What are your top five movie comedies?

[Judge Smails]

You can use any criteria you'd like. Here's what I based it on: 1) I had to have seen it for the first time during my highschool years in the 80s (my comedically impressionable years). 2) Chock full of funny lines that my friends and I repeat to each other until this day.

1) Caddyshack
2) Strange Brew
3) The Jerk
4) Stripes
5) Blazing Saddles

[prothunderball]

I didn't see them all durring high school but here are my top five in no particular order

1. M*A*S*H*
2. Ferris Buelers Day Off
3. Rushmore
4. Caddyshack
5. Election.

[Crippler]

1) Trading Places
2) Major League
3) Caddyshack
4) Beverly Hills Cop
5) Princess Bride

...it's just too hard to narrow down to just 5...therefore honorable mention to:

Animal House
Fast Times
My Cousin Vinny
The Money Pit
The Toy

[tele7]

1-It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
2-Fast Times
3-Vacation/16 Candles
4-Kentucky Fried Movie
5-Mouse Hunt (no belly laughs, but it's a comedy and I love it)

Edit: Team America World Police would be my #4

[IMSlacker]

1. Office Space
2. Raising Arizona
3. Animal House
4. Caddyshack
5. Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[ppanda]

This a great thread. Mine are (off the top of my head..I will probably change from day to day but)..and in no particular order

1. Airplane( and Airplane II- dont mean to piggyback)
2. CaddyShack
3. Real genius
4. Anchorman
5. Schindlers List













....umm Id like to replace #5 with Space Balls

[Kevin]

1) Trading Places
2) Major League
3) Caddyshack
4) Beverly Hills Cop
5) Princess Bride

...it's just too hard to narrow down to just 5...therefore honorable mention to:

Animal House
Fast Times
My Cousin Vinny
The Money Pit
The Toy

Your still not getting AIDS!!!

[El Mudo]

Slapshot
Animal House
The Big Lebowski
Fargo
Caddyshack

[weekapaugjz]

1. slapshot
2. clerks
3. big lebowski
4. vacation
5. the jerk

[bigredd]

In no particular order, off the top of my drunken head

Hot Shots (Its a guilty pleasure)
Airplane
Caddy Shack
Lebowski
Animal House

Damn it! There are too many to mention just 5!

[Fezticle98]

No order in particular:

Fast Times
Office Space
Animal House
Super Troopers
Borat

Honorable mention: Stripes, Spinal Tap

[King Hippos Bandaid]

1. Blazing Saddles
2. Trading Places
3. Coming to America
4. Theres Something About Mary
5. Naked Gun Trilogy

:king:

[FUNKMAN]

- Let It Ride
- Midnight Run
- Office Space
- Murder By Death
- It's A Mad Mad Mad World

[weekapaugjz]

No order in particular:

Fast Times
Office Space
Animal House
Super Troopers
Borat

Honorable mention: Stripes, Spinal Tap

super troopers was my honorable mention. the jerk beat it out by a nose.

[LiddyRules]

I need to think about it but number one on my list will probably be Dr. Strangelove. Might be the funniest and smartest comedy ever made. Not many movies get funnier the more you watch it, or funnier the older you get but this one does.

And no one mentioned Monty Python and the Holy Grail yet? Even though I prefer Life of Brian overall, I have to throw it to Holy Grail. Definitive, brilliant, hilarious, so many memorable moments, a perfect comedy.

[Bay Ridge Tim]

Dr. Strangelove
The Big Lebowski
Airplane!
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Coming to America

[prothunderball]

can i add Blues Brothers to my list, seeing Animal House on everybody elses list made me think of it. For some reason I like BB better, I think just for pure surealism of the whole thing.

[Fat_Sunny]

It's Too Late For Fat's Brain To Come Up With 5, But He'll Name 2 He Didn't See On The Other Lists:

Young Frankenstein
Planes, Trains And Automobiles***


*** Also On The F_S List Of Favorite Holiday Movies!

[feralBoy]

Young Frankenstein
Planes, Trains And Automobiles***

*** Also On The F_S List Of Favorite Holiday Movies!

Planes, trains and automobiles, may be the funniest movie ever made. I have watched that movie well over 30 times, and I still manage to laugh at almost every joke.

