Funniest Movies Ever/Greatest Comedies

[Bluemoon_Rising]

In no particular order, some of my favorites:

Some Like it Hot
Take the Money and Run
The Great Dictator
A Fish Called Wanda
Airplane
Blazing Saddles
The Gold Rush
Fargo
The Out-of-Towners (1970, "Oh, my God")
Napoleon Dynamite
The Jerk
Big
The General
Annie Hall
Beetlejuice
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Young Frankenstein
Tootsie
Broadcast News
Modern Times
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Duck Soup
The Producers (Mel Brooks)
Edward Sissorhands
Lemony Snickett's: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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[Trevelyan]

"Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"

"The Big Lebowski"

"Fargo"

"Network"

"Office Space"

"Clerks"

"The Life Aquatic"

"Rushmore"

"The Royal Tenenbaums"

"This is Spinal Tap"

"Waiting for Guffman"

"Best in Show"

"Sideways"

"Being John Malkovich"

"The 40-Year-Old Virgin"

"Election"

"Wonderboys"

"About Schmidt"

"Primary Colors"

[Bluemoon_Rising]

I added a few more, Trev, that came to mind.

I haven't seen Office Space, Clerks, Spinal Tap or Rushmore.

I'll check them out.

[Trevelyan]

I added a few more, Trev, that came to mind.

Me too.

I haven't seen Office Space, Clerks, Spinal Tap or Rushmore.

I'll check them out.

So you have seen "The Life Aquatic" and "The Royal Tenenbaums" then right? "Rushmore" is from the same director, and the style is similar to those films, so if you liked those, you should enjoy this as well. "Rushmore" is my personal favorite among the three.

[Bluemoon_Rising]

Another favorite of mine is The Ladykillers (1955), and, unlike most critics, I liked the Coen Brothers remake . . . sort of. It's just that I found the excessively foul language distracting. Why? It added nothing and sometimes ruined what was otherwise some pretty funny dialogue.

[Bluemoon_Rising]

Me too.



So you have seen "The Life Aquatic" and "The Royal Tenenbaums" then right? "Rushmore" is from the same director, and the style is similar to those films, so if you liked those, you should enjoy this as well. "Rushmore" is my personal favorite among the three.

I sort of liked 'em, but they didn't thrill me. Have you seen Lost in Translation? Should I see it?

[Trevelyan]

Have you seen Lost in Translation? Should I see it?

Yeah, it is one of my favorite movies, however, I hesitate on saying it is a comedy. It could be argued that it is, but I'm not too sure at this point.

Anyway, I recommend it highly, but I know it certainly is not for everyone. Also, I have watched it about five times, and I have found it is one of those films that seems to get better each time you watch it, so I would say watch it twice before passing judgment on it.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

Weekend At Bernie's
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
The Whole Nine Yards & The Whole Ten Yards
Big Trouble (Tim Allen, Rene Russo)
Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein (Actually ALL the Abbot & Costello moives!)
You Can't Take It With You
Fargo

I know I'll think of more, but I don't think anyone has listed the ones above (except for Fargo . . . that movie is just Fun-knee!!!)

[S-T]

Tommy Boy!

:roar:

I laughed so hard that I could not breathe when Farley walked face-first into the side of the forklift.

"Black Sheep" was not nearly as good because it was too much of an imitation of the original, but "Beverly Hills Ninja" was fun.

[Lubbock]

Cat Ballou --1965

Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, Nat 'King' Cole, Stubby Kaye, Tom Nardini, Jane Fonda and John Marley

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

Guess some "comedy" is just not my style -- am not fond of, I think it's called "bathroom humor," which seems to be the forte of such "comedians" as Chris Farley (I know, he's passed away, but his movies DID have that kind of humor), David Spade, Jim Carrey, Ben Stiller.

I did like Uncle Buck with John Candy, though! http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Jim Sentry]

There's something About Mary
Animal House
Me.Myself, and Irene
The Mask

[Lubbock]

I'm a real stick in the mud about "bathroom humor" and other vulgarities, too, Homey. That's why I'm so stuck on the old movies.

Hey! Did you see? I learned to post!!! [This may be a real bad thing the Good Doctor taught me.]

[Bluemoon_Rising]

I know I'll think of more, but I don't think anyone has listed the ones above (except for Fargo . . . that movie is just Funny.

