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The funniest comedies I have seen (feature films only).
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- DirectorTerry GilliamTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric IdleKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.Monty Python's Holy Grail is an icon, but strangely enough not really a Python movie in that it doesn't follow the MP concept. Rather, it feels like a full feature building on The Goodies. (The "real" MP movie is "The meaning of life".) Anyway, this is about as funny as any movie gets.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab CallowayJake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.A pretty much perfect comedy. Lots of fun gags, always delivered with the same stone faces, great music with many star cameos, and impressive effects and mass scenes. No under-the-belt jokes whatsoever. Why? Because they had too many good jokes, so they didn't need them.
- DirectorMike JudgeStarsRon LivingstonJennifer AnistonDavid HermanThree company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.An amazing B-movie about having a boring job which became a well deserved cult movie. The only movie I know with a red stapler as a main character! Well, maybe rather as an important asset, but anyway... Great cast, and a plot that can touch you deeper than most comedies.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardJack OakieDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.Chaplin at his very best. A fantastic movie about a future that got even more horrible than Chaplin could foresee. The mock german speech and the balloon scenes are the top scenes in a solid movie.
- DirectorTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseMichael PalinBorn on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.Monty Python's second best, with more serious undertones than Holy Grail. It is all about naively believing without understanding. "We are all different!"
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsBob HoskinsChristopher LloydJoanna CassidyWhen a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.The final cartoon! Made just in time to let the old voice stars voice their characters again, this one has them all - with original voices. And a wonderful interaction between the heroes.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksJohn CandyRick MoranisA star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.Although this movie has too many under-the-belt jokes for its own good, it also has good jokes in even greater number, in particular science fiction jokes. The number of downright iconic scenes is amazing! It mocks all kinds of SF, not only Star Wars but also Star Trek, Alien (with a great cameo by John Hurt) and more.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsCleavon LittleGene WilderSlim PickensIn order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.The Mel Brooks gang going over the top and it works! Most notably, it has the best anti-racist humor I have ever seen. "The sheriff is a ni..."
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerF. Murray AbrahamArt CarneyWith the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.Arnold makes a parody about his own screen character, and the result is hilarious! Often mistaken for an action movie, this movie was not well received, but if you watch it as the comedy it is, it is great fun. So, again, this is not Commando, it is more like "Who framed Roger Rabbit".
- DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.One of the last Marx movies, often overlooked, but I like it a lot! Actually, it is my favorite Marx, more evenly enjoyable than the much acclaimed Opera and Races!
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsBill MurrayDan AykroydSigourney WeaverThree parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.Ghostbusters has what it takes: An original idea, great actors who can handle it, and the most fabulous monster ever rampaging a city.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsJim CarreyEd HarrisLaura LinneyAn insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.Probably Carrey's best movie ever. Truman, stuck in a fake world, gradually figures out what happens around him. Exciting, funny in a strange way.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.The Marx Brothers made their greatest movies under Irving Thalberg's supervision. This was the second one, and my personal favorite of those, including the iconic "tootsie frootsie ice cream" scene.
- DirectorTerry JonesStarsJohn CleeseTerry GilliamEric IdleThe comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.Although not as solid as a movie as Holy Grail or Life of Brian, "Meaning of life" is the full feature following the MP concept the closest, and does deliver many iconic scenes.
- DirectorMel StuartStarsGene WilderJack AlbertsonPeter OstrumA poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.Gene Wilder makes an unreliable, scheming Wonka and the result is great, a movie that gets better for every time I see it.
- DirectorChuck RussellStarsJim CarreyCameron DiazPeter RiegertBank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a manic superhero when he wears a mysterious mask.Jim Carrey's first really good movie. Although I have some issues with the bad guys (being dull and stereotypical) the movie is a great adaption of the comic, turning morbid and violent into mostly plain fun. Fans of the comic may find this blasphemy, and of course it is yet another case where Hollywood took a concept and ruined it, but the original The Mask would not be a good movie (except possibly as adult cartoon like Heavy Metal) and what we got is so funny that I, for once, must say that the move was called for.
- DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsTommy Lee JonesWill SmithLinda FiorentinoJames, an NYC cop, is hired by Agent K of a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. Together, they must recover an item that has been stolen by an intergalactic villain.Comedy or action movie? Action comedy, and very funny as such.
- DirectorTom ShadyacStarsJim CarreyJennifer AnistonMorgan FreemanA whiny news reporter is given the chance to step into God's shoes.After The Mask and Truman Show, this was inevitable. But it is also very good.
- DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsRobin WilliamsKirsten DunstBonnie HuntWhen two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped in it for decades - and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.Robin Williams seem destined to make marginally funny, half-baked movies, but this one is good. It drags a bit in the middle, but most of the movie is both funny and exciting. A must for us board game fans! Also note Kirsten Dunst as a terrific child actor.
- DirectorNiall JohnsonStarsRowan AtkinsonKristin Scott ThomasMaggie SmithA pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair, and his children are up to no good.Horribly morbid, and with the most questionable moral conclusions, but despite that, and with a terrific cast, this is highly enjoyable.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsPeter SellersShirley MacLaineMelvyn DouglasAfter the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.Bizarre movie about how a person comes to power.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsJulie AndrewsDick Van DykeDavid TomlinsonIn turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.Iconic movie about the magical nanny, with Julie Andrews in her breakthrough role. The mix of animations and live characters was sensational for its time.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsZero MostelGene WilderDick ShawnA stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.Springtime for Hitler! Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder in their hit movie. It is notable that the remake actually makes some improvements in the script, but it lacks two important parts: Mostel and Wilder.