My list.

Planes, trains, and automobiles
Groundhog Day
Ace ventura: pet detective
Midnight Run
and lastly, this ones kinda silly but, The Golden Child, always cracks me up. I don't know why, I think that was eddie murphy's funniest movie.

[Yerdaddy]

Life of Brian
Holy Grail
Raising Arizona
Dr. Strangelove
Blazing Saddles

[Fezticle98]

Lotsa good uns. Good calls on Dr. Strangelove and Blazing Saddles.

I have to throw in Breaking Away (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/) in my honorable mentions, while not a pure comedy, it is hilarious. Paul Dooley as the dad is a fucking riot.

[PapaBear]

Life of Brian
Holy Grail
Raising Arizona
Dr. Strangelove
Blazing Saddles
I love a LOT of the movies people have been picking as much any movie on this list, but I think it has to be about the best 5 I've seen in one post. If I sat down and watched all 5 of these back to back, I think I'd literally die of laughter.

[PapaBear]

Lotsa good uns. Good calls on Dr. Strangelove and Blazing Saddles.

I have to throw in Breaking Away (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/) in my honorable mentions, while not a pure comedy, it is hilarious. Paul Dooley as the dad is a fucking riot.
Not funny, but... Did you ever see the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode, that paired father and son together again?

[Fezticle98]

Not funny, but... Did you ever see the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode, that paired father and son together again?

No. I usually catch only the original and SVU, but I'll have to look for that episode when it comes on.

[spoon]

Damn this isn't even close to easy.

Blazing Saddles
Army of Darkness (* denotes first time mentioned WTF!)
Slapshot
Caddyshack
Mallrats (*)
Super Troopers
MP's The Holy Grail
Dumb and Dumber (*)
Billy Madison (*)
Office Space
Airplance
Animal House
Vacation
Trading Places
Ace Ventura
Fletch (*)
Coming to America
Spaceballs
TommyBoy (*)
Better Off Dead (*)
So I Married An Axe Murderer (*)
American Pie (*)
Shaun of the Dead (*)
South Park the Movie (*)
Borat
Grandma's Boy (*)
Harold and Kumar (*)
Kingpin (*)
Meet the Parents
PCU (*)
Run Ronnie Run (*)
One Crazy Summer (*)
Road Trip

Funny how wide a range these comedies cover, and I'd be hard pressed to select only five. Although some surely could be ruled out. I just listed some major comedies for reference here.

[moochcassidy]

if somebody doesnt say 'what about bob' pretty soon im gonna scrweeeam and scwreeem

spinal tap
blazing saddals
blues brothers
big lebowski

[PapaBear]

if somebody doesnt say 'what about bob' pretty soon im gonna scrweeeam and scwreeem
So, you and Bronxy are getting along again?

[moochcassidy]

So, you and Bronxy are getting along again?

babysteppin it

[Kathleen From The Bronx]

Oooh... I totally can't do a top five cause there will be too much internal infighting...with myself...and it will send me careening into an OCD driven listmaking and eliminating nightmare..... No...no.... I shan't try.....

BUT I will tell you this my dear people..... What About Bob is my number one favorite movie of life.

Ohhh. Ahem... Hellooooo...... Mooch.

[spoon]

Did I miss a good old fashioned Virginia Ireland gang fight or something!?

Dammit!

[moochcassidy]

Did I miss a good old fashioned Virginia Ireland gang fight or something!?

Dammit!

there were some harsh words... a crudely fashioned, make-shift shiv was brandished... a few stitches to the eyeball...all friends again

just another day in paradise

there is no question whatsoever that 'what about (ye) bob?' is the best of the best

[moochcassidy]

if somebody doesnt say 'what about bob' pretty soon im gonna scrweeeam and scwreeem

spinal tap
blazing saddals
blues brothers
big lebowski

thinking again you could swap them around. its more about the style of movie- director or lead

best in show
young frankenstein
animal house
raizing arizona

with a Grounghog Day chaser

[spoon]

didn't see best in show, not a fan of raising arizona (hate nick cage soooo fucking much) but the rest are great.

