# Please share your three favorite movies that make you roar with laughter! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726 "2017-03-21T23:59:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Pork-Chop\_Express](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@The\_Pork-Chop\_Express](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pork-Chop_Express)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/41 "2017-03-22T11:48:06Z")
Diminishing returns aside, my three would be: Dumb & Dumber There’s Something About Mary Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/42 "2017-03-22T12:07:27Z")
Raising Arizona Napoleon Dynamite Airplane! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/43 "2017-03-22T12:43:14Z")
Most of my favorite comedies have been mentioned. Tho I second the recommendation to rewatch what you recall favorably, to see how well the laughs hold up. I remember watching Forum and Mad Mad World with my young kids, and having them ask me to thell them when the funny parts happened. Other movies made me laugh out loud when I watched them - mainly out of surprise, but did not hold up on rewatching when I knew what was going to happen. If I were naming only 3, I’d probly have to pick one each from Python, Brooks, and Marx Bros. Did I miss it or has there been no mention of Caddyshack yet? ---
**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:** [March 22, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/44 "2017-03-22T13:12:31Z")
\*\*What’s Up, Doc! Airplane A Night at the Opera\*\* ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/45 "2017-03-22T15:09:25Z")
Thank you everyone. Just reading some of the titles, made me laugh. And I am feeling much better. My access to movies (very limited) didn’t bring up a lot of the titles. But, I was able to see **To Be, or Not to Be** (1942). I can’t remember the last time I saw a movie that was older than me. I read the synopsis, and knew I would be in for a treat. And I was! Thanks for recommending a movie I would never otherwise have seen. And, I have more reels to see! Thank you again! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/46 "2017-03-22T15:30:46Z")
I forgot **Bad Santa**. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/47 "2017-03-22T15:55:44Z")
I feel guilty. The first one I thought of was The Party which is pretty racist 50 years on but, I’m ashamed to say, still really funny. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/48 "2017-03-22T15:59:42Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > I gotta say, I remember blazing saddles as hilarious, but I just watched for the first time in decades last week and I only vocalized a couple chortles. Don’t get me wrong, I was still mostly smiling throughout, but there was no roar of laughter to be had anywhere. > [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > \*Young Frankenstein \*(oddly, I don’t find \*Blazing Saddles \*funny at all) There are two types of people in the world: the ones who find fart jokes hilarious (and continue to find them hilarious decades later), and the ones who don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/49 "2017-03-22T16:02:33Z")
_Doctor Strangelove_ _Galaxy Quest_ _Plan Nine From Outer Space_ ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/50 "2017-03-22T16:04:54Z")
I’m a little sad no one shares my love for _A Fish Called Wanda_, but I still quote that all the time, eliciting eyerolls from the (now adult) children. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/51 "2017-03-22T16:09:34Z")
Christmas Vacation Drop Dead Gorgeous Caddyshack ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/52 "2017-03-22T16:16:42Z")
I loves me some comedy movies, and I’m sure I’ve roared with laughter at many many, but the only 2 that stand out in my memory are: Dodgeball - crass low physical comedy (Rip Torn in a wheelchair throwing wrenches at Justin Long) Being John Malkovich - more of an absurdist brain tickler (Malkovich on the phone ordering towels had me literally rolling on the floor in the theater - yeah, it says a lot about me…) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/53 "2017-03-22T16:38:16Z")
Blazing Saddles Arsenic and Old Lace Airplane! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/54 "2017-03-22T16:48:06Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > I’m a little sad no one shares my love for _A Fish Called Wanda_, but I still quote that all the time, eliciting eyerolls from the (now adult) children. I could easily have listed that one, as well as the less well known _Clockwise_, which in spirit is as close as we ever got to a feature-length Fawlty Towers episode. In fact, I definitely should have listed _Clockwise_ as one of my three. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/55 "2017-03-22T16:57:35Z")
Shaun of the Dead Hot Fuzz Run Fatboy Run ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/56 "2017-03-22T17:11:01Z")
What’s Up Doc? A Mighty Wind Dark Star Space Mutiny (MST3K’d) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/57 "2017-03-22T17:35:10Z")
Ninotchka S.O.B. The Monster (1994 film starring Roberto Benigni) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/58 "2017-03-22T17:39:03Z")
A Mighty Wind A Fish Called Wanda Arsenic and Old Lace …are all excellent choices. “I’m not a Brewster! I’m the son of a SEA COOK!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/59 "2017-03-22T18:11:29Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > Shaun of the Dead > Hot Fuzz > Run Fatboy Run Simon, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/60 "2017-03-22T18:18:35Z")
Life of Brian Alan Partridge Alpha Papa The Big Lebowski The first two are cry laughing out loud movies. The third is very funny and clever. Can i add Bad Santa? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726.md?page=4)