The 50 Best Comedies of All Time

The worst part about watching a bad comedy is that—usually!— it’s pretty easy to make someone laugh. Just bonk someone on the head, rip the carpet out from under them, or send them straight through into a glass wall. Time-tested slapstick! Buster Keaton fell on his ass so many times on screen that his movies were hilarious even without sound. Nowadays, it feels like you should bonk someone on the head just for trying to write a funny movie. What happened? Did we forget how? It’s time to get back to the drawing board. Below, we’ve rounded up the 50 best comedy movies of all time. [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [The 50 Best Comedies of All Time]( [The 50 Best Comedies of All Time]( The worst part about watching a bad comedy is that—usually!— it’s pretty easy to make someone laugh. Just bonk someone on the head, rip the carpet out from under them, or send them straight through into a glass wall. Time-tested slapstick! Buster Keaton fell on his ass so many times on screen that his movies were hilarious even without sound. Nowadays, it feels like you should bonk someone on the head just for trying to write a funny movie. What happened? Did we forget how? It’s time to get back to the drawing board. Below, we’ve rounded up the 50 best comedy movies of all time. [Read More](   [The 7 Best New Balance Running Shoes for Going Anywhere and Everywhere]( [The 7 Best New Balance Running Shoes for Going Anywhere and Everywhere]( Your new favorite running buddy is right here. [Read More]( [I Took Mushrooms at a Death Grips Show. It Might Have Cured My ADHD.]( [I Took Mushrooms at a Death Grips Show. It Might Have Cured My ADHD.]( Understanding what happened to my brain after a psilocybin experience—and what it means for psychedelics in America. [Read More](     [The Lost Art of Buying a Round for the Bar]( [The Lost Art of Buying a Round for the Bar]( In late April, I got the news that my debut novel sold. The book represented twenty years of learning and grinding, hustling and sweating. I was as proud as I’d ever been, but I didn’t carry out my vision in the bar. Something even bigger was about to happen in my life. Less than two weeks after the news of the book’s sale hit the trades, Lulu, my first child, was born in that hospital on the Upper East Side. After leaving my sleeping wife and child, I headed south from the hospital toward JG Melon on Third Avenue. I’ve been going there for nearly as long as I’ve been of legal drinking age. The first time I went I didn’t even realize it was a local institution; I just thought it was a perfect bar. [Read More](   [Who Gets To Be a Father Figure?]( [Who Gets To Be a Father Figure?]( You don’t have to have a Y chromosome, or be a father, to help bring up a man. [Read More]( [The 14 Best Robes For Lounging Like a Pro]( [The 14 Best Robes For Lounging Like a Pro]( Every king needs one. [Read More](     [I Wonder What Alleged “Horrible City” Milwaukee Thinks of Trump]( [I Wonder What Alleged “Horrible City” Milwaukee Thinks of Trump]( Okay, this is it. I’ve had all I can stands, and I can’t stands no more. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Donald Trump on Thursday called Milwaukee, where he will be declared the Republican nominee for president this summer, a “horrible city.” Talk about the man who came to dinner. This put Wisconsin Republicans in a terrible bind. The state’s GOP loves to run thinly veiled racist ads against Milwaukee, but this is a national deal, and the state’s Republican congressional delegation was thrown into a conniption fit. [Read More](   [ESQ SHR Jewelry]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo]( [How satisfied are you with the content of this newsletter?]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice]( | [CA Notice at Collection]( Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2024 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779