Ask 10 people to name the greatest sitcom episode ever, and you’ll probably get 10 different answers. But when it comes to IMDb ratings, viewers appear to be in rare agreement.
On the movie and TV database, where fans rate episodes individually, one sitcom installment stands clearly above the rest. According to IMDb users, the top-rated sitcom episode is Community Season 1, Episode 23, “Modern Warfare,” which holds an impressive 9.8/10 rating from more than 16,000 viewers.
While sitcom favorites like The Office and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia appear on many “best episode” lists, only eight different shows account for the 15 highest-rated sitcom episodes on IMDb. NBC leads the pack, showcasing the network’s long history of producing beloved comedies.
Of course, the list isn’t meant to represent every great sitcom episode ever made. Instead, it highlights the installments that viewers repeatedly rank among the very best — many of which became standout moments for their series.
Leading the list is “Modern Warfare,” the Community episode that critics have also included among the “Greatest Stand-Alone TV Episodes of All Time.”
The show stars Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Yvette Nicole Brown, Chevy Chase and Ken Jeong, a mismatched group of students navigating the absurdities at Greendale Community College.
The episode was written by Emily Cutler, who later became a co-executive producer on A.P. Bio and Fresh Off the Boat. It was directed by filmmaker Justin Lin, best known for his work on the Fast & Furious franchise, and aired a year before the release of his 2011 film Fast Five.
When it originally aired near the end of Community’s first season, “Modern Warfare” turned the fictional campus into a battlefield during an “official” paintball game.
Students and faculty abandon their usual routines to compete for a valuable prize — priority registration for next semester’s classes. (“You could schedule all your classes on a Monday and take a six day weekend!”).
Cutler and Lin go all out with some of the series’ most ambitious cinematic nods, taking inspiration from movies like Scarface, Die Hard, 28 Days Later and The Matrix. Even amid the over-the-top action, the episode still tells a complete story while advancing the season’s main plotlines.
Although “Modern Warfare” and much of Community’s first season were snubbed at the 62nd Emmy Awards in 2010, the episode’s influence on the show proved lasting.
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