What is the best comedy of the 1990s?

By IQ Score on TV Intelligentsia, Pulp Fiction (174), Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and Groundhog Day anchor the decade's Masterclass tier. The 1990s saw the indie-comedy and prestige-comedy convergence at register subsequent decades have not fully matched.

Why is Pulp Fiction categorized as comedy?

Pulp Fiction (1994) is conventionally categorized as crime/drama, but the screenplay's comedic register (the Royale-with-Cheese conversation, the Mia-and-Vincent dance sequence, the Marvin-shooting payoff) is the structural engine. The film operates at the crime/comedy border at register the genre rarely sustains.

Which 1990s comedy is most underrated?

Election (1999), Office Space (1999), and Galaxy Quest (1999) are the three most-underrated 1990s comedies — all released in the year-of-canonical-cinema (1999) but overshadowed by the more-prestige entries. Each operates at register the genre's mainstream catalog rarely amplifies.

Comedy Films · 1990s Ranked

Best Comedy Films 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.

15 titles · ranked by IQ Score