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Unintentionally funny scenes in serious movies

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Cliff.Booth
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11:39p, 9/3/25
Saw this come up on X, with the suggestion of the Meet Joe Black taxi scene.



What are some other scenes in otherwise serious/dramatic movies that we probably weren't meant to find funny?
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12:09a, 9/4/25
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I am not sure what you define as funny, but Brad Pitt's death scene in Meet Joe Black is not funny.
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In reply to Raptor • 5:55a, 9/4/25
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How about Brad Pitts death in Burn After Reading?

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In reply to jokershady • 7:12a, 9/4/25
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Or what about when Brad Pitt dies in Deadpool 2?
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In reply to Head Ninja In Charge • 7:36a, 9/4/25
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Always funny. The sinking is incredibly well done and holds up. It always pulls me into the despair, desperation, and panic the passengers must have felt. But man, that guy hitting the propeller will never cease to crack me up.
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7:40a, 9/4/25
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Ending of The Departed (elevator scene) was pretty silly the first time
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11:54a, 9/4/25
I personally don't get laughs from people being shot in movies, but I saw both of these in the theater and heard a lot of laughter from both scenes.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=total+recall+arnold+uses+bystander+as+shield+for+bullets&va=b&t=hc&ia=videos&iax=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEq_pVzyhXHw

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In reply to NE PA Ag • 12:11p, 9/4/25
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NE PA Ag said:
I personally don't get laughs from people being shot in movies, but I saw both of these in the theater and heard a lot of laughter from both scenes.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=total+recall+arnold+uses+bystander+as+shield+for+bullets&va=b&t=hc&ia=videos&iax=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEq_pVzyhXHw

https://duckduckgo.com/?va=b&t=hc&q=pulp+fiction+scene+accidentally+shoots+drug+dealer&ia=videos&iax=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLBBni_-tMNs


You might have heard me laughing my ass off at the "Oh man I shot marvin in the face" line. The absurdity and abruptness of it is hysterical. You already have no idea where this movie is going and that just adds to the chaos.
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12:27p, 9/4/25
Am I the only one that found the cat scene in Boondock Saints funny?
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12:40p, 9/4/25
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I don't remember the name of the movie, but from way back when I was a kid, there was a movie with George C. Scott where he was an assassin or contract killer. He had a guy in the guy's living room at gunpoint, real quiet and tense scene, and the guy's cat jumps onto a piece of furniture. Scott shot the cat. 10 year old me thought that was about the funniest thing I'd ever seen.

edit - the movie might have been Rage, which came out in 1972.
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In reply to Fenrir • 12:40p, 9/4/25
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That's a comedic scene, so no, you're not.
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12:45p, 9/4/25
Padme? NOOOOOOOO!!!

Whole theater laughed.
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1:12p, 9/4/25
The entire first half of Full Metal Jacket was hilarious.
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1:17p, 9/4/25
HERES JOHNNY!
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1:18p, 9/4/25
When the midget is trying to leave joker's apartment after witnessing a gruesome murder but can't reach the latch
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In reply to The Sun • 1:19p, 9/4/25
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The Sun said:
The entire first half of Full Metal Jacket was hilarious.

Agreed. Some of the best quotes came out of that part of the movie. Then the second half came and went right off the rails.
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1:28p, 9/4/25
I don't know why, if it was the abruptness, or how late it happened relative to the scene, but this always made me laugh


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8:16p, 9/4/25
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I mean this has to be # 1 right??

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In reply to Raptor • 9:30p, 9/4/25
Well, it wasn't me, it was some X account, but the CGI and the double-hit makes it unintentionally kind of funny. I think they could have cut away or shot it some other way that would have made it shocking in a sad way and not in a weird way.
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9:36p, 9/4/25
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Hans Gruber's death made everyone laugh
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I laughed when Princess Leia floated through space like super man.

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11:02p, 9/4/25
The goat killing the dad in "The Witch"
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I can't think of any offhand, but I am reminded of Bill Burr sharing with Conan a funny scene in a serious movie and then discussing a serious TV show

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12:34a, 9/5/25
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Ever see the Crying Game?
Life's an endless party, not a punch card.
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12:46p, 9/5/25
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The first thing that comes to mind
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In reply to fav13andac1)c • 12:54p, 9/5/25
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I remember watching in the theaters when I was 12 and all the adults were cheering and laughing because the lawyer died…. I now get the joke as an adult.
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Easy. Out of Sight, when the fat burglar trips running up the stairs with his gun pointed at Foley and shoots himself in the head.

Underrated movie.
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1:29p, 9/5/25
"Meet Joe Black" has another one where Brad Pitt just starts talking with a unnecessary Jamaican accent out of nowhere

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