13 Unapologetic Comedies That Don’t Mind If You Get Offended

      These unashamed comedies are indifferent to whether they offend you.

      From the outrageous hits of the 1970s to more recent films released in our supposedly more cautious times, these movies prioritize humor over messages.

      However, sometimes they manage to incorporate a meaningful message as well.

      **Not Another Teen Movie (2000)**

      This film offers a harsh yet loving critique of teen movies ranging from Lucas to She’s All That, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and The Breakfast Club. Not Another Teen Movie is a frenetic onslaught filled with sexual humor, bathroom jokes, outrageous violence, and surprisingly insightful social commentary.

      Where else can you witness Chris Evans misusing a banana, white kids pretending to be Asian, and football players being cut in half?

      Even if Not Another Teen Movie removed every offensive joke, it would still be very funny, but it gains extra points for its audacity in keeping them.

      **White Chicks (2004)**

      Marlon and Shawn Wayans star as Black FBI agents who disguise themselves as wealthy white socialites to infiltrate an arrogant Hamptons social scene and uncover a conspiracy. Throughout their journey, they observe how white individuals behave when they believe no one of different races is present, while also gaining a woman’s perspective.

      If you’re not offended by something in White Chicks, you must not be paying attention. The Wayans critique privileged white people as well as everyone else, addressing our peculiar racial and sexual issues along the way. White Chicks consistently keeps you guessing how far it will push boundaries, and it certainly goes quite far.

      **Airplane (1980)**

      Seeing June Cleaver speak jive is entirely inappropriate—but it is also one of the funniest moments in cinema.

      Kudos to Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker for the brilliant idea of having Barbara Billingsley deliver the line, “Oh stewardess? I speak jive,” along with the 7,000 other excellent jokes in Airplane, which is hailed as one of the greatest comedies of all time.

      You can question its taste if you wish, but you’re better off just enjoying the laughs—there are plenty.

      **Team America: World Police (2004)**

      It’s hard to take any self-righteous actor seriously after watching this puppet-based spy thriller, which holds a strong disdain for Kim Jong-Il, but even more so for Sean Penn.

      With puppet love scenes, excessive projectile vomiting, and unabashed nationalism, Team America, created by the creators of South Park, satirizes fervent nationalism while also offering a compelling defense of America’s foreign policy at its best.

      There’s also a brilliant metaphor involving three distinct body parts that we probably dwell on more than we should.

      **Borat (2006)**

      Sacha Baron Cohen portrays a sexist, anti-Semitic, and generally clueless Kazakh journalist who encourages Americans to express thoughts they wouldn’t usually share. He is wonderfully ignorant, yet his naivety brings out the worst in those who should know better—and occasionally, the best.

      Borat’s antics are shockingly offensive, yet his eccentricity evokes sympathy, and Baron Cohen, along with his team, perfectly balances revulsion with vulnerability. What’s most impressive is how much of it was improvised in tense and often precarious situations.

      The 2020 sequel, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, is equally remarkable.

      **The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)**

      With endless gratuitous nudity and racial humor, The Kentucky Fried Movie epitomizes what many consider problematic, yet it also serves as a perfect time capsule of the liberated 1970s. It lampoons various genres, from kung-fu to Blaxploitation and women-in-prison films, with quick-hitting sketches that humorously mock many grindhouse classics.

      Believe it or not, it’s also a significant film—it marked the breakthrough for director John Landis and for the comedic trio of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, who later created Airplane.

      Kentucky Fried Movie is the kind of film that Gen X kids whispered about, as many parents prohibited their children from watching it. It holds a well-deserved reputation as what we once referred to as a dirty movie. It truly is, in a way that still feels subversive, wrong, and exhilarating.

      **Coming to America (1988)**

      Are you Black, white, Jewish, Christian, African, American, young, or old?

      In the absurdly exaggerated world of Coming to America, where Eddie Murphy portrays characters from nearly every demographic we just listed, there’s something to offend everyone.

      This film critiques royalty, the nouveau riche, and the struggling underclass, primarily focusing on gender dynamics. Its astute observations of human behavior provoke awe.

      **Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)**

      Monty Python confronts the ultimate sacred topic: the story of Jesus. With visuals that rival