Best Early 2000s Comedy Movies

The funniest comedy movies from the early 2000s era. From gross-out humor to quotable classics, these films from 2000-2005 shaped modern comedy as we know it.

Legally Blonde

6.5 2001 96 min

Comedy, Romance

Directed by Robert Luketic

Zoolander

6.5 2001 89 min

Comedy

Directed by Ben Stiller

Old School

7.0 2003 88 min

Comedy

Directed by Todd Phillips

Anchorman

7.2 2004 94 min

Comedy

Directed by Adam McKay

Mean Girls

7.1 2004 97 min

Comedy

Directed by Mark Waters

Shrek

7.9 2001 90 min

Comedy, Animation, Fantasy

Directed by Andrew Adamson

Elf

7.0 2003 97 min

Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Directed by Jon Favreau

Dodgeball

6.7 2004 92 min

Comedy, Sport

Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber

School of Rock

7.1 2003 109 min

Comedy, Music

Directed by Richard Linklater

Meet the Parents

7.0 2000 108 min

Comedy, Romance

Directed by Jay Roach