Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) is rightly celebrated as one of cinema’s great moral dramas — but it’s also quietly, devastatingly funny. In this video, we count down the five funniest moments in the film, from Lester’s insufferable self-mythology to Cliff’s guerrilla documentary warfare, and explore how Allen uses comedy to smuggle in some of the darkest ideas in his entire filmography.
Whether you’re revisiting this masterpiece or watching for the first time, these scenes reveal why Crimes and Misdemeanors stands apart: it makes you laugh, then makes you feel guilty for laughing.
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Crimes and Misdemeanors | 1989 | Directed by Woody Allen | Starring Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston
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