Top Ten R-Rated Comedies… With a Twist
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A little bit of life experience added to this list...
 | The Breakfast Club |
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| The Breakfast Club is plain and simply a classic. Forget comedy. Forget drama. Forget genre altogether. From the dialogue, to the angst, to the lessons learned as kids grow up. This film hits every note and is relatable in any era. I can't remember the first time I saw this film, but it was certainly within the last five years and it is a testament to the ability of John Hughes to tap into dialogue that feels real. The five characters portrayed in the film are certainly cliché and each fits into his/her little corner but each represents their peers perfectly and while they have nothing in common on a personal level their common enemy in Principal Vernon allows for them to finally connect and as they do I am sure one of the five stories is sure to draw comparison to the life of any audience member. this is certainly a film to own and definitely the best of the R-rated bunch I was forbidden to watch. Then again, this film is hardly worthy of an R-rating, but for the sake of this list I am glad it is. | |
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So, that's my list. Any of you out there have parents that didn't or won't allow you to watch R-rated films until a certain age? I know this seems to be something of an old school idea of parents preventing their children from seeing certain films before a certain age but there must be some of you out there.
For example, any of you grow up in the '90s and weren't able to watch American Pie or The Big Lebowski? How about Kevin Smith's flicks? Clerks, Mallrats or Dogma?
Any younger readers around here still waiting to be old enough to see Judd Apatow's flicks?
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lol..nice list. But i would never watch Sex Drive .. i got tricked into watching 'About a paddle' and have been scarred for life.
I'd even put 'A Fish called Wanda' in that list :)
I wasn't one of those kids that got to watch whatever they wanted. As kids we allso didn't have our own tv back then (damn! can I say back then allready?)
Just 1 TV, in the living room, under the controll of parents.
I'm the same age as you (until next monday) and I had the same problem. With a five year older brother added. I got to hear about all these flicks that I wasn't alowed to watch.
In the 90's, when I was old enough to be left alone at home sometimes I finally got to watch these films and by then they were on TV.
I have to say your no.1 is mine as wel. I absolutely love the Breakfast Club.
I can't imagine this list without either RISKY BUSINESS or A FISH CALLED WANDA. Those are seminal R-rated comedy classics I could never grow tired of. Not only are they both laugh-out-loud funny, the writing and direction on both is so crisp and inspired it's impossible not to come away impressed.
Great call on TRADING PLACES, however. I adore BEVERLY HILLS COP and all but I hold firm that this is Eddie's best comedy, hands-down, and the fact you recognize it as such I think is really fantastic.
I will say this, considering your love for BACHELOR PARTY (blech) and PORKY'S you'll definitely want to give SEX DRIVE a look. It's not the greatest comedy ever, but it did make me laugh. A lot. Make of that what you will.
I agree with #1, Breakfast Club is excellent even thou' it's become a cliche. Also love Trading Places. But about Tom Hanks, check out Volunteers (with John Candy) – under-rated comedy from 1985. If you were doing a 10 worst list, it would have to include Joysticks (1983). Nudity & arcade games, together at last. Why was I so eager to see that crap?
My parents were relatively lenient regarding R-rated movies, but most of the ones I wanted to see were not comedies: Altered States, Body Double, Nightmare on Elm Street, etc. My dad often took me to R movies like Road Warrior when I was 14, or Nighthawks when I was 12. Then HBO spread like poison ivy and every kid got to see just about anything. Sigh.
Wow, what a great flashback! You basically nailed it with your list, and enhanced it with a great walk down memory lane. Some great laughs had with all these flicks. =))
Now 39, I was one of those kids that was allowed to watch whatever they wanted (and even trusted to be the one to determine if my little brother could watch). Crazy days… those 70s and 80s.
Not being a huge fan of Porkys, I would switch it with Risky Business (which I consider its superior anyway). Otherwise, nicely done!! Thank you!!
My mom tried to keep me away from R-rated movies for a long time, but eventually figured out that I could handle them and started taking me to see them when I was 13. (Though I think we just stuck to dramas, not comedies.) Most of the best movies I never watched growing up were a result of not having cable. I'm still trying to work my way through Kevin Smith's ouvre.
I remember the first R-Rated movie I ever saw by myself. It was my brother's VHS copy of "Scary Movie" Starring Anna Faris, you know. But It's always had an effect on me, now I think that all the the Apatow movies and such are hysterical. :)