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What Is the funniest movie you ever watched?

alieNDNalieNDN 2,181 Posts
edited October 2012 in Strut Central
Whether it was mainstream or lesser known, I just want a top 5 list from you folks. I have a movie night with old school friends a few times a year (getting older related), and I'm hosting. Before we head to a local bar, I want to show a movie, and I think it should be funny and put people in good spirits. Dry humour would be appreciated.

I like "The Party", even though it could be interpreted as "Brown Face", as a brownie, my Dad loves it and introduced it to me, and I loved it as a kid, and now as well. The mannerisms are tight, it's just classic!

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  • tabiratabira 856 Posts
    Obvious choice but you can't go wrong with this



    alternatively

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    There is a best comedy thread somewhere.
    In it I reped My Cousin Vinnie. I think people were embarrassed for me.

    1) My Cousin Vinnie
    2) Spinal Tap
    3) Dr Strangelove (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb)
    4) Trading Places
    5) It's A Mad Mad Mad World

    I think IAMMMW would go over well with a crowd. My guess is that you and your friends are to young to realize that the movie is filled with a dizzying array of the top comedy actors of the time and earlier times. Bonus Trivia James Brown released It's a Man's World as It's A Mans Mans Mans World to capitalize on the movie.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    There is no "funniest" ever on my personal list.

    I can watch Spinal Tap and Coming To America over and over and over and over......

    Delirious was mindblowing when it came out. Even more so than the Richard Live stuff.
  • Possum SlimPossum Slim 353 Posts
    Think the original version of Taking of Pelham 123 is one of the most underrated films for comedy dialogue.
  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
    Caddyshack. Still laugh out loud when I see it.

    b/w

    Blues Brothers

    bonus beat: Austin Powers
  • DJBombjackDJBombjack Miami 1,665 Posts
    Off the top of the head three, in no particular order:

    Airplane
    Blazing Saddles
    Monty Python & Holy Grail
  • GrandfatherGrandfather 2,303 Posts
    I couldnt give them a place but five of my favorite for sure would be:

    -Rushmore
    -Coming to America
    -Ghostbusters
    -Observe and Report
    -Big Lebowski

    I don't think Airplane is that funny but the disco dance scene is some of my favorite stuff EVER.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    American Psycho
    Best in Show
    Caddyshack
    Punch-Drunk Love
    Raising Arizona
    The King of Comedy
  • RisingsonRisingson 696 Posts
    On first viewing - Dumb & Dumber, I almost my shit, nothing has come close

    For repeated viewing

    This Is Spinal Tap
    Trading Places
    Blazing Saddles
    Friday
    Withnail & I
    The Big Lebowski
    Annie Hall
    Office Space
    Dazed & Confused
    Coming to America
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    http://www.soulstrut.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/72882/
  • GrandfatherGrandfather 2,303 Posts
    bassie said:
    American Psycho
    Punch-Drunk Love

    Whoa, thats really pushing the comedy label IMO.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Grandfather said:
    bassie said:
    American Psycho
    Punch-Drunk Love

    Whoa, thats really pushing the comedy label IMO.

    Yea...not like laugh out loud silly funny, but well-written and well-executed dark comedy funny.
  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    M.A.S.H

    & others already mentioned.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    And,
    Something About Mary
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    bassie said:
    Grandfather said:
    bassie said:
    American Psycho

    Whoa, thats really pushing the comedy label IMO.

    Yea...not like laugh out loud silly funny, but well-written and well-executed dark comedy funny.

    Co-sign.

    All the musical references in that shit is hilarious. Huey Newton is too Black, Whitney Houston, Phil Collins vs Peter Gabriel.
    Oh shit type shit.

    I gotta return some VHS tapes.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    And i know im in the minority but How High is my shit along w/ Dont Be A Menace While Drink Your Juice In The Hood.
  • SIRUSSIRUS 2,554 Posts
    i loved don't be a menace when i saw it back when. bernie mack crushed his scene. the poster on the wall of the convenience store; robo-pimp, etc
  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,129 Posts
    If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium: Kind of like "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World" meets "European Vacation"

    Mr. Mike's Mondo Video: Old school SNL cast parody of Italian shock-docs ("Mondo Cane", etc)
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    bassie said:

    The King of Comedy

    that's one of my favourite movies in any genre but its not exactly "ha ha" funny. jerry lewis' is so dark and brooding in that flic.

    "the jerk" still makes me laugh after all these years.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    i revisited don't be a menace recently and was shocked at the editing. like real amateurish pauses and silences between gags. kinda weird. that movie still has some great stuff. those dudes shoulda hung it up after that though. they blew their wad; subsequent "scary movie," "teenie movie," "white girls," etc. were all bad; way too obvious.
  • parallaxparallax no-style-having mf'er 1,266 Posts
    Pulp Fiction
  • alieNDNalieNDN 2,181 Posts
    Thanks for the responses. I really missed out on a lot of classics, which should be fun catching up with.

    I thought "Election" was hilarious and watched it multiple times..

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    Step Brothers
  • MjukisMjukis 1,675 Posts
    Depending on age and state of mind, I've laughed like crazy to:

    Naked Gun
    Superbad
    40 year old virgin
    Swingers
    Half Baked
    Play it again Sam (and Annie Hall of course)
    CB4

    Cosign on Airplane, Shaun of the dead and the Big Lebowski.

    I also think American Splendor is really funny, in a dryer sort of way. Also, a movie that never gets enough credit for its comedic elements: The Seventh Seal.
  • GatorToofGatorToof 582 Posts
    Was a Jim Carey fan,

    Ace Ventura
    The Mask
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    The first 2 National Lampoon Vaction movies
    Planes Trains and Automobiles
    Caddyshack
    The Jerk
    Kingpin
    Airplane
    Election
    Coming To America
    Trading Places

    recent stuff:
    The Hangover
    Cedar Rapids
  • RisingsonRisingson 696 Posts
    Mjukis said:

    Swingers

    Good call......watch me make Gretzky's head bleed
  • SunfadeSunfade 799 Posts
    Joe Dirt
  • badder_than_evilbadder_than_evil 951 Posts
    Weird Science
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    Hear No Evil, See No Evil
  • LoopDreamsLoopDreams 1,195 Posts
    Cosign on alot of the above.

    Also:

    Team America
    Borat.
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