[Snacks]

didn't see best in show, not a fan of raising arizona (hate nick cage soooo fucking much) but the rest are great.

I only hate 2 actors (that I can think of)
Nick Cage
Jaquin Phoenix

I have seen a lot of their movies and like most of them, except for their parts. Something about the 2 of them make me want to break something

As for comedies there are so many that I cant think straight. No way I can list my top 5 but a few

Tommy Boy
Black Sheep
Rush Hour
Fletch
Forrest Gump (it had everything drama, comedy, history but the comedy was brilliant)
fast times
the jerk
strange brew
let it ride
midnight run
groundhog day
Waterboy
Mr Deeds
Wedding singer
Coming to America
American Pie
one crazy summer
better off dead
trading places
the break up
made
wedding crashers
guess who (for some reason i love this movie)
fatso
cannonball run
Hot Stuff
Back to school
Friday
The toy
Brewsters Million
wow so many more i think thats enough

[moochcassidy]

didn't see best in show, not a fan of raising arizona (hate nick cage soooo fucking much) but the rest are great.


"okay theeen"

hear ya on Cage. but i always loved raising arizona because it has perfect timing- its like a cartoon.

watch the scene where hal's trying to steal the kid...movement and composition just seems so right. testament to joel cohen's directing talents.

plus, one of the best intros in movie histroy. by the time that yodelling music kicks in- you have yourself one of the greatest setups EVER.

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Best in Show is a must see..dont think im reaching too much there. Its one that NEEEEDS to be watched.

[moochcassidy]

Snacks you Sombitch...im gonna have to take put some early eddie murphy in there. gimme 48 hours.

im either gonna have to make a bigger list or go outside and do something productive with my life.

[LiddyRules]

My First Five- probably going to be changed

* Dr. Strangelove- funnier the mosre you watch it, the older you get and is just so smart on its own
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail- though I prefer Life of Brian, Grail is quite possibly the perrfect movie comedy (though I wouldn't argue with any Python film on this list.)
* The Big Lebowski
* A Fish Called Wanda- I haven't seen it in awhile but I remember thinking it was ridiculously funny. And since no one else mentioned it, I like being cool and different.
* Billy Madison- I know I lost all credibility with this bullet and it's probably the most likely to be changed. But I did want to include just a fun, zany, wacky, senseless comedy. And I love Caddyshack and Animal House and PCU but maybe it's my age but there is just so much hilarity in Billy Madison that, at least for me, the movie is up there on my personal list.

Of course there are movies I want to put on the list but no room. I wish I was more learned in stuff like Marx Brothers or Chaplin/Keaton (who was better) so I can act all hoity toity and say 'Oh, I prefer The General peons or you're John Belushi holds nothing on Fatty Arbuckle." But I don't so fuck it.

Honorable mentions (that haven't been mentioned by many people before me): The Graduate, the Parker/Stone films (I think the hardest I ever laughed in a movie theater was the first time Matt Damon showed up in TAWP); Woody Allen; The Producers (oriignal); The Jerk and many, many others. FUCK! I forgot the Kaufman films, I really need to re-think this.

[drjoek]

Animal House
Dumb and Dumber
Vacation (the original)
Meatballs
Caddyshack


theres my list

[grlNIN]

Tommy Boy
Slapshot
Dr. Strangelove
Holy Grail
Clueless

I think we need a modified top ten because i didnt get to put Who's Harry Crumb? or The Cable Guy.

[Johnny Manf]

Yeah I dont have a list but 2 of my favorites are The Big Lebowski and Animal House.

[realmenhatelife]

I'm really happy that Kentucky Fried Movie made an appearance in this thread as early as it did.

[EddieMoscone]

- Midnight Run



I don't think enough people have seen this movie and not just because I stole my name from one of the characters. If you ask people about Robert Deniro and comedy, unfortunately most people only know Meet the Parents. Midnight Run is not only DeNiro's best comedy, it is one of his best movies period.

