What are the best comedy movies?
Almost all movies have some comical element in them and on a large scale every second film is a comedy film. Either be it Action comedy or Romantic Comedy or even Horror comedy. So it makes hard to pick up the greatest comedy films of all time.
Comedy genre could be traced back to silent era (in the 1920s). People were big fan of Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy style of comedy movies. The 1940s and 1950s saw many hit screwball comedies along with War comedies and satirical comedies. The 1960s and 1970s gave birth to spy comedies, Star packed comedies, and Black comedy movies.
The 80s is known as the best decade for Teen comedies and Romantic comedy films. The 90s continued the success of romantic comedies along with buddy comedy movies and dark comedy films. The decade of 2000s saw a rise in horror comedies along with st0ner comedies and $ex comedies. However, the 2000s also saw a fall in family comedy movies.
The best comedy movies are surely those that gave funny moments on every scene of the film and made it impossible for a person to hold laughter. But with time comedy has found new taste and new style of humor. Comedy has a huge range, ranging from Slapstick comedy, comedy of manners, comedy of errors to situational comedy, parody and satirical comedy to black comedy. We tried to include the best of almost all type of comedies in this list.
Here is the list of 100 funniest comedy films of all time.
Contents
100. We’re The Millers
Director – Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cast – Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Kathryn Hahn, Jason Sudeikis, Will Poulter
IMDB Rating – 7.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 48%
Release Date – August 30, 2013
Box Office – $270 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Plot – As part of his attempt to bring a large shipment of marijuana into the United States from Mexico, a veteran cannabis dealer constructs a false family.
99. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Director – Danny Leiner
Cast – Anthony Anderson, Paula Garcés, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, John Cho, Boyd Banks
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 74%
Release Date – May 20, 2004
Box Office – $23.9 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy
Plot – A Korean-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner pal set out to quench their White Castle burger cravings.
98. Euro Trip
Director – Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg, David Mandel
Cast – Michelle Trachtenberg, Scott Mechlowicz, Travis Wester, Jacob Pitts
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 47%
Release Date – February 20, 2004
Box Office – $20.8 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy
Plot – After being dumped by his lover, a high school graduate chooses to travel around Europe with his friends.
97. Liar Liar
Director – Tom Shadyac
Cast – Jennifer Tilly, Jim Carrey, Swoosie Kurtz, Maura Tierney, Anne Haney, Justin Cooper
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – March 21, 1997
Box Office – $302.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Fantasy
Plot – After disappointing his son for the last time, a fast-track lawyer cannot lie for 24 hours due to his son’s birthday desire.
96. This Is Spinal Tap
Director – Rob Reiner
Cast – June Chadwick, Christopher Guest, Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer
IMDB Rating – 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – March 2, 1984
Box Office – $4.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Music
Plot – Film director Marty DiBergi follows Spinal Tap, one of England’s loudest bands, on what turns out to be a fateful tour.
95. Clerks.
Director – Kevin Smith
Cast – Marilyn Ghigliotti, Brian O’Halloran, Lisa Spoonauer, Jeff Anderson
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – October 19, 1994
Box Office – $3.2 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – A day in the life of Dante and Randal, two convenience store clerks who annoy customers, talk movies, and play hockey on the store roof.
94. The Dictator
Director – Larry Charles
Cast – Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris, Sacha Baron Cohen
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 57%
Release Date – May 16, 2012
Box Office – $179 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – The amazing story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that the country he so lovingly persecuted would never see democracy.
93. Elf
Director – Jon Favreau
Cast – Mary Steenburgen, Zooey Deschanel, James Caan, Will Ferrell, Bob Newhart
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – November 7, 2003
Box Office – $220.9 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Plot – A human, raised as an oversized elf, travels from the North Pole to New York City to visit his biological father, who is unaware of his existence and in urgent need of Christmas cheer.
92. Bridesmaids
Director – Paul Feig
Cast – Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – April 28, 2011
Box Office – $288.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Plot – An out-of-work pastry chef’s existence is threatened by a competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid over who is the bride’s best friend.
91. The Devil Wears Prada
Director – David Frankel
Cast – Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Adrian Grenier
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – June 29, 2006
Box Office – $326.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Plot – Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine, hires a sharp but reasonable recent graduate as an assistant.
90. Napoleon Dynamite
Director – Jared Hess
Cast – Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Jon Gries, Diedrich Bader, Jon Heder
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 71%
Release Date – June 11, 2004
Box Office – $46.1 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – While dealing with his weird family situation back home, a listless and alienated adolescent resolves to help his new acquaintance win the class presidency in his small western high school.
89. Seven Psychopaths
Director – Martin McDonagh
Cast – Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken, Abbie Cornish
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – October 12, 2012
Box Office – $33 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Plot – After his quirky friends kidnap a gangster’s pet Shih Tzu, a struggling screenwriter unintentionally becomes enmeshed in the Los Angeles criminal underworld.
