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Gross-out films form a sub-genre of comedy movies in which the producers aim to "gross out" their audience with disgusting and disturbing material, such as sexual or "toilet" humour. Since the abolition of the Production Code and its replacement with the MPAA film rating system in the late 1960s, some filmmakers began to experiment with vulgar humor. Early pioneers of the gross-out genre include several John Waters films of the early 1970s, such as Pink Flamingos
(1972) and Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles
(1974).

The first true "gross-out film" was 1978's National Lampoon's Animal House
, which was a great success at the box office. Since the 1980s, gross-out films increased in number, and became the norm for comedy films. Some films of this genre could be aimed at teen audiences (such as Porky's
or American Pie
) or adult audiences (such as There's Something About Mary
or Wedding Crashers
).

Examples of the Gross-out genre

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Airplane!
American Pie
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Animal House (the first film labeled as "gross-out")
The Aristocrats
The Austin Powers
trilogy of films
Bachelor Party
Bad Santa
BASEketball
Beverly Hills Cop
Big Daddy
Blazing Saddles
(the original gross-out film)
Boat Trip
Braindead
(US title: Dead Alive)
Caddyshack
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Dumb and Dumber
Eurotrip
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
48 Hrs.
Freddy Got Fingered
Friday
Hot Shots!
Jackass: The Movie
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
The Meaning of Life
Meatballs
The Naked Gun
The Nutty Professor (remake of 1963 film)
Old School
Porky's
Risky Business
Road Trip
Slackers
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Stripes
There's Something About Mary
Team America: World Police
Wedding Crashers
When Harry Met Sally...
Zoolander

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