8 Underrated Comedies You Need to Watch This Week

These score like classics and get voted on like secrets. Your week just got planned.

Number one scored highest here, and its best jokes are arguments with Mom.

1. 8
   O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)7.4

   Clooney fussing over hair pomade is an elite running gag.

   A chain gang escape turns into a bluegrass road trip through Depression-era Mississippi. The Coens keep it goofy for 107 minutes, and IMDb voters give it a 7.7.
2. 7
   Up in the Air (2009)7.7

   The funniest movie ever made about firing people.

   George Clooney flies around firing strangers for a living, and Anna Kendrick wants to replace him with video calls. Critics rank it above 89% of notable movies. Funny until it suddenly isn't.
3. 6
   The Goonies (1985)7.6

   Still the best kids adventure, and they talk like real kids.

   Sean Astin's crew hunts pirate treasure under their own town, and Chunk's big confession is still elite comedy. Audiences rank it above 94% of notable movies.
4. 5
   School of Rock (2003)7.8

   The rare kids movie adults rewatch more than kids.

   Jack Black's fake substitute Dewey Finn turns a stiff prep school class into a rock band. 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, and Joan Cusack's uptight principal is a secret weapon.
5. 4
   Before Sunrise (1995)8.2

   Zero plot, all talk, and it's the best date movie here.

   Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy wander Vienna for a night and just talk. 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, made for $2.5 million, only $6.64 million worldwide. You probably missed it.
6. 3
   50/50 (2011)8.2

   A cancer comedy that never once feels cheap.

   Joseph Gordon-Levitt gets the diagnosis, Seth Rogen gets the jokes, Anna Kendrick gets the heart. 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, made for $8 million, only $41.1 million worldwide.
7. 2
   The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)8.3

   Wes Anderson's best movie, and Gene Hackman is why.

   Hackman plays Royal, a terrible dad trying to worm his way back into the family. Audiences rank it above 92% of notable movies, yet it has just 339,603 IMDb votes.
8. 1
   Lady Bird (2017)8.9

   Sharpest comedy on this list, and it's only 94 minutes.

   Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf go at each other like they share one nervous system. 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, yet IMDb voters stop at 7.4. Respectfully, wrong.

$5,423 says you finish Before Sunrise and immediately look up flights to Vienna.

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