Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

Stephen Chow's 2004 Hong Kong action comedy plays like a live-action cartoon, which makes it the easiest first step on this list. A furious landlady chases a would-be gangster at impossible speed, fights turn into slapstick and the villains are drawn in such bold strokes that you can follow almost every scene with the sound off. The dialogue is in Cantonese and Mandarin, but the real language is physical timing. Expect plenty of stylized violence played for laughs rather than gore.