Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Comedies with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners in 2021–2026. Ranked by audience ratings, critics’ scores and award recognition.
2021–2026 refers to ceremony and festival years, not necessarily release dates. 72 films in this collection.
| # | Movie | Watch | Year | Total ~ | Audience | Critics | Award Score | Recognition | Genre | Runtime |
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| 1 | OB Paul Thomas Anderson · United States | 2025 | 96.3 | 77.1 | 95.3 | 96.6 | 🏆BAFTA 2026🏆OSCAR 2026 | Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 161 min | |
| 2 | A Sean Baker · United States | 2024 | 96.0 | 75.1 | 92.4 | 97.4 | 🏆CANNES 2024●BAFTA 2025🏆OSCAR 2025 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 139 min | |
| 3 | PT Yorgos Lanthimos · Ireland; United Kingdom; United States | 2023 | 95.8 | 79.0 | 90.1 | 95.7 | 🏆VENICE 2023●BAFTA 2024●OSCAR 2024 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 141 min | |
| 4 | EE Daniel Kwan; Daniel Scheinert · United States | 2022 | 95.6 | 79.4 | 85.6 | 96.2 | ●BAFTA 2023🏆OSCAR 2023 | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 139 min | |
| 5 | C Sian Heder · France; United States | 2021 | 95.1 | 81.5 | 79.8 | 95.1 | 🏆OSCAR 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Music | 111 min | |
| 6 | SV Joachim Trier · Norway; Germany; Denmark; France; Sweden; United Kingdom; Türkiye | 2025 | 94.9 | 78.0 | 89.4 | 92.3 | ◆CANNES 2025●BAFTA 2026●OSCAR 2026 | Comedy, Drama | 135 min | |
| 7 | TB Martin McDonagh · United Kingdom; United States | 2022 | 94.6 | 77.8 | 90.3 | 90.8 | ●VENICE 2022●BAFTA 2023●OSCAR 2023 | Comedy, Drama | 114 min | |
| 8 | TH Alexander Payne · United States | 2023 | 94.2 | 79.8 | 87.2 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2024●OSCAR 2024 | Comedy, Drama | 133 min | |
| 9 | LP Paul Thomas Anderson · United States | 2021 | 93.7 | 73.2 | 91.0 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2022●OSCAR 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 133 min | |
| 10 | D Dag Johan Haugerud · Norway | 2024 | 93.7 | 73.6 | 84.9 | 91.2 | 🏆BERLIN 2025 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 110 min | |
| 11 | TO Ruben Östlund · Sweden; Germany; France; United Kingdom | 2022 | 93.2 | 73.9 | 68.7 | 95.1 | 🏆CANNES 2022●OSCAR 2023 | Comedy, Drama | 147 min | |
| 12 | AF Cord Jefferson · United States | 2023 | 92.7 | 76.4 | 85.6 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2024 | Comedy, Drama | 117 min | |
| 13 | FM Jim Jarmusch · United States; Ireland; France; Italy; Japan | 2025 | 92.7 | 68.1 | 79.5 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2025 | Comedy, Drama | 110 min | |
| 14 | BL Radu Jude · Romania; Luxembourg; Czech Republic; Croatia; Switzerland; United Kingdom | 2021 | 92.6 | 68.1 | 80.2 | 91.2 | 🏆BERLIN 2021 | Comedy, Drama | 106 min | |
| 15 | B Yorgos Lanthimos · Ireland; United Kingdom; Canada; South Korea; United States | 2025 | 92.5 | 75.7 | 78.2 | 87.5 | ●VENICE 2025●OSCAR 2026 | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | 118 min | |
| 16 | FL Aki Kaurismäki · Finland; Germany | 2023 | 92.4 | 74.4 | 89.9 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 81 min | |
| 17 | B Greta Gerwig · United States; United Kingdom | 2023 | 92.0 | 71.7 | 83.8 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2024 | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | 114 min | |
| 18 | A Christian Petzold · Germany | 2023 | 91.1 | 72.1 | 85.8 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 102 min | |
| 19 | DL Adam McKay · United States | 2021 | 90.6 | 73.9 | 55.7 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2022●OSCAR 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | 138 min | |
| 20 | TW Joachim Trier · Norway; France; Denmark; Sweden | 2021 | 90.4 | 78.0 | 93.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 128 min | |
| 21 | LC Alice Rohrwacher · Italy; France; Switzerland | 2023 | 90.1 | 75.7 | 92.8 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 131 min | |
| 22 | WH Martin McDonagh · United Kingdom; United States; Chile | 2026 | 90.1~ | 83.4 | 84.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 118 min | |
| 23 | NO Park Chan-wook · South Korea | 2025 | 89.9 | 77.5 | 89.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 139 min | |
