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Let's face it: 2025 wasn't funny. At all. Everything got expensive . There were ICE raids and more mass shootings . Our institutions resembled a circus . It was hard to laugh at anything this year. If it's any consolation, we still have some pretty funny movies to make up for it and remind us that laughter is still, in fact, the best medicine.

2025 has been quite the year for movies, and comedies especially. Legacy sequels like The Naked Gun and Happy Gilmore 2 proved that there's still plenty mileage for old gags, while action-comedies like Novocaine and Heads of State had us giggling and pumping our fists

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