Your Top Comedy Movies Of All Time

Hatorian

Comedy movies are kind of hard to podcast on and I know the guys mentioned they don't do comedy movies and TV usually. Big lebowski seems to be the only exception. So I wanted to ask what's your favourite comedy movies? List as many as you want and elaborate as you please.. I originally thought 3 and it was too hard, then I said 5 and it was still too hard . Then I though by genre and it still was too hard. So I just created a mixed list. numbers are not rankings.

1. Dumb and Dumber (favourite General comedy)
2. Harold and Kumar (favourite stoner comedy)
3. Tropic Thunder/Spaceballs (favourite satirical comedy)
4. 21 jump street (favourite high school comedy)
5. Bridesmaids/Ghostbusters/Hangover (favourite ensemble comedy)
6. Monty Pyton holy grail (favourite classic comedy)
7. I love you man (favourite dramedy)
8. Eurotrip (guilty pleasure comedy)
9. Lego Movie (favourite animated comedy)
10. Shaun of the dead (favourite horror comedy)

JayInMemphis

@Hatorian From that list, Tropic Thunder, Bridesmaids, and Shaun of the Dead jump out to me.

For my part, I don't know if I have a bunch of specific answers to specific sub genres of comedy, although I see what you mean about it being hard to compare across styles. Another problem in my mind is that comedies typically don't age very well, so it can be a matter of preference as to what type of joke you think holds up.

Rather than zero in on classification, here are a couple that I think are very intricate and well constructed -- the type of movie I will watch if I suddenly catch it, and find something new or some forgotten detail to laugh at:

Airplane! (Even with some of the references outdated, the script is killer)
Coming to America (Fast paced, full of outlandish archetypal characters. Nothing beats the barbershop scenes)
Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks' best script. If anything can get a pass for being funny despite jokes that could never be done now, it starts with Blazing Saddles)
A Fish Called Wanda ("Asshole!" )
Trading Places (Callous billionaire brothers treating people inhumanely? Far-fetched, but well executed)
Three Amigos (Funny cast/gags, music from Randy Newman and cameos like Phil Hartmann help - and maybe it struck me at the right age)

aberry89

Young Frankenstein, 

Waiting for Guffman, 

Monty Python and the Holy Grail,

 Galaxy Quest,

 This is Spinal Tap

Blazing Saddles

 Dumb and dumber,

 Annie Hall, 

Hot Fuzz

Shaun of the Dead,

 Airplane!,

 Swingers

 Some Like it Hot

Bridesmaids,

 Zoolander. 

Hatorian

JayInMemphis said:

@Hatorian From that list, Tropic Thunder, Bridesmaids, and Shaun of the Dead jump out to me.

For my part, I don't know if I have a bunch of specific answers to specific sub genres of comedy, although I see what you mean about it being hard to compare across styles. Another problem in my mind is that comedies typically don't age very well, so it can be a matter of preference as to what type of joke you think holds up.

Rather than zero in on classification, here are a couple that I think are very intricate and well constructed -- the type of movie I will watch if I suddenly catch it, and find something new or some forgotten detail to laugh at:

Airplane! (Even with some of the references outdated, the script is killer)
Coming to America (Fast paced, full of outlandish archetypal characters. Nothing beats the barbershop scenes)
Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks' best script. If anything can get a pass for being funny despite jokes that could never be done now, it starts with Blazing Saddles)
A Fish Called Wanda ("Asshole!" )
Trading Places (Callous billionaire brothers treating people inhumanely? Far-fetched, but well executed)
Three Amigos (Funny cast/gags, music from Randy Newman and cameos like Phil Hartmann help - and maybe it struck me at the right age)

Excellent point on comedies not Aging well. I noticed my list was very 2000s heavy. And that's probably why

steph_b

Caddy Shack, Stripes, Ghostbusters

Hatorian

@steph_b

hmm. they all have one thing in common but I can't think of what it is....

steph_b

He's my favorite. And the 80s was the peak of comedy IMO.

