Everybody loves to laugh. And luckily, there are a whole lot of movies that can help us do that. Sometimes we love a show that we can really sink our teeth into—think the many seasons of something like The Office, 30 Rock, or even Seinfeld. But other times we just want something that we can start at 8:00 and be done with by 9:30. it's the glory of a good old fashioned movie: whether you wind up liking it or hating it, by the time the end credits start to roll, it's not the biggest commitment you're going to be making this week.
Each decade has its winners and its losers, but the '90s certainly have a strong case for having the greatest catalogue of comedy movies that are just good. We're talking movies that will have you cracking up, and also movies that you may not be literally slapping your knee, but rather something you recognize in your head, silently, as clever, and then find yourself thinking about later that night. And then again later that week. And then again, a full month