Top 25 Comedies of All Time

[Beej]

Breakfast Club?
Police Academy?
Porky's?
Risky Business?

Damn, lots of good ones missing.

[epicSocialism4tw]

Originally Posted by BroncoInferno

You're insane. The fact that it isn't in the number one slot totally invalidates the list. Best dialogue ever written for a film in ANY genre.

I was thinking that it should have been top 5 easily. Just about everything in that movie is hilarious.

That movie basically re-directed comedy production.

Also, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation should have been #1. Though it is a Christmas movie, its probably one of the most universally beloved comedies of all time. A Christmas Story too.

[BleedingOrange]

History of the World Part 1

[broncocalijohn]

Thought of a couple of them and you tell me where they stand. Porkys 1 & 2 and shindler's list. I can go top 3 on those.

[Bronco Boy]

No Arthur? Come on man.

[bendog]

I rather liked Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge

[jhns]

One movie I don't see being mentioned is Super Troopers. That movie makes me lmao every time.

Oh and Zombieland. The scene in Bill Murrays house is one of the best all time comedy scenes. I am still laughing at them shooting him.

[Missouribronc]

Originally Posted by jhns

one movie i don't see being mentioned is super troopers. That movie makes me lmao every time.

candy bars!

[Gcver2ver3]

Originally Posted by WhoIsJohnGalt

if you know some of the inside jokes, Bowfinger is a very cleverly disguised comedy taking some pot shots at certain hollywood people and institutions.

fair enough...i only watched it once and it was years ago when i was probably too young to get it...

i just remember being totally non-entertained...probably just went over my head, wouldn't have been the first time...

[Gcver2ver3]

Originally Posted by rovolution

The Hangover is better than a lot of the movies listed

no doubt...made #6 on my alltime list...

[TheReverend]

List doesn't include Super Troopers, Dirty Work or the Hangover, but found room for Shaun of the Dead?

Invalid list.

[TheReverend]

Originally Posted by broncocalijohn

Thought of a couple of them and you tell me where they stand. Porkys 1 & 2 and shindler's list. I can go top 3 on those.

That is so terribly wrong it's ridiculous

[bendog]

Originally Posted by TheReverend

That is so terribly wrong it's ridiculous

Sophie's choice was funnier.

[Houshyamama]

Originally Posted by thereverend

list doesn't include super troopers, dirty work or the hangover, but found room for shaun of the dead?

Invalid list.

qft

[hookemhess]

Originally Posted by WhoIsJohnGalt

The Big Lebowski = over-rated

Yeah, well, you know, that's just like your opinion, man.

[Houshyamama]

Originally Posted by hookemhess

Yeah, well, you know, that's just like your opinion, man.

This post really ties the thread together, man.

[Miss I.]

the list posted is okay, but some stuff was missing and some overrated. I love Ghostbusters, but #1 seems a bit high to me.

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/page...ie_comedy.html

that's another list, 100 plus greatest movies of all time, some overlap with the original, some are different and I think I might agree with more of this one (I am only pasting the top 25, but there are lot more, I would suggest looking at it to find your favorites, some are in there).

1. Duck Soup - (1933) (Marx Brothers)
2. Some Like It Hot - (1959) (Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe)
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - (1975) (Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, etc.)
4. Airplane! - (1980) (Robert Hayes, Julie Hagerty)
5. "Dr. Strangelove" - (1964) (Peter Sellers, George C. Scott)
6. Blazing Saddles - (1974) (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder)
7. What's Up, Doc? - (1972) (Barbra Striesand, Ryan O'Neil)
8. National Lampoon's Animal House - (1978) (John Belushi, Tim Matheson)
9. A Night At The Opera - (1935) (Marx Brothers)
10. The Odd Couple - (1968) (Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau)
11. Annie Hall - (1977) (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts)
12. The Producers - (1968) (Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn)
13. The Gold Rush - (1925) (Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray)
14. Tootsie - (1982) (Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Bill Murray)
15. Young Frankenstein - (1974) (Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle)
16. Bringing Up Baby - (1938) (Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn)
17. Arthur - (1981) (Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli)
18. Modern Times - (1933) (Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman)
19. Take The Money And Run - (1969) (Woody Allen, Janet Margolin)
20. A Shot In The Dark - (1964) (Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer)
21. Adam's Rib - (1949) (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn)
22. No Time For Sergeants - (1958) (Andy Griffith, Mervyn LeRoy)
23. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - (1963) (Milton Berle, Jonathan Winters)
24. M*A*S*H - (1970) (Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Sally Kellerman)
25. Lost In America - (1985) (Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Sylvia Farrel)


Of course, I am willing to be most people don't know a good portion of these films. I am a film junkie, I've seen 95% of them.

[bendog]

Interesting. I thought I was the only one who really liked it's a mad, mad, mad world. It's not really that funny a movie unless you get some of the inside gags. Who'd have thought who the villan turned out to be .... That's just crazy.

I never really liked Woody Allen, but I realize it was just lost on me. I thought Martin and Lewis were funnier than Abbot and Costello, but Lewis as a solo act was lost on me too.

I thought Python's Meaning of Life was really their pinnacle, but the whole Arthur thing is made for parody ... as it was probably a myth that was unintentional parody as well. Interesting list with the "old stuff."