88. The Intouchables
Director – Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano
Cast – Omar Sy, François Cluzet
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – July 13, 2012
Box Office – €360 million
Genre – Biography, Comedy, Drama
Plot – An aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver after he becomes quadriplegic due to a paragliding accident.
87. Office Space
Director – Mike Judge
Cast – Stephen Root, Ron Livingston, Gary Cole, Jennifer Aniston
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – February 19, 1999
Box Office – $12.2 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston), a corporate drone, despises his soul-crushing work at software firm Initech. When Peter’s hypnotherapist passes away in the middle of their session, he is left in a happy condition. He refuses to work extra, plays games at his desk, and unwittingly seduces two consultants into promoting him to management. When Peter’s buddies find that they are about to be laid off, they plot a vengeance against the firm based on “Superman III.”
86. Big
Director – Penny Marshall
Cast – John Heard, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins, Tom Hanks
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – June 3, 1988
Box Office – $151.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Plot – After a wish transforms Josh Baskin (David Moscow) into a 30-year-old man (Tom Hanks), he moves to New York City and takes a low-paying job at MacMillen Toy Company. A serendipitous meeting with the company’s owner (Robert Loggia) leads to a promotion testing new toys. Susan Lawrence (Elizabeth Perkins), a coworker, develops a romantic interest in Josh soon after. However, the pressures of adulthood begin to overwhelm him, and he yearns to return to his simpler childhood.
85. Easy A
Director – Will Gluck
Cast – Thomas Haden Church, Emma Stone, Cam Gigandet, Dan Byrd, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 12 November 12, 2010
Box Office – $75 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Plot – Olive (Emma Stone), a clean-cut girl, is prodded by her popular best friend to disclose details of her dull weekend. She decides to liven things up by telling a small white lie about losing her virginity. Olive becomes famous for the wrong reasons when a high school gossip (Amanda Bynes) overhears the exchange and spreads it around campus.
84. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Director – Nicholas Stoller
Cast – Russell Brand, Jason Segel, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – April 18, 2008
Box Office – $105.2 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Plot – Devastated Peter takes a trip to Hawaii to recover from his recent break-up with Sarah, his TV star girlfriend. Sarah is going to the same resort as her ex-boyfriend, and she’s taking her new boyfriend with her.
83. Dogma
Director – Kevin Smith
Cast – Salma Hayek, Ben Affleck, Linda Fiorentino, Jason Lee, Matt Damon
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 67%
Release Date – November 12, 1999
Box Office – $31.4 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Plot – Two evicted angels from paradise have been barred from entering Wisconsin. They’re now on their way to New Jersey, where they hope to find a way back into paradise. The only catch is that it will result in humanity’s extinction. To stop them, a group comes together.
82. Silver Linings Playbook
Director – David O. Russell
Cast – Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Jacki Weaver, Robert De Niro, Anupam Kher
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – December 7, 2012
Box Office – $236.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot – Pat Solitano, a former teacher, returns home to his parents after a term in a mental institution and attempts to reconcile with his ex-wife. When Pat meets Tiffany, a fascinating girl with her own troubles, things get even more difficult.
81. The Wolf of Wall Street
Director – Martin Scorsese
Cast – Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kyle Chandler, Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – December 25, 2013
Box Office – $392 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Plot – Based on Jordan Belfort’s true narrative, from his climb to become a wealthy stockbroker living the good life to his fall into crime, corruption, and the federal government.
80. Police Academy
Director – Hugh Wilson
Cast – Bubba Smith, Steve Guttenberg, George Gaynes, Kim Cattrall
IMDB Rating – 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 54%
Release Date – March 23, 1984
Box Office – $149.8 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – When the mayor of a crime-plagued city relaxes the requirements for attending the police academy in order to increase the number of officers on the streets, all kinds of strange individuals apply. Suave Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg), lumbering Moses Hightower (Bubba Smith), gorgeous Karen Thompson (Kim Cattrall), and sound effects-producing Larvell Jones (Michael Winslow) are among the cadets who must exhibit initiative and courage when presented with difficult conditions while on patrol.
79. The Pink Panther
Director – Blake Edwards
Cast – Claudia Cardinale, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine, Robert Wagner
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – December 18, 1963
Box Office – $10.9 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime, Romance
Plot – Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven), a dashing European burglar, aims to steal a diamond in this debut film of the famed comedic series, but he’s not the only one with his eye on the legendary jewel known as the “Pink Panther.” His nephew George (Robert Wagner) is also plotting to steal the jewel and blame Charles for it. Intervenes bumbling French police investigator Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers), but his job and freedom are compromised.
