Funniest Comedies Ever

That was the first movie I typed in. I can't believe it's not on this list.

That was my thought too!

here! here!

agreed

or "Office Space"? I'll write a letter to empire with all of our suggestions.

The two utes...what's a ute? Youths...youths...

Well said! I didn't agree with alot of it either... but it is ImDB's choice after all. If you don't like the list - write your own list. Enjoyed the quiz... but maybe a little more time!?

Why isn't Ferris Bueller's Day Off not working?

Obviously any list like this is going to be highly flawed and completely subjective... but... even given some horrifically glaring omissions, puzzling inclusions, and odd ordering.... this isn't altogether a terrible list. At least they got South Park and Team America on here. Nice to see the nod to Duck Soup, as well.

And Top Secret!!! Really glad to see that.

Agree with all of the films already mentioned... they should have been included over some that made it on here. I'd also add Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure & Bogus Journey, The Princess Bride, Scrooged, Rushmore, O Brother Where Art Thou... maybe The Great Outdoors, Tommy Boy, Harold & Kumar... so many...

The Princess Bride... was neither funny, nor good.

I think cookie as Asperger's? He mentioned something like that before. I think the sort of subtle humor of the Princess Bride would be hard to appreciate given this.

I found the phantom menace really funny.

If I try to think of the one movie that had me laughing the hardest non-stop start to finish I think it would have to be The Blair Witch Project. The other people in the theater kept giving me the evil eye but I couldn't stop it was so friggin stupid.

How did you get a picture next to the name of the quiz @ImDB?

God what an akward list. Silly teen-comedies mixed with satire, classic comedies with modern cartoons... way too arbitrary.

You are a DB.

I was a film major in college, so I've seen a lot of these lists. Other than the glaring omission of Animal House and the questionable ordering, I'd say it's one of the best I've seen. It leans a little too heavy on hip new comedies that likely won't stand the test of time (Pineapple Express?), but it's good to see some new classics on here in lieu of the old and outdated comedies like Sullivan's Travels that usually litter these lists to give an air of credibility to the writers. Some of them, like Blazing Saddles and Some Like It Hot, are still great watches, but most of them just don't hold up. And they're certainly not as funny as Old School.

I believe Airplane was released as Flying High in Australia and maybe other places. Could that possibly be accepted?

It was indeed released as Flying High - I live in hope that one day I will enter it and it will be accepted.

I think Airplane! is probably the best example of the odd ordering here. I mean... it's a fine movie... but #1 funniest film ever? That's a pretty big stretch. Personally I'd put Spaceballs over it and that didn't even make the list. Also, I don't think I've ever met anyone who thought Life of Brian (another fine movie) was funnier than Holy Grail. but... whatever... :)

Hello Kalbahamut, I'm The Wombat. Pleased to meet you. There, now you've met someone who thinks Life of Brian is far funnier than Holy Grail.

Wombat, remember me from the convention? A lot of us think The Life of Brian was better thought out than The Holy Grail or the sporadic Meaning of Life. The Life of Brian is as focused as Minty Python could conceivably get for more than 30 seconds. Yeah, so then they threw in aliens with a rescue from certain death just to torpedo me 39 years on.

It's a shame that an Adam Sandler film made it onto the list. But I'm glad to see Four Lions on there, although judging from the fact that only 3% got it I'm guessing it wasn't particularly popular outside of the UK!

As soon as I saw Sandler's name, I knew it wasn't a serious list.

Of course it's not a serious list. It's a 'Funniest Comedies Ever'! How do you expect that to be serious?

@PrinceEric I should have done the same. None of Sacha Baron Cohen's films belong on a funniest movies list.

And for that matter, neither do Steve Carrell's.

I actually thought about the movie when I saw Colin Farrell's name (I didn't recognize the other actor) but then foolishly decided it wasn't likely and didn't type it. D'oh!

planes,trains and automibiles- great film, but if im honest not that funny

i was also surprised not to find it

Except for seeing them all have a gasoline hose fight and dying, an exceptionally hard movie to watch.

Pineapple Express - one of the worst movies i ever seen.

