Ten standout comedy films of 2025, ranked

Collider published a ranking of the ten greatest comedy films of 2025. The list was written by Robert, a Chicagoland-area film writer who argues that 2025 was a notably strong and experimental year for comedy.

The piece places Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another at No. 1, calling it difficult to pin to a single genre but ultimately one of the year's funniest and best-crafted entries; the listing includes its September 26, 2025 release date, 162-minute runtime, and credits Paul Thomas Anderson as director and co-writer (with Thomas Pynchon, Bob Ferguson and Col. Steven J. Lockjaw). Other highlights include Park Chan-wook's social satire No Other Choice at No. 2 (starring Lee Byung-hun as Yoo Man-soo), Marty Supreme at No. 3 with Timothée Chalamet, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You at No. 4 with Rose Byrne, Akiva Schaffer's Naked Gun reboot at No. 5 featuring Liam Neeson, Eva Victor's Sorry, Baby at No. 6, Friendship with Tim Robinson at No. 7, Eephus at No. 8, Eternity (starring Elizabeth Olson and Miles Teller) at No. 9, and Richard Linklater's Blue Moon at No. 10 (featuring Ethan Hawke).

The article notes that many 2025 comedies blurred genre lines, competed for awards and found box-office success, and that selections are inherently subjective; it describes the No. 1 choice as divisive while emphasizing the year’s range from mainstream parodies to quieter indie work.

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Culture, Paul Thomas Anderson, Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice, Timothée Chalamet