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Comedy has always been a main stay of the American film. The American Film Institute
has come up with a list of the top one hundred comedies ever made. Please use the
feedback page to let me know what you
think. I current own over a quarter of the movies listed here.
Number |
Title |
Year |
1 |
Some Like It Hot |
1959 |
2 |
Tootsie |
1982 |
3 |
Dr. Strangelove |
1964 |
4 |
Annie Hall |
1977 |
5 |
Duck Soup |
1933 |
6 |
Blazing Saddles |
1974 |
7 |
M*A*S*H |
1970 |
8 |
It Happened One Night |
1934 |
9 |
The Graduate |
1967 |
10 |
Airplane! |
1980 |
11 |
Producers, The |
1968 |
12 |
A Night at the Opera |
1935 |
13 |
Young Frankenstein |
1974 |
14 |
Bringing Up Baby |
1938 |
15 |
Philadelphia Story, The |
1940 |
16 |
Singin' in the Rain |
1952 |
17 |
Odd Couple, The |
1968 |
18 |
General, The |
1927 |
19 |
His Girl Friday |
1940 |
20 |
Apartment, The |
1960 |
21 |
A Fish Called Wanda |
1988 |
22 |
Adam's Rib |
1949 |
23 |
When Harry Met Sally |
1989 |
24 |
Born Yesterday |
1950 |
25 |
Gold Rush, The |
1925 |
26 |
Being There |
1979 |
27 |
There's Something About Mary |
1998 |
28 |
Ghostbusters |
1984 |
29 |
This is Spinal Tap |
1984 |
30 |
Arsenic and Old Lace |
1944 |
31 |
Raising Arizona |
1987 |
32 |
Thin Man, The |
1934 |
33 |
Modern Times |
1936 |
34 |
Groundhog Day |
1993 |
35 |
Harvey |
1950 |
36 |
National Lampoon's Animal House |
1978 |
37 |
Great Dictator, The |
1940 |
38 |
City Lights |
1931 |
39 |
Sullivan's Travels |
1941 |
40 |
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World |
1963 |
41 |
Moonstruck |
1987 |
42 |
Big |
1988 |
43 |
American Graffiti |
1973 |
44 |
My Man Godfrey |
1936 |
45 |
Harold and Maude |
1972 |
46 |
Manhattan |
1979 |
47 |
Shampoo |
1975 |
48 |
Shot in the Dark, A |
1964 |
49 |
To Be or Not To Be |
1942 |
50 |
Cat Ballou |
1965 |
51 |
Seven Year Itch |
1955 |
52 |
Ninotchka |
1939 |
53 |
Arthur |
1981 |
54 |
Mircle of Morgan's Creek |
1944 |
55 |
Lady Eye, The |
1941 |
56 |
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein |
1948 |
57 |
Diner |
1982 |
58 |
It's A Gift |
1934 |
59 |
Day at the Races, A |
1937 |
60 |
Topper |
1937 |
61 |
What's Up Doc? |
1972 |
62 |
Sherlock, Jr. |
1924 |
63 |
Beverly Hills Cop |
1984 |
64 |
Broadcast News |
1987 |
65 |
Horse Feathers |
1932 |
66 |
Take the Money and Run |
1969 |
67 |
Mrs. Doubtfire |
1993 |
68 |
Awful Truth, The |
1937 |
69 |
Bananas |
1971 |
70 |
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
1936 |
71 |
Caddyshack |
1980 |
72 |
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House |
1948 |
73 |
Monkey Business |
1933 |
74 |
9 to 5 |
1980 |
75 |
She Done Him Wrong |
1933 |
76 |
Victor, Victoria |
1982 |
77 |
Palm Beach Story, The |
1942 |
78 |
Road to Morocco, The |
1942 |
79 |
Freshman, The |
1925 |
80 |
Sleeper |
1973 |
81 |
Navigator, The |
1924 |
82 |
Private Benjamin |
1980 |
83 |
Father of the Bride |
1950 |
84 |
Lost in America |
1985 |
85 |
Dinner at Eight |
1933 |
86 |
City Slickers |
1991 |
87 |
Fast Time At Ridgemount High |
1982 |
88 |
Beetlejuice |
1988 |
89 |
Jerk, The |
1979 |
90 |
Woman of the Year |
1942 |
91 |
Heartbreak Kid, The |
1972 |
92 |
Ball of Fire |
1941 |
93 |
Fargo |
1996 |
94 |
Auntie Mame |
1958 |
95 |
Sliver Streak |
1976 |
96 |
Sons of the Desert |
1933 |
97 |
Bull Durham |
1988 |
98 |
Court Jester, The |
1956 |
99 |
Nutty Professor, The |
1963 |
100 |
Good Morning, Vietnam |
1987 |
Note: The records in bold are films I have in my personal collection.
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