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Criteria: - These Greatest Comedy Movies are rated by how much
they make you laugh, comedic storyline and situations, witty
and/or satirical dialogue, and comedic visuals.

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Last Updated: 12-30-09
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  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)
26. Sullivan's Travels - (1941) (Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake)
27. National Lampoon's Vacation - (1983) (Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo)
28. The Pink Panther - (1964) (Peter Sellers, David Niven, Robert Wagner)
29. A Day At The Races - (1937) (Marx Brothers)
30. Caddyshack - (1980) (Bill Murray, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight)
31. The Court Jester - (1956) (Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury)
32. Bananas - (1971) (Woody Allen, Carlos Montalban)
33. Road To Morocco - (1942) (Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour)
34. This Is Spinal Tap - (1984) (Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer)
35. Ghostbusters - (1984) (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver)
36. Groundhog Day - (1993) (Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott)
37. The Birdcage - (1996) (Robin Williams, Nathan Lane)
38. Borat - (2006) (Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian)
39. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - (1986) (Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara)
40. His Girl Friday - (1940) (Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell)
41. Tais-toi! - (2003) (Gérard Depardieu, Jean Reno)
42. The Naked Gun - (1988) (Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley)
43. Sleeper - (1973) (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton)
44. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - (1997) (Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley)
45. Planes, Trains & Automobiles - (1987) (Steve Martin, John Candy)
46. Born Yesterday - (1950) (Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden)
47. History of the World: Part 1 - (1981) (Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Gregory Hines)
48. The Great Dictator - (1940) (Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie)
49. The Front Page - (1974) (Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau)
50. The Inspector General - (1949) (Danny Kaye, Alan Hale, Walter Slezak)
51. Spaceballs - (1987) (Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, John Candy)
52. The Mouse That Roared - (1959) (Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg)
53. Home Alone - (1990) (Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern)
54. Fast Times At Ridgemont High - (1982) (Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh)
55. The Big Lebowski - (1998) (Jeff Bridges, John Goodman)
56. A Fish Called Wanda - (1988) (John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis)
57. Trading Places - (1983) (Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd)
58. Little Miss Sunshine - (2006) (Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Steve Carell)
59. City Slickers - (1991) (Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern)
60. Meet the Parents - (2000) (Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller)
61. Mrs. Doubtfire - (1993) (Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan)
62. My Cousin Vinny - (1992) (Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Fred Gwynne)
63. Harvey - (1950) (James Stewart, Josephine Hull)
64. Silver Streak - (1976) (Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh)
65. The Nutty Professor - (1963) (Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens)
66. There's Something About Mary - (1998) (Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, Matt Dillon)
67. Good Neighbor Sam - (1964) (Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine)
68. Top Secret - (1984) (Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif)
69. Arsenic and Old Lace - (1944) (Cary Grant, Josephine Hull, Peter Lorre)
70. Beverly Hills Cop - (1984) (Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold)
71. Private Benjamin - (1980) (Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan)
72. Monty Python's Life Of Brian - (1979) (John Cleese, Eric Idle)
73. Way Out West - (1937) (Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy)
74. Cat Ballou - (1965) (Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Dwayne Hickman)
75. To Be or Not to Be - (1942) (Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack)
76. Ruthless People - (1986) (Bette Midler, Danny DeVito)
77. Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure -(1989) (Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter)
78. Wayne's World - (1992) (Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe)
79. Superbad - (2007) (Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen)
80. Stir Crazy - (1981) (Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder)
81. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - (1989) (Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid)
82. Tommy Boy - (1995) (Chris Farley, David Spade)
83. The Bank Dick - (1940) (W.C. Fields, Shemp Howard)
84. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective - (1994) (Jim Carrey, Sean Young)
85. Office Space (1999) - (Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston)
86. The Money Pit - (1986) (Tom Hanks, Shelley Long)
87. The Jerk - (1979) (Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters)
88. Babes in Toyland - (1934) (Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy)
89. The 40 Year Old Virgin - (2005) (Steve Carell, Catherine Keener)
90. Monty Python's Meaning Of Life - (1983) (John Cleese, Eric Idle)
91. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - (1988) (Steve Martin, Michael Caine)
92. Robin Hood: Men In Tights - (1993) (Cary Elwes, Dave Chapelle, Richard Lewis)
93. Clerks. - (1994) (Brian O'Hallora, Jeff Anderson)
94. Sister Act - (1992) (Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy)
95. The Hangover - (Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha)
96. Dumb and Dumber - (1994) (Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels)
97. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex... - (1972) (Woody Allen)
98. Juno - (2007) (Ellen Page, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman)
99. Hot Shots - (1991) (Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Lloyd Bridges)
100. Broadcast News - (1987) (William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter)

