What's the movie genre called that mixes historical settings and modern comedy?

Wild Bill@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 42 points –

I mean movies that are just like regular modern comedy movies but take place in a historical setting. Some examples include “The Little Hours” and “A Million Ways to Die in the West.” Furthermore, does anybody have any more examples of movies like these?

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Period comedy

Anachronistic comedy.

I mean, did you just make up that term? Or is that an actual genre comedy?

I don’t disagree that your term is adequately descriptive, I’m just curious as to whether that is a known name for this genre of comedy. I’m not trying to argue here.