Favorite Comedy Movies

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• GoVikings

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  9 years ago

  Clerks is the first that comes to mind
• chessmaster

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  9 years ago

  Anchorman(the first one) Due date Step brothers Superbad Pineapple express The other guys Wedding crashers
• chessmaster

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  9 years ago

  40 year old virgin
• twentyfive

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  9 years ago

  Some Like It Hot with Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtiss & Jack Lemon The Odd Couple With Walter Matthau & Jack Lemon The Sunshine Boys with George Burns & Walter Mathew almost anything written by Neil Simon
• chandler

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  9 years ago

  Local Hero
• Mistah_Fetti_Morbuxxx

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  9 years ago

  Almost all of Will Farrell movies (Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, Old School) Hangover Tommy Boy The Nutty Professor (Eddie Murphy version) Blues Brothers National Lampoon's Vacation Friday Happy Gilmore Dumb and Dumber (the original one)
• Dougster

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  9 years ago

  Blazing Saddles Quest for the Holy Grail
• Dougster

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  9 years ago

  Super Troopers
• shadowcat

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  9 years ago

  Most of the American Pie movies Road Trip Porky's Christmas Vacation Harlem Nights Old School Revenge of the Nerds
• georgmicrodong

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  9 years ago

  Spaceballs (best meta scene *ever*) Support Your Local Sheriff The Princess Bride (natch)
• chandler

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  9 years ago

  The In-Laws Office Space Lost in America Fierce Creatures Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Caddyshack
• Meursault

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  9 years ago

  Gotta agree with Rech; Big Lebowski Also: Dr. Strangelove Raising Arizona Office Space
• JohnSmith69

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  9 years ago

  Blazing Saddles (maybe the only time I've ever agreed with Dougster on anything) Life of Brian Animal House. Maybe slightly off topic, but the Broadway play Book of Mormon was also hilarious (assuming that you're not a Mormon).
• JohnSmith69

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  9 years ago

  And yeah Airplane definitely goes towards the top of the list.
• warhawks

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  9 years ago

  Caddy shack. Dodge ball The Jerk Joe Dirt Coming to Anerica Trading Places Back to School Animal House Austin Power movies Zoolander Office Space Blazing Saddles (classic)
• shadowcat

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  9 years ago

  I see lots posts for Animal House. It was good but American Pie Beta House is much funnier in my opinion.
• chandler

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  9 years ago

  Might be because when Animal House came out, there had never been anything like it before. Same with Blazing Saddles. I don't think its shock humor has nearly the impact it did at first.
• bigman226

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  9 years ago

  The Jerk The Man with 2 Brains Stripes Harlem Nights Boomerang Stir Crazy Silver Streak
• ATACdawg

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  9 years ago

  My favorites, no particular order: The Princess Bride National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation " " European Vacation Space balls Robin Hood Men in Tights The Producers Blazing Saddles Police Academy The Out of Towner's (Original version)
• tumblingdice

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  9 years ago

  Shadowcat's divorce or Obama's inauguration.
• ATACdawg

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  9 years ago

  Oh! Almost forgot: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Dr. Strange love Revenge of the Pink Panther
• mikeya02

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  9 years ago

  In addition to the classics above I would add The Three Amigos and Young Frankenstien I probably laughed most at Ed Woods cult classic---Plan 9 From Outer Space
• jackslash

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  9 years ago

  The Producers (original 1967 version) The Naked Gun Play It Again, Sam Annie Hall
• minnow

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  9 years ago

  My faves across the years, in rough chronological order: It's A Mad Mad World Blazing Saddles Monty Python- Holy Grail Animal House Airplane 1941 Caddyshack Monty Python Meaning of Life Planes Trains and Automobiles Dumb and Dumber Naked Gun 33 1/3 The Final Insult Horrible Bosses For honorable mention, for not being the Lmao kind, but 3 antiwar clasics from the 60's and 70's: Dr. Strangelove, M*A*S*H (the movie), and Catch22.
• chessmaster

