The best comedy movies of the 2000s
The top 3 according to 39 votes from people: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) · Shaun of the Dead (2004) · Knocked Up (2007). (Updated Jun 4, 2025.)
Frat Pack, Apatow, Edgar Wright and Borat: the funniest films of the 2000s, ranked from Looper, IMDb users and the Ranker vote.
Top 15
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1
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Will Ferrell's 70s San Diego newsman.
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2
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
A zombie apocalypse and a pint at the Winchester.
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3
Knocked Up (2007)
A one-night stand turns into a pregnancy, by Judd Apatow.
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4
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Steve Carell's shy electronics-store clerk.
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5
Superbad (2007)
Two high-schoolers on a mission to buy alcohol for a party.
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6
The Hangover (2009)
A Las Vegas bachelor party nobody remembers.
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7
Borat (2006)
Sacha Baron Cohen's fake Kazakh reporter tours America.
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8
Step Brothers (2008)
Two forty-year-old men forced to share a bedroom.
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9
Legally Blonde (2001)
Elle Woods goes to Harvard Law.
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10
Hot Fuzz (2007)
A London supercop sent to a too-perfect village.
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11
Mean Girls (2004)
Tina Fey's high-school jungle, with Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams.
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12
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly at NASCAR.
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13
Zoolander (2001)
A dim male model brainwashed into an assassination plot.
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14
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
An awkward teenager in small-town Idaho.
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15
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Getting over a break-up in Hawaii, at the same hotel as the ex.
Candidates
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16
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Two divorce mediators who gatecrash weddings.
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Comments (1)
Shaun of the Dead at #2, finally some respect for Edgar Wright