1. dumb and dumber
2. monty python and the holy grail
3. old school
4. spaceballs
5. dont be a menace in south central while drinking your juice in the hood
What are other peoples favorites
My favourites are, in no particular order:
Monty python and the holy grail (anything by MP actually, except for the meaning of life which had 1 or 2 good parts)
Dr. Strangelove (It's not the time to be hysterical!)
The burbs (Me, the boy and my brother, THE DOCTOR)
Braindead/Dead Alive (Your mother ate my dog! well not all of it)
The cable guy, Man on the moon (almost anything with Jim Carrey but these 2 are my favourites, even if man on the moon is more like a drama with some comedy)
Brazil (Absurdity to the max)
Well that's 7 :)
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I didn't know Brazil was a comedy, though I haven't seen it, I got the impression that it was just really wierd.
I really like Zoolander, pretty much everyone I know loves that movie [and unfortunatley quotes it all the time]
some of the others already mentioned are favourites as well.
Ace Ventura and it's sequel is also pretty damn funny.
I'm laughing just thinking about them all!
1) A Fish Called Wanda
2) Heathers
3) Four Weddings and a Funeral
4) Spaceballs
5) Raising Arizona
Well, that's off the top of my head. I'm sure 5 minutes from now I'll be like "D'oh, how could I forget..."
Brazil is more like a satire but it's pretty funny :)
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Ed Wood
Cannibal: The Musical
Zoolander
...and that's all I can think of at the moment. I'm not at home and can't look through my DVD's.
No order here:
Airplane
Raising Arizona
Baseketball
My Cousin Vinny
Meet the Parents
Gotta have a Marx Brothers in there, I'll say
A Night at the Opera
Airplane!
Dr. Stangelove ("There's no fighting here, this is the War Room")
Blues Brothers (but is this a comedy, action movie, or musical; or all three rolled into one? It slices, it dices, it makes Juliene fries. But wait, there's more: for no extra charge you get to see Illinios Nazis jump in the river!)
and
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
ok, if we take as comedy some film that makes u laugh here i have my tops ones.
- oasi of the zombie
-zombie 3
-plan 9 outter sapce
- terrorvision
this ones are fun because......... well, u know why :).
-happines- what a great film.
-Groundhog Day .
and lots of great spanish movies .
If I can count a couple of groups of movies as one (since they are difficult to decide between):
The Marx Brothers movies
The Hope/Crosby Road Pictures (with the exception of "Road to Hong Kong," which was pretty lame)
The Evil Dead series
Dead Alive
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
and some runners up just because I watched them recently:
Cannibal Women in the Avacado Jungle of Death
Mom and Dad Save the World (Hail Emperor Tod!)
Bringing Up Baby
Why has nobody mentioned Young Frankenstein?
In no particular order:
1. Broadway Danny Rose
2. Duck Soup
3. Some Like it Hot
4. The Odd Couple
5. Lost in America
Ask me again tomorrow, and I'll probably come up with a slightly different list.
Dumb and dumber? Everybody's tastes are different I guess., but nothing with Jim Carrey would even approach the top 1000 for me.
There are too many I love, but in my opinion the number one funniest movie ever made is Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
No particular order:
Strangelove
Caddyshack
Airplane
The Jerk
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Honorable Mention: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, but you HAVE to be a fan of old 1940s detective flicks or you won't like it at all.
Damn, how could I forget Caddy Shack. Or, d'oh, Animal House (but I'm only putting 1 Belushi movie on the list, there are too many good ones from too many different styles)
1. Clerks
2. Dead Alive
3. Army of Darkness
4. Cannibal the Musical
5. South Park the Movie
Blues Brothers
Animal House
Stripes
Ghostbusters
Austin Powers (when it was still fresh)
I think it depends on when you grew up. There were some other hororable mentions on this post like:
Dr. Strangelove
The Blurbs (I like all movies about neighbors)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Caddy Shack
Porky's
Airplane
The Jerk
Pee Wees Big Adventure
Meatballs (teen thing I suppose)
Woody Allen (most of them)
Abbott and Costello (all of them)
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Maybe these aren't the greatest comedies, but they all made me laugh quite a bit.
Porky's
Airplane
History of the World, Part 1
Liar, Liar
Spaced Invaders
Why hasn't blazing saddles been mentioned?
Geez, only 5? That's tough.
In on particular order:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The absolute king of comedy. No end of hilariously quotable lines.
Duck Soup
As another said, I had to have one Marx film in here. There are several great ones, but the raw insanity of this one makes it perhaps a cut above.
Naked Gun
Best spoof film ever (sorry Airplane!).
Liar Liar
Jim Carrey at his best with an Oscar worthy job of nonstop mugging.
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Another of the top spoof films, and one that gets no respect.
I would have included the fantastic Fish Called Wanda, but John Cleese was already represented on the list.
Seems most people throw in a Monty Python. Am I the only one who didn't think Holy Grail was their funniest movie? I thought it was DAMN funny, but Meaning of Life and Something Completely Different made me laugh harder and never dragged like Grail did at times.
The deal with Holy Grail is that almost every line in the thing is quotable, something very few movies can lay claim too.
It's the injustice inherent in the system. What else can I say ?
That's "violence inherent in the system" Damn peasant (ooh, that's telling)
The only thing I don't like about Grail is the ending; I suppose Life is more consistent in that regard, but you're right trek, Grail has so much quotable stuff in it.
Leave it to me to screw up quote from a movie I've seen a thousand times.
It's just an excuse to see it again.
I would've agreed with Holy Grail if I hadn't recently purchased and rewatched Life of Brian for the first time in years.
Damn, that's funny.
For really consistent laughs, I could list any number of MST episodes, but would that be a movie or a TV show? TV, I guess, that uses movies for its "raw material."
Nobody mentioned "This is Spinal Tap"? Damn. That's tied at #1 with Holy Grail for me.
Plan 9 from outer space is also one of the greatest comedies man has every made! Support plan 9! :P
Glad somebody in all these Python posts finally mentioned Life of Brian. Of all the Python films, Holy Grail is probably the funniest, but Brian is a close second for me.
As for my own list, I can only say that I don't do well with picking all-time favourites in such a broad genre. There are just so many possibilities. Don't make me choose!
The short answer would be that any list I'd come up with off the top of my head would probably include movies already mentioned in this thread. Although, Smokey and the Bandit hasn't been mentioned yet. I love that movie.
What the hell, here goes, in no particular order:
Holy Grail
Smokey and the Bandit
Airplane!
Blazing Saddles
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
And honourable mentions to more movies than I'd care to list.
In no particular order:
The Producers
Young Frankenstein
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Airplane
Ummm...well, not to overdo the whole Mel Brooks thing, but Blazing Saddles is pretty good...oh, and Dumb and Dumber is pretty high up there too.
My favorites, pretty much in order:
Withnail and I
Young Frankenstein
Spinal Tap
Annie Hall
Pink Panther Strikes Again
Caddyshack
Slapshot
Sleeper
1941
Sixteen Candles
Dumb and Dumber
Blazing Saddles
High Anxiety
And I forgot to add:
Animal House
Tommy Boy