The best comedy of every year
The highest-scoring comedy from each year, scored 0–100 on IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office against every film from the same year. Pick a year for its full list of comedies.
- 2026: Project Hail Mary Score 93.0 · 83 comedies
- 2025: Marty Supreme Score 80.2 · 141 comedies
- 2024: Anora Score 92.4 · 157 comedies
- 2023: Poor Things Score 90.1 · 196 comedies
- 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once Score 93.3 · 198 comedies
- 2021: Encanto Score 76.3 · 133 comedies
- 2020: Soul Score 83.9 · 166 comedies
- 2019: Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood Score 87.6 · 185 comedies
- 2018: The Favourite Score 86.2 · 187 comedies
- 2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Score 82.1 · 187 comedies
- 2016: La La Land Score 96.7 · 172 comedies
- 2015: Inside Out Score 82.3 · 183 comedies
- 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel Score 93.4 · 204 comedies
- 2013: Frozen Score 78.0 · 186 comedies
- 2012: Wreck-It Ralph Score 73.2 · 175 comedies
- 2011: The Artist Score 92.4 · 179 comedies
- 2010: Toy Story 3 Score 87.7 · 183 comedies
- 2009: Up Score 90.8 · 176 comedies
- 2008: Ponyo Score 73.1 · 161 comedies
- 2007: Ratatouille Score 85.3 · 169 comedies
- 2006: Little Miss Sunshine Score 83.8 · 193 comedies
- 2005: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Score 77.8 · 161 comedies
- 2004: Sideways Score 78.7 · 143 comedies
- 2003: Finding Nemo Score 81.2 · 138 comedies
- 2002: Chicago Score 91.1 · 126 comedies
- 2001: Monsters, Inc. Score 81.3 · 124 comedies
- 2000: Almost Famous Score 74.5 · 118 comedies
- 1999: Toy Story 2 Score 78.0 · 115 comedies
- 1998: Shakespeare in Love Score 90.5 · 121 comedies
- 1997: Life Is Beautiful Score 77.5 · 96 comedies
- 1996: Jerry Maguire Score 76.2 · 116 comedies
- 1995: Toy Story Score 84.5 · 88 comedies
- 1994: Bullets Over Broadway Score 75.3 · 120 comedies
- 1993: Groundhog Day Score 71.0 · 83 comedies
- 1992: Aladdin Score 87.0 · 78 comedies
- 1991: The Fisher King Score 72.7 · 85 comedies
- 1990: Home Alone Score 70.0 · 71 comedies
- 1989: Driving Miss Daisy Score 89.9 · 79 comedies
- 1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit Score 90.2 · 87 comedies
- 1987: Moonstruck Score 78.2 · 75 comedies
- 1986: Hannah and Her Sisters Score 88.6 · 69 comedies
- 1985: Back to the Future Score 82.0 · 71 comedies
- 1984: Ghostbusters Score 74.4 · 55 comedies
- 1983: Terms of Endearment Score 89.7 · 39 comedies
- 1982: Tootsie Score 80.1 · 39 comedies
- 1981: Arthur Score 71.8 · 42 comedies
- 1980: Airplane! Score 73.3 · 45 comedies
- 1979: Manhattan Score 71.2 · 33 comedies
- 1978: National Lampoon's Animal House Score 70.7 · 31 comedies
- 1977: Annie Hall Score 84.2 · 29 comedies
- 1976: The Bad News Bears Score 62.8 · 27 comedies
- 1975: Sholay Score 74.9 · 31 comedies
- 1974: Blazing Saddles Score 75.3 · 30 comedies
- 1973: The Sting Score 95.9 · 18 comedies
- 1972: What's Up, Doc? Score 67.9 · 24 comedies
- 1971: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Score 58.4 · 20 comedies
- 1970: M*A*S*H Score 76.6 · 26 comedies
- 1969: My Night at Maud's Score 60.3 · 21 comedies
- 1968: Funny Girl Score 73.9 · 18 comedies
- 1967: The Graduate Score 84.1 · 28 comedies
- 1966: How to Steal a Million Score 65.9 · 27 comedies
- 1965: The Great Race Score 60.3 · 20 comedies
- 1964: Mary Poppins Score 90.7 · 28 comedies
- 1963: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Score 70.9 · 23 comedies
- 1962: The Music Man Score 67.0 · 11 comedies
- 1961: Breakfast at Tiffany's Score 66.4 · 13 comedies
- 1960: The Apartment Score 95.6 · 15 comedies
- 1959: Some Like It Hot Score 80.6 · 10 comedies
- 1958: Gigi Score 64.3 · 10 comedies
- 1957: Mayabazar Score 51.5 · 8 comedies
- 1956: Around the World in 80 Days Score 61.0 · 4 comedies
- 1955: Lady and the Tramp Score 66.1 · 15 comedies
- 1954: Sabrina Score 68.5 · 7 comedies
- 1953: Roman Holiday Score 81.2 · 13 comedies
- 1952: The Quiet Man Score 78.5 · 12 comedies
- 1951: Early Summer Score 59.5 · 8 comedies
- 1950: Harvey Score 59.8 · 6 comedies
- 1949: A Letter to Three Wives Score 76.4 · 11 comedies
- 1948: A Foreign Affair Score 53.5 · 7 comedies
- 1947: Miracle on 34th Street Score 84.0 · 10 comedies
- 1946: Song of the South Score 43.6 · 5 comedies
- 1945: Christmas in Connecticut Score 46.5 · 3 comedies
- 1944: Meet Me in St. Louis Score 72.3 · 10 comedies
- 1943: The More the Merrier Score 64.2 · 3 comedies
- 1942: To Be or Not to Be Score 61.0 · 9 comedies
- 1941: Ball of Fire Score 63.2 · 10 comedies
- 1940: The Great Dictator Score 79.8 · 9 comedies
- 1939: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Score 75.0 · 15 comedies
- 1938: You Can't Take It with You Score 94.7 · 8 comedies
- 1937: The Awful Truth Score 74.0 · 7 comedies
- 1936: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Score 71.2 · 7 comedies
- 1935: Top Hat Score 72.5 · 2 comedies
- 1934: It Happened One Night Score 97.8 · 7 comedies
- 1933: Gold Diggers of 1933 Score 70.5 · 8 comedies
- 1932: One Way Passage Score 72.0 · 8 comedies
- 1931: City Lights Score 77.4 · 5 comedies
- 1930: Animal Crackers Score 53.6 · 2 comedies
- 1929: The Cocoanuts Score 40.6 · 1 comedy
- 1928: The Circus Score 76.0 · 3 comedies
- 1927: The Kid Brother Score 49.3 · 2 comedies
- 1926: The General Score 97.0 · 1 comedy
- 1925: The Gold Rush Score 88.2 · 4 comedies
- 1924: Sherlock Jr. Score 76.4 · 2 comedies
- 1923: Safety Last! Score 98.9 · 4 comedies
- 1921: The Kid Score 100.0 · 1 comedy