Best A24 Movies for humor

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Best for humor

You Can See Everything

5.0 attribute score

Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.

Safest pick

The Invite

4.8 attribute score

Balances the attribute score, supporting reviews, and overall product strength.

Most evidence

The Drama

40 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this attribute.

Best overall product

Backrooms

4.2 overall score

Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this attribute.

#1 You Can See Everything
5.0

Fielder’s deadpan disbelief collides with baffling answers and surreal situations to generate frequent, uncomfortable laughter. The humor stays active even as the subject turns dark.

Pros: originality, humor

#2 The Invite
4.8

The strongest consensus is that the film is genuinely hilarious, with rapid insults, physical comedy, and escalating social discomfort producing big laughs. A small minority finds it only occasionally funny.

Pros: humor, screenplay quality

Cons: score quality, runtime

#3 Onslaught
4.7

The dark comedy and comic-relief characters are frequently effective, giving the movie welcome laughs amid the bloodshed.

Pros: lead performance, entertainment value

Cons: action sequences, ending satisfaction

#4 Primetime
4.2

The comedy is darker and more effective than the premise might suggest, often coming from performance rhythms, absurd television behavior, and uncomfortable escalation. A few reactions find the comic tone...

Pros: lead performance, visual style

Cons: theme depth, story quality

#5 Backrooms
4.0

Small moments of knowing humor and absurd dialogue keep the film from becoming overly solemn. The comedy is generally restrained, though some viewers felt it occasionally reduced the scares.

Pros: acting performance, scares

Cons: ending satisfaction, plot clarity

#6 The Drama
3.9

The dark comedy lands very well for many viewers, especially the wedding-photo, speech, and social-discomfort sequences. Others barely laugh at all or feel the subject matter makes the humor abrasive...

Pros: humor, theme depth

Cons: character development, screenplay quality

#7 How to Make a Killing
3.7

The comedy is inconsistent. Some scenes and supporting performances draw real laughs, but many critics say the film never becomes funny enough.

Pros: lead performance, humor

Cons: entertainment value, originality

#8 The Death of Robin Hood
1.2

The movie is nearly humorless, and some reviewers see that severity as a weakness. Its rare flashes of macabre personality come mostly through Little John rather than comic relief.

Pros: visual style, cinematography

Cons: story quality, pacing