101. The Egg and I - (1947) (Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Percy Kilbride)
102. Shaun of the Dead - (2004) (Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield)
103. The Fortune Cookie - (1966) (Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau)
104. Up In Smoke - (1978) (Cheech & Chong)
105. It's A Gift - (1934) (W.C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Baby LeRoy)
106. Foul Play - (1978) (Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn)
107. Operation Petticoat - (1959) (Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Gavin MacLeod)
108. The Royal Tenenbaums - (2001) (Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston)
109. American Pie - (1999) (Jason Biggs, Eugene Levy)
110. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - (1999) (Mike Myers, Michael York)
111. Tropic Thunder - (Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black)
112. Meatballs - (1979) (Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch)
113. The Family Jewels - (1965) (Jerry Lewis, Sebastian Cabot)
114. Down And Out in Beverly Hills - (1986) (Bette Midler, Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss)
115. Beverly Hillbillies - (1993) (Jim Varney, Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin)
116. The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming - (1966) (Carl Reiner, Alan Arkin)
117. Dazed and Confused - (1993) (Jason London, Rory Cochrane)
118. Multiplicity - (1996) (Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Eugene Levy)
119. Bean - (1997) (Rowan Atkinson, Pamela Reed, Burt Reynolds)
120. Rush Hour - (1998) (Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker)
121. Easy Money - (1983) (Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci)
122. Three Amigos! - (1986) (Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short)
123. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - (2004) (Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate)
124. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken - (1966) (Don Knotts, Dick Sargent)
125. My Little Chickadee - (1940) (W.C. Fields, Mae West)
126. Hot Shots! Part Deux - (1993) (Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges)
127. Wedding Crashers - (2005) (Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Christopher Walken)
128. Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein - (1948) (Abbott & Costello, Lon Chaney Jr.)
129. Happy Gilmore - (1996) (Adam Sandler, Dennis Dugan)
130. The Toy - (1982) (Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleeson)
131. Mostro, Il (aka The Monster) - (1994) (Roberto Benigni, Michel Blanc, Nicoletta Braschi)
132. George Washington Slept Here - (1942) (Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Hattie McDaniel)
133. Knocked Up - (2007) (Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl)
134. Oscar - (1991) (Sylvester Stallone, Marisa Tomei, Tim Curry)
135. Big Trouble - (2002) (Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Jack Kehler)
136. Parenthood - (1989) (Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest, Mary Steenburgen)
137. Scary Movie - (2000) (Keenen Ivory Wayans, Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans)
138. Kung Fu Hustle - (2004, Stephen Chow) (Stephen Chow, Xiaogang Feng)
139. Rat Race - (2001) (John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr.)
140. Amazon Women on the Moon - (1987) (Arsenio Hall, Steve Guttenberg, Rosanna Arquette)
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Honorable Mention
  The Three Stooges made 190 "short subject" episodes for Columbia pictures,
  but no "Great" full length movies. However their comedy on film deserves recognition.

  Also, the 'Silent Movie' and 'Short Film' Greats:
  Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle,
  The Keystone Cops, Laurel and Hardy, Harry Langdon, and other silent film actors.
Best Comedy Movies of 2009
  1. The Hangover - (Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha)
  2. The Boat that Rocked - (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michael Hadley)
  3. A Serious Man - (Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed)
  4. I Love You, Man - (Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Jaime Pressly)
  5. Zombieland - (Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone)
  6. In The Loop - (Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini)
  7. Up in the Air - (George Clooney, Jason Bateman, Zach Galifianakis)
  8. It's Complicated - (Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin)
  9. Funny People - (Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana)
10. The Informant - (Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Melanie Lynskey, Joel McHale)
Best Comedy Movies of 2008
  1. Tropic Thunder - (Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black)
  2. Forgetting Sara Marshall - (Kristen Bell, Jason Segel, Mila Kunis)
  3. Be Kind Rewind - (Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover)
  4. Zach and Miri Make a Porno - (Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson)
  5. Role Models - (Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks)
  6. Pineapple Express - (Seth Rogen, James Franco, Ed Begley Jr.)
  7. Yes Man - (Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper)
  8. Get Smart - (Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson)
  9. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - (John Cho, Kal Penn)
10. Step Brothers - (Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen)
    Top Ten Comedy (Movie) Writers/Directors:

    1. Charlie Chaplin
    2. Woody Allen
    3. Mel Brooks
    4. Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
    5. David Zucker/Jerry Zucker/Jim Abrahams
    6. Monty Python's Flying Circus;
    7. Alexander Payne/Jim Taylor
    8. Peter Farrelly/Bobby Farrelly
    9. Charlie Kaufman
  10. Billy Wilder/I.A.L. Diamond
  11. Harold Ramis
  12. James L. Brooks
  13. Neil Simon
  14. Kevin Smith
  15. John Waters


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