# Top ten comedies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760 "2003-10-05T22:15:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/1 "2003-10-05T22:15:45Z")
What are the top ten film comedies according to you? You can include animated films and musicals. Here is my top ten list in chronological order along with the directors: Trouble in Paradise (Lubitsch) Modern Times (Chaplin) His Girl Friday (Hawks) Palm Beach Story (Sturges) Kind Hearts and Coronets (Hamer) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Jones) Annie Hall (Allen) Eat Drink Man Woman (Lee) Toy Story 2 (Lasseter et al) Election (Payne) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/2 "2003-10-05T22:56:55Z")
Airplane! Monty Python’s Life of Brian Ghostbusters Some Like it Hot Animal House Duck Soup Monty Python and the Holy Grail One of Buster Keaton’s movies One of Chaplin’s movies The Princess Bride ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/3 "2003-10-05T22:59:20Z")
In no particular order: The Big Lebowski (the Coens) Fargo (the Coens) The Naked Gun (the Zuckers) Clerks (Smith) Love and Death (Allen) Manhattan (Allen) Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick) Blazing Saddles (Brooks) History of the World, Part I (Brooks) The Royal Tenenbaums (Anderson) ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/4 "2003-10-06T00:07:26Z")
Any sort of list, so long as it includes, “The Producers.” ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/5 "2003-10-06T00:25:43Z")
Blazing Saddles Blues Brothers History Of The World, part 1 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Princess Bride Repo Man Spinal Tap Up In Smoke Neighbors A Fish Called Wanda I really hate to leave Eating Raul off the list. Jon ---
**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:** [October 6, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/6 "2003-10-06T00:37:23Z")
Not the best just my favorites, in no order at all. The Jerk Ghostbusters Animal House What’s Up Doc The Odd Couple The Princess Bride Young Frankenstein The Producers The Life of Brian Bananas I see that I have a pretty broad sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/7 "2003-10-06T03:49:26Z")
Duck Soup Mad Mad Mad Mad World The Producers Noises Off Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex, But Were Afraid To Ask Dr. Strangelove Young Frankenstein Raising Arizona O, Brother, Where Art Thou The Jerk ---
**Author:** ![Cameroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@Cameroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cameroni)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/8 "2003-10-06T04:02:41Z")
My ten favorite comedies are: Dr. Strangelove Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life Young Frankenstein Dogma O Brother Where Art Thou My Fair Lady Blazing Saddles Caddyshack Singin’ in the Rain It Happened One Night But I think I’m a little weird. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/9 "2003-10-06T04:40:09Z")
Ghostbusters Airplane! Clerks A Night At the Opera Blazing Saddles The Odd Couple Annie Hall This Is Spinal Tap Groundhog Day High Fidelity ---
**Author:** ![RealTronic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RealTronic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealTronic)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/10 "2003-10-06T05:10:56Z")
My list, just off the top of my head… Groundhog Day Bananas Life of Brian Blazing Saddles Raising Arizona There’s Something About Mary Hot Shots! Part Deux Amelie of Montmartre Annie Hall Back to the Future …ah but there are so many!!! ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/11 "2003-10-06T05:28:36Z")
A slight correction: The Holy Grail was directed by Gilliam and Jones. It was the Life of Brian which was directed by Jones alone. ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/12 "2003-10-06T06:00:06Z")
Also off the top of my head and in no order Some Like It Hot Life Of Brian There’s Something About Mary Dr. Strangelove Visitor Q Shaolin Soccer The Princess Bride Galaxy Quest Fargo Bridget Jones’s Diary ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/13 "2003-10-06T06:22:28Z")
The first 10 that come to mind, thought the list would likely be quite different tomorrow. Airplane! The General Duck Soup The Thin Man Monty Python and the Holy Grail Mr. Hulot’s Holiday Toy Story This is Spinal Tap Dr. Strangelove Heathers ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/14 "2003-10-06T06:22:43Z")
Planes, Trains and Automobiles W. C. Fields (Take your pick.) Laurel and Hardy (Big Business, selling Christmas trees door to door.) The Big Lebowski Good Housekeeping (Saw it at a film festival, never seen it on VCR.) Play it Again Sam Muriel’s Wedding ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/15 "2003-10-06T06:48:11Z")
I want to take High Fidelity off my list and replace it with Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure! ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/16 "2003-10-06T10:05:24Z")
No order: Dr. Strangelove Spaceballs Meet the Parents Airplane! Naked Gun Groundhog Day Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Life is Beautiful Ghostbusters Er, I can’t think of another one… ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/17 "2003-10-06T10:12:11Z")
Annie Hall Raising Arizona National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation It Happened One Night The Money Pit Groundhog Day Airplane! Young Frankenstein This is Spinal Tap Monty Python and the Holy Grail ---
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/18 "2003-10-06T11:01:57Z")
**Spooje** , I haven’t seen Annie Hall, but your list comes awfully close to mine. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/19 "2003-10-06T14:16:03Z")
In no particular order: Young Frankenstein Airplane! Police Squad: The Naked Gun Monty Python’s Life of Brian Support Your Local Sheriff Ghostbusters The Blues Brothers This is Spinal Tap Groundhog Day The Producers ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760/20 "2003-10-06T14:25:46Z")
Let’s see…in no particular order: _Waiting for Guffman The Royal Tenenbaums Friday_ (only the first 3/4s, though) _Zelig Ace Venture: When Nature Calls What About Bob? Monty Python and the Holy Grail Raising Arizona O, Brother, Where Art Thou? Raising Arizona_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-comedies/205760.md?page=2)