# The best comedy movies of 2023

Barbie, The Holdovers and Bottoms: the funniest films of 2023 according to critics (Paste, Digital Trends, CinemaBlend, MovieWeb).

- 122 votes · 11 items
- Sep 19, 2024 · courtney_filmbuff
- https://even.best/en/l/1960/the-best-comedy-movies-of-2023

## Top 11

1. **Barbie** (16 · ▲16 ▼0) — Greta Gerwig balances comedy, emotional intelligence and big ideas.
2. **The Holdovers** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — Paul Giamatti as a grumpy teacher stuck at school over Christmas.
3. **Poor Things** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — Yorgos Lanthimos' oddest and funniest film.
4. **Theater Camp** (11 · ▲13 ▼2) — A mockumentary about a struggling musical theatre camp.
5. **Asteroid City** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Wes Anderson's desert play within a play.
6. **American Fiction** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — Jeffrey Wright as a novelist who writes a stereotype as a joke, and it becomes a hit.
7. **No Hard Feelings** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Jennifer Lawrence is hired to date a shy teenager.
8. **Rye Lane** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — A dry, warm rom-com through South London.
9. **Joy Ride** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — Four friends on a wild trip through China.
10. **Bottoms** (5 · ▲9 ▼4) — Two high schoolers start a fight club to impress cheerleaders.
11. **Renfield** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Nicolas Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as his fed-up assistant.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.