I was going to stop playing if 'Borat' wasn't on here. Carry on.

Ha. You don't know any Louis de Funès movies... your loss :p.

For Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, all I could think of was "A Night at the Museum."

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead!

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In the Loop - a great British comedy!

'Tis but a scratch... a flesh wound.

You're a looney!

I agree. I can't believe Animal house did not make this list.

Has no one seen 'Death at a Funeral' (the English version) not the USA version........ far better comedy than many listed (In Bruges was a comedy?)

I didn't even smile when I was watching wayne's world. It is SOOOO boring movie.

I feel ashamed to live in an era where some twat pretending to be Kazakhstani or Austrian is more well known than The Blues Brothers.

Who are the 'blues brothers'?

Malbaby, please stop what you're doing right now (yes, I realize your comment was a year ago, doesn't matter) and watch The Blues Brothers immediately.

What a terrible, terrible list.

More people need to watch Top Secret!

Not sure how there are no Pink Panther movies on this list.

I agree, 'Shot in the Dark' is one of the funniest movies ever, compared to such films as 'In Bruges' I cannot believe they are not included.

I watched Blazing Saddles as a college student when it first came out. I thought it was the funniest movie I'd ever seen. I watched it twenty years later with my kids and thought it was the dumbest movie I'd ever seen. I think age and life experience makes a difference on what seems humorous. I should watch it again to see what difference another twenty years or so has made.

Empire Magazine is a joke. This list is awful.

What a godawful list. There are some good movies on it (although many of them are ranked too low), but then there are a lot of absolute garbage films on it too. About the only nice thing I can say about this list is that at least they didn't include Fargo.

Certainly not the list that I would compile but kudos for including "Top Secret".

Well there's plenty I disagree with here, but I have trouble faulting number one. I can't think of another movie that has a greater density of laugh-out-loud jokes than Airplane! And it is endlessly quotable. The rest of the top five I pretty much agree with, except for maybe Anchorman, which I liked, but wouldn't consider number two of all time good. I'd be tempted to swap it with Dr Strangelove. It's sad so few people guessed In the Loop, because it is a truly brilliant movie and spectacularly funny. In Bruges is also not getting as much love as it deserves. Personally I'd consider it amongst my all time favourite movies of any genre, but this list doesn't ask for the best films that are comedies, but the funniest comedies, and in straight up hilarity stakes the likes of Airplane beat In Bruges hands down.

how can you not put the movie central entelegance on the list

Very short time limit (7 seconds per title) for a quiz that makes you type out long titles like Trains Planes and Automobiles.

I don't think anything but Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb should be accepted. That's the title and cheaters shouldn't get points for only getting only 25% of the title right.

I used perhaps a little sarcasm. Do find it....wisible?

If all of those films are better than "A shot in the dark", then they must be good.

So glad to see' Withnail and I', 'In the Loop', 'Dr Strangelove', 'This is Spinal Tap' and 'Clerks' here, so sad to see that Adam Sandler garbage here. 'The Castle', 'Manhattan', 'Les Fugitifs', 'Burn After Reading', 'O Brother Where Art Thou', 'LA Story', 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels', 'Micmacs', 'Delicatessen', 'Napoleon Dynamite' and 'A Night at the Opera' are all sadly missing. I also don't remember 'In Bruges' or 'Kingpin' being particularly funny, even though they were both good movies.

Too bad the masterpiece Freddy Got Fingered isn't on here.

Definitely some good inclusions here and questionable ones. I haven't seen quite a few of these but I have enjoyed most of the ones I have. Happy Gilmore is far from my favorite on the list but it is quite a fun movie. The Jerk, Airplane, both Monty Pythons, Blazing Saddles, The Naked Gun, Shaun of the Dead, Caddyshack, and Dumb and Dumber are great inclusions. I definitely disagree with Groundhog Day, A Fish Called Wanda, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Young Frankenstein being there though. I am glad Princess Bride is not on the list but find it unfortunate that neither of the Hot Shots movies, Johnny Dangerously, Spaceballs, Animal House, or Uncle Buck made the list among other movies.