It's What's Inside and 4 Other Best Comedies of 2024 With High Rotten Tomatoes Scores
Comedies with a touch of drama, adventure or even horror.
Comedy movies are an easy, fast and effective way to lift your spirits. They allow you to relax, forget your worries, laugh out loud and have a good time.
The list includes movies for a warm family evening, a romantic dinner, or watching with friends.
1. Problemista, 2024
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%
Alejandro lives in New York and dreams of making his own toys, but he can't find a sponsor. In addition, his work visa is about to expire. In order to stay in the country, he agrees to help an eccentric artist organize an exhibition.
This is the directorial debut of Julio Torres, a stand-up comedian and writer for Saturday Night Live. This year he also managed to surprise viewers with the crazy series Fantasmas. In both works, Torres tried to tell how difficult it is to be an immigrant.
2. Hit Man, 2024
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
Gary Johnson is an ordinary man. He works as a psychology teacher and lives a quiet life with two cats. But one day Gary starts working for the police. He helps catch people who want to hire a killer.
During one of the assignments, Gary has to pretend to be a mercenary himself and go to meet the client. It turns out that the man has an amazing talent for transformation.
3. It's What's Inside, 2024
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79%
Eight former classmates gather for a bachelor party at the groom's country estate. The program includes endless amounts of alcohol and a hilarious game in which the friends switch bodies and try to guess who is who. Long-buried secrets come to light and hidden desires are revealed.
The original debut of first-time director Greg Jardin is a comedy with a touch of horror and fantasy. At the heart of the plot is a good old-fashioned psychological drama about the tangled relationships of friends.
4. The Fall Guy, 2024
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 81%
Stuntman Colt is seriously injured and leaves his career forever. A few years later, the producer asks him to return to the set to work as a stunt double for famous Hollywood actor Tom Ryder.
When Colt arrives, it turns out that the producer did not invite him to act, but to help find the missing Tom.
The action comedy was directed by David Leitch, a former stuntman who worked with Chad Stahelski on John Wick. The result is a completely crazy and action-packed movie with many different stunts and elements of physical comedy.
5. A Different Man, 2024
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%
The actor Edward, who has tumors growing on his face, decides to undergo a risky operation. Everything goes well, and the man wakes up with the face of a real Hollywood star. Life gets better, he gets a new job, gives up his acting career and even takes a new name, completely denying his past.
Edward soon learns that his neighbor, playwright Ingrid, has written a play based on his life before the operation. The man wants to get the lead role, but now he has to compete with Oswald, an actor with the same disease Edward once had.
For his role in the black comedy about radical self-acceptance, Sebastian Stan won an award at the Berlin Film Festival.