 – As Good as It Gets (1997)
A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat.
Comedy | Family

Directed by: James L. Brooks

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7.73 /10

New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
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14 – South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999)
UH-OH.
Comedy | Animation

Directed by: Trey Parker

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7.75 /10

When the four boys see an R-rated movie featuring Canadians Terrance and Philip, they are pronounced “corrupted”, and their parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada.
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13 – Clerks (1994)
Just because they serve you doesn’t mean they like you.

Comedy

Directed by: Kevin Smith

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7.76 /10

Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.
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12 – Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The secret of life? The secret’s in the sauce.
Drama | Comedy

Directed by: Jon Avnet

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7.78 /10

Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
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11 – Office Space (1999)
Work sucks.

Comedy

Directed by: Mike Judge

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7.79 /10

Unable to endure another mind-numbing day at Initech Corporation, cubicle slave Peter Gibbons gets fired up and decides to get fired.
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