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The Best Comedy Movies of 2016
Hilarious action films, raunchy teen comedies, and female-led casts dominated the funniest films of 2016. The best 2016 comedy movies brought in millions at the box office while offering movie goers lots of laughs at the theater. This is a list of the best comedy movies of 2016 featuring everything from The Nice Guys to War Dogs to Sausage Party.
What films will you find on this list of the top comedy movies of 2016? Comic book fans might vote Deadpool to the top. Usually, superhero movies are serious action dramas, but the title character's foul-mouthed sense of humor made this film a laugh-out-loud success. The film's lead actors – Ryan Reynolds and T.J. Miller – both showcased their comedy roots throughout the adventure. The updated version of Ghostbusters was also one of the most popular comedy movies of the year. Richard Linklater provided fans with the funny with Everybody Wants Some!!, the spiritual successor to Dazed and Confused. Other good films featured on this roundup of the funniest 2016 movies include How to Be Single, Why Him?, and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.
Which 2016 comedy did you like the best? Take a look at this list and give your favorites a thumbs up to make sure they land in the number one spot.
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- 1Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Stefan Kapicic
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Tim Miller
Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is a former Special Forces operative who now works as a mercenary. His world comes crashing down when evil scientist Ajax (Ed Skrein) tortures, disfigures and transforms ...more - 2Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Shane Black
Holland March (Ryan Gosling) is a down-on-his-luck private eye in 1977 Los Angeles. Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) is a hired enforcer who hurts people for a living. Fate turns them into unlikely ...more - 3Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Amy Ryan
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Bullied as a teen for being overweight, Bob Stone (Dwayne Johnson) shows up to his high school reunion looking fit and muscular. While there, he finds Calvin Joyner (Kevin Hart), a fast-talking ...more - 4
Why Him?
James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Zoey Deutch - 5Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Andrew Stanton
Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a ...more - 6Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Amy (Mila Kunis) has a great husband, overachieving children, beautiful home and successful career. Unfortunately, she's also overworked, exhausted and ready to snap. Fed up, she joins forces with ...more - 7Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Jake Szymanski
Mike and Dave Stangle are young, adventurous, fun-loving brothers who tend to get out of control at family gatherings. When their sister Jeanie reveals her Hawaiian wedding plans, the rest of the ...more - 8Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Christian Ditter
After four years of college, young Alice (Dakota Johnson) decides she needs a break from her long-term boyfriend Josh. Excited and ready for new challenges, the eager grad moves to New York to take a ...more - 9Alastair Duncan, Vincent Riotta, Emma Croft
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Stelvio Massi
War Dogs is a 1994 action film written by Daniel Stone and directed by Stelvio Massi. - 10Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Paul Feig
Paranormal researcher Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy) and physicist Erin Gilbert are trying to prove that ghosts exist in modern society. When strange apparitions appear in Manhattan, Gilbert and Yates ...more - 11Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch
- Directed by: Dan Mazer
Dirty Grandpa is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Dan Mazer and written by John Philips. The film stars Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Aubrey Plaza and Dermot Mulroney. It was ...more - 12
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha - 13Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone
Childhood friends Conner (Andy Samberg), Owen (Jorma Taccone) and Lawrence (Akiva Schaffer) found fame and fortune after forming the hip-hop group the Style Boyz. Owen and Lawrence faded into the ...more - 14Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Tiffany Haddish
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Peter Atencio
Recently dumped by his girlfriend, slacker Rell (Jordan Peele) finds some happiness when a cute kitten winds up on his doorstep. After a heartless thief steals the cat, Rell recruits his cousin ...more - 15Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Regina Hall
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
Barbershop: The Next Cut is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Malcolm D. Lee and written by Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver. It is the sequel to 2004's Barbershop 2: Back in Business and the ...more - 16
The Brothers Grimsby
Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson - 17Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan
Life is good for all the food items that occupy the shelves at the local supermarket. Frank (Seth Rogen) the sausage, Brenda (Kristen Wiig) the hot dog bun, Teresa Taco and Sammy Bagel Jr. (Edward ...more - 18Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart
- Directed by: Woody Allen
Café Society is a 2016 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. The plot follows a young man (Jesse Eisenberg) who moves to 1930s Los Angeles to work for his uncle ...more - 19Will Brittain, Zoey Deutch, Ryan Guzman
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Richard Linklater
In 1980 Texas, a college freshman (Blake Jenner) meets his new baseball teammates (Will Brittain, Ryan Guzman), an unruly group of disco-dancing, skirt-chasing partyers. - 20Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Matt Ross
Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen), his wife Leslie and their six children live deep in the wilderness of Washington state. Isolated from society, Ben and Leslie devote their existence to raising their kids ...more - 21Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Ben Falcone
Wealthy CEO Michelle Darnell (Melissa McCarthy) always gets her way, until she's busted for insider trading and sent to federal prison. After leaving jail, Darnell finds herself broke, homeless and ...more - 22John Krasinski, Margo Martindale, Sharlto Copley
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: John Krasinski
A man (John Krasinski) returns home to his dysfunctional family after learning that his mother (Margo Martindale) has a brain tumor. - 23Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
In the early 1950s, Eddie Mannix is busy at work trying to solve all the problems of the actors and filmmakers at Capitol Pictures. His latest assignments involve a disgruntled director, a singing ...more - 24
The Intervention
Melanie Lynskey, Jason Ritter, Natasha Lyonne - 25Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman
- Directed by: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a 2016 American biographical war comedy-drama film directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, and written by Robert Carlock, based on the memoir The Taliban Shuffle: Strange ...more
