20 Raunchy '90s Comedies We've Watched A Thousand Times

These scandalous comedies had you laughing and your parents wondering whether you knew what you were laughing at.

Movies in the '90s weren't afraid to push the limits. Raunchy films came out on the regular, and audiences were obsessed.

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Whether it was toilet humor or a super lusty plot, these were the kinds of movies your parents were not thrilled you were watching when they weren't around (but did nothing to actually stop you from watching).

It set the scene for the way the genre really geared up in the early aughts, and it wouldn't have been possible without these '90s greats.

1. Ski School

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A so-bad-it's-good comedy that sees the party crowd battle the straight-laced kids to keep their jobs at...the ski school, with all kinds of pranks flying back and forth.

2. Wayne's World

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There's a good reason why Mike Myers makes more than one appearance on this list. Wayne's World started as SNL sketch comedy greatness and blossomed into a whole cultural touchstone. It's ridiculous and laugh-out-loud funny and contains lots of outlandish moments that only films of this era provided.

3. Dazed and Confused

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Dazed and Confused was once regarded as just a stoner comedy but has since seen more appreciation for its strengths. It's a look back like many before and after it, but still stands alone in its specific spirit and sense of humor. 

4. Clerks

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Clerks is a movie that masters verbal raunchiness. The jokes are smart and saucy, and though there isn't anything explicit on screen, it's never far from the action, making sense of its NC-17 release.

5. Dumb and Dumber

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"Idiot friend hijinks" was a whole subgenre of '90s edgy films, honestly, kicking off with Dumb and Dumber. Vulgarity takes this into surreal territory, but the laughs bring an otherwise absurd movie a little more down-to-earth.

6. Billy Madison

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Adam Sandler plays a lovable goofball (and nepo baby) who is going after the out-of-his-league girl who happens to be a teacher. Deciding he's truly hot for said teacher and ready for the next stage of his life, he's forced to grow up — which starts by finishing grade school and beyond.

7. Friday

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There were quite a few Black-directed comedies that made a mark in the '90s, but none quite like Friday, which proves just how funny a "day in the life"-style movie can be. 

8. Flirting with Disaster

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First of all, there are SO many people in this movie. All kinds of big names are on deck for this comedy about a guy searching for his birth parents and learning a lot about himself along the way. A great watch for anyone with a screwy sense of humor.

9. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

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A whole legion of '90s kids learned their first dozen (outdated) sexual innuendos from the Austin Powers film franchise. Another throwback film proves that yesteryear was sexy and weird and really, really funny...especially for a spy.

10. Booty Call

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In 1997, Roger Ebert called Booty Call " the raunchiest sex comedy I can remember," AND compared it to the hilarity of Beavis and Butt-Head, which is saying something. The sex-positive, raucous movie sees Jamie Foxx, Vivica A. Fox, Tommy Davidson, and Tamala Jones on a truly wild double date that goes awry.

11. Chasing Amy

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Kevin Smith brings raunchy humor to a romantic comedy in Chasing Amy and elevates it with an exploration of sexual fluidity that was ahead of its time and also honest in the ugliness of a straight man's jealousy at being caught in the middle and pushed to the outside. It goes deep but still makes you laugh.

12. Orgazmo

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Trey Parker and Matt Stone show what they can do with a real-life staff and that same sense of humor that made South Park blow up. Like the animated series, this definitely falls more on the vulgar/outrageous side of raunchy that is no longer respected or tolerated by more modern audiences.

13. Can't Hardly Wait

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Can't Hardly Wait does a great job at capturing that "just graduated, now what?" feeling and all the partying that comes along with it — complete with a cast full of the who's who of the '90s.

14. Half Baked

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Half Baked is a true gem among stoner comedies. Who among us hasn't felt so high they were levitating over furniture? Absurdity ensues at every turn of this.

15. There's Something About Mary

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Gross-out comedy started getting some real attention in the '90s, and this moment is one of the quintessential examples of such. This Farrelly brothers classic moves from gag to gag and keeps you laughing at just how twisted one lingering high school crush can get.

16. The Wedding Singer

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This one sways a little more romantic than raunchy, but the niche of the humor also tips the scales. This one is full of sneaky laughs you weren't expecting.

17. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

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It's hard to really encapsulate what a cultural phenomenon South Park was in the early years. Like Kyle's mom, all of our parents were screaming, "Enough with the toilet humor" when they heard us quoting lines for this filthy favorite.

18. American Pie

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The horny nerd population has never been more seen than when the American Pie cinematic universe kicked off with this movie. This reminds you that in the middle of all the ~sexy~ moments you expect in your teen years and early adulthood, you're still awkward af, and so are your experiences.

19. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

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Deuce Bigalow is that kind of funny that felt cringy, even to those who enjoyed it then, and feels totally out of place now since it's aged badly. But its title and stills got so much attention during its release that it deserves a place on this list. 

20. Idle Hands

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Gross-out horror comedy was another thriving '90s subgenre that needs recognition, with Idle Hands as one of the most underrated titles among them, taking some of the biggest moments from horrors and comedies of the era and meshing them all together and throwing in a heavy dose of satire.

What raunchy comedies are your favorite? Which did we forget? Let's talk in the comments.