# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/101 "2017-03-27T14:24:17Z")
In Bruges Being John Malkovich M.P. & the Holy Grail ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/102 "2017-03-27T14:48:44Z")
> [@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. I have the impression that Blazing Saddles and Airplane! are the safe answers if you want to seem with it. For some reason, these two movies are darlings of the internet and get referenced constantly. I agree that Blazing Saddles was smirk inducing, but that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/103 "2017-03-27T16:04:39Z")
Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein History of the World, part 1 and for a bonus, Spaceballs ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/104 "2017-04-03T19:50:30Z")
I would say “Most of the above” because I can’t narrow it down to three. One recent movie that hasn’t been mentioned and I think deserves an Honorable Mention is What We Do In The Shadows. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/105 "2017-04-03T21:23:07Z")
Airplane! Young Frankenstein Dr. Strangelove Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/106 "2017-04-03T23:23:35Z")
It looks like I’m going to have to watch A Fish Called Wanda. And I’ll add Flash Gordon. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/107 "2017-04-04T00:13:31Z")
> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#): > > I have the impression that Blazing Saddles and Airplane! are the safe answers if you want to seem with it. For some reason, these two movies are darlings of the internet and get referenced constantly. Airplane! really is that funny. I saw it in the theater with my grandparents when I was 7 and it was just as funny then as it is now. It makes fun of absolutely everyone and everything in rapid fire fashion for the entire length of the movie but it isn’t juvenile (although it can be). It uses just about every type of humor there is from toilet humor to slapstick to subtle cultural references and it never lets up even after the credits are done. That is some very talented writing backed up by very good acting. Some studies show it has the highest laughs per minute of any movie ever made scoring an impressive 3 per minute. I own it and watch it fairly frequently. It really is that funny. The only movie that comes close for me is There’s Something About Mary. > **[Airplane funniest film ever, research finds](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9525372/Airplane-funniest-film-ever-research-finds.html)** > > Spoof disaster movie Airplane is the funniest film ever - generating three laughs a minute on average, according to new research. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/108 "2017-04-04T00:14:28Z")
\*\*The Jerk A Christmas Story Dumb and Dumber \*\* In college I fell in love at first ‘sight’ with a girl I had just met who responded to something I said by throwing out a quote from _The Jerk_. I responded in kind and we went back and forth like that for a while and then spent the rest of the evening and the next several months together. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/109 "2017-04-04T09:48:58Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > In college I fell in love at first ‘sight’ with a girl I had just met who responded to something I said by throwing out a quote from _The Jerk_. I responded in kind and we went back and forth like that for a while and then spent the rest of the evening and the next several months together. Did you pick out a thermos for her? ---
**Author:** ![yesanything](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@yesanything](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yesanything)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/110 "2017-04-04T12:09:29Z")
Airplane Caddy Shack Man on the Moon ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/111 "2017-04-04T12:22:35Z")
**His Girl Friday** **A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum** – clever lyrics, still funny, in spite of the sexism. **A Fish Called Wanda** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/112 "2017-04-04T19:20:03Z")
_Airplane! Trading Places The Big Lebowski_ Close behind: _Monty Python and the Holy Grail Galaxy Quest Liar Liar Dave Animal House There’s Something About Mary It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World True Lies Blazing Saddles High Anxiety Notting Hill Hot Fuzz What’s Up, Doc? Paper Moon Finding Nemo Heaven Can Wait What’s Up, Tiger Lily? 9 to 5 Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid Ghostbusters Midnight Run Back to the Future Hot Shots! Sleeper Dr. Strangelove Raising Arizona Monty Python and the Life of Brian_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/113 "2017-04-04T19:29:50Z")
A lot of funny movies listed here, but I’ll “The Man With Two Brains.” ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/114 "2017-04-04T20:31:19Z")
Kentucky Fried Movie Brewster’s Millions The Great Outdoors They might not be my _absolute_ top favorites, but I didn’t see them listed. And I will happily rewatch those anytime. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/115 "2017-04-04T20:51:02Z")
Top Secret! Real Genius Young Frankenstein ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/116 "2017-04-04T21:07:41Z")
_O Brother Where Art Thou The Odd Couple Tootsie_ ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Sanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rick\_Sanchez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/117 "2017-04-04T21:12:00Z")
Life of Brian The Big Lebowski The Producers ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/118 "2017-04-04T21:34:30Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Did you pick out a thermos for her? The extra best thermos that money can buy! ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/119 "2017-04-05T10:06:11Z")
…three favorite movies that make you roar with laughter! Some of these favorites I cant see as something to roar about. I cant recall roaring laughter movies at this time (Surely there are) Of what has been mentioned so far: I do like (iNPO) 1-Planes Trains and Auto’s :D-I can watch that several times a year 2-Airplane :D-Honorable mention only because I cant watch it that often (Sometimes time can make you forget the funny parts and then you enjoy them again) 3-Raising Arizona 😃 Honorable mention: Liar Liar 🙂 Caveats:): Melissa McCarthy movies are mostly good ((I really like MM) with the exception of Spy, its good but I dont care for Jason Statham’s character. And…St Vincent Something like Bruce Almighty is funny too but I’d like comedies that dont have a serious or sad part. Overall BA was funny! Comedies and SciFi are my favorite genres but romantic comedies…where’s a puke smilie? :dubious::dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726/120 "2017-04-05T11:14:29Z")
I’ve already cited my three, but I’m popping back in to express a little disappointment that there is no love for the early classics: WC Fields, Marx brothers, Chaplin. Even Bob Hope (whom I find largely unfunny but I do like the Road To… movies). mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-three-favorite-movies-that-make-you-roar-with-laughter/782726.md?page=7)