A_Ron_Hubbard

Had to make sure Young Frankenstein got mentioned, because that movie still makes me laugh pretty hard, and Teri Garr and Madeline Kahn are at the top of their game.  Funniest movie I've seen in the past 5 years or so is MacGruber. But then I have a fairly weird sense of humor. 

ghm3

aberry89 said:

Young Frankenstein, 

Waiting for Guffman, 

Monty Python and the Holy Grail,

 Galaxy Quest,

 This is Spinal Tap

Blazing Saddles

 Dumb and dumber,

 Annie Hall, 

Hot Fuzz

Shaun of the Dead,

 Airplane!,

 Swingers

 Some Like it Hot

Bridesmaids,

 Zoolander. 

@aberry89 I agree with pretty much everything on this list that I've seen (all but 3-4). I'll add:

Wedding Crashers

Idiocracy

The Big Lebowski

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

Office Space

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

AntManBee

Here are my favorites that have not yet been mentioned:

Dr. Strangelove
Sleeper
A Night at the Opera
The Cable Guy
Groundhog Day
Fido
The Money Pit
Coffee & Cigarettes
Johnny Stecchino

TaraC73

I love almost everything mentioned. The two that make me bust a gut laughing are hangover 1&2. Epic buddy comedies.

pavlovsbell

A couple that haven't been mentioned are When Harry Met Sally and Best In Show.  I still howl with laughter at the parody of When Harry Met Sally and yuppie culture: 

"We met at Starbucks. Not at the same Starbucks, but we saw each other at different Starbucks across the street from each other."

"Working on my Mac."

"And I had my Mac."

"And I look over and she's reading J.Crew."

Freddy

1. Run Ronnie Run (David Cross's best work)
2. Pootie Tang ("I'm going to sine your pitty on the runny kine!")
3. The Great White Hype (crazy underrated; still blows me away how many people don't know about this movie. every inch of awesome is squeezed out of every cast member; no one phones it in)
4. Raising Arizona (probably the first comedy that I really loved)
5. Ghostbusters ("I agree, this man has no dick")
6. Air America (another criminally underrated and unknown movie. up there with Tequila Sunrise in terms of Mel Gibson movies)
7. The Grand (whoever is reading this, I already know you haven't seen The Grand. stop what you're doing and go watch it; you'll thank me later)
8. Tropic Thunder (this movie is a weird one for me. I love it and think it's hilarious, but it's one of those rare comedies that actually has more unfunny jokes than funny ones and still manages to be great.)
9. My Cousin Vinny (only watch it maybe once every few years, but it gets funnier every time)

and last but not least

10. Kingpin (another one of those rare comedies with a lot of unfunny jokes, but is still hilarious from start to finish)

Hatorian

ghm3 said:

aberry89 said:

Young Frankenstein, 

Waiting for Guffman, 

Monty Python and the Holy Grail,

 Galaxy Quest,

 This is Spinal Tap

Blazing Saddles

 Dumb and dumber,

 Annie Hall, 

Hot Fuzz

Shaun of the Dead,

 Airplane!,

 Swingers

 Some Like it Hot

Bridesmaids,

 Zoolander. 

@aberry89 I agree with pretty much everything on this list that I've seen (all but 3-4). I'll add:

Wedding Crashers

Idiocracy

The Big Lebowski

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

Office Space

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Tucker and Dale vs Evil is severely underrated. i was surprised how much I enjoyed it.

[Deleted User]

Im gonna throw ones out i havent seen on this thread

Clifford(Martin Short)
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Drowning Mona
Road Trip
Screwed
Life of Brian
Outside Providence

Freddy

Hell yeah, Clifford like a motherfucker! I was just telling someone about Clifford last night. The second I said Martin Short plays a 10 year old, my buddy blurted out "you've got to be shitting me..."

MarkP

How about a shout out to Steve Carell and 40 Year Old Virgin and Date Night (the scene with Mila Kunis and James Franco makes me laugh just to think about it).  

ksa1001

Wow...I'm amazed that nearly every Farrelly Brothers movie was mentioned BUT.....

There's Something About Mary

I've never heard a theatre ERUPT! with laughter like I have with that film.

