10 Comedy Movies That Serious Directors Surprisingly Loved

A good comedy — or sometimes even a bad one — may be enjoyed by anybody, even a film director mostly known for making serious movies. From slapstick classics to critically panned flops, there are some surprising comedies that have managed to tickle the funny bones of Hollywood’s most iconic dramatic filmmakers. The shock stems from the fact that many of these directors would likely never make such light and goofy fare themselves. For instance, the director behind ambitious spectacles like Titanic and Avatar adores a relatively low-budget mockumentary, and the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Lost in Translation absolutely adores a buddy comedy that is unabashedly heavy on American “dad jokes.”