There was a period when I was young where I watched this movie at least once a month with my father, and ALWAYS when my sister's godfather came over to visit. It got to a point where we knew not only the dialogue but every editing mistake.

After all that, it's not my number 1. Here's my list:

1. The Big Lebowski
2. Midnight Run
3. Best in Show
4. King of Comedy - Stephen Chow
5. Super Troopers (on the strength of the first 15 minutes alone)

[drjoek]

I don't think enough people have seen this movie and not just because I stole my name from one of the characters. If you ask people about Robert Deniro and comedy, unfortunately most people only know Meet the Parents. Midnight Run is not only DeNiro's best comedy, it is one of his best movies period.

....


)


Midnight Run is back making a rotation through Showtime or Skinamax so all those who havent seen it should look out for it

[RoyMunson]

big lebowski
Caddyshack
Friday
raizing arizona
Shaun of the Dead

[Yerdaddy]

I've seen a couple of classics recently that haven't been mentioned but have held up better than I'd have expected:

Every Which Way But Loose - It's edgier than I remember and I still love the Black Widows. (whenever I see a biker-type dude that saxaphone theme song pops into my head and I giggle) and Ruth Gordon. It was on in the middle of the night twice in one week when I was in Cambodia and I watched it both times. It'd be in my top 20.

The original Police Academy. There's alot of stupid laughs and a couple of huge gags that are classics - the hooker under the podium and the Commendant's reaction afterwards, and the running Blue Oyster Bar gag. That's top 15 I think.

A couple of classics: Arsenic and Old Lace. I haven't seen it in too long but that's just a brilliantly written comedy that I'd buy in a heartbead if I could find it on the road.

The Odd Couple and Grumpy Old Men. Jack Lemmon and Walter Matheau = pure gold.

I'd have to put something from the Stooges and W.C. Fields for a top 20 list.

Edit: Uncle Buck!

[Snacks]

Snacks you Sombitch...im gonna have to take put some early eddie murphy in there. gimme 48 hours.

im either gonna have to make a bigger list or go outside and do something productive with my life.

How could I forget the original 48 hours? That was funny as shit and another one of my many favs.

[buzzard]

Animal House

The Jerk

Blazing Saddles

Serial Mom

Shakes The Clown

[pennington]

Here's some that haven't made any lists yet:

1) "The Producers" (the original)

2) "Smokey and the Bandit"

3) "Back to the Future"

4) "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

5) "The Bank Dick" (W.C. Fields)

6) "Buck Privates" (Abbott & Costello)

[brocklang]

-Tommyboy
-Liar Liar
-National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
-Saving Silverman
-Major League

[cougarjake13]

caddyshack

tommy boy

office space

dogma

planes, trains, automobiles

[SinA]

in no particular order

dumb and dumber
spaceballs
old school
m.p. holy grail
dirty rotten scoundrels

hon. mention: johnny dangerously

now that i think of it, i could make a pretty long list of other runner-ups too

[murfee]

1young frankenstien 2kentucky fried movie3 duck soup 4 last american virgin 5 used cars

[sailor]

This a great thread. Mine are (off the top of my head..I will probably change from day to day but)..and in no particular order

1. Airplane( and Airplane II- dont mean to piggyback)
2. CaddyShack
3. Real genius
4. Anchorman
5. Schindlers List


....umm Id like to replace #5 with Space Balls

real genius is vastly underrated.

can someone tell me what's so funny about caddyshack? i find it painfully boring and unfunny. i agree with most of the flicks on these pages, but i just don't get this one and EVERYONE always lists it as the best.

[IMSlacker]

real genius is vastly underrated.

can someone tell me what's so funny about caddyshack? i find it painfully boring and unfunny. i agree with most of the flicks on these pages, but i just don't get this one and EVERYONE always lists it as the best.

