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Originally Posted by bmwguydc
Very interesting thread. I will be curious to see how people respond.
I have a hard time narrowing it to the top 5 comedies, so I am going to go for double with a top 10 list (in no particular order).
1. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
2. Airplane
3. Monty Python and The Holy Grail
4. Ferris Beuller's Day Off
5. A Fish Called Wanda
6. Some Like It Hot
7. Arsenic & Old Lace
8. The Mouse That Roared
9. High Anxiety
10. The Pink Panther
Honorable mentions to the top 10:
1. Muriel's Wedding
2. Murder By Death
I have picked several classic films, since I believe that they truly stand out in my mind as being timeless. I do enjoy many modern comedies as well, but to rank in the top, from my perspective, they need to appeal across generations, since several of the movies listed above were out long before I was born. I still enjoy them today, and can watch them again and again.
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"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" was my first pick too...the ORIGINAL not the remake.
"Some Like It Hot" also a classic, but many Jack Lemmon films are.
"Bringing Up Baby"...an oldie but goody
The silent films of Buster Keaton
"Topper" with Cary Grant
"La Cage aux Folles" original French version and the newer American version (The Bird Cage)
...and I have to add "Father of The Bride" the original with Spencer Tracey
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