# Movie recommendations, bring the funny **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263 "2018-08-25T18:48:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/81 "2018-08-28T16:49:34Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Indeed, there is no category called Best Producer. > > Whatever motion picture is awarded best picture of the year has the producers receiving the statuette. Sorry, bad memory on my part. But it still shows how great all three films were. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/82 "2018-08-28T18:40:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Second. “The Producers” was first by 3 years. Thank you- my bad !! ---
**Author:** ![Valentine\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/76d3ee/32.png) [@Valentine\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valentine_Smith)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/83 "2018-08-29T22:21:45Z")
I’m surprised no one has mentioned “Network”!! Hell, the entire Fox network was based on that movie! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/84 "2018-08-30T00:09:53Z")
My favorite comedies (that I can think of right now) have already been mentioned, but you might want to look for [The Birdcage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birdcage), which was an American remake of the very funny foreign film [La Cage aux Folles.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Cage_aux_Folles_(film)) You might also like [L.A. Story.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102250/) I’m not generally a fan of Steve Martin movies, but this one has a lot of subtle little gags, For instance, one scene takes place in front of a resort(?) with it’s name on a big sign. It’s Pollo Del Mar. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/85 "2018-08-30T00:14:13Z")
Hell, for funny Steve Martin movies (I am a fan) try _Roxanne_. Or _Three Amigos_. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/86 "2018-08-30T01:24:02Z")
Other good Steve Martin movies include _Little Shop of Horrors_ and _Planes, Trains & Automobiles_. ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/87 "2018-08-30T03:28:46Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Other good Steve Martin movies include _Little Shop of Horrors_ and _Planes, Trains & Automobiles_. and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Michael Caine and Glenne Headly (RIP :() ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/88 "2018-08-30T07:33:49Z")
What about the Monty Python moves. But how about unintentionally funny? A clear winner here is _Battlefield Earth_. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/89 "2018-08-30T07:37:22Z")
This is a really different take on heist / gangster movies: _Lock, stock and two smoking barrels_. The two dorky hitmen outdo even the guy in _Fargo_. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/90 "2018-08-30T07:49:08Z")
_Tine Bandits_ Traveling to another dimension from a bedroom - yes, the\* Chronicles of Narnia\* series. Another candidate for unintentionally funny. And more for time travel: the French film _Les visiteurs_ about two men who get transported from the Middle Ages to the modern world. The Hollywood remake _Just visiting_ wasn’t bad, but not as good. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/91 "2018-08-30T13:52:35Z")
I watched Peter Sellers’s The Party with two other people. I have never heard three people laugh so loud. Steve Martin should have gotten an Oscar for All Of Me. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/92 "2018-08-30T14:51:44Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Steve Martin should have gotten an Oscar for All Of Me. Could not agree more. It was one of those wonderful situations where art imitated life because he was busy falling in love with Victoria Tennant during the filming of that movie. Pretty much identical to what happened with Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen in “Time After Time”. His level of cerebral articulate humor is a real gift in frequently overlooked by situations like the Oscars. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/93 "2018-08-30T15:28:19Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I watched Peter Sellers’s The Party with two other people. I have never heard three people laugh so loud. > > Steve Martin should have gotten an Oscar for All Of Me. _Steve Martin_ deserved an Oscar for this movie? I didn’t even remember he was IN this movie until right now. Lily Tomlin was the standout here. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/94 "2018-08-30T16:38:50Z")
Did Tomlin need to do the physical comedy of pretending her body was half under the control of a member of the opposite sex? The great acting performance in that movie was absolutely Steve Martin’s. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/95 "2018-08-30T16:51:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert_ Trivia: the only other acting credit for the woman with the ping pong balls is an arch-nemesis in [a children’s movie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113820/reference)! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/96 "2018-08-30T17:07:09Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I forgot _Galaxy Quest!_ (hey, it has Justin Long, too) It was Long’s first movie. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/97 "2018-08-30T19:45:41Z")
> [@Small\_Clanger](#): > > Sounds like the bowdlerized version with the swearing and “bad” language replaced (I think the Jag ad’ line should actually be _blow jobs_) - seek out the naughty version. > > Horror movie ad line that didn’t make the polite version. > > This movie won’t just scare you. It will _FUCK YOU UP FOR LIFE!_ > > Anyhow, funny film, just see the rude version. > > Volvos: They’re boxy, but they’re good! Actually, a Google search of the IMDB tells me that I’m correct (has “handjob” ever really been considered the polite version of “blowjob”?). The sanitized television version used the euphemism “special attention.” I also know that I saw the original version, because I remember the boss’s reaction to the movie ad that you had spoliered: “How the fuck did the work fuck end up in the New York Fucking Times?” Also: Sony. Because Caucasians are too damn tall. > [@DigitalC](#): > > I still use “it’s made from monkey cum you know?” every time i see my brother eating something. Ah, yes, the disgruntled cab driver. I like to quote the disillusioned rock star when something irritates or annoys me: “Fuck happy.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/98 "2018-08-31T13:24:21Z")
The first time I watched All of Me, for a second my brain actually wondered “How did they get Lily Tomlin into Steve Martin’s body?” THAT is how good he was. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/99 "2018-08-31T14:37:18Z")
Comedy is highly subjective. I don’t find most of the films listed “laugh-out-loud” funny, or, in some cases, funny at all. Here’s my list: **A Night at the Opera** – can’t go wrong with the Marx Brothers. This is my favorite of theirs (which makes me a Philistine in some eyes) **A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum** **What’s Up, Doc** – don’t tell me it’s “just a remake of Bringing Up Baby”. It isn’t. And I like it better **Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane, Top Secret!** and the first **Naked Gun** movie. I also loved **airplane 2** , even though it wasn’t by Zucker. Zucker, and Abraham **And Now for Something Completely Different** and **Monty Python and the Holy Grail**. (I have to admit I’m not a huge fan of the rest of the Pythoin troupe’s other cinematic outings0 **The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra** and **The Lost Skeleton Returns Again** **The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Young Frankenstein** and **SpaceBalls** by Mel Brooks I’ll also agree with **Shaun of the Dead** and especially **Hot Fuzz!** , but I didn’t care for **The World’s End** (although, to make up for it, I loved **Paul** ) ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263/100 "2018-08-31T15:42:42Z")
If it’s belly laughs you want: Amazon Women on the Moon. [Youtube trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSuhi1o_9Cs) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-bring-the-funny/820263.md?page=6)