50 Greatest Comedy Films

DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts
edited October 2006 in Strut Central
As voted for on Channel 4 (England). I agree on the winner, but some of the selections are dubious. Any glaring omissions?1. Monty Python's Life Of Brian, 19792. Airplane!, 19803. Shaun Of The Dead, 20044. Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, 19975. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, 19996. Monty Python And The Holy Grail 19757. American Pie, 19998. Blazing Saddles, 19749. There's Something About Mary, 199810. This Is Spinal Tap, 198411. Annie Hall, 197712. Blues Brothers, 198013. Groundhog Day, 199314. The Naked Gun, 198815. Wayne's World, 199216. Some Like It Hot, 195917. Dumb And Dumber, 199418. Meet The Parents, 200019. Clerks, 199420. Young Frankenstein, 197421. Withnail & I, 198722. M*A*S*H, 197023. A Fish Called Wanda, 198824. Ghostbusters, 198425. Gregory's Girl, 198026. Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 198627. The Jerk, 197928. When Harry Met Sally, 198929. Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb, 196330. Best In Show, 200031. School Of Rock, 200332. The Full Monty, 199733. Planes, Trains And Automobiles, 198734. The Odd Couple, 196835. Trading Places, 198336. Four Weddings And A Funeral, 199337. Stir Crazy, 198038. A Shot In The Dark, 196439. Team America, 200440. Duck Soup, 193341. Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure, 198842. Police Academy, 198443. The Ladykillers, 195544. Beverly Hills Cop, 198445. Kingpin, 199646. The Princess Bride, 198747. National Lampoon's Animal House, 197848. Bridget Jones' Diary, 200149. Carry On Cleo, 196450. The Producers, 1968
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  • GropeGrope 2,970 Posts
    A Fish Called Wanda should be number two.

    What is that movie with John Candy and Steve Martin called? I can't really remember what it was all about, but I remeber it was one of the funniest movies I've seen. They both tried to get back home for Christmas and had to share a car or sth, because all airports were closed.

    some Woddy Allen movies are comedy classics. well, at least more funny than Ferris Bueller.

  • I dont agree w/ these.


    4. Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, 1997
    7. American Pie, 1999
    12. Blues Brothers, 1980
    17. Dumb And Dumber, 1994
    21. Withnail & I, 1987
    31. School Of Rock, 2003
    32. The Full Monty, 1997
    36. Four Weddings And A Funeral, 1993
    44. Beverly Hills Cop, 1984
    45. Kingpin, 1996
    47. National Lampoon's Animal House, 1978
    48. Bridget Jones' Diary, 2001

  • cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts
    What is that movie with John Candy and Steve Martin called? I can't really remember what it was all about, but I remeber it was one of the funniest movies I've seen. They both tried to get back home for Christmas and had to share a car or sth, because all airports were closed.

    Planes Trains and Automobiles


  • GropeGrope 2,970 Posts
    What is that movie with John Candy and Steve Martin called? I can't really remember what it was all about, but I remeber it was one of the funniest movies I've seen. They both tried to get back home for Christmas and had to share a car or sth, because all airports were closed.

    Planes Trains and Automobiles


    cool! i like that movie. the german dubing is excellent. some very very funny moments. john candy was great!

  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Only American and British films on this list - WTF? There are other film making countries in the world than the US and UK. How are you gonna have a top 50 comedy list and not have stuff like "Play Time" or countless other non-english speaking films on it? Yeah, call the waaaaambulance. This list is whatever.

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GROPE!!

  • piedpiperpiedpiper 1,279 Posts
    it??s quite ok for a list of English and American films, but I miss a little more international stuff as well



    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GROPE!!

  • GropeGrope 2,970 Posts


    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GROPE!!

    thanks!

    i agree with you. i like Elling a lot. which is a norwegian comedy.

  • GropeGrope 2,970 Posts
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GROPE!!

    thanks, mayne!

  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,902 Posts


    3. Shaun Of The Dead, 2004

    Now, I thought the movie was funny. But #3 funny... NO

  • DWGDWG 334 Posts
    I don't agree with these...

    3. Shaun Of The Dead, 2004
    4. Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, 1997
    5. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, 1999
    7. American Pie, 1999
    15. Wayne's World, 1992
    24. Ghostbusters, 1984
    28. When Harry Met Sally, 1989
    32. The Full Monty, 1997
    36. Four Weddings And A Funeral, 1993

    ... but then again I'd argue for 'Happy Gilmore' and 'Weird Science' to be included too.

