Top Five Comedies of all time (scene, drama, history, musical)

[cap1717]

Forgot to mention "Dogma", Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. . . funny throughout (and I generally hate movies that have that much actual violence) but supremely, divinely funny, at the end, when "God" finally appears!

[BlueWillowPlate]

In no particular order, my faves:

Shakespeare in Love

Bringing Up Baby

Caddyshack

Some Like It Hot

O Brother Where Art Thou

Honorable mention:
Ferris Bueller
Animal House
Woody Allen's Sleepers
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Anything by the 3 Stooges

edited to add:
Nice to see the love for Local Hero. IMHO this film is almost beyond categorization, but it certainly has its own brand of humor.

[lovinCarl]

Originally Posted by BlueWillowPlate

Honorable mention:
Anything by the 3 Stooges

Wow thanx for reminding me.. can't believe I forgot them and we have their collection on DVD LOL...

I also want to add CAddyshack and Slap Shot.

[dano04631]

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Local Hero
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Young Frankenstein

[alicenevada]

Originally Posted by SlickRick1

Ok, I had to think pretty hard about this one but if I were to choose my top five comedies of all time, my list would go like this:

1. What about Bob
2. Theres something about Mary
3. Meet the Parents
4. Wedding Crashers
5. Happy Gilmore and the Cable guy are even for fifth

Im sure there are funnier ones out there that I am not thinking about. Maybe your list will remind me of them...

I'm a big COHEN brothers fan so:

1. O Brother Where Art Thou
2. Raising Arizona

other than that:

3. Blazing Saddles
4. Arsenic and Old Lace
5. Three Amigos

[cap1717]

A couple of "oldies but goodies"

A Thousand Clowns - Jason Robards, equally funny and sad
Harold and Maude - funny and sweet

[Mooseketeer]

Originally Posted by cap1717

A couple of "oldies but goodies"

A Thousand Clowns - Jason Robards, equally funny and sad
Harold and Maude - funny and sweet

How could I forget "Harold and Maude" One of my favourites. I was just re-reading the book a few weeks back.

[alicenevada]

Originally Posted by Mooseketeer

How could I forget "Harold and Maude" One of my favourites. I was just re-reading the book a few weeks back.

" I just love the classics like the Karate Kid and Harold and Maude"-Matt Dillon as Pat Healey-There's Something About Mary.

[LauraC]

Originally Posted by SlickRick1

Ok, I had to think pretty hard about this one but if I were to choose my top five comedies of all time, my list would go like this:

1. What about Bob
2. Theres something about Mary
3. Meet the Parents
4. Wedding Crashers
5. Happy Gilmore and the Cable guy are even for fifth

Im sure there are funnier ones out there that I am not thinking about. Maybe your list will remind me of them...

I don't know about "Top" as I don't watch many comedy movies but for their time, I'd have to pick these favorites:

1. Mars Attacks! (funniest movie I ever saw)
2. Abbott and Costello In The Navy
3. Easy Money (Rodney Dangerfield)
4. Revenge of the Nerds
5. Fast Times At Ridgemont High

[BlueWillowPlate]

Originally Posted by LauraC

1. Mars Attacks! (funniest movie I ever saw)

Doh! How could I forget that one?

4. Revenge of the Nerds

I almost put this one on my list.
The sequels were not that good, but it's a great movie.

Another fave: Rushmore