By which I mean is still funny, and has a minimal amount of jokes which aged poorly (not stuff that aged poorly from stuff they couldn't have known about, such as a joke about someone dying in a certain way, but then someone later died in a similar way, but aged poorly due to how problematic they are).

  • WhatAnOddUsername [any]
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    3 years ago

    Shaun of the Dead was released 17 years ago. I like Hot Fuzz better, but that was released 14 years ago, so it doesn't quite fit your criteria unless you're a libertarian.

    Mel Brooks's movies make a point of being outrageous and raunchy, and not all the jokes age well, but at least he's usually on the "right side of history" (e.g. making fun of nazis, racists, etc.)

    Going even further back: I like Buster Keaton's movies. However, the gender roles are a bit old-fashioned (e.g. the hero saves the girl, and there aren't many proactive female characters) and every so often there will be one brief-but-very-racist joke. Charlie Chaplin's movies are better and I can't think of very many that have obviously racist jokes, although I can understand a person being unable to watch his movies knowing that in real life he was a creep around teenage girls. Harold Lloyd's Safety Last is fun, but again, very traditional gender roles, and one brief-but-very-antisemitic scene with a Jewish pawn shop owner. Don't bother with the rest of Harold Lloyd's feature-length movies.