List your top five funniest movies of all time.

[Hman]

Meet the parents

Good One.


"It's only a game Focker!"

[BeatTheJerk]

Ace Ventura Pet Detective Top 5

[ByeShea]

Solid job, boys. So many greats listed.

So ...

Animal House
Caddyshack

are automatic first ballot for me.

The last 3 spots, more difficult - any could be swapped out by a number of movies already mentioned ...

Fletch
Anchorman
Super Troopers

[ByeShea]

Ace Ventura Pet Detective Top 5

Big time.

[DOM-Ganador]

Solid job, boys. So many greats listed.

So ...

Animal House
Caddyshack

are automatic first ballot for me.

The last 3 spots, more difficult - any could be swapped out by a number of movies already mentioned ...

Fletch
Anchorman
Super Troopers

Shea, I concur. AH and Shack 1/2 pickem.

Good pull on Fletch.
Really like "Old School"...….BLUE! You`re my boy.

[stevenash]

Shea, I concur. AH and Shack 1/2 pickem.

Good pull on Fletch.
Really like "Old School"...….BLUE! You`re my boy.

Belushi did a lot of ad libbing in Animal House, constantly going off script.
The cafeteria scene the cameraman turned to John Landis and said "what's Belushi doing"?
Landis told the cameraman I don't know just follow him and get it all on film.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Caddyshack is definitely in there, I have to mull over the other 4..

[Esco]

philadelphia
titanic
wag the dog
diary of anne frank
the day after

You left out Schindler's List

[batt33]

frick another one..haven't seen mentioned yet.....Blazing Saddles
Like The Jerk could never be made today......

[stevenash]

frick another one..haven't seen mentioned yet.....Blazing Saddles
Like The Jerk could never be made today......

Blazing Saddles could never be made today either.

[Buckandadime]

It's not a true comedy (in the classic sense) but Slapshot cracks me up..
Ok Coach!!

[Da Manster!]

solid list...good job fellas...can't believe nobody has mentioned this yet and my personal favorite comedy of all-time...

REVENGE OF THE NERDS

honorable mention:

Bad News Bears
Can't buy me love
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Spaceballs

[gojetsgomoxies]

midnight in paris
peter seller's last 3 pink panther movies
for a 5th, the Jerk is great.

[gojetsgomoxies]

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[reigle9]

Big Lebowski
Little Nicky
Bad Santa/2

[Esco]

Canadian Bacon was pretty good too (for a B-movie):

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/

[Hman]

One thing is for sure in this thread, that we all definitely have different opinions on what humor is lol

[Esco]

And how could you guys leave out the Austin Powers trilogy??

That was 3 fun movies

[Esco]

One thing is for sure in this thread, that we all definitely have different opinions on what humor is lol

Comedy is very subjective, thats for sure. I didnt find Robin Williams very funny when he was alive.
Ditto for Jim Carrey or Steve Martin (except for Liar, Liar).

My favourite comedians are Chevy Chase, Dennis Miller and Steve Chapelle

[DwightShrute]

hard to name only 5 but Dumb and Dumber has to be in the top 5

[stevenash]

Comedy is very subjective, thats for sure. I didnt find Robin Williams very funny when he was alive.
Ditto for Jim Carrey or Steve Martin (except for Liar, Liar).

My favourite comedians are Chevy Chase, Dennis Miller and Steve Chapelle

Like I mentioned in post 1 comedy is subjective, you are correct.
What's funny to one might be inane to another.
There's no right or wrong answers.

I have a few passions in life.
Math, computer science, analytics, and especially comedy. (I know, I have a strange mind)
When I was younger I used to do freelance work on a drive time comedy talk show.
Not full time as I had/have a full time job.

My love for comedy is the reason I started this thread.

I see by your list you like what I call the 'dry' humor.
And that's good.
Chase I thought was hit or miss funny but a 'dry' comic. I prefer Akroyd (another 'dry' comic)
I love Dennis Miller, he has a deadpan style I like plus I like wordsmiths and he's a great one.
Chapelle isn't that dry, I really like him. Quick witted.

A lot of actors who aren't really considered comics are very funny too.
Bruce Willis who I really like is one of them. Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, and 'Batman' Adam West come to mind.
I'm a huge Michael J. Fox fan, even though one might not think of him as a comic his movies were very funny and solid.
He was extremely successful in Family Ties for two reasons.
1) Women (and girls) thought he was extremely cute.
2) He was/is a master at timing. Comedy is all about the timing and delivery of the joke/gag/punch line.
Bruce Willis is a master at that too, ditto the late John Ritter.

You mentioned Robin Williams.
One of the great one line comics. I loved his rapid fire delivery.
Master at ad libbing too. Extremely quick witted. (Groucho Marx was the quickest wit that ever lived in my opinion. David Letterman too)
I found Robin William's movies hit or miss. His serious roles I could never wrap my head around, but his lighter stuff like Good Morning Vietnam was I thought genius.