Mary and Coming to America are my gold standard for comedy.

Add to that list 

Dumb and Dumber

Tropic Thunder

Office Space

Scary Movie

Clerks

Ace Ventura

The 40 Year Old Virgin

Grosse Pointe Blank

Ghostbusters

Raiyne

Some of the screw ball comedies of the 30s and 40s top my list.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Bringing Up Baby etc.
I love that stuff
Then I also have to admit that I thought Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly were awesome in Ricky Bobby. I still want to make a t-shirt that says "I like my Jesus to party"

TaraC73

@MarkP - the chest waxing scene is one of my top 5 hilarious movie moments. I can watch that scene over and over again and pee myself laughing every single time.

AntManBee

ksa1001 said:

Wow...I'm amazed that nearly every Farrelly Brothers movie was mentioned BUT.....

There's Something About Mary

I've never heard a theatre ERUPT! with laughter like I have with that film.

So true. I'll never forget seeing that in the theater. The entire place went into a laughing uproar after Cameron Diaz took the cum off of Ben Stiller's chin and put it in her hair. You wouldn't have been able to hear the entire next scene.

ksa1001

@AntManBee ;

EXACTLY!

No clue what was said after that scene until a Blockbuster rental months later.

ksa1001

@Freddy

I always loved the Great White Hype. I remember working at the movie theatres when it came and went without much notice. Great takedown of boxing and it's waning popularity and the stunts they pull. They pinpoint why this upcoming mayweather v. pacquiao fight is the first must see fight in quite awhile.

fav line = "I can beat him and my meat at the same time"

pavlovsbell

Oh, how could I forget one of my favorite all-time movies, The Royal Tenenbaums?  And also Mean Girls, which a co-worker and I would obnoxiously quote back and forth ad nauseam.

Travis

pavlovsbell said:

Oh, how could I forget one of my favorite all-time movies, The Royal Tenenbaums?  And also Mean Girls, which a co-worker and I would obnoxiously quote back and forth ad nauseam.

Great call. For some reason I never think of The Royal Tenenbaums as a comedy, but it totally is. Top 5 all-time movie for me. It's kind of like Annie Hall. It's a comedy, but it's so good and so well rounded that it feels like it doesn't belong to a genre. That probably sounds really pretentious, but it's just kind of how my head works. Also, great call on Best in Show. Amazing flick.

@Jovial_Falcon great call on the Man Who Knew Too Little. That movie is totally good. Outside Providence was great too. I haven't seen that one in years.

Wet Hot American Summer is the funniest movie I've ever seen.

There are a lot of good ones, but How High is definitely my favorite stoner comedy of all time. #1 with a bullet.

L.A. Story is another top 10 all-time movie for me.

@Freddy Pootie Tang! Great call, totally forgot about that one.

@AntManBee Hell yeah Groundhog Day!

steph_b

Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman make me pee my pants from laughing so hard. As does Spinal Tap.

pavlovsbell

"We were so lucky to have been raised amongst catalogs."

davemcb

@Freddy I haven't laughed as hard as the first time I saw the "Pootie Tang has done it again" Montage

My Personal favourites are

SuperTroopers

Anchorman

BASEketball

Coming to America

Office Space

The Castle

The Dish

[Deleted User]

@davemcb BASEketball in general is one of the best movies ever. I never knew for a long time that the Airplane! guys did that movie. Makes sense for all the people in it.

But man... that movie will never old. Still makes me giggle like a lil kid every time I watch it

Travis

Jovial_Falcon said:

@davemcb BASEketball in general is one of the best movies ever. I never knew for a long time that the Airplane! guys did that movie. Makes sense for all the people in it.

But man... that movie will never old. Still makes me giggle like a lil kid every time I watch it

Warts on Your Dick is probably my favorite music gag in any movie.

Also reminds me of Cannibal the Musical which is quite fantastic as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xKl0e8jALY

ksa1001

Having grown up on (and scared of) "Unsolved Mysterys" I always liked the random Robert Stack appearance in BASEketball.