[Mile High Shack]

Originally Posted by Miss I.

the list posted is okay, but some stuff was missing and some overrated. I love Ghostbusters, but #1 seems a bit high to me.

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/page...ie_comedy.html

that's another list, 100 plus greatest movies of all time, some overlap with the original, some are different and I think I might agree with more of this one (I am only pasting the top 25, but there are lot more, I would suggest looking at it to find your favorites, some are in there).

1. Duck Soup - (1933) (Marx Brothers)
2. Some Like It Hot - (1959) (Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe)
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - (1975) (Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, etc.)
4. Airplane! - (1980) (Robert Hayes, Julie Hagerty)
5. "Dr. Strangelove" - (1964) (Peter Sellers, George C. Scott)
6. Blazing Saddles - (1974) (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder)
7. What's Up, Doc? - (1972) (Barbra Striesand, Ryan O'Neil)
8. National Lampoon's Animal House - (1978) (John Belushi, Tim Matheson)
9. A Night At The Opera - (1935) (Marx Brothers)
10. The Odd Couple - (1968) (Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau)
11. Annie Hall - (1977) (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts)
12. The Producers - (1968) (Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn)
13. The Gold Rush - (1925) (Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray)
14. Tootsie - (1982) (Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Bill Murray)
15. Young Frankenstein - (1974) (Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle)
16. Bringing Up Baby - (1938) (Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn)
17. Arthur - (1981) (Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli)
18. Modern Times - (1933) (Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman)
19. Take The Money And Run - (1969) (Woody Allen, Janet Margolin)
20. A Shot In The Dark - (1964) (Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer)
21. Adam's Rib - (1949) (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn)
22. No Time For Sergeants - (1958) (Andy Griffith, Mervyn LeRoy)
23. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - (1963) (Milton Berle, Jonathan Winters)
24. M*A*S*H - (1970) (Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Sally Kellerman)
25. Lost In America - (1985) (Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Sylvia Farrel)


Of course, I am willing to be most people don't know a good portion of these films. I am a film junkie, I've seen 95% of them.

I bolded the movies I know about and think are good

thing about comedy..well, art for that matter, it's so subjective, the only true statement you can say about art is "Justin Bieber sucks"

[Smiling Assassin27]

Originally Posted by Miss I.

the list posted is okay, but some stuff was missing and some overrated. I love Ghostbusters, but #1 seems a bit high to me.

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/page...ie_comedy.html

that's another list, 100 plus greatest movies of all time, some overlap with the original, some are different and I think I might agree with more of this one (I am only pasting the top 25, but there are lot more, I would suggest looking at it to find your favorites, some are in there).

1. Duck Soup - (1933) (Marx Brothers)
2. Some Like It Hot - (1959) (Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe)
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - (1975) (Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, etc.)
4. Airplane! - (1980) (Robert Hayes, Julie Hagerty)
5. "Dr. Strangelove" - (1964) (Peter Sellers, George C. Scott)
6. Blazing Saddles - (1974) (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder)
7. What's Up, Doc? - (1972) (Barbra Striesand, Ryan O'Neil)
8. National Lampoon's Animal House - (1978) (John Belushi, Tim Matheson)
9. A Night At The Opera - (1935) (Marx Brothers)
10. The Odd Couple - (1968) (Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau)
11. Annie Hall - (1977) (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts)
12. The Producers - (1968) (Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn)
13. The Gold Rush - (1925) (Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray)
14. Tootsie - (1982) (Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Bill Murray)
15. Young Frankenstein - (1974) (Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle)
16. Bringing Up Baby - (1938) (Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn)
17. Arthur - (1981) (Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli)
18. Modern Times - (1933) (Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman)
19. Take The Money And Run - (1969) (Woody Allen, Janet Margolin)
20. A Shot In The Dark - (1964) (Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer)
21. Adam's Rib - (1949) (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn)
22. No Time For Sergeants - (1958) (Andy Griffith, Mervyn LeRoy)
23. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - (1963) (Milton Berle, Jonathan Winters)
24. M*A*S*H - (1970) (Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Sally Kellerman)
25. Lost In America - (1985) (Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Sylvia Farrel)


Of course, I am willing to be most people don't know a good portion of these films. I am a film junkie, I've seen 95% of them.

Duck Soup. That is all. Again.

[Chris]

Dumb and Dumber
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Zoolander
Spinal Tap
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Waiting for Guffman
Much Ado About Nothing
A Fish Called Wanda
Rushmore
There's Something About Mary
Groundhog Day
Anything by Stephen Chow

If you're going to pick funniest TV shows most of my picks would be English

I'm Alan Partridge
Blackadder
Peep Show
The Office
Fawlty Towers
Monty Python

[Play2win]

Naked Gun-- I have never laughed so loud!

[schaaf]

Dumb and Dumber for sure, The hangover is on there, Anchorman definitely

[Jesterhole]

Ign is written by a bunch of white dudes in thier early twenties. This list reflects that. I stopped at 11. This list has no merit.

[White Horses Inc.]

Coming to America! "That boy is good...yeah good and terrible" ........"Sexual Chocolate! they play so fine don't you agree?"