# Top Five Wall-to-Wall Funniest Films **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624 "2000-12-01T19:15:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/21 "2000-12-02T01:17:42Z")
A few more that had me LOL: \*\*My Cousin Vinny The Ruling Class \*\* … and almost anything by Woody Allan. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/22 "2000-12-02T02:16:52Z")
The winner of this thread will be **Airplane!** From the opening scene (parady of _Jaws_) to the end credits, there are more laughs in this movie than any I’ve ever seen. Actually, I could round out a top-5 with others from members of the ZAZ group [ul][li] **Top Secret** (they had me at “Skeet Surfin’”)[_] **The Naked Gun** (the first one)[_] **The Kentucky Fried Movie** (dated, but the “Fistful of Yen” is a classic) **Ruthless People** (not only extremely funny, but with a very clever plot and wonderful performances)[/ul][/li] **A Fish Called Wanda** needs to be here somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/23 "2000-12-02T02:42:56Z")
Well, some have already been listed, but: [ol] [li]Raising Arizona[/li][li]Life of Brian[/li][li]Orgazmo _(“You haven’t seen Orgazmo? Where’ve you been, Mars?” “No, Utah.” “Oh. Sorry.”)_[/li][li]Better Off Dead[/li][li]Blazing Saddles[/li][/ol] And an honorable mention to a film I had never even heard of last week, _The Last Remake of Beau Geste_, a Marty Feldman film. A great spoof of the Gary Cooper film, and old Hollywood films in general. ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/24 "2000-12-02T02:51:29Z")
In no particular order: The Producers Animal House Duck Soup Blazing Saddles What’s Up, Tiger Lily? Honorable mention: The General (Keaton) A Night at the Opera Monty Python and the Holy Grail ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/25 "2000-12-02T04:26:33Z")
Add one more vote each for _The Producers_ and _Duck Soup_ (though on other days I’m as likely to replace _Duck Soup_ with _Horse Feathers_ or _Monkey Business_ – or even _The Cocoanuts_). After that, I suppose I have to include _Airplane!_, and _This is Spinal Tap_. And much as I want to pick something from the screwball comedy era, for laughing out loud funny I guess I’ve gotta go with _Raising Arizona_. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/26 "2000-12-02T04:27:56Z")
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2. Monkey Business 3. Airplane! 4. Duck Soup 5. Groundhog Day Hon. Mention: Horsefeathers, Night at the Opera, Blazing Saddles, The Producers, Bananas, Animal House, Keeping the Faith, South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/27 "2000-12-02T04:41:11Z")
1. Airplane! 2. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut 3. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 4. Hot Shots 5. Ghostbusters ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/28 "2000-12-02T04:43:59Z")
I can’t believe no one has mentioned that Peter Sellers movie: The Party. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/29 "2000-12-02T09:23:19Z")
My (by no means exhaustive, and subject to change in the next five minutes) list: Raising Arizona The Big Lebowski Pulp Fiction Monty Python and the Holy Grail Office Space And nearly every other movie mentioned in this thread, really. (Special Hon. Mention to Kicking and Screaming, which while being a really funny movie, manages simultaneously to depress the living hell out of me.) ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/30 "2000-12-02T09:51:09Z")
It’s a Gift Sons of the Desert To Be or Not To Be (1942) The Bank Dick Way Out West ---
**Author:** ![Neenah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/958977/32.png) [@Neenah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neenah)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/31 "2000-12-02T11:04:34Z")
In no particular order: The Princess Bride The Villain Spaceballs Blazing Saddles Airplane! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/32 "2000-12-02T11:09:45Z")
Well [Withnail and I](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0094336) should be in the list. [Monty]As a youth I used to weep in butchers shops[/Monty] ---
**Author:** ![AKAmame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@AKAmame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AKAmame)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/33 "2000-12-02T11:41:58Z")
In no particular order: Marx Brothers, _A Night at the Opera_ for choice. _The Party_ (thank you for the reminder bagkitty) _Don’t Tell Her Its Me_ (nobody else seems to have heard of this, but I thought it was hysterical. I lent a copy to a friend who was miserable while recuperating from surgery, about which she had been reticent. Pity it turned out to have been abdominal surgery.) _The Princess Bride_ _Young Frankenstein_. ---
**Author:** ![AKAmame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@AKAmame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AKAmame)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/34 "2000-12-02T11:46:00Z")
Arrrrrgh. I forgot _The Ritz_. If it’s 5 only, _The Princess Bride_ bites the dust - the book was way funnier anyway. ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/35 "2000-12-02T15:00:53Z")
Airplane! – I’ve seen it at least 50 times, and it is still hilarious. This is Spinal Tap. Kentucky Fried Movie The Naked Gun Eddie Murphy’s “Raw” – So hilarious it hurts. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/36 "2000-12-02T16:02:36Z")
1. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 2. Strange Brew 3. The Blues Brothers (the $100 million worth of car crashes and good music definitely help) 4. This Is Spinal Tap 5. Caddyshack _Honorable Mention_: Clerks, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, There’s Something About Mary, History of the World Part I, Kentucky Fried Movie, Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke. ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/37 "2000-12-02T16:20:21Z")
I don’t have a Top Five list, just One movie no one’s mentioned: _Brain Donors_ Starring John Turturro as Roland T. Flakfizer – and if that sounds an awful lot like Rufus T. Firefly, you’re right. It’s a hilarious Marx Brothers movie without the Marx Brothers. I loved it, but it didn’t last in the theaters and it’s now hard to find on video store shelves. A pity. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/38 "2000-12-02T17:04:41Z")
I hate to admit it, but since no one else mentioned it… **Wayne’s World** ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/39 "2000-12-02T17:50:58Z")
Hmmm. South Park Blazing Saddles The Snapper Duck Soup Mystery Science Theatre 2000 The movie I laughed the most during was _The People Under the Stairs_. This had nothing to do with the quality of the movie, everything to do with my buddy’s sarcastic comments. ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624/40 "2000-12-02T18:03:51Z")
Well, there are a lot that I like that have already been listed. The two best, though, and the haven’t been listed (!) are: **Bottle Rocket** and **Rushmore** If you haven’t seen these you are missing out on two classic movies. Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson are absolutely brilliant writers, and the movies are extrememly good. I wish that I’d chosen Future Man for my user name. Oh well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-wall-to-wall-funniest-films/43624.md?page=3)