Not only my favorite comedy, but one of the best movies in cinema history.

"He's fleeing the interview!"

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

Not only my favorite comedy, but one of the best movies in cinema history.

"He's fleeing the interview!"

Oh my gosh, Blue (btw, welcome back, long time no see!!! http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/images/icons/wave0000.gif), they were playing Fargo on AMC last night, and I happened to click to it at the part where she's interviewing the girls,


Fargo (1996) (http://www.filmsite.org/fargo2.html)

In one of the film's most memorable scenes, the genial, dead-panning police chief questions two strippers (Hooker # 1: Larissa Kokernot and Hooker # 2 Melissa Peterman) at the Lakeside Club. The two are the hookers who were apparently hired to service the hired goons (one who was "funny-lookin'", and the other who was older and "looked like the Marlboro man") before the kidnapping and murders in the Twin Cities:Marge: OK, I want you to tell me what these fellas looked like.
Hooker #1: Well, the little guy, he was kinda funny-looking.
Marge: In what way?
Hooker #1: I dunno, just funny-lookin'.
Marge: Can you be any more specific?
Hooker #1: I couldn't really say. He wasn't circumcised.
Marge: Was he funny lookin' apart from that?
Hooker #1: Yeah.
Marge: So - you were having sex with the little fella, then?
Hooker #1: Uh-huh.
Marge: Is there anything else you can tell me about him?
Hooker #1: No. Like I say, he was funny lookin'. More n' most people even.

The information from them proves useful to Marge: "Oh you betcha, yah."


ROFL -- that is my absolute favorite part of the movie. I was in tears, last night, as usual . . . and only watched about 15 minutes of the whole movie! (That's all I was allowed, my son had control of the clicker, I gave up rights until 10pm, LOL)

Frances McDormand has GREAT comedic timing, whether she's trying or not. Oh man, and William H. Macy's face when the guy from GMAC calls, AGAIN! ROFL Just too, too funny!

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

I'm a real stick in the mud about "bathroom humor" and other vulgarities, too, Homey. That's why I'm so stuck on the old movies.

Hey! Did you see? I learned to post!!! [This may be a real bad thing the Good Doctor taught me.]

:claps: Way to go Lub!! Sorry I wasn't able to be helpful in that area, but I know Doc could fix you up!

Yeah, bathroom humor is not my cup of tea. I love all the oldies too -- the fondest memories I carry are those watching the old black and whites with my Dad. Bringing Up Papa, is another one that's funny! Oh and the original Mr. Deeds Goes to Town! And you know, if they ever decide to make a remake, it just doesn't live up to the original, because they (hollyweird) seem you-know-what-bent on slapping in sex scenes, vulgar language and raw material for no reason whatsoever.

Okay, I completely left out the movies of Laural & Hardy, W.C. Fields, and The Bowery Boys . . . and the Charlie Chan movies were hilarious, but I don't think they were exactly MEANT to be funny. And I cannot BELIEVE I left out Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther movies!

Sheesh, don't get me started, LOL

[Lubbock]

The original Yours, Mine and Ours [Edited. Thank you Homey] with Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda will not only make you fall down laughing, it will make you cry. And think.

One of the old greats!!!

[Lubbock]

GOOF!

I fixed it!

[BarryC]

Some of my favorites in no particular order:

The Pink Panther
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Airplane!
Airplane 2 the sequal
Johnny Dangerously
Nothing But Trouble
Better Off Dead
Bringing Up Baby
Androcles and the Lion (1952, the guy from Mr. Ed is in it)
Operation Petticoat
Father Goose
The Big Bus
Murder Can Hurt You (TV movie never release on video)
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters 2
Back to the Future
Spaceballs
The Naked Gun, from the Files of Police Squad
The Naked Gun 2½
The Naked Gun 33 1/3
Galaxy Quest
Topper
Arsenic and Old Lace

This is by no means a complete list.
Barry

[Republican_Legion]

American Pie 1, 2 and 3
Trapped in paradise
Coneheads
Tommy Boy
Black Sheep
Christmas Vacation
spys like us
Theres something about mary
Planes trains and automobiles
summer rental
Great outdoors

(When Bill murray was funny, before he went drama :rolleyes: )
Groundhog Day
Caddyshack
The man who knew too little
Ghostbusters 1 & 2

Richard Prior and Gene Wilder movies:
Silver streak
stir crazy
see no evil, here no evil

[Charity]

http://www.cranbrookvideo.com/images/movies/army_of_darkness.jpg

Gimme some sugar baby LOL

[Charity]

There's something About Mary
LOL the first time I saw that movie I nearly busted a gut laughing so hard.

