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From the Archive: Top 5 21st Century Comedies

From the Archive: Top 5 21st Century Comedies

Update: 2025-08-20
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With THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN back in theaters for its 20th anniversary, we're sharing a Top 5 from 2016: 21st Century Comedies. Judd Apatow's 2005 comedy fares pretty well on one of the lists.


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From the Archive: Top 5 21st Century Comedies

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