Updated on November 18, 2022 at 03:33 PMMarcos Henrique1 tags
With The Greatest Beer Run and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story being released on September 30 and November 4, respectively, 2022 is becoming the year of comic biopics. Both films seem to take an exaggerated look at their subjects and will bring big laughs and insights into real people and events.
Although they've been more popular in recent years, comedies inspired by true stories are nothing new, with some highly acclaimed films getting laughs from real events. Some are straight comedies, while others mix their jokes with more dramatic elements, but all are great films that will leave viewers curious to learn more about what really happened.
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Find out what are the best comedies based on true stories
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Dolemite Is My Name is an underdog story in many different ways. It's not just the story of an aspiring actor putting his unique vision on the big screen, it's also a wonderful comeback for Eddie Murphy, who received critical acclaim for his performance as Rudy Ray Moore.
If The Death of Stalin proves one thing, it's that a talented satirist like Armando Iannucci can make hilarious even one of the scariest regimes in modern history. The film is a heavily fictionalized account of the intrigues following Stalin's death that led to Nikita Khrushchev becoming leader of the Soviet Union, playing it for absurd and very dark laughs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RayRkMbh2gg
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Cool Runnings (1993)
Athletes are some of the most common subjects of biopics, so a film about the Jamaican bobsled team from the 1988 Winter Olympics was perhaps inevitable. While Cool Runnings took many liberties with its subject, it succeeds as an inspiring story and a light and fun comedy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSfajPwrDTQ
The Big Sick (2017)
The starring role of Kumail Nanjiani as a movie star in The Big Sick is also a deeply personal film for him, being loosely based on his real-life relationship with his wife Emily V. Gordon. The film follows Kumail as his life is turned upside down when his new girlfriend Emily is hospitalized with a serious illness.