The Sweetest Thing was also side splitting.

[ThomasMore]

The Navigator (Buster Keaton)
Safety Last (Harold Lloyd)
My Man Godfrey
The Thin Man
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Awful Truth
Monkey Business
The Inspector General
The Seven Year Itch (Marilyn Monroe)
Destry Rides Again (James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich)
Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Pink Panther (1963 Sellers)
A Shot In The Dark (1964 Sellers, sequel of sorts to The Pink Panther)
The Great Race (Blake Edwards: Curtis, Lemmon and Natalie Wood)
Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Producers (1968 Mel Brooks: Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder)
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Life of Brian
American Graffiti
Diner
Airplane!
The Blues Brothers
Army of Darkness
Caddyshack
Risky Business
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Fletch
Big
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Groundhog Day
The Man Who Knew Too Little (Bill Murray)
City Slickers
I Love You To Death
Soapdish
Major League
The Breakfast Club
Trading Places
Back to the Future
A Fish Called Wanda
My Cousin Vinny
Addicted to Love
The Mask
Dumb and Dumber
Pulp Fiction
Liar, Liar
Noises Off!
HouseSitter
The Nutty Professor (Eddie Murphy remake)
Galaxy Quest
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
There's Something About Mary
Men In Black

[Republican_Legion]

The Navigator (Buster Keaton)
Safety Last (Harold Lloyd)
My Man Godfrey
The Thin Man
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Awful Truth
Monkey Business
The Inspector General
The Seven Year Itch (Marilyn Monroe)
Destry Rides Again (James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich)
Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Pink Panther (1963 Sellers)
A Shot In The Dark (1964 Sellers, sequel of sorts to The Pink Panther)
The Great Race (Blake Edwards: Curtis, Lemmon and Natalie Wood)
Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Producers (1968 Mel Brooks: Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder)
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Life of Brian
American Graffiti
Diner
Airplane!
The Blues Brothers
Army of Darkness
Caddyshack
Risky Business
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Fletch
Big
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Groundhog Day
The Man Who Knew Too Little (Bill Murray)
City Slickers
I Love You To Death
Soapdish
Major League
The Breakfast Club
Trading Places
Back to the Future
A Fish Called Wanda
My Cousin Vinny
Addicted to Love
The Mask
Dumb and Dumber
Pulp Fiction
Liar, Liar
Noises Off!
HouseSitter
The Nutty Professor (Eddie Murphy remake)
Galaxy Quest
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
There's Something About Mary
Men In Black

Nice !

I forgot some of those on my list such as Dumb and Dumber.:D
How I could forget Trading Places is beyond me.

[JonECat]

Airplane! (Looks like the fog is getting thicker....And Leon's getting LARRRRRGER!)
Blazing Saddles
Spaceballs (What's the matter Col. Sanders, Chicken?)
Tommy Boy (The Bathroom scene still slays me to this day!)
Animal House (He can't do that to our pledges, only we can do that to our pledges!)
Groundhog Day
Ghostbusters
Caddyshack
Ferris Bueller's Day off
Young Frankenstein
Army of Darkness
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
When Harry met Sally
Liar, Liar
Police Academy 1
Wayne's World
My Cousin Vinny
Young Doctors in Love
Major League
What's Up, Tiger Lily
UHF
Private Eyes (Tim Conway and Don Knotts, years ago)
A Christmas Story

[Faithful_Servant]

How could this list be completely missing Support Your Local Sherrif?

[Bluemoon_Rising]

Get Shorty

[Rhino]

Funniest Movies Ever/Greatest ComediesBowling for Columbine
Farenheit 911

[Republican_Legion]

Bowling for Columbine
Farenheit 911

Well I'd consider those 2 movies as grade F fiction movies.

[Rhino]

They're good for comedy.

[Bluemoon_Rising]

Good call Rhino