TimeOut Magazine's Best Comedy Movies - Statistics

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Answer Stats
Position Hint Answer % Correct
2 High-flying disaster movie parody (Abrahams/Zucker/Zucker, 1980) Airplane!
86%
8 Weatherman finds himself stuck in a time loop (Ramis, 1993) Groundhog Day
85%
22 Two dimwitted friends travel to Colorado to return some money (Farrelly, 1994) Dumb and Dumber
79%
5 Knights of the Round Table on a noble quest are vexed by a killer rabbit (Gilliam/Jones, 1975) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
75%
13 Slacker who enjoys bowling gets involved in a kidnapping (Coen, 1998) The Big Lebowski
75%
1 Rock Music Mockumentary, dialled up to 11 (Rob Reiner, 1984) This Is Spinal Tap
75%
6 Misogynistic newsreader clashes with new female counterpart (McKay, 2004) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
71%
15 A black sheriff is appointed in a racist town to defeat the evil machinations of the State Attorney General (Brooks, 1974) Blazing Saddles
66%
3 Naughty boy is mistaken for the Messiah in Judea (Jones, 1979) Monty Python's Life of Brian
65%
14 Unhinged US Army General orders a nuclear strike on Russia (Kubrick, 1964) Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
64%
23 Four parapsychologists attempt to prevent the second coming of the Sumerian God of Destruction (Reitman, 1984) Ghostbusters
62%
21 Two mismatched men attempt to get to Chicago in time for Thanksgiving (Hughes, 1987) Planes, Trains and Automobiles
62%
4 Neurotic comedian tries to work out why his relationship failed (Allen, 1977) Annie Hall
59%
12 Central Asian journalist travels to the US to learn about western culture (Charles, 2006) Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit of Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
59%
9 Two Jazz musicians on the run from the mob dress up as women (Wilder, 1959) Some Like It Hot
59%
20 A rich commodities broker and a homeless man cross paths not knowing they are part of an elaborate bet (Landis, 1983) Trading Places
58%
16 Two vinyl-flinging housemates face up to a zombie apocalypse (Wright, 2004) Shaun of the Dead
57%
27 Man hires a private eye to track down his childhood sweetheart but faces opposition for her affections (Farrelly/Farrelly, 1998) There's Something About Mary
55%
28 The adventures of the rock music-loving hosts of a public access television cable show (Spheeris, 1992) Wayne's World
52%
19 Four boys watch an R-rated film that leads to a war between Canada and the US (Parker, 1999) South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
50%
18 Incompetent LA detective uncovers a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II (Zucker, 1988) The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
50%
30 Broadway theatrical flop is a cover for investment fraud but it becomes an unexpected success (Brooks, 1968) The Producers
49%
26 Mockumentary about five pet owners on their way to the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show (Guest, 2000) Best in Show
48%
11 Puppets attempt to save the world from the Film Actors Guild (Parker, 2004) Team America: World Police
48%
17 The Marx Brothers get involved in a dispute between Freedonia and Sylvania (McCarey, 1933) Duck Soup
46%
10 An idiotic man struggles to make it through life on his own in St Louis (Reiner, 1979) The Jerk
38%
29 An eccentric teenager and his industrialist friend both fall in love with an elementary school teacher (Anderson, 1998) Rushmore
31%
24 A group of dimwitted Muslim radicals from Sheffield aspire to be suicide bombers (Morris, 2010) Four Lions
18%
7 Two unemployed actors go on a disastrous holiday (Robinson, 1987) Withnail & I
13%
25 Loving Australian family are threatened when developers attempt a compulsory purchase on their home (Sitch, 1997) The Castle
8%
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