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The very earliest films weren't very funny, but it didn't take filmmakers long to discover that one of the things that audiences liked to do was laugh, and once that discovery was made, comedy became one of the primary genres of film. Some of the earliest movie stars - Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin - were comic actors, and more than a century later, some the biggest stars of today - Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen, Melissa McCarthy - earned their stardom by making people laugh.

Those early Keaton and Chaplin movies were hits long before films even had sound, so getting giggles from moviegoers wasn't as easy as telling a funny joke. Comedy had to be physical, and the more spectacularly physical the better. Audiences learned to love the sight of actors falling down and doing improbable and embarrassing things. And physical comedy has never gone out of style, from Peter Sellers' Pink Panther movies in the 1960s to the clumsy bumbling of Will Ferrell and Melissa McCarthy.

A step up the intellectual scale - but only a small one - is the current trend of uncouth comedy. Bawdy, grungy comedy is nothing new - look back to Cheech and Chong or any National Lampoon movie - but contemporary stars like Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and, again, Melissa McCarthy have taken the gross-out laugh to new heights.

Truly intellectual comedy is much harder to come by. Laughs are biggest when they come from someplace visceral, but some filmmakers know how to make you think before (or after) you laugh. The Coen brothers do it in their funny movies (as opposed to their bleak ones), and Wes Anderson's films are so intellectually funny that, if you?re not paying attention, you might not realize that they're funny.

    Mean Girls
    Mean Girls
    The Family Plan
    The Family Plan
    Ghosted
    Ghosted
    The Wolf of Wall Street
    The Wolf of Wall Street
    Argylle
    Argylle
    Good Burger
    Good Burger
    Anyone But You
    Anyone But You
    Kung Fu Panda 4
    Kung Fu Panda 4
    21 Jump Street
    21 Jump Street
    The Proposal
    The Proposal
    Take Me Home
    Take Me Home
    Men in Black
    Men in Black
    How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
    How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
    Bad Boys
    Bad Boys
    Alien Incursion
    Alien Incursion
    Moana
    Moana
    A Charlie Brown Christmas
    A Charlie Brown Christmas
    The Minis
    The Minis
    Mean Girls
    Mean Girls
    Cars
    Cars
    Trolls Band Together
    Trolls Band Together
    Mary J. Blige's Real Love
    Mary J. Blige's Real Love
    Friday
    Friday
    The Greatest Beer Run Ever
    The Greatest Beer Run Ever
    Wonka
    Wonka
    Toy Story
    Toy Story
    Spirited
    Spirited
    Project X
    Project X
    Zombieland
    Zombieland
    A Bulldog for Christmas
    A Bulldog for Christmas
    Poor Things
    Poor Things
    Shrek
    Shrek
    Ted
    Ted
    Migration
    Migration
    Pretty Woman
    Pretty Woman
    Trolls
    Trolls
    Norbit
    Norbit
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Inside Out
    Inside Out
    Guns for Hire
    Guns for Hire
    Encanto
    Encanto
    Horrible Bosses
    Horrible Bosses
    Through My Window: Looking at You
    Through My Window: Looking at You
    Minions
    Minions
    Sonic the Hedgehog
    Sonic the Hedgehog
    The Cat in the Hat
    The Cat in the Hat
    No Strings Attached
    No Strings Attached
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    Alvin and the Chipmunks
    Alvin and the Chipmunks
    Monster Trucks
    Monster Trucks
    Sing 2
    Sing 2
    The Grinch
    The Grinch
    Scooby-Doo
    Scooby-Doo
    Barbie
    Barbie
    Lisa Frankenstein
    Lisa Frankenstein
    Failure to Launch
    Failure to Launch
    Deadpool
    Deadpool
    Old School
    Old School
    Come From Away
    Come From Away
    White Chicks
    White Chicks
    Coco
    Coco
    Idiocracy
    Idiocracy
    17 Again
    17 Again
    Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    Holes
    Holes
    A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
    A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
    Monsters, Inc.
    Monsters, Inc.
    Ratatouille
    Ratatouille
    Grease
    Grease
    The Truman Show
    The Truman Show
    Kung Fu Panda 2
    Kung Fu Panda 2
    Legally Blonde
    Legally Blonde
    Saltburn
    Saltburn
    Rio
    Rio
    La La Land
    La La Land
    Another Cinderella Story
    Another Cinderella Story
    Forrest Gump
    Forrest Gump
    Zoolander
    Zoolander
    The Devil Wears Prada
    The Devil Wears Prada
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    My Babysitter's a Vampire
    My Babysitter's a Vampire
    Sonic the Hedgehog 2
    Sonic the Hedgehog 2
    Rango
    Rango
    Up
    Up
    Mean Girls 2
    Mean Girls 2
    The Other Woman
    The Other Woman
    Pixels
    Pixels
    Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
    Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
    Zootopia
    Zootopia
    Grown Ups
    Grown Ups
    The Little Rascals
    The Little Rascals
    Knocked Up
    Knocked Up
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    It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown!
    Frozen 2
    Frozen 2
    Richie Rich
    Richie Rich
    Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
    Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
    Woody Woodpecker
    Woody Woodpecker
    Descendants
    Descendants
    Love Don't Cost a Thing
    Love Don't Cost a Thing
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    You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah