Quartz Rounds Up 20 Comedies From 2017 to 2025, Sorted by Mood Rather Than Ranking
Quartz has compiled a list of 20 comedies spanning from 2017 to 2025, organized by their emotional resonance. Among the highlighted films is Richard Linklater's "Hit Man" (2024), which stars Glen Powell as a professor masquerading as an assassin. Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" (2022) features Daniel Craig, while Adam McKay's "Don't Look Up" (2021) showcases Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence. The animated category includes "Leo" (2023) and the Oscar-nominated "The Mitchells vs. the Machines" (2021). Additional films on the list are "I Care a Lot" (2021), "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" (2024), "Happy Gilmore 2" (2025), "The Incredible Jessica James" (2017), and "The Thursday Murder Club" (2025). "Hit Man" is available for streaming on Netflix.
Key facts
- Quartz published a list of 20 comedies released between 2017 and 2025, sorted by mood rather than ranked
- "Hit Man" (2024) stars Glen Powell as a New Orleans professor posing as a contract killer and was co-written by Powell with director Richard Linklater
- "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" (2022) was written and directed by Rian Johnson and sets Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc on a private Greek island
- "Don't Look Up" (2021) stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as astronomers, with Meryl Streep as the U.S. president
- "The Mitchells vs. the Machines" (2021) received an Academy Award nomination for best animated feature
- Rosamund Pike won a Golden Globe for her role in "I Care a Lot" (2021)
- "Leo" (2023) features Adam Sandler voicing a 74-year-old tuatara and was co-written by Sandler
- "The Thursday Murder Club" (2025) was directed by Chris Columbus and adapts Richard Osman's novel
Entities
Artists
- Glen Powell
- Richard Linklater
- Adria Arjona
- Austin Amelio
- Retta
- Jessica Williams
- LaKeith Stanfield
- Chris O'Dowd
- Noël Wells
- Joey King
- Joel Courtney
- Jacob Elordi
- Beth Reekles
- Gina Rodriguez
- Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
- Brittany Snow
- DeWanda Wise
- Jennifer Garner
- Ed Helms
- Rita Moreno
- Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Adam Sandler
- Kyle Newacheck
- Julie Bowen
- Christopher McDonald
- Eric André
- Post Malone
- Eminem
- Bad Bunny
- Ben Stiller
- Jackie Sandler
- Sunny Sandler
- Sadie Sandler
- Abbi Jacobson
- Danny McBride
- Olivia Colman
- Maya Rudolph
- Fred Armisen
- Camila Mendes
- Maya Hawke
- Austin Abrams
- Sophie Turner
- Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Rian Johnson
- Daniel Craig
- Edward Norton
- Kate Hudson
- Kathryn Hahn
- Janelle Monáe
- Dwayne Johnson
- Ryan Reynolds
- Gal Gadot
- Rawson Marshall Thurber
- Eddie Murphy
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph
- Keegan-Michael Key
- Wesley Snipes
- Mike Epps
- Craig Robinson
- Tituss Burgess
- Kevin Hart
- Mark Wahlberg
- Regina Hall
- Luis Gerardo Méndez
- Jimmy O. Yang
- Adam McKay
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Meryl Streep
- Mark Rylance
- Rosamund Pike
- Dianne Wiest
- Peter Dinklage
- Eiza González
- Helen Mirren
- Pierce Brosnan
- Ben Kingsley
- Celia Imrie
- Chris Columbus
- Richard Osman
- Cameron Diaz
- Jamie Foxx
- Glenn Close
- Andrew Scott
- Kyle Chandler
- Taylour Paige
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Kevin Bacon
- Judge Reinhold
- J.J. Perry
- Snoop Dogg
- Meagan Good
- Scott Adkins
- Steve Howey
- Vince Vaughn
- Stephen Chbosky
- Lorraine Bracco
- Talia Shire
- Susan Sarandon
- Linda Cardellini
- Alfred Hitchcock
Institutions
- Quartz
- Netflix
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- McDonald's
- CIA
Locations
- New Orleans
- United States
- New York
- San Francisco
- Michigan
- Greece
- New Zealand
- San Fernando Valley
- Los Angeles
- Detroit
- California
- Italy
Sources
- Quartz —