| 24 | D Matthias Glasner · Germany | 2024 | 89.5 | 78.0 | 86.5 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Comedy, Drama | 180 min | |
| 25 | TL Tizza Covi; Rainer Frimmel · Austria | 2026 | 89.3~ | 76.2 | 86.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Music | 86 min | |
| 26 | MF Maryam Moghadam; Behtash Sanaeeha · Iran; France; Sweden; Germany | 2024 | 89.2 | 76.0 | 86.5 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 97 min | |
| 27 | L Dag Johan Haugerud · Norway | 2024 | 89.1 | 72.6 | 87.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 120 min | |
| 28 | NV Richard Linklater · France; United States | 2025 | 89.1 | 75.3 | 82.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 106 min | |
| 29 | B Hirokazu Koreeda · South Korea | 2022 | 89.0 | 73.9 | 83.1 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 129 min | |
| 30 | MD Todd Haynes · United States | 2023 | 89.0 | 69.8 | 88.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Comedy, Drama | 117 min | |
| 31 | B Matt Johnson · Canada | 2023 | 89.0 | 75.1 | 84.5 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 120 min | |
| 32 | RR Sean Baker · United States | 2021 | 88.8 | 72.6 | 81.6 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 130 min | |
| 33 | F Fernando Eimbcke · Mexico | 2026 | 88.7~ | 76.6 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Comedy, Drama | 102 min | |
| 34 | OC Mariano Cohn; Gastón Duprat · Spain; Argentina | 2021 | 88.7 | 71.3 | 84.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Comedy, Drama | 115 min | |
| 35 | OP Rebecca Zlotowski · France | 2022 | 88.6 | 70.8 | 84.5 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 103 min | |
| 36 | IY Maria Schrader · Germany | 2021 | 88.6 | 72.3 | 84.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 108 min | |
| 37 | P1 Jacques Audiard · France | 2021 | 88.6 | 72.4 | 79.8 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 105 min | |
| 38 | WD Hong Sang-soo · South Korea | 2025 | 88.6 | 73.0 | 82.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 108 min | |
| 39 | WD Aleksandre Koberidze · Germany; Georgia | 2021 | 88.6 | 70.9 | 85.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 150 min | |
| 40 | R Ulrich Seidl · Austria; France; Germany | 2022 | 88.5 | 69.4 | 87.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Music | 114 min | |
| 41 | TF Wes Anderson · United States | 2021 | 88.5 | 73.5 | 77.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 107 min | |
| 42 | SU Kelly Reichardt · United States | 2022 | 88.4 | 64.5 | 88.1 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Comedy, Drama | 107 min | |
| 43 | BI Mia Hansen-Løve · France; Mexico; Brazil; Germany; Sweden | 2021 | 88.3 | 67.9 | 82.7 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 112 min | |
| 44 | TF Emmanuel Mouret · France | 2024 | 88.3~ | 67.6 | 84.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 117 min | |
| 45 | BM Richard Linklater · United States | 2025 | 88.2 | 70.3 | 82.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 100 min | |
| 46 | WA Anthony Chen · Singapore | 2026 | 88.1~ | 75.3 | 75.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance | 157 min | |
| 47 | K' Radu Jude · Romania; Brazil; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Luxembourg | 2025 | 88.1 | 69.0 | 83.4 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Comedy, Drama | 109 min | |
| 48 | LC Alonso Ruizpalacios · Mexico; United States | 2024 | 87.9 | 72.4 | 76.8 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 139 min | |
| 49 | AC Wes Anderson · United States | 2023 | 87.9 | 67.8 | 78.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 105 min | |
| 50 | TP Wes Anderson · United States; Germany | 2025 | 87.7 | 69.0 | 74.6 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Action, Comedy, Crime | 101 min | |
| 51 | AW Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet · France; Belgium | 2026 | 87.7 | 69.0 | 74.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Comedy, Drama | 98 min | |
| 52 | AC Jian Liu · China | 2023 | 87.5 | 65.8 | 80.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Animation, Comedy, Drama | 118 min | |
| 53 | EC Pablo Larraín · Chile | 2023 | 87.4 | 65.8 | 77.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Comedy, Fantasy, History | 110 min | |