78. The Odd Couple
Director – Gene Saks
Cast – Herb Edelman, John Fiedler, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – May 2, 1968
Box Office – $44.5 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – A freshly divorced New Yorker moves in with his closest buddy, a divorced sportswriter, but their notions about cleaning and lives are as night and day.
77. Zoolander
Director – Ben Stiller
Cast – Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller, Milla Jovovich, Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 64%
Release Date – September 28, 2001
Box Office – $60.8 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller), propelled to the top of the fashion industry by a photogenic stare he refers to as “Blue Steel,” believes he has a fourth consecutive award as Male Model of the Year in the bag. Derek is heartbroken when his opponent, Hansel (Owen Wilson), unexpectedly wins the title. He falls prey to fashion designer Jacobim Mugatu (Will Ferrell), who hires Derek to star in his “Derelicte” fashion show before brainwashing him into assassinating Malaysia’s prime minister.
76. Duck Soup
Director – Leo McCarey
Cast – Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – November 17, 1933
Box Office – $1 million
Genre – Comedy, Musical, War
Plot – When the little republic of Freedonia becomes bankrupt, Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Dumont), the country’s wealthy benefactor, insists on Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) becoming president. The neighboring nation of Sylvania sends in the spies Pinky (Harpo Marx) and Chicolini (Chico Marx) to prepare the ground for a revolution, sensing a vulnerability in leadership. As Firefly battles the Sylvanian envoy (Louis Calhern), chaos follows, and the two countries are on the edge of war.
75. This Is the End
Director – Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Cast – Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – June 3, 2013
Box Office – $126.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Fantasy
Plot – Actor James Franco is having a party in Hollywood with a bevy of celebrity friends. Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, and Craig Robinson were among those in attendance. Suddenly, a biblical disaster erupts, wreaking havoc on Hollywood’s elite and locking Franco’s entourage in his mansion. Cabin fever and running out of supplies threaten to rip the six friends apart as the world they know crumbles outside.
74. Wedding Crashers
Director – David Dobkin
Cast – Rachel McAdams, Owen Wilson, Bradley Cooper, Christopher Walken, Vince Vaughn
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – July 13, 2005
Box Office – $285.2 million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Plot – Jeremy (Vince Vaughn) and John (Owen Wilson) are divorce mediators who like to crash wedding festivities in their spare time. There are few better methods for the irrepressible duo to drink for free and bed vulnerable ladies. When Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary (Christopher Walken) announces his daughter’s wedding, the two decide to interrupt the high-profile ceremony. However, their plan is derailed when John locks eyes with bridesmaid Claire (Rachel McAdams).
73. The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director – Wes Anderson
Cast – Mathieu Amalric, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, Jeff Goldblum, Jason Schwartzman, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, Tony Revolori
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – February 8, 2014
Box Office – $174.8 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
Plot – The Grand Budapest Hotel, presided over by concierge Gustave H., is a prominent European ski resort in the 1930s (Ralph Fiennes). Gustave makes Zero, a junior lobby boy, his friend and protege. Gustave takes pleasure in giving top-notch service to the hotel’s customers, including meeting the sexual demands of the numerous old women who frequent the establishment. When one of Gustave’s lovers dies unexpectedly, he inherits a valuable painting and becomes the prime suspect in her murder.
72. Good Morning, Vietnam
Director – Barry Levinson
Cast – Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – January 15, 1988
Box Office – $123.9 million
Genre – Biography, Comedy, Drama
Plot – Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams), a radio comedian, is dispatched to Vietnam to inject some levity into the troops’ life. Cronauer delighted the G.I.s after opening up shop, but his senior officer, Sergeant Major Dickerson (J.T. Walsh), is taken aback by his satirical view of the war. Cronauer develops a romance with a Vietnamese girl named Trinh (Chintara Sukapatana), who shows him the horrors of war firsthand, while Dickerson tries to control Cronauer’s broadcasts.
71. Raising Arizona
Director – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast – William Forsythe, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Nicolas Cage
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – March 6, 1987
Box Office – $29.2 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Plot – A fast-paced farce about an odd couple who will go to any extent to have a kid. When an inept thief marries a cop, they learn that they are both sterile. To satisfy his wife’s desire for a child, the guy kidnaps one of the quintuplets, but chaos ensues when the child’s wealthy father sends a bounty hunter after the kidnapper.
70. Goodbye Lenin
Director – Wolfgang Becker
Cast – Maria Simon, Daniel Brühl, Chulpan Khamatova, Katrin Saß, Alexander Beyer
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – February 13, 2003
Box Office – $79.3 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Plot – Alex Kerner (Daniel Brühl) lives with his mother, Christiane (Kathrin Sass), and sister, Ariane, in October 1989, just before the collapse of the Berlin Wall (Maria Simon). When Alex’s mother, a devout communist, sees him at an anti-communist protest, she goes into a coma and misses the revolution. Doctors warn that any disturbing occurrence after she wakes up might cause her to suffer a heart attack, so the family must go to considerable efforts to maintain the illusion that communism still prevails in Berlin.
