Blu-ray.com Consensus - Top 50 COMEDIES

[bluearth]

1. The Burbs (1989)


2. Coming to America (1988)


3. Dumb and Dumber (1994)


4. Clifford (1994)


5. Bean (1997)


6. Police Academy (1984)


7. Duck Soup (1933)


8. Trading Places (1983)


9. Tommy Boy (1995)


10. Rush Hour (1998)


11. Ace Ventura Pet Detective (1997)


12. Galaxy Quest (1999)


13. The Delicate Delinquent (1957)


14. National Lampoons Vacation (1983)


15. Zoolander (2001)

[Johnny Blu]

1. Airplane
2. My Cousin Vinny
3. National Lampoon's: Christmas Vacation
4. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
5. Better Off Dead
6. Spaceballs
7. Animal House
8. Blazzing Saddles
9. Caddyshack
10. Dumb and Dumber
11. There's Something About Mary
12. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
13. The Naked Gun
14. Coming To America
15. Easy Money

For some reason, this list was tougher to narrow down than the top 20 greatest movies of all time or superhero/comicbook lists (I could have easily went past 20). So far there seems to be a lot of variety in the movies chosen. I'm hoping to see more love for My Cousin Vinny and Better Off Dead.

[shrex]

1. Dumb and Dumber
2. Billy Madison
3. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
4. Wayne's World
5. Kingpin
6. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
7. Happy Gilmore
8. Grandma's Boy
9. Tommy Boy
10. Ace Ventura Pet Detective
11. There's Something About Mary
12. Uncle Buck
13. Superbad
14. Friday
15. Ghostbusters

Honorable Mentions: Blues Brothers, The Burbs, Baseketball, Harold and Kumar, Black Sheep, Knocked Up, I Love You, Man.

Dumb and Dumber is seriously my most quotable, favorite comedy ever.

[Kevin Holly]

Originally Posted by shrex

2. Billy Madison

Haha that's actually my least favorite movie of all time, of any kind, bar none.

Oh well to each their own

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Not a bad 10 at all. I like 7 of your 10 and the other 3 I havnt seen. U should go check out some of those classic 80's comedies though. Got Em!!

what 3 on that list havent you seen? 21 jump street id imagine and what else??

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

what 3 on that list havent you seen? 21 jump street id imagine and what else??

Wedding Crashers, Old School, & Bruce Almighty. Got Em!!

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Wedding Crashers, Old School, & Bruce Almighty. Got Em!!

whaaaat? really?? wow man, get on those!

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

whaaaat? really?? wow man, get on those!

Hmmm not really interested. I dont really care for Vaughn or Wilson. Not sure who is in Old School, and Jim Carrey jumped the shark after Liar Liar haha. Got Em!!

[Michael1989]

This took me forever to do. And yes all recent comedies too.

1. Superbad
When I first watched this I was in such a bad place but this made me laugh so hard. Thank god I found this.
2. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
So disgustingly funny and extremely underrated. I love it.
3. The Hangover
This came outta nowhere with a bunch of nobodies and it's so bloody good. Shame about the sequel.
4. Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle
So much chaos from scene to scene and lot's of funny filth. Love it.
5. Sex Drive
Extremely overlooked but brilliant. It's like Superbad on wheels. Clarke Duke steals the show.
6. Jackass 2
Of everything on my list this probably makes me laugh the hardest to the point of having tears in my eyes.
7. Funny People
Quite long for a comedy but it's done so well. Again another underrated film. I think it's safe to say I like Seth Rogen
8. Step Brothers
Such a silly comedy but comedies aren't meant to have serious story lines. Fantastic.
9. American Pie
Loved this when I first watched it as a kid. It's kind of aged in recent years but it's still one of the best around.
10. In Bruges
I would probably recommend this the most out of my list for the brilliant one liners.
11. Bruno
So shockingly funny and yes, it's rated higher than Borat. I enjoyed it just a tad more.
12. Harold and Kumar 2
Brilliant follow up to the first that didn't dissapoint.
13. Borat
Nothing much to say here. Probably one of the most popular film in recent years and rightfully so.
14. I Love You Man
Love the film..not sure what to say on this one
15. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Russell Brand is ace in this film.

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Hmmm not really interested. I dont really care for Vaughn or Wilson. Not sure who is in Old School, and Jim Carrey jumped the shark after Liar Liar haha. Got Em!!

well if you dont like Vaughn or Wilson, then that makes sense lol... i dont like Wilson but they are both funny in that one....

Old School is with Will Ferrel, thats a good one....and Bruce Almighty is good but you dont like Carrey anymore...how come and which movies dont you like after Liar Liar?

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

well if you dont like Vaughn or Wilson, then that makes sense lol... i dont like Wilson but they are both funny in that one....

Old School is with Will Ferrel, thats a good one....and Bruce Almighty is good but you dont like Carrey anymore...how come and which movies dont you like after Liar Liar?

Haha I dont like Ferrell either. I never gave him a chance. He just doesnt interest me. As for Carrey after Liar Liar I dont like The Truman Show. He caught me off guard with that one and it was different from what he was doin. Also burnt me on The Number 23 which I thought was gonna be good but was a dud. He had a decent come back with Yes Man though. It was a wannabe reverse Liar Liar though. Got Em!!

[Livelong420]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Wedding Crashers, Old School, & Bruce Almighty. Got Em!!