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  9 years ago

  ^horrible bosses was funny too.
• Dougster

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  9 years ago

  Almost forgot; some of the Police Academies
• snowtime

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  9 years ago

  Animal House would be far and away my favorite, but I don't see a lot of movies anymore. Caddyshack and Back to School were also good. My best friend thinks Used Cars was the best, but I only liked a few of the scenes.
• motorhead

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  9 years ago

  I forgot about Silver Streak. I loved Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. The restroom scene with Wilder trying to be black was among the funniest laugh out scenes in movie history.
• rh48hr

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  9 years ago

  Many have already been said but for me in no particular order Coming to America The Naked Gun Dragnet (Dan Ackroyd and Tom Hanks) Happy Gilmore/Billy Madison Beverly Hills Cop Trading Places 48 hours Blazing Saddles Spaceballs Johnny Dangerously Harlem Nights Many of you have listed some hilarious movies, the criteria for mine was if it is on tv even though I've seen it a million times will I still watch it. And for all of the above the answer is yes for me. and as a matter of fact Blazing Saddles and Johnny Dangerously are on this weekend and I'll be watching both. Lol
• TheeOSU

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  9 years ago

  A few of the previously mentioned and............................................................. my favorites that weren't mentioned. Ruthless People I Love You To Death Snatch Quick Change
• TheeOSU

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  9 years ago

  OK, A fish Called Wanda too.
• mikeya02

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  9 years ago

  Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Amazon Women On The Moon
• Mr_O

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  9 years ago

  motorhead, Another easy question for me, Mad Mad. Just look at the list... Spencer Tracy Milton Berle Sid Caesar Buddy Hackett Ethel Merman Mickey Rooney Dick Shawn Phil Silvers Terry-Thomas Jonathan Winters Edie Adams Dorothy Provine Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Jim Backus Joe E. Brown William Demarest Andy Devine Peter Falk Norman Fell Buster Keaton Don Knotts Zasu Pitts Carl Reiner Arnold Stang The Three Stooges Jimmy Durante Morey Amsterdam Jack Benny Larry Fine Moe Howard Jerry Lewis
• rh48hr

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  9 years ago

  One I forgot. You don't mess with the Zohan. stupid movie but I find it hilarious.
• rockstar666

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  9 years ago

  Monty Python And The Holy Grail and Caddyshack are the two best comedies ever made IMHO. Honorable mention to Blazing Saddles.
• rockstar666

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  9 years ago

  Arnold Stang! Mr_O and I must be the only two people who even know who he is!!
• chandler

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  9 years ago

  If a huge cast of stars plus hours of car chases equaled funny, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World would talke comedy gold. And 1941 would take silver.
• chandler

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  9 years ago

  One that I forgot: "Egermency! Egermency! Please to get from street!"
• Dancer_

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  9 years ago

  Old French comedies starring Pierre Richard and Louis de Funes. "Some like it hot".
• shadowcat

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  9 years ago

  I saw it's a Mad mad mad world while I was stationed in Japan in 1964. I particularly like it because it was filmed in around my home town of Long Beach CA. I had a 42 year career in air transportation. Airplane was required viewing for all employees. :)
• ATACdawg

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  9 years ago

  My gosh, Mikey! How could I have left Amazon Women on the Moon off of my list? I should also have included Search for the Holy Grail as well.
• magicrat

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  9 years ago

  O Brother Where Art Thou The Birdcage
• ATACdawg

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  9 years ago

  Chandler: The movie you mention was "The Russians are Coming! The Russians are coming!" The line was, "Emerrrrgency! Emerrrrgency! Everybody to get from street!" A very funny movie with a very hot blonde as one of the townspeople. I was in college when it came out. A bunch of us went through the dorm chorusing that line.
• rh48hr

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  9 years ago

  Just found another one I'm watching right now. "I'm gonna get you sucka"
• JohnSmith69

