Comedy Movies · 1990s Ranked
Best Comedy Movies of the 1990s, Ranked by IQ Score
The decade indie comedy and prestige comedy converged. Ranked by IQ Score.
The 1990s in comedy cinema is the decade indie comedy and prestige comedy converged. Quentin Tarantino, the Coens, Wes Anderson, Whit Stillman, Hal Hartley, Kevin Smith, the indie-comedy directors who would define the late-'90s American cinema all emerged simultaneously.
Anchor picks: Pulp Fiction (1994) is the canonical Tarantino comedy-genre crossover. The Big Lebowski (1998) is the Coens' canonical comedy. Fargo (1996, when categorized as comedy) is the canonical Coen crime-comedy. Groundhog Day (1993) is the philosophical-comedy canonical entry. Toy Story (1995) is the decade's animated-comedy canonical entry.
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