Starting in 2003, with the release of “Old School” and then “Anchorman,” a comedy renaissance started with the boom of the Will Ferrell/Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen era (“The 40 Year Old Virgin,” “Superbad,” “Step Brothers” and “Walk Hard”). Then, the immense success of 2009’s “The Hangover” and 2011’s “Bridesmaids,” which leads us to where we are now. Despite a few great chucklers having been released, most of the recent comedy releases this past decade have been safe “star-based” movies (think Kevin Hart or Melissa McCarthy).

And so, what happened? The mainstream studio comedy has suffered quite a bit in the last few years. Nobody has really cracked the code since the Apatow/Hangover era. It’s incredibly telling that “Game Night” is considered one of the bigger hit comedies recently, and yet, it could only scrape $69 million domestically.

If anything, the 2010s have been characterized by alternative comedies becoming more mainstream. I’m thinking Taika Waititi, Wes Anderson, Armando Iannucci, Edgar Wright for example.

Here are the ten funniest comedies of the last 10 years.