  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts

    The biggest suprise for me was Team America at 39. For me that film is easily on a par with South Park the movie.
    "Herro, I'm Kim Il Jong"
    "Fuck You Hans Blix"
    "Durkah durkah, Muhammad jihad, durkah durkah" - "My god, that's the best acting I've ever seen"
    "Matt Damon"
    "Everybody has AIDS! AIDS, AIDS AIDS AIDS!"
    and the pussys, dicks and arseholes parable among other highlights. The sex scene usually has me close to pissing myself, and the puke scene is funnier than all of Police Academy + Four Weddings & A Funeral put together.

  • noznoz 3,625 Posts
    please to recommend good international comedies.

    this list is slightly better than the last one posted (maxim?), but is not without it's flaws. and it's way too british for my tastes.

  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    As with the other list, the lack of Man With Two Brains instantly removes all credibility.

    The british public really need to get over Gregory's Girl. If you have to put an eighties gritty brit comedy in there please ignore that piece of whimsy and go for something like Rita, Sue & Bob Too instead.


  • Where the fuck is the Big Lebowski ??


    What is it with the Brits and always voting in those god awful films the Full Monty & 4 Weddings onto these lists??

  • white_teawhite_tea 3,262 Posts

    Where the fuck is the Big Lebowski

    I caught Raising Arizona on TV over the weekend, and caught Fargo a couple weeks before that. I don't know which one of those three should make the cut, but the Coen Brothers need some represenation on that MF. Shoot, a case could even be made for The Hudsucker Proxy or The Man Who Wasn't There -- I know the Brits appreciate that subtle style.

  • tonyphronetonyphrone 1,500 Posts
    The remix...


    1. Annie Hall
    2. What's Up, Tiger Lily?
    3. Deconstructing Harry
    4. Mighty Aphrodite
    5. New York Stories (segment "Oedipus Wrecks")
    6. The Purple Rose of Cairo
    7. Broadway Danny Rose
    8. Zelig
    9. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
    10. Stardust Memories
    11. Manhattan
    12. Love and Death
    13. Sleeper (
    14. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
    15. Bananas
    16. Take the Money and Run




  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    Is Eddie Murphy considered a dramatic actor in the UK?

  • FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH

    Thank you.

  • missed one:


  • muggimuggi Reykjavík, Iceland 44 Posts
    no ben stiller, vince vaughn, owen wilson, and no kevin smith is surprising.
    and no coen bros. either?!

    18. Meet The Parents, 2000
    19. Clerks, 1994

  • no ben stiller, vince vaughn, owen wilson, and no kevin smith is surprising.
    and no coen bros. either?!

    18. Meet The Parents, 2000

    Meet the Parents wasn't really funny at all. A couple good lines from Owen Wilson, but that's about it.
    Funniest Stiller movie was Zoolander - which to me should definatley be on the list.

    This list however, shouldn't be paid any attention to.

  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    Is Eddie Murphy considered a dramatic actor in the UK?

    I just saw that Beverly Hills cop eeked in there in the low 40's. Granted its no Police academy but it has its moments

    also kinda sucks that only one really funny movie was made before '55.

    the first 50 years of film making were some solemn times.

    It's too bad Charlie Chaplin, WC Fields, and Preston Sturges weren't around back then...

  • muggimuggi Reykjavík, Iceland 44 Posts
    please to recommend good international comedies.

    this list is slightly better than the last one posted (maxim?), but is not without it's flaws. and it's way too british for my tastes.

    here are a few i like

    -kikujiro is japanese by beat takeshi
    -torrente, the stupid arm of the law is spanish
    -mifunes sidste sang, danish and made accroding to the dogma 95 manifesto..
    -any jacques tati film
    -i Kina spiser de hunde, danish black comedy

  • please to recommend good international comedies.

    I'm no expert in this category, but Le Magnifique is great. It runs a little long, but the first 45 mins are a must see.

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    The remix...


    11. Manhattan


    A movie about a middle age guy who is having sex with a high school girl made a few years before it was revealed that the middle age guy who made the movie was having sex with a high school girl.

    I used to like that movie, but it is far to creepy for me now.

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts

    As voted for on Channel 4 (England). I agree on the winner, but some of the selections are dubious. Any glaring omissions?

