British Comedy

2004 · Edgar Wright · 99 min · Comedy

Shaun of the Dead is the gold standard for horror comedies, a film that loves zombie movies too much to merely parody them. Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg crafted something that works as genuine horror, genuine comedy, and a surprisingly heartfelt story about growing up, all in 99 perfectly paced minutes.

1975 · Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones · 91 min · Comedy

The most quotable comedy ever made, a shoestring-budget medieval send-up that turned budgetary limitations into comedy gold and created a template for absurdist humor that's been imitated for fifty years.

1979 · Terry Jones · 94 min · Comedy

Monty Python's sharpest and most cohesive film, a biblical satire that targets groupthink, political factionalism, and blind faith with surgical precision and enormous laughs.