Two words. Ted Knight. He made the movie for me. Bill Murray wasn't bad either.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e393/djbjkxua/caddyshack.jpg

[who6489]

I'm glad "Smokey & The Bandit" finally made it! Surprised nobody mentioned "Grosse Pointe Blank" yet! I didn't notice "Austin Powers" either! "Jackass" as well! What about "Waynes World"?

Others.........

Fast Times
Coming to America
Holy Grail
American Pie
Major League

[grlNIN]

real genius is vastly underrated.

can someone tell me what's so funny about caddyshack? i find it painfully boring and unfunny. i agree with most of the flicks on these pages, but i just don't get this one and EVERYONE always lists it as the best.


Love RG.

Caddyshack and Animal House are two movies that can lick my nuts in terms of humor.

Terrible. Awful.

[TooLowBrow]

Dumb and Dumber
Office Space
Half Baked
Super Troopers
MST3000 - Manos Hands of Fate

[patsopinion]

honey
the big labowski
finding nemo
Shawn of the dead
cant think of a fifth

[sailor]

honey
the big labowski
finding nemo
Shawn of the dead
cant think of a fifth

the jessica alba dance flick??

[Yerdaddy]

I wanna add "Showgirls" to my list.

[Stankfoot]

showing my age here but can't believe no one mentioned "Annie Hall" ....

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[nassue]

I can't believe no one knows about a little piece of film genious called "Safemen"

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that being said
-safemen
-caddyshack
-big lebowski
-40 year old virgin
-office space

[FUNKMAN]

Caddyshack and Animal House are two movies that can lick my nuts in terms of humor.

Terrible. Awful.

you got some balls...


actually i agree, i just wanted to say that


as for another favorite i'm gonna throw in Kingpin, loved it!

http://www.lazydork.com/movies/kingpin.jpg

[Landblast]

Waiting For Guffman
Young Frankenstein
Sleeper
The In-Laws (1979)
The Blues Brothers

[spoon]

You are "nuts" niner!

Oh and even with my huge list I managed to forget ORGAZMO!


http://iod.ucsd.edu/~nate/pics/orgazmo.jpg

I don't want sound gay or nothing, but this movie kicks ass.

And I forgot to slap my ass too, fuck!

[ChimneyFish]

In no particular order:

The Golden Child
Fletch
Who's Harry Crumb????
Tommy Boy
Holy Grail

And I'm pleased that at least someone mentioned The Golden Child and Fletch. Didn't think anyone would.

[IMSlacker]

I can't believe I left High Fidelity off of my list. That's got to be in my top five. Besides, the whole movie is about top five lists.

[helterskeletor]

Life of Brian
Holy Grail
Raising Arizona
Dr. Strangelove
Blazing Saddles

This is pretty close to me too.

I might take Life of Brian out because Python is already represented. I'd put "I Love You to Death" in that slot.

I'd put Big Lebowski in over Raising Arizona.

Also-rans would be: Naked Gun movies, Airplanes I and II, oh, and shit! - Dragnet with Akroyd and Tom Hanks. Best Tom Hanks role ever. And I'm not kidding.

[FUNKMAN]

another classic

The Deli

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/518YCMPEFWL._AA240_.jpg

[tele7]

On in 5 minutes on Comedy Central:

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/wallpapers/movies/teamamerica_1024.jpg

[fezident]

Johnny Dangerously.

Anchorman.

Blues Brothers.

Spinal Tap.

Airplane II.

[tele7]

Saw this during the commercial break of Team America.

At first I thought it was goof commercial.

The new Wayon's bros. movie trailer:

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[Mohden]

1: Trading Places
2: Better Off Dead
3: The Jerk
4: Blazing Saddles
5: My Science Project

[WampusCrandle]

Caddyshack
Airplane
Orgazmo
Used Cars
Cookies Fortune (I thought it was funny)

[Snoogans]

Caddyshack
Trading Places
Coming to America
Used Cars
88 Minutes

[brettmojo]

Animal House
Caddy Shack
Spaceballs
Office Space
Super Troopers

[Enabler]

Ace Ventura (1)
Friday
Dazed and Confused
Billy Madison
Tommy Boy