From the room fight in Hundreds of beavers to the auction after the credits of Deadpool and WolverineThere were plenty of funny moments to behold on the big screen in the movies of 2024. Comedy moments in movies create a special kind of magic, because laughter is a communal experience. A funny performance or one-liner will elicit laughter in any context, but laughter is especially contagious when shared with a crowd in a movie theater.
The comedies of 2024 brought some unforgettable scenes, like the gym fight in Boat! or the debut of Baby Betelgeuse in beetle juice beetle juice. Deadpool and Wolverine brought back a long-forgotten superhero for a hilariously anticlimactic cameo and Inside out 2 introduced a lot of new and wacky emotions. Even the Palme d’Or winner, which usually ends in a droning, serious Oscar hook, provided some of the biggest laughs of the year.
5 Nostalgia comes out too soon
Inside out 2
When Riley turns 13 in early Inside out 2A lot of new emotions flood your subconscious: envy, boredom, shame and the most annoying of all, anxiety. But when they enter the headquarters, another emotion arises all too soon: nostalgia. Since Riley is only 13, she’s not old enough to feel homesick yet, so Nostalgia is shoved behind the door.
Nostalgia only appears a couple of times, but she’s the funniest new character in Inside out 2. June Squibb’s portrayal of Nostalgia as a kind grandmother who fondly remembers past events (even those that happened just seconds ago) is hilariously on-point. in one of Inside out 2In the best lines, Anxiety tells Nostalgia that they won’t need her until “10 years, two graduations and a best friend’s wedding“Everyone has overlooked Riley.
4 The Notes app scene
hitman
Gary Johnson’s real-life undercover police work presented Richard Linklater and Glen Powell with the perfect, high-concept premise for a crime comedy. hitman It revolves around a mild-mannered New Orleans college professor who works with a police surveillance team to uncover people trying to hire a hitman. When the hitman actor is suspended, Gary is called in to take his place and discovers he has natural talent.
hitmanThe twisty farce is full of funny moments, but the funniest scene in the film is the climactic notes app sequence. Gary goes undercover one last time to clear his girlfriend Madison’s name and uses his iPhone notes to improvise. While Gary acts as Madison’s director and scene partner, Madison just goes with the flow, and is played spectacularly by Powell and Adria Arjona.
3 bulls and their thugs arrive at the house
longs
The films that win the Palme d’Or and get carried away by the Oscar buzz tend to be stern, serious and dramatic films. But Sean Baker’s longs It is one of the funniest movies of the year. Starts as a modern Cinderella story, with a sex worker who gets carried away by a rich client, the spoiled son of a Russian oligarch, and impulsively marries him so she can stay in the country. But when the oligarch’s goon squad shows up to annul the marriage, longs turns into a Coen Brothers-style crime caper.
Ani’s fights with Toros and his henchmen, and their fights with each other, are endlessly funny. Ani’s fierce, no-nonsense candor contrasts hysterically with Toros’ deadpan demeanor. This entire section of the film is a riot of laughs.
2 The living room fight
Hundreds of beavers
Mike Cheslik’s Antics Masterpiece Hundreds of beavers is the wildest original comedy of the year. It has plenty of fun moments, from a high-speed sleigh chase to a fight with a beaver-based Voltron to a showdown in a beaver dam the size of a Bond villain’s lair. But arguably the funniest (and craziest) scene in the movie is the living room fight that takes place when Jean Kayak tries to escape the dam.
It’s like a bar fight shane by way of looney tunes. The manic energy and cartoonish sound effects of the scene sum up the unique style of this film. The hand-to-hand combat is hysterically brutal, with beavers thrown across the room and crashing into shelves and tables, and stuntmen hurling themselves (literally) at every absurd beat.
1 The post-credits reveal about Johnny Storm
Deadpool and Wolverine
As with the previous deadpool cinema, Deadpool and Wolverine It’s full of laughter. Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and Matthew Macfadyen’s Mr. Paradox were each a perfect deadpan foil for Deadpool himself. Wesley Snipes’ line that there will only be one Blade was a great meta gag and Channing Tatum’s incomprehensible Gambit was a delight. But he deadpool threequel saves its funniest scene for after the closing credits.
Deadpool and Wolverine has the best post-credits punchline since Plane!returning to a previous scene. When Deadpool meets Cassandra Nova, he gets Johnny Storm killed by apparently making up a bunch of foul-mouthed insults Johnny said about Cassandra. Deadpool and WolverineThe post-credits scene hilariously reveals that Johnny actually said all those things, and Chris Evans’ delivery is perfect.