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As long ascringe moviesare self - aware of their cringe , as many comedies are , then they still remain plenty watchable , even if viewers have to watch them through shielded eyes . Whilecringe often seems to exist in the television realm , with shows likeThe Office , Parks and Recreations , andIt ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiafrequently operating on the telephone line between too hard to see and too rummy to appear aside from , plenty of clowning movies have dabble in the art of cringe for decades , creating fib for audiences to laugh and flinch at .

The best cringe comedy movies are n’t great because they ’re unintentionally cringy ( though in retrospect there are more than a few moments in some that make audiences squirm for the wrong reasons);they’re the good because the movie utilise relatable and awkward moments from lifethat make close to nursing home and then show why those scenario are so laughable . They ’re a relievo in that path . Instead of make the cringe unpleasant , cringy comedy flick show how mortifying and awkward moments are not the end of the macrocosm and just a part of life .

An overzealous attempt to be scarey can come off as goofy or merely trying too hard , but sometimes repulsion picture show lean into their sillier side .

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20Death At A Funeral (2007)

An Awkward Family Reunion After A Death Makes For A Very Grim Comedy

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dying at a Funeraltakes position over a funeral weekend where an estranged home hail together over their father ’s passing . As sure-enough score resurface and newfangled ones are work , the family eventually bonds over their heartache . It ’s a consummate travesty with some truly cockeyed physical funniness , including an awkwardlyhilarious performance from Alan Tudyk . His attempt to schmoose his future father - in - law are ruined when he consumes the improper practice of medicine , resulting in every new significant other ’s worst nightmare scenario . As the funeral goes on , more funny but uncomfortable events stretch out before the attendant .

Death at a Funeral(2007 ) is available to rent or bribe on Amazon Prime Video .

19I Love You, Man (2009)

Peter Is One Of The Cringier Characters In A Comedy Movie

InI Love You , Man , Peter Klaven ( Paul Rudd ) seems to have everything ; a enceinte job , an incredible fiancée , and a bright hereafter ahead of him . What he does n’t have is a male friend , a job that comes to the bow when he and Zooey ( Rashida Jones ) begin design wedding parties .

Enter Sydney Fife ( Jason Seagal ) , an investor who forms a chemical bond with Peter in this delightful clowning about platonic manly friends . Peter ’s inability to interact with man his own age is as cringy as it is funny , and Sydney never countenance his new friend off the hooking when Peter tries out new , weird slang . fan may be saying " Later on the menjay " , after , but that does n’t make the phrase any less cringy .

18Beatriz At Dinner (2017)

An Uncomfortable Dinner Discussion Between The Haves And The Have-Not

Salma Hayek give one of her best performancesinBeatriz at Dinner , a film compose by Mike White , the Maker ofThe White Lotus , and his thoughts on the wealthy and how they interact with the sour grade are on full display in this 2017 film . Beatriz ( Hayek ) is a play - socio-economic class immigrant and massage therapist for an affluent Orange County kinsperson and when her motorcar breaks down , she is invite to stay for a dinner company with a group of coworkers who vagabond from nonchalantly disdainful to straight-out hostile towards Beatriz .

The film has all the party whip - saucy humor White is known for , butthe scenes of Beatriz arguing with her " friend ’s " boss are excruciatingly cringy . Beatriz is out of her component with these hoi polloi and the cumbersomeness between her seemingly incompatible commentary and the others ' ignorance is afflictive to watch and reminiscent of the worst kind of dinner party .

17The King Of Comedy (1982)

A Darkly Comic And Uncomfortably Cringe Performance By Robert De Niro As Rupert Pupkin

The King of Comedyis one of Martin Scorsese ’s few comedy movies and , naturally , it ’s a very dark one . Robert De Niro wiz as Rupert Pupkin , an aspiring standup comedian who becomes obsessed with illustrious belated - dark innkeeper Jerry Langford ( Jerry Lewis ) and abducts him to blackmail the TV electronic connection into give him a spot on the show . Despite the inexorable plot , it ’s a peculiar pic andDe Niro ’s preening and inability to take no from a man he seemingly idolizesis uncomfortable but so ludicrous as to be laugh - worthy .

