What to see from comedies?

Comedy - one of the most popular genresmovies. The main purpose of such works of video art is to make the viewer laugh, to bring a smile and improve the mood. In this article we will consider what kinds of comedies exist and what can be seen from comedies.

The history of the first comedies

Comedy genre in cinema appeared simultaneously withthe emergence of cinematography. The very first public film in the history, which the Lumiere brothers arranged in December 1895, ended with a demonstration of the classic comedy scene "The Watered Waterer". Then there was a whole era of dumb comedies, the legendary heroes of which were characters performed by Charlie Chaplin.

British magazine Sight & Sound, which is published under the auspices of the British Film Institute, once every 10 years, conducts a survey of filmmakers.

Based on the results of these surveys,classic comedy films, which can be safely called the property of the genre. These include: "The General" (Buster Keaton), "The Lights of the Big City" (Charlie Chaplin), "Singing in the Rain" (Stanley Donena), "In Jazz Only Girls" (Billy Wilder) and "Time of Entertainment" (Jacqui Tati ).

Kinds of comedies

To date, there are several types of comedy films. There is no rigid classification in this respect, but, for various reasons, the comedy can be attributed to one of the following types:

• Parodies - humorous films, in which there are parodies of other genres of cinema and some specific films;
• Romantic (lyric) comedies are films about love in which heroes fall into comic situations or are endowed with some kind of ridiculous qualities, etc .;
• Youth comedies - films, main characterswhich are people at a young age. Plots of such paintings, as a rule, are connected with problems that concern the youth. Quite often such comedies can have a shade of vulgarity;
• Tragicomedy - comedy, in which funny episodes are combined with sad;
• Comedy horror film - comedy, in which humorous episodes are combined with episodes of horror. Quite often this kind of comedy presents a spectator with a parody of horror films;
• Criminal comedy - films, the main characters of which are gangsters, thieves, policemen;
• Musical comedy - humorous films, in which there are a lot of music and songs.

Examples of comedies by genre you can find in the article of our site: What movie to watch a comedy.

Comedies worth seeing

Despite the fact that the comedy is just one of thegenres in cinematography, but nevertheless comedies are very different. In this article we will look at some comedies that deserve the maximum ratings of viewers on the popular Russian cinematographers' portal "Kinoiskisk". The full list can be found here.

1. "1 + 1" is a film of French production, whichtops the rating for several years. This is a very soulful film about the rich aristocrat Philippe, who, as a result of the accident, remained handcuffed to the wheelchair, and the young man Drisset, who was hired to his assistant's place.
2. "Ivan Vasilievich changes his profession" - a classic of Soviet cinema. The story of the engineer-inventor Timofeev, who constructed the time machine.
3. "Pulp Fiction" - the name itself refers to a specific genre comedy. It is worth noting that the film was shot by the inimitable director Quentin Tarantino.
4. "Back to the Future" is another good, family comedy about moving through time, now American production.
5. "In battle, there are only" old men "- a tragicomedy on a military theme, shot by Leonid Bykov in 1973.
6. "Big Jack" - a crime comedy of British and American production.
7. "How to Train Your Dragon" is a fun animated story about a teenage Ikking who meets the Bezubik dragon on his journey.
8. "The Truman Show" is a film whose main character is the inimitable Jim Carrey.
9. "The Taming of the Shrew" - an Italian comedy about a rude farmer and a hardened bachelor, performed by Adriano Celentano.
10. "Girls" is a kind, romantic comedy about a simple Soviet girl Tose Kislitsyna, who came to Siberia for logging.

In the article What movie to watch: comedy you will find a few more recommended to watch movies and not only in the comedy genre. In the article Which movie to watch you will find not only the names of interesting movies, but a brief description of some of them.