Wedding Crashers- pretend its two other actors. It'll be worth it.
Old School- a less polished Wedding Crashers type comedy. Not too much Will Ferrel
Bruce Almighty- a little corny and jesus-y but fun.
More post Liar Liar fun- I Love You Phillip Morris (even better than Yes Man)
Gotcha lol

[Kevin Holly]

Oh, yeah, Old School is awesome. And yes, thankfully, there is not too much Will Ferrell, he is the main weak link in the film (that should go without saying), but even he is okay. Far better than in garbage like Anchorman, Step Brothers, and the like. Although I did enjoy The Other Guys. Anyways, Old School is great, certainly my favorite "Frat Pack" comedy, followed by "Wedding Crashers" and then "Starsky & Hutch." Ferrell is in both of those as well, sad to say, but it's just a quick cameo and then that particular medicine is down the hatch, and you will be back to being entertained. You should check all those out, they are great. Bruce Almighty is tolerable, I guess, but not great. Morgan Freeman plays God, if that sells the movie to you at all.

[Bluyoda]

1. Monty Python's Life of Brian
2. Ace Ventura-Pet Detective
3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
4. Young Frankenstein
5. What's Up, Doc? (Barbara Streisand)
6. Housesitter (Frank Oz, Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn)
7. Zoolander (Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson)
8. Bruno (Sacha Cohen Baron)
9. Monty Python's Meaning of Life
10. The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin)
11. When Harry Met Sally (Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan)
12. The Mask (Jim Carrey, Milo)
13. Naked Gun (Leslie Nielson)
14. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, Martin J. Fox, Christopher Loyd)
15. Ed Wood (Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Martin Landau)

HMs:
Annie Hall (Woody Allen)
Fun with Dick and Jane (Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni)
Man on the Moon (Jim Carrey)
Dumb and Dumber THEATRICAL CUT (Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels)
Groundhog Day (Bill Murray)
Hot Shots (Charlie Sheen) haven't seen it in ages
Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin)
Wedding Crashers (Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn)
Top Secret (Val Kilmer)


It's very hard to put them in order. This is it for the time being.

[fgomike]

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Holy Handgrenade of Antioch

2. Airplane - Surely you can't be serious

3. Blazing Saddles -Scuse me while I whip this out!

4. The Big Lebowski - You want a toe? I can get you a toe Dude!

5. Southpark - Bigger Longer and Uncut - I'm Sorry Wendy, but I don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.

6. Dumb and Dumber - You want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?

7. Slap Shot - The fans are standing up to them! The security guards are standing up to them! The peanut vendors are standing up to them! And by golly, if I could get down there, I'd be standing up to them!

8. Animal House - If I were you, I would be... Leaving!! What a great idea

9. Caddyshack - Just be the ball

10. Blues Brothers - I hate Illinois Nazis

11. Ghostbusters - Listen....you smell something?

12. Naked Gun - Nice beaver!

13. Ed Wood - My girlfriend still doesn't know why her sweaters are always stretched out

14. Life of Brian - Always look on the bright side of life

15. Dogma - The Buddy Christ. Doesn't it just pop!

Honorable Mention - Twilight. Wait, it wasn't suppose to be funny?

[BadWolf91]

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. Airplane!
3. Blazing Saddles
4. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
5. Duck Soup
6. Some Like It Hot
7. Annie Hall
8. Dogma
9. Back to the Future
10. Office Space
11. Bringing Up Baby
12. Trading Places
13. Pineapple Express
14. Young Frankenstein
15. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

[AKORIS]

1] Monty Python And The Holy grail
2] National Lampoon's Animal House
3] Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
4] Airplane!
5] Trading Places
6] Anchorman
7] The Blues Brothers
8] Fast Times At Ridgmont High
9] Austin Powers-- International Man Of Mystery
10] Blazing Saddles
11] Slap Shot
12] The Naked Gun
13] Hot Fuzz
14] Annie Hall
15] The Is Spinal Tap

[J. J. Hunsecker]

1. Take the Money and Run
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. Bananas
4. Young Frankenstein
5. Cold Turkey (1971)
6. Sherlock Jr.
7. Steamboat Bill, Jr.
8. Sleeper
9. Blazing Saddles
10. Duck Soup
11. Bedazzled (1967)
12. The Producers (1968)
13. How To Get Ahead in Advertising
14. Some Like it Hot
15. Vacation

[J. J. Hunsecker]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

Well, I'm very indecisive when it comes to naming anything as a firm favorite, and most of what passes for "comedy" these days is not to my liking at all. If it wasn't in any kind of order, I'd probably have added more.

I don't understand why that would be a problem. You have over a hundred years of movie comedies to choose from. Decades ago most films fell under harsh censorship from the Hays Code. Anything deemed controversial back then would be considered tame by now.

You could select from the silent slapstick classics of Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd, for instance, or the "Screwball" comedies of the thirties (Bringing Up Baby, The Awful Truth, for instance). You have teams like the Marx Bros., the Ritz Bros., Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Wheeler and Woolsey, Burns and Allen, Hope and Crosby, Martin and Lewis, as well as comedians like Mae West and W.C. Fields.

Ernst Lubitsch directed many fine comedies like To Be or Not To Be, Ninotchka, Trouble in Paradise, etc. (Since you're religious I won't recommend Heaven Can Wait [1943] for you, as hell and infidelity are treated very lightly.) Preston Sturges is another great director of old comedies -- The Great McGinty, Sullivan's Travels, Hail the Conquering Hero, The Lady Eve, etc. Ealing Studios had a great run of comedies in the post war years -- Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Man in the White Suit, and The Ladykillers (1955). (All staring Alec Guiness.)

There's a veritable treasure trove of comedic films for you to choose from, so there's no excuse.

[Darth Marcus]

[Show spoiler]

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail


2. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb


3. The Big Lebowski


4. Shaun of the Dead


5. Young Frankenstein


6. Back to the Future


7. Ghostbusters


8. Hot Fuzz


9. The Royal Tenenbaums


10. In Bruges


11. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World


12. Tropic Thunder


13. Ferris Bueller's Day Off


14. When Harry Met Sally


15. The Princess Bride