Favorite R-Rated comedies

[NoobtheProphet]

As a connoisseur of R-Rated movies, I always enjoyed the Raunchy comedies that's appropriate for the rating that we all know today. Couple of my favorites are Animal House (an all-time classic), Neighbors, Jump Street, The Hangover, Road Trip, Old School, Superbad, Hot Fuzz, and Caddyshack, just to name a few.


I also wanted to dedicate this thread to Donald Sutherland, since he was in Animal House as Professor Dave Jennings of the movie's fictional Faber College.

 

[Classic Speedy]

The original Vacation and Blazing Saddles are probably my two favorites. Caddyshack is also comfort food. Animal House definitely has its moments but it's pretty uneven IMO.

I haven't watched a lot of recent (that is, after the year 2000) R-rated comedies. I watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall after Richard Roeper raved about it and while there were a few standout jokes I really don't feel like it warranted the praise. The Hangover similarly was hit-or-miss for me. The Wrong Missy started off very strong but had some lulls where I wasn't laughing as much, especially in the middle part of the movie.

 

[Pooky]

Some of my favourites;
- The Blues Brothers, and I'm in the minority that likes the Belushi/Ackroyd Neighbours too (both on the lower end of the R-rating admittedly)
- Beverly Hills Cop, if it counts, and Coming to America; honestly most of Eddie Murphy's original run of R-Rated vehicles are a good comfort watch for me
- I'd agree with the original Vacation
- If British comedies that got an R when they were released in America count Monty Python's Meaning of Life (certainly very R-Rated!)
- Similarly Les Visiteurs
- Slightly overrated, but A Fish Called Wanda nonetheless has enough parts I love to make the cut
- Stir Crazy and See No Evil, Hear No Evil
- Down & Out in Beverley Hills (Disney's first R-Rated movie!)
- Ruthless People
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
- The Player
- As a fan of Dudley Moore I've got a soft spot for 10 and Crazy People ("the box is cute")
- Super Troopers and Club Dread; enjoyed the other Broken Lizard films I saw too
- Tropic Thunder, although honestly the fake trailers at the start are about three times as funny as the rest of the movie
- Remember enjoying Walk Hard quite a bit
- Step Brothers
- McGruber and I'm in a minority again but The Ladies Man (which I'm pretty sure was supposed to be PG-13 but got slapped with an R)

I've never been able to see Hollywood Shuffle in full but the bits I've seen are hilarious

I enjoyed 40 Year Old Virgin when it came out, but never went big on the Apatow/Rogan axis on the whole. An exception was This Is The End, which is weird because you would think if there was one movie from a gang I don't particularly care for I would like the least it's the most self-indulgent one.

 

[Yojimbo]

Yeah, Animal House kills every time. Don't stop him, he's on a roll. Leading the band into the alley, LOL. The poor horse. Too many hilarious things to list.

Just the 80s alone:
Stripes
Blues Brothers
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Vacation
Revenge of the Nerds
Police Academy
Caddyshack
Doctor Detroit - idk, most hate this movie, but I find it charming

Stripes, Blues Brothers and Fast Times - the jokes always land and it's like the hearing them for the first time.

More recent stuff
Role Models - solid cast, bonding over larping and KISS, growing up
Pineapple Express - great stoner comedy
This is The End - hyperrealistic versions of comedic actors dealing with the rapture, the ending with the Backstreet Boys.

If I had to watch only 1 for the rest of my life: probably Office Space.

 

[khuddle]

Yeah, Animal House kills every time. Don't stop him, he's on a roll. Leading the band into the alley, LOL. The poor horse. Too many hilarious things to list.

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"



I'd throw Airplane in there as well. Leslie Nielsen the king of deadpan comedy:

Nielsen: "Can you fly this plane and land it?"
Ted: "Surely you can't be serious."
Nielsen. "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."

 

[Classic Speedy]

^ Believe it or not, Airplane! is rated PG. There's no way it would get that today, for the boob gag alone. But if it WERE rated R, that would definitely make my list as well.

I forgot about The Blues Brothers before. Reminds me when I went to a double bill of Animal House followed by Blues Brothers back in 2013. It was a loooong evening and my cheeks were sore by the end, but it was definitely a memorable event.

 

[Pooky]

Oh yeah, I forgot the first Police Academy, I do genuinely find that very funny.

Never saw Role Models, but Detroit Rock City as a pretty funny KISS-themed comedy.

