15 Unapologetic Comedies That Don't Mind if You Take Offense

      These unfiltered comedies pay no mind to whether you might be offended — their sole aim is to make you laugh.

      Some are classics, while others are more recent. Think we overlooked a fantastic one? Share your thoughts in the comments.

      Here are 15 unfiltered comedies that have no regard for your feelings.

      **Blazing Saddles (1974)**

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      Blazing Saddles is loaded with controversial language — yet it employs it to mock prejudice. Crafted by a team that included Richard Pryor, this Mel Brooks classic staunchly supports Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little, pictured), a Black sheriff striving to innovate the Wild West.

      The American Film Institute designates Blazing Saddles as the sixth-funniest film of all time, following Some Like It Hot, Tootsie, Dr. Strangelove, Annie Hall, and Duck Soup.

      Brooks disagrees: “I adore Some Like It Hot, but we truly have the funniest film ever made,” Brooks stated in a 2016 interview with Vanity Fair.

      **Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)**

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      With its relentless barrage of sexual content and racial humor, The Kentucky Fried Movie embodies the carefree spirit of the '70s: it critiques genres such as kung-fu, Blaxploitation, and women-in-prison films through rapid-fire skits that parody a collection of grindhouse classics.

      Surprisingly, it's also a significant film — it marked the breakout for director John Landis and writers David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, who later created Airplane.

      Kentucky Fried Movie is one of those films Gen X kids whispered about, as it was frequently banned by parents. It has earned a notorious reputation as a "dirty movie," truly pushing boundaries in a way that's still felt as audacious and exhilarating.

      **The Life of Brian (1979)**

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      Advertised as “a film destined to offend nearly two-thirds of the civilized world — and severely irritate the other third,” this Monty Python film tackles the ultimate sacred subject: the account of Jesus.

      It presents itself with the grandeur of Hollywood's most significant Biblical epics, making its satire of arrogance all the more subversive and amusing.

      Many fantastic sketches culminate darkly in the absurd joy of the final musical piece, “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.” It’s all quite irreverent, and that’s the entire point.

      **The Jerk (1979)**

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      “I was born a poor Black child,” Steve Martin’s Navin Johnson declares at the film's outset, leading to a ludicrous kung-fu showdown at his excessively gaudy mansion, which perhaps provides the only occasion in history when it’s been entirely acceptable for a white person to shout the most derogatory racial slur.

      No one else could perform this delicate balancing act except Steve Martin, whose sole aim is to make us laugh.

      We won’t feign neutrality: This might be our all-time favorite comedy.

      **Airplane (1980)**

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      Crafted by the same team behind Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane manages to deliver some extraordinarily bold jokes by treating everything with complete seriousness.

      Packed with brilliant gags, our favorite moment remains the “Oh stewardess? I speak jive” sequence, where June Cleaver herself (Barbara Billingsley) steps in during a miscommunication and faces her consequences.

      We previously wrote an extensive piece about it.

      **Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)**

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      Fast Times is one of those comedies that may provoke more offense among religious conservatives than among left-leaning audiences, as it sympathizes with high schooler Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh, above right, with Phoebe Cates), who has an abortion after a smooth talker gets her pregnant and proves to be a useless deadbeat.

      Like Porky’s, it was one of those films that children stealthily discussed in schoolyards — an ’80s comedy their parents definitely preferred they avoid.

      The infamous Phoebe Cates pool fantasy scene may have contributed to this, but we don’t believe that's the sole reason. The film’s honest depiction of teenage realities posed a much greater challenge to the Moral Majority, the religious fundamentalists prevalent during the 1980s. Authored by Cameron Crowe and directed by Amy Heckerling, it stands as one of the most significant teen comedies. Speaking of…

      **Coming to America (1988)**

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

      There's something for everyone to be offended by in the absurdity of Coming to America, in which Eddie Murphy embodies characters from virtually all the groups we mentioned, mercilessly lampooning them all.

      Coming to America critiques royalty, the nouveau riche,