    1. Monty Python's Life Of Brian, 1979
    2. Airplane!, 1980
    3. Shaun Of The Dead, 2004
    4. Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, 1997
    5. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, 1999
    6. Monty Python And The Holy Grail 1975
    7. American Pie, 1999
    8. Blazing Saddles, 1974
    9. There's Something About Mary, 1998
    10. This Is Spinal Tap, 1984
    11. Annie Hall, 1977
    12. Blues Brothers, 1980
    13. Groundhog Day, 1993
    14. The Naked Gun, 1988
    15. Wayne's World, 1992
    16. Some Like It Hot, 1959
    17. Dumb And Dumber, 1994
    18. Meet The Parents, 2000
    19. Clerks, 1994
    20. Young Frankenstein, 1974
    21. Withnail & I, 1987
    22. M*A*S*H, 1970
    23. A Fish Called Wanda, 1988
    24. Ghostbusters, 1984
    25. Gregory's Girl, 1980
    26. Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986
    27. The Jerk, 1979
    28. When Harry Met Sally, 1989
    29. Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb, 1963
    30. Best In Show, 2000
    31. School Of Rock, 2003
    32. The Full Monty, 1997
    33. Planes, Trains And Automobiles, 1987
    34. The Odd Couple, 1968
    35. Trading Places, 1983
    36. Four Weddings And A Funeral, 1993
    37. Stir Crazy, 1980
    38. A Shot In The Dark, 1964
    39. Team America, 2004
    40. Duck Soup, 1933
    41. Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure, 1988
    42. Police Academy, 1984
    43. The Ladykillers, 1955
    44. Beverly Hills Cop, 1984
    45. Kingpin, 1996
    46. The Princess Bride, 1987
    47. National Lampoon's Animal House, 1978
    48. Bridget Jones' Diary, 2001
    49. Carry On Cleo, 1964
    50. The Producers, 1968

    My Cousin Vinnie!

    Carry On Cleo? Whats that?

    Was only one Marx Bros film allowed?

    Tall Blonde Man With One Black Shoe.

    It was a viewers vote poll, so it makes sense that older films, foriegn films, and smarter films did not make the cut.

    Full Monty was funny first time I saw it. The second time it was a depressing film about out of work industrial workers.

  • HawkeyeHawkeye 896 Posts
    Some from your list I would take into my list, some not.

    Whats been missing are some of these:

    Kentucky Fried Chicken

    Amazons on the Moon

    Ghettobusters / I'm gonna git you sucker (Great BDP performance at the end)

    Hollywood Shuffle

    The General (Almost anything by Buster Keaton was dope)

    The Dictator (Almost anything by Chaplin was dope)

    Some Jerry Lewis stuff

    and so on


    Peace
    Hawkeye

  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,390 Posts
    As with the other list, the lack of Man With Two Brains instantly removes all credibility.

    The british public really need to get over Gregory's Girl. If you have to put an eighties gritty brit comedy in there please ignore that piece of whimsy and go for something like Rita, Sue & Bob Too instead.

    Agreed on both of these films. My theory is that Gregory's Girl was only a hit because people fancied Clare "Happy Birthday" Grogan and the film was shown in cinemas alongside Ghandi. And frankly, after sitting through 3 turgid hours of Ghandi, Gregory's Girl seems like a fucking genius of a comedy.

    I'd add As Good As It Gets to the list despite how annoying Helen Hunt and her on-screen mother were.

  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    Some of you take this list WAY to seriously. It's really just a very cheap way of filling a lot of airtime, and showing some funny clips. It???s in no way meant to be definitive.

    -it's voted for by the public (online I think, although I'm not sure) so there's bound to be some rubbish in there. And, the more recent movies will always get a disproportionately high vote. (if you really want to see how wrong they can be, you should check out the greatest singles, or lps, show, that???s made by the same people.)

    -the majority of English people would have probably never seen a foreign language comedy film.

  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,390 Posts
    Some of you take this list WAY to seriously. It's really just a very cheap way of filling a lot of airtime, and showing some funny clips. It???s in no way meant to be definitive.

    -it's voted for by the public (online I think, although I'm not sure) so there's bound to be some rubbish in there. And, the more recent movies will always get a disproportionately high vote. (if you really want to see how wrong they can be, you should check out the greatest singles, or lps, show, that???s made by the same people.)

    -the majority of English people would have probably never seen a foreign language comedy film.

    I don't think anyone's taking it that seriously, are they? Just re-reading this thread and there's no outrage or anger, just folks saying what films they do and don't like.
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