The 1990s were a terrific decade for comedies on both a studio and independent level.
While indie comedies like Flirting With Disaster and Living in Oblivion would go on to become cult favorites among certain cinephiles, studios were getting more audacious thanks to the comedic prowess of major stars like Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Will Smith, and Johnny Depp.
Even films that were initially disregarded as garbage by film critics, such as Big Daddy and Dirty Work, ended up finding an audience, and several comedies such as Election and The Full Monty became major award season contenders.
However, there was one comedy that was so universal that it became instantly relatable to everyone that saw it.
Mike Judge’s 1999 comedy masterpiece Office Space was the perfect representation of workplace culture at the time, and its themes of dead end employment and corporate mismanagement still ring true to this day.
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