16Waiting For Guffman (1999)

A Specific Kind Of Cringe That Some Viewers Will Know All Too Well

The Christopher Guest mockumentary movieWaiting for Guffmandepicts the jumper lead - up to a little - town community theater of operations yield of the history of their townsfolk inRed , White and Blaine . Most of the film ’s dialog was improvisedand reach for a naturalistic and ridiculous portrait of how originative type can sometimes take their endeavors just a minute too seriously . Anyone who has ever work in local theater or had an fanatic mellow school dramatics director will cringe at the hilarious but much too familiar dialogueand actions of the cast and crew in the drama .

Waiting for Guffmanis useable to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video .

15Bottoms (2023)

The Most Embarrassing And Cringy Moments Of High School With An LGBTQ+ Spin

Bottomsis an LGBTQ+ mellow school raunch clowning with some down - to - earth cringe - desirable moments that straight and LGBTQ+ watcher alike will relate to , as well as some off - the - rampart bonkersness that makesBottomsa much more intense and ludicrous moving picture than like title . In the film , lesbian booster PJ ( Rachel Sennott ) and Josie ( Ayo Edebiri ) start a girls - only fight society to hook up with the teens at the school . There are somepainfully funny moments of cases of false sexuality , and anyone who has had fuss dating in high schoolhouse will certainly be cringing .

14Force Majeure (2014)

A Cringy Look At What Happens When A Husband Lets His Wife Down

The Swedish photographic film — remade in English asDownhillin 2020 with Will Ferrell and Julia Louis - Dreyfus — Force Majeureis ablack drollery with relatable position cranked up to an almost unbearably cringe story . After Tomas ( Johannes Bah Kuhnke ) abandons his family on a skiing trip-up when an avalanche shine , his wife is enraged when it turn out the disaster was nothing more than some snow bustle . The conversation between Tomas and Ebba ( Lisa Loven Kongsli ) and a twosome they come across are amusing but also unbelievably ill at ease as Ebba ’s anger at Tomas grows .

13Drop Dead Fred (1991)

An Imaginary Friend Nearly Ruins Elizabeth’s Life With His Antics

InDrop Dead Fred , a meek court newsman name Elizabeth ( Phoebe Cates ) is reunited with her puerility fanciful friend , Drop Dead Fred ( Rik Mayall ) . Fred , picture the sorry adult Elizabeth has grown into , commits himself to making her felicitous , causing chaos along the elbow room . It ’s an odd , fantastical film with some unusual , goofball imaging . Fred ’s efforts to help Elizabeth often go awry and Elizabeth is leave alone dealing with the fallout in an embarrassing manner , ineffective to excuse an imaginary acquaintance andmaking the film finger like one of those bad dreams where one ’s in trouble for something they never did .

cut down Dead Fredis uncommitted to engage or purchase on Amazon Prime Video .

12Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)

Steve Coogan Is The Vain And Clumsy Alan Partridge

Alan Partridge is a comedy quality portrayed by actor Steve Coogan . He ’s a rude , blustering , and awkward idiot box broadcaster who has appeared in over 20 different TV show and special . In 2013 , he had his feature picture debut , Alan Partridge : Alpha Papa , where a shamed disk jockey from Partridge ’s station make the employee hostage and Partridge is enlisted to negociate . Partridge ’s power to put himself and others into an awkward situation is unexceeded , and even when he ’s a hero like in this film , he turns every setting he ’s in into an infrangible cringefest .

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11Bridesmaids (2011)

Kristen Wiig Is The Embarrassing Bridesmaid

Bridesmaidsis one of the funniest comediesof the twenty-first century and combine the mega talents of producer Judd Apatow , director Paul Feig , and star Kristen Wiig . The film tells the all too relatable story of when one mathematical group of friends is introduce to another , and jealous feelings at once move up . The scenes of Annie ( Wiig ) block herself in front of her friends and are extremely cringy . When the audience is n’t crying laughing , they ’re cover their eyes , beg Wiig to come back to her seat in economy .

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