Favorite comedy films

Started by Edd Grayson, Wed, 26 Jun 2013, 12:20

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1. Back to the Future
2. Dr Strangelove
3. Airplane!
4. Batman the Movie
5. Heathers
6. Young Frankenstein
7. Ghostbusters
8. Mars Attacks!
9. Beetlejuice
10.Some Like It Hot
11.High Anxiety
12.Blazing Saddles
13.Le gendarme de Saint Tropez
14.Arsenic and Old Lace
15.Groundhog Day

not sure if Back to the future (iit is my favourite movie though) counts as a comedy but here are mine unranked

Ghostbusters
Austin Powers
Baseketball
Bill and Ted's excellent adventure
Borat
clerks II
Grandma's Boy
Groundhog day
Happy Gilmore
Harold and Kumar
Office space
the big lebowski
talledega nights
anchorman

A few:

Dumb and Dumber
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Ace Ventura When Nature Calls
The Mask
The Blues Brothers
Borat
Napoleon Dynamite
National Lampoon (Christmas and Vegas)
Happy Gilmore
Billy Madison
Austin Powers

This is the five I picked for an Empire poll a few years back:

1. A Fish Called Wanda
2. This is Spinal Tap
3. Hot Fuzz
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

I'm also a big fan of Dr Strangelove, The Producers (the original), Monty Python (particularly Holy Grail and Life of Brian), most pre-2000 Woody Allen movies, Tootsie, The King of Comedy, Trading Places, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future (like Riddler I'm not sure whether it strictly counts as a comedy since it's more a mix of genres), Little Shop of Horrors, Roxanne, Withnail and I, The Naked Gun, Parenthood, Quick Change, Groundhog Day, Mars Attacks!, Zoolander, Dodgeball, Anchorman and The 40 Year-old Virgin.
Johnny Gobs got ripped and took a walk off a roof, alright? No big loss.

The Big Lebowski
This is Spinal Tap
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
A Fish Called Wanda
Tropic Thunder
Kung Fu Hustle
The Blues Brothers
Borat
Mars Attacks

Cobra (Stallone)
Invasion USA (Chuck Norris)
On Deadly Ground (Steven Seagal)
Bloodsport aka Kumite (Van Damme)
Commando (Schwarzenegger)

The Naked Gun Trilogy
Coming to America
BASEketball
Orgazmo - [Best superhero movie ever!..... ;) :D]
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
The Woman in Red
True Lies
Airplane! (aka "Flying High!" in Australia)
Team America: World Police
Groundhog Day
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
The Dark Knight Rises  ;)
QuoteJonathan Nolan: He [Batman] has this one rule, as the Joker says in The Dark Knight. But he does wind up breaking it. Does he break it in the third film?

Christopher Nolan: He breaks it in...

Jonathan Nolan: ...the first two.

Source: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uwV8rddtKRgC&pg=PR8&dq=But+he+does+wind+up+breaking+it.&hl=en&sa=X&ei

The General
Sherlock Jr.
Duck Soup
The Court Jester
A Shot in the Dark
Batman '66
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Young Frankenstein
Gremlins
Ghostbusters
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Without A Clue
The Burbs
Mars Attacks!
Galaxy Quest
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Why is there always someone who bring eggs and tomatoes to a speech?

Duck Soup (1933)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Way Out West (1937)
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
The Ladykillers (1955)
Carry On Sergeant (1958)
Carry on Cleo (1964)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Batman: The Movie (1966)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
High Anxiety (1977)
Airplane! (1980)
Ghostbusters (1984)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Naked Gun (1988)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Galaxy Quest (1999)


Darn I forgot about the original Ladykillers (and Caveman too)!
Why is there always someone who bring eggs and tomatoes to a speech?