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  9 years ago

  Coming to America is great. Eddie Mirphy is really funny.
• PhantomGeek

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  9 years ago

  Coen Brothers comedies Harold & Kumar Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Jay & Silent Bob The Brady Bunch parodies Dodgeball Animal House Revenge of the Nerds Airplane! Police Squad! Shaun of the Dead and the occasional classics with The Three Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, and Abbott & Costello I'm sure there are more -- lots more.
• PhantomGeek

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  9 years ago

  Oh, yeah: Ferris Bueller's Day Off Sixteen Candles
• shadowcat

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  9 years ago

  One more - Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
• metaldude

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  9 years ago

  Airplane Caddyshack Young Frankenstein Blazing Saddles Throw Momma from the Train Twins Wedding Crashers Animal House 40 year old virgin Raising Arizona There's Something about Mary
• magicrat

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  9 years ago

  Trading Places...maybe a perfect comedy movie!
• warhawks

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  9 years ago

  Seeing some of the comments, I definately forgot the "Naked Gun" movies with Leslie Nielson. And the "Vacation" movies also.
• chandler

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  9 years ago

  ATACdawg, I hoped someone would remember that. And that's the line Alan Arkin's Russian captain taught his sailors, but some of them repeated it back as "Egermency".
• chandler

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  9 years ago

  How about some love for the classics? It's a Gift -- W.C. Fields Duck Soup -- The Marx Brothers Way Out West -- Laurel & Hardy Bringing Up Baby Sullivan's Travels etc etc
• ATACdawg

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  9 years ago

  One more movie that I just remembered! Paint Your Wagon with Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin headlining. Two guys not known for their comedic chops turned in great performances. The scene where the bull runs through the tunnels under the town knocking out the props and causing the whole boomtown to collapse into the earth is a classic. I definitely wouldn't have wanted a "Take two" on that one.
• lopaw

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  9 years ago

  R.I.P.D. (my favorite comedy right now) Bridesmaids The Grand Budapest Hotel Trainwreck Spy Anything Mel Brooks
• rh48hr

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  9 years ago

  +1 lopaw on Trainwreck. I laughed my ass off at that movie. I haven't done that in awhile.
• PhantomGeek

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  9 years ago

  The first Ghostbusters. Man, how could I forget that classic?
• pensionking

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  9 years ago

  Most comedies do not stand the test of time. I tried to watch some 70s and 80s comedies with my teenaged boys and they thought I was retarded. I can laugh at their humor, but they don't find my "classics" funny at all. 21 Jumpstreet, 40 year old Virgin. and The Hangover all work for us both.
• lopaw

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  9 years ago

  @rh48hr- yeah....Amy Schumer. Either you love her or you hate her.
• minnow

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  9 years ago

  There's been many good choices posted here. I'll throw out "Good Morning Vietnam" as another worthy consideration. Although not entirely comedic, whimsical, or lighthearted, it has enough Robin Williams schtick to keep the humor rolling along. "This will not look good on my resume" is one of many RW one-liners.
• DivorcedDude

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  9 years ago

  There's Something About Mary Old School Wedding Crashers The Hangover Caddyshack Big Lebowski
• georgebailey

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  9 years ago

  Peter Otoole did a comedy called 'my favorite year'. He was brilliant. Anyone remember the bathroom scene?
• seaboardrr

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  9 years ago

  Everyone is throwing out some classics and I can't argue with very many of them. I'd have to say my highlight reel would def include: Monty Python holy grail Airplane Caddy shack Natl lampoon-any of the vacation series Spaceballs Blazing saddle 40yo virgin And I can't believe there's one no one has mentioned. It is roll in the floor hilarious: My Fellow Americans If you have never seen it you need to pull it up and watch it tonight.
• PhantomGeek

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  9 years ago

  I forgot all about "My Fellow Americans"! Excellent buddy/road-trip movie. "Hero" with Dustin Hoffman and "Wag the Dog" were also great social commentary comedies.