Speaking of Robin Williams it's eerie on how many. many comics self destructed (for lack of a better term) and died in real life.
Williams commited suicide. Belushi, Chris Farley, Lenny Bruce, Greg Giraldo, Mitch Hedberg all OD'ed (and others), John Candy and Chris Farley literally ate themselves to death. There's others that self destructed but are still living. Kramer (Michael Richards) had a meltdown on stage for instance. I'm a gigantic fan of Jim Breuer who was well on his way to self destructing but had children with his wife that he worships an literally cleaned up his act including eliminating all racy jokes and humor from his routine.

[Buckandadime]

I can't believe you brought up Goatboy!! Lol
Reminds me of a movie yet to be mentioned..
Half-Baked..
Fuk you, fuk you, your cool, fuk you, I'm out!!...lol

[mgcolby]

Like I mentioned in post 1 comedy is subjective, you are correct.
What's funny to one might be inane to another.
There's no right or wrong answers.

I have a few passions in life.
Math, computer science, analytics, and especially comedy. (I know, I have a strange mind)
When I was younger I used to do freelance work on a drive time comedy talk show.
Not full time as I had/have a full time job.

My love for comedy is the reason I started this thread.

I see by your list you like what I call the 'dry' humor.
And that's good.
Chase I thought was hit or miss funny but a 'dry' comic. I prefer Akroyd (another 'dry' comic)
I love Dennis Miller, he has a deadpan style I like plus I like wordsmiths and he's a great one.
Chapelle isn't that dry, I really like him. Quick witted.

A lot of actors who aren't really considered comics are very funny too.
Bruce Willis who I really like is one of them. Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, and 'Batman' Adam West come to mind.
I'm a huge Michael J. Fox fan, even though one might not think of him as a comic his movies were very funny and solid.
He was extremely successful in Family Ties for two reasons.
1) Women (and girls) thought he was extremely cute.
2) He was/is a master at timing. Comedy is all about the timing and delivery of the joke/gag/punch line.
Bruce Willis is a master at that too, ditto the late John Ritter.

You mentioned Robin Williams.
One of the great one line comics. I loved his rapid fire delivery.
Master at ad libbing too. Extremely quick witted. (Groucho Marx was the quickest wit that ever lived in my opinion. David Letterman too)
I found Robin William's movies hit or miss. His serious roles I could never wrap my head around, but his lighter stuff like Good Morning Vietnam was I thought genius.

Speaking of Robin Williams it's eerie on how many. many comics self destructed (for lack of a better term) and died in real life.
Williams commited suicide. Belushi, Chris Farley, Lenny Bruce, Greg Giraldo, Mitch Hedberg all OD'ed (and others), John Candy and Chris Farley literally ate themselves to death. There's others that self destructed but are still living. Kramer (Michael Richards) had a meltdown on stage for instance. I'm a gigantic fan of Jim Breuer who was well on his way to self destructing but had children with his wife that he worships an literally cleaned up his act including eliminating all racy jokes and humor from his routine.

Mitch Hedburg was awesome...If have two legs and are flamable you are never blocking a fire exit...
Love Breuer too...

[TheMetsSuck]

Happy Gilmore
Dumb and Dumber
Coming to America/ Trading Places
Wedding Crashers
Superbad

[Bostongambler]

Kentucky fried movie

[Bostongambler]

Naked Gun

[Bostongambler]

Airplane

[dannydiceman]

solid list...good job fellas...can't believe nobody has mentioned this yet and my personal favorite comedy of all-time...

REVENGE OF THE NERDS

honorable mention:

Bad News Bears
Can't buy me love
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Spaceballs

What the fukk is a ‘frush’?!

[captrobey]

U-------H---------F

[Da Manster!]

What the fukk is a ‘frush’?!

love John Goodman's passionate speech when the Lambda's kicked the Alpha-beta's ass at the pep rally carnival!!..."YOU GUYS JUST GOT YOUR ASSES WHIPPED BY A BUNCH OF GODDAMN NERDS!!..NERDS!!!....

[dogkatcher]

Liar Liar
Deeds
Police Academy (not all)
Let It Ride
Airplane

[Buckandadime]

love John Goodman's passionate speech when the Lambda's kicked the Alpha-beta's ass at the pep rally carnival!!..."YOU GUYS JUST GOT YOUR ASSES WHIPPED BY A BUNCH OF GODDAMN NERDS!!..NERDS!!!....

"Ogre you asshole."

[BigJay]

A Fish Called Wanda
Blazing Saddles
Dr. Strangelove
Some Like it Hot
The Big Labowski

Best of the rest:
Annie Hall
Four Weddings and a Funeral
The Philadelphia Story
Old School
Swingers

[themike78]

U-------H---------F

Classic movie. Weird Al an excellent actor. I wish he did more movies.

[Hman]

Comedy is very subjective, thats for sure. I didnt find Robin Williams very funny when he was alive.
Ditto for Jim Carrey or Steve Martin (except for Liar, Liar).

My favourite comedians are Chevy Chase, Dennis Miller and Steve Chapelle