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Comedies with high ratings: stories, actors and directors

The first genre of world cinema has becomecomedies Before the advent of the sound film, most of the films were shot in order to make people laugh, to improve the mood. And when they came to the cinema, people knew that they would enjoy and rest. And indeed, the audience rested and enjoyed the play of actors, and then later, comedies were divided into high-rated and low-comedy.

With the advent of the comedy sound filmdivided into two genres: sitcoms and comedies of characters. In the comedy of positions (situations), the source of laughter is the situation, event, circumstances in which the characters of the film fall. And in the comedy of characters (morals), the source of the ridiculous becomes the inner essence of the character of the main performers, their certain hypertrophied trait or vice, or lack. This genre also includes satirical comedies that make fun of people's shortcomings.

In more detail, comedies can be divided into parody, romantic, eccentric, criminal, musical, etc. Next, we consider comedies with the highest rating.

"Only girls are in jazz"

First place in the rating of comedy films isBilly Wilder's picture “Some love it hotter” (or “Only Girls are in Jazz” - with this name she was released in the Soviet Union), shot in 1959. Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon became the main actors.

American Film Institute named the filmThe best comedies of all time USA. You can add, and not only the United States. They loved comedy in all countries, especially in the USSR. At that time, Soviet viewers first saw the legend of American cinema, the unsurpassed Marilyn Monroe.

The film received an Oscar for best designcostumes and three Golden Globe awards for best film (comedy), best actor (Jack Lemmon) and best actress (Marilyn Monroe). The song of the composer Adolf Deutsch played by the brilliant Marilyn gained immense popularity, she has been sung until now, and the phrases of the characters have come into use in everyday English. The film was praised by critics. In the picture several genres are mixed: criminal, musical, romantic. Until now, the tape belongs to the category of "films-comedy with a high rating."

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Two friends - saxophonist Joe (Tony Curtis) and contrabass player Jerry (Jack Lemmon) - witness gang fights and are forced into hiding, disguised in women's clothes.

They fit into the female ensemble“Grand Jazz Beauty Sue” and get acquainted with his soloist Dana Kovalchuk, nicknamed “Darling” (in the English version of “Sugar”). Candid girl shares with them plans for the future. She wants to marry a millionaire. Joe decides to play up for a pretty girl, but, arriving at a hotel in Miami, unfortunate friends face the same gangsters from whom they fled.

"Supernjan"

To the category of "high-rated comedy" you caninclude more modern films - “Supernien” and “Supernan 2” by French directors Nicholas Benamou and Philippe Lashau. The latter also played a major role in the film.

Young, unremarkable employeeFrank (Philippe Lashio) wants to ask a manager for a promotion, but he doesn’t decide on this step. The only ones who support him are humor friends, who cannot imagine life without noisy parties and alcohol. Friends are set to have a fun thirtieth birthday of friend Frank, but the chief of our hero unexpectedly invites him to spend the evening in his house to look after his son Remi. The young man is forced to agree, however, friends do not agree to retreat from their plan to have fun and rush into the house to the head of Frank.

Nicholas Benamu and Philippe Lashio first met on the set of the comedy "Paris at any cost."

Nicholas was then an assistant at the site, and Phillip was an actor and screenwriter. Becoming friends, the guys decided to create a joint film. The film was a success and was nominated for awards in many competitions.

"Supernyan 2"

The picture "Supernien" so loved by the viewer thatalready in 2015, the same team creates a sequel to the film. These two paintings are considered the best in the category of "high-rated comedy." Directors and performers of the main roles are the same characters.

Frank after the story with the chef decides withSonya’s friends and girlfriend, in which he is in love, go on holiday to Brazil — Sonya’s birthplace. Resting on the azure coast of the ocean, Frank decides to make his choice a marriage proposal, but his friends are not so romantic, so they again fall into comic situations. But the horror for them is the care and care of the grumbling, hundred kilogram grandmother of Sony.

Usually, the continuation of comedies are not so successful, but the authors did their best and the film turned out really funny to tears.

"Wild stories"

Argentine-Spanish film "Wild Stories",Released in 2014, of course, included in the list of "the best comedy with a high rating." According to the genre, it can be attributed to a comedy-dramatic feature film with black humor. The picture is divided into six kinonells, each of which is a small story about people who have fallen into unusual circumstances. Stories are called:

"Parsnip".
"Rats".
"The Strongest."
"Little Bomb".
"Sentence".
"Until the death separates us".

The film was nominated for an Oscar asthe best film in a foreign language, as well as passed many nominations, until in 2016 he won the British Film Television Academy Award as the Best Non-Language Film. On the Rotten Tomatos website this is a high-rated comedy (95%).

The director and screenwriter of "Wild Stories" isDamien Shifron. It is known from himself that he wrote these stories lying in the bathroom, while not forgetting to light candles and pour himself a drink. The film was produced by Agustin Almodovar, Pedro Almodovar, Esther Garcia and others.

An interesting fact is that the bridge,shown in the story "The Strongest", is really located on the 60th kilometer between the cities of Cafayate and Salta. Now all the tourists, arriving in Argentina want to be sure to visit this place. The stories are really interesting - any viewer will enjoy and rest.