Top 10 Best Comedy Movies
by Year 2000-2009

Criteria: These Top 10 Best Comedy Movies for each year 2000 through 2009 are rated by how much they make you laugh, comedic storyline and situations, witty and/or satirical dialogue, and comedic visuals.

10 Best Comedy Movies of 2009

 1. The Hangover
(Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha)
 2. The Boat that Rocked
(Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michael Hadley)
 3. A Serious Man
(Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed)
 4. I Love You, Man
(Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Jaime Pressly)
 5. Zombieland
(Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone)
 6. In The Loop
(Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini)
 7. Up in the Air
(George Clooney, Jason Bateman, Zach Galifianakis)
 8. It's Complicated
(Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin)
 9. Funny People
(Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana)
10. The Informant
(Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Melanie Lynskey, Joel McHale)
10 Best Comedy Movies of 2008

 1. Tropic Thunder
(Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black)
 2. Forgetting Sara Marshall
(Kristen Bell, Jason Segel, Mila Kunis)
 3. Be Kind Rewind
(Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover)
 4. Zach and Miri Make a Porno
(Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson)
 5. Role Models
(Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks)
 6. Pineapple Express
(Seth Rogen, James Franco, Ed Begley Jr.)
 7. Yes Man
(Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper)
 8. Get Smart
(Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson)
 9. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
(John Cho, Kal Penn)
10. Step Brothers
(Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen)
10 Best Comedy Movies of 2007

 1. The Bucket List
(Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes)
 2. Death at a Funeral
(Matthew Macfadyen, Peter Dinklage, Ewen Bremner)
 3. Knocked Up
(Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd)
 4. The Savages
(Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco)
 5. Hot Fuzz
(Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman)
 6. The Heartbreak Kid
(Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman)
 7. The Nanny Diaries
(Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti)
 8. Evan Almighty
(Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham)
 9. Because I Said So
(Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Gabriel Macht)
10. Wild Hogs
(Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, John Travolta)
10 Best Comedy Movies of 2006

 1. Little Miss Sunshine
(Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear)
 2. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America...
(Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian)
 3. For Your Consideration
(Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey)
 4. Clerks II
(Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson)
 5. Night at the Museum
(Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Ricky Gervais)
 6. The History Boys
(Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Clive Merrison)
 7. Idiocracy
(Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard)
 8. John Tucker Must Die
(Jesse Metcalfe, Ashanti, Arielle Kebbel)
 9. Scary Movie 4
(Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko)
10. Nacho Libre
(Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Héctor Jiménez)
10 Best Comedy Movies of 2005

 1. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
(Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd)
 2. Wedding Crashers
(Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams)
 3. Thank You for Smoking
(Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, Maria Bello)
 4. Kinky Boots
(Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton, Sarah-Jane Potts)
 5. The Family Stone
(Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes)
 6. Fun with Dick and Jane
(Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin)
 7. Elizabethtown
(Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon)
 8. Just Friends
(Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris)

 9. Cheaper by the Dozen 2
(Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff)
10. The Pacifier
(Vin Diesel, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot)
10 Best Comedy Movies of 2004

 1. Shaun of the Dead
(Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield)
 2. Sideways
(Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen)
 3. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
(Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate)
 4. Meet the Fockers
(Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner)
 5. Garden State
(Zach Braff, Peter Sarsgaard, Natalie Portman)
 6. I Heart Huckabees
(Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Naomi Watts)
 7. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
(John Cho, Kal Penn, Ethan Embry)
 8. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
(Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant)
 9. White Chicks
(Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Busy Philipps)
10. Christmas with the Kranks
(Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd)
10 Best Comedy Movies of 2003

 1. A Mighty Wind
(Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean)

 2. Bruce Almighty
(Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman)
 3. Freaky Friday
(Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon)
 4. Love Actually
(Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson)
 5. School of Rock
(Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack)
 6. Elf
(Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart)
 7. Intolerable Cruelty
(George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Bob Thornton)
 8. Bad Santa
(Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham)
 9. Cheaper by the Dozen
(Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff)
10. It Runs in the Family
(Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Bernadette Peters)
10 Best Comedy Movies of 2002

 1. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
(Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine)
 2. Austin Powers in Goldmember
(Mike Myers, Beyoncé, Seth Green)
 3. Orange County
(Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk)
 4. Death to Smoochy
(Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener)
 5. About a Boy
(Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette)
 6. Adaptation.
(Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper)
 7. Igby Goes Down
(Kieran Culkin, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum)
 8. 40 Days and 40 Nights
(Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Paulo Costanzo)
 9. Two Weeks Notice
(Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt)
10. National Lampoon's Van Wilder
(Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson)
10 Best Comedy Movies of 2001

 1. Bridget Jones's Diary
(Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant)
 2. Zoolander
(Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor)
 3. Rat Race
(Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Whoopi Goldberg)
 4. Super Troopers
(Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, André Vippolis)
 5. America's Sweethearts
(Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Billy Crystal)
 6. Shallow Hal
(Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander)
 7. Saving Silverman
(Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black)
 8. Joe Dirt
(David Spade, Brittany Daniel, Dennis Miller)
 9. What's The Worst That Could Happen
(Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo)
10. The Wedding Planner
(Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey)
10 Best Comedy Movies of 2000

 1. Best In Show
(Fred Willard, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara)
 2. Meet the Parents
(Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo)
 3. Shanghai Noon
(Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu)
 4. Miss Congeniality
(Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt)
 5. Scary Movie
(Anna Faris, Jon Abrahams, Marlon Wayans)
 6. Me, Myself & Irene
(Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Anthony Anderson)
 7. The Whole Nine Yards
(Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette)
 8. Bedazzled
(Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O'Connor)
 9. Big Momma's House
(Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Paul Giamatti)
10. Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
(Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson, Larry Miller)

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Last Updated: 2021-03-11
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