 

[Yojimbo]

Like Airplane!, I often forget an all-time favorite Mel Brooks film of mine Young Frankenstein isn't R either.

 

[Surreal Kangaroo]

These movies typically aren’t my thing, but I guess I will vote for Vacation. It came on tv a lot when I was growing up. I found it enjoyable but I never really sought it out.

 

[aegisrawks]

Some of my favourites;
- The Blues Brothers, and I'm in the minority that likes the Belushi/Ackroyd Neighbours too (both on the lower end of the R-rating admittedly)
- Beverly Hills Cop, if it counts, and Coming to America; honestly most of Eddie Murphy's original run of R-Rated vehicles are a good comfort watch for me
- I'd agree with the original Vacation
- If British comedies that got an R when they were released in America count Monty Python's Meaning of Life (certainly very R-Rated!)
- Similarly Les Visiteurs
- Slightly overrated, but A Fish Called Wanda nonetheless has enough parts I love to make the cut
- Stir Crazy and See No Evil, Hear No Evil
- Down & Out in Beverley Hills (Disney's first R-Rated movie!)
- Ruthless People
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
- The Player
- As a fan of Dudley Moore I've got a soft spot for 10 and Crazy People ("the box is cute")
- Super Troopers and Club Dread; enjoyed the other Broken Lizard films I saw too
- Tropic Thunder, although honestly the fake trailers at the start are about three times as funny as the rest of the movie
- Remember enjoying Walk Hard quite a bit
- Step Brothers
- McGruber and I'm in a minority again but The Ladies Man (which I'm pretty sure was supposed to be PG-13 but got slapped with an R)

I've never been able to see Hollywood Shuffle in full but the bits I've seen are hilarious

I enjoyed 40 Year Old Virgin when it came out, but never went big on the Apatow/Rogan axis on the whole. An exception was This Is The End, which is weird because you would think if there was one movie from a gang I don't particularly care for I would like the least it's the most self-indulgent one.

Oh god finally someone else likes The Ladies Man. Oh god finallly.

 

[Classic Speedy]

I'll be risky and list another one: Deuce Bigalow. It's raunchy but it still makes me laugh, and has one of the funniest cameo appearances (Norm MacDonald: "Uh, perhaps YOU don't understand. If you don't pay me, I'll be taking this swizzel stick, and I'll be shoving that right up your pee hole. " ).

It's probably the only Happy Madison picture I like (that I've seen, anyway... that company's made a LOT of films and I'm not in a hurry to watch most of them).

Now the sequel, OTOH, sucked. Cat scene aside.

 

[Daikun]

Caddyshack is R? That's a surprise to me. I always thought it was PG-13.

Anyway, The Blues Brothers, Hot Fuzz, and Vacation are classics. Also, I think Clerks is Kevin Smith's best film.

 

[Moe]

Vacation, Good Guys, Bad Boys, Hangover, Due Date, Superbad, Knocked Up, Road Trip, all of Harold & Kumar series, Beverly Hills Cop, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

I was going to mention Cocoon and Dumb and Dumber but realized both are PG-13.

Caddyshack is R? That's a surprise to me. I always thought it was PG-13.

I think that has with air on cable TV that where Caddyshack was edited to meet PG-13/TV-14.

 

[Classic Speedy]

Vacation, Good Guys, Bad Boys, Hangover, Due Date, Superbad, Knocked Up, Road Trip, all of Harold & Kumar series, Beverly Hills Cop, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

I can't believe I forgot PT&A. I think it's because, if it weren't for the rent-a-car scene, the movie would've easily been PG-13 so I tend to forget it's rated R.

 

[Surreal Kangaroo]

Caddyshack is R? That's a surprise to me. I always thought it was PG-13.

I think it came out before the PG-13 rating. It totally would have earned the rating if it existed.

 

[Zorak Masaki]

This Is Spinal Tap also comes to mind (though considering how mild it is, you could probably get away with a PG-13 for it nowadays, maybe it has to do with the names of some of their songs).

 

[Classic Speedy]

This Is Spinal Tap also comes to mind (though considering how mild it is, you could probably get away with a PG-13 for it nowadays, maybe it has to do with the names of some of their songs).

Seconded on that one. Funny related anecdote: I've shown this movie to my parents. Twice. They seemed to forget watching it the first time. I told them, "You don't remember watching it? You laughed! I distinctly remember you laughing!" They're like, "Sorry?" lol. Clearly made a big impression on them.