| 54 | E Ari Aster · United States; United Kingdom; Finland | 2025 | 87.2 | 68.7 | 69.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Comedy, Drama, Western | 148 min | |
| 55 | TD Catherine Corsini · France | 2021 | 87.1 | 69.0 | 68.1 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Comedy, Drama | 99 min | |
| 56 | KO Yorgos Lanthimos · Ireland; United Kingdom; United States | 2024 | 87.1 | 68.0 | 69.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Comedy, Drama, Horror | 164 min | |
| 57 | JK Noah Baumbach · United Kingdom; United States | 2025 | 87.1 | 67.1 | 72.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Comedy, Drama | 132 min | |
| 58 | TS Lionel Baier · Switzerland; Luxembourg; France | 2025 | 87.0~ | 61.8 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Comedy, Drama | 90 min | |
| 59 | TE Bruno Dumont · France; Germany; Italy; Belgium; Portugal | 2024 | 86.7 | 55.0 | 59.5 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2024 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 110 min | |
| 60 | BF Alejandro G. Iñárritu · Mexico | 2022 | 86.4 | 70.6 | 60.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Comedy, Drama | 159 min | |
| 61 | BH Gilles Lellouche · France; Belgium | 2024 | 86.4 | 73.8 | 53.7 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 161 min | |
| 62 | UP Nicolas Pariser · France | 2026 | 86.2~ | 53.7 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Comedy, Drama | 107 min | |
| 63 | ND Daniel Brühl · Germany; United States | 2021 | 86.1 | 69.9 | 60.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Comedy, Drama | 92 min | |
| 64 | AB Nanni Moretti · Italy; France | 2023 | 86.1 | 71.4 | 53.9 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Comedy, Drama | 95 min | |
| 65 | WN Noah Baumbach · United Kingdom; United States | 2022 | 86.0 | 60.8 | 69.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Horror | 136 min | |
| 66 | CZ Jessica Hausner · Austria; United Kingdom; Germany; France; Denmark | 2023 | 85.7 | 62.7 | 61.3 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Thriller | 110 min | |
| 67 | F Bruno Dumont · France; Italy; Germany; Belgium | 2021 | 85.6 | 60.0 | 63.6 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Comedy, Drama | 133 min | |
| 68 | ST Olivier Assayas · France | 2024 | 85.6 | 58.2 | 69.4 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Comedy, Drama | 105 min | |
| 69 | FY Valeria Bruni Tedeschi · France; Italy | 2022 | 85.5 | 68.1 | 51.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Comedy, Drama | 126 min | |
| 70 | AE Nicolette Krebitz · Germany; France | 2022 | 85.4~ | 60.4 | 64.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 105 min | |
| 71 | RK Andreas Dresen · Germany | 2022 | 85.0~ | 68.5 | 48.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Biography, Comedy, Crime | 119 min | |
| 72 | MM Christophe Honoré · France; Italy | 2024 | 84.9 | 62.2 | 52.3 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Comedy | 120 min |
This collection contains 72 comedies with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. The Comedy label comes from the catalogue genres; a film can belong to more than one genre.
One Battle After Another leads this Total Score ranking with 96.3. Wild Horse Nine has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (83.4). One Battle After Another has one of the highest known Critics scores (95.3). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Paul Thomas Anderson · 2025 · 161 min
Audience 77.1 · Critics 95.3 · Total 96.3
BAFTA 2026: Winner (Best Film)
Oscar 2026: Winner (Best Picture)
Sean Baker · 2024 · 139 min
Audience 75.1 · Critics 92.4 · Total 96.0
Cannes 2024: Palme d'Or
BAFTA 2025: Nominee (Best Film)
Oscar 2025: Winner (Best Picture)
Yorgos Lanthimos · 2023 · 141 min
Audience 79.0 · Critics 90.1 · Total 95.8
Venice 2023: Golden Lion
BAFTA 2024: Nominee (Best Film)
Oscar 2024: Nominee (Best Picture)
Total combines 40% audience ratings, 30% critic ratings and 30% original award points, with a bonus for recognition by additional institutions. Scores shown to one decimal place can be tied while their unrounded ranking differs. A Critics score marked ~ is estimated from the catalogue median; its Total is provisional. Recognition years refer to ceremonies and festival editions, not necessarily release dates.