69. Bad Santa
Director – Terry Zwigoff
Cast – Tony Cox, Lauren Tom, Billy Bob Thornton, Brett Kelly, John Ritter, Bernie Mac
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 78%
Release Date – November 26, 2003
Box Office – $76.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime, Drama
Plot – Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton) and his buddy (Tony Cox) gather once a year for a holiday con in this dark comedy. They rob shopping outlets on Christmas Eve while posing as a mall Santa and his elf. Willie, on the other hand, is coming apart this year. He’s miserable and drunk, and his unpredictable conduct makes mall security suspicious (Bernie Mac). Willie begins to question whether there is still hope for him when befriending a tiny kid brings out his softer side.
68. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Director – Tom Shadyac
Cast – Courteney Cox, Jim Carrey, Tone Lōc, Sean Young, Dan Marino
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 47%
Release Date – February 4, 1994
Box Office – $107.2 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – When Miami’s NFL team’s dolphin mascot is kidnapped, Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey), a hilarious private detective who specializes in retrieving lost animals, investigates. Players from the Miami Dolphins, including star player Dan Marino (Dan Marino), are kidnapped soon after, making Ace’s sleuthing task even more urgent. Ace moves in on the criminals with the help of Dolphins spokeswoman Melissa Robinson (Courteney Cox), but not before a series of bizarre incidents.
67. Hot Fuzz
Director – Edgar Wright
Cast – Jim Broadbent, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – February 14, 2007
Box Office – $80.7 million
Genre – Action, Comedy, Mystery
Plot – When inhabitants of a peaceful Somerset town start dying in horrible accidents, hotshot police officer Nicholas Angel suspects foul play. Something’s going on, and he’ll have to collaborate with bumbling local plebe Danny Butterman to figure it out.
66. The General
Director – Buster Keaton
Cast – Marion Mack, Buster Keaton
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – December 31, 1926
Box Office – $1 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy
Plot – An engineer must single-handedly retrieve his beloved locomotive when it is stolen by Union spies and return it across enemy lines after being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his essential civilian role.
65. It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Director – Stanley Kramer
Cast – Sid Caesar, Spencer Tracy, Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 74%
Release Date – November 7, 1963
Box Office – $60 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot – Smiler Grogan (Jimmy Durante) causes a major traffic congestion and then cryptically tells the gathering drivers that he’s buried a fortune in stolen riches under the Big W. The drivers all went out to find the wealth.
64. The Jerk
Director – Carl Reiner
Cast – Catlin Adams, Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – December 14, 1979
Box Office – $100 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – Navin (Steve Martin) claims he was born in Mississippi as an impoverished black youngster. He is, however, a white man. He goes north to St. Louis to discover himself after figuring this out. Navin is overjoyed to see his name in the new phone book after securing a job at a petrol station. As he invents inventions, dodges gunfire, joins the circus, and seeks love in the arms of lovely Marie, this validation of his existence drives him from one misadventure to the next (Bernadette Peters).
63. When Harry Met Sally…
Director – Rob Reiner
Cast – Carrie Fisher, Billy Crystal, Bruno Kirby, Meg Ryan
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – July 12, 1989
Box Office – $92.8 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Plot – In 1977, college grads Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) take a tense automobile journey from Chicago to New York, during which they debate whether men and women can ever genuinely be platonic friends. After ten years apart, Harry and Sally reunite in a bookshop, where they try to be friends without sex becoming an issue with the help of their respective closest friends, Jess (Bruno Kirby) and Marie (Carrie Fisher).
62. The Princess Bride
Director – Rob Reiner
Cast – Chris Sarandon, Cary Elwes, Wallace Shawn, Mandy Patinkin, Christopher Guest, Robin Wright
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – September 25, 1987
Box Office – $30.9 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Plot – A fantasy journey about a lovely young woman and her true love. After a long absence, he must track her down and save her. To be reunited with one other, they must combat the dangers of the fabled realm of Florin. Based on the novel “The Princess Bride” by William Goldman, which has its own devoted following.
61. The School of Rock
Director – Richard Linklater
Cast – Sarah Silverman, Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – September 27, 2003
Box Office – $131.3 million
Genre – Comedy, Music
Plot – Dewey Finn (Jack Black), an overly exuberant guitarist, is fired from his bar band and finds himself devoid of job. He poses as a substitute music teacher at an affluent private elementary school, exposing his kids to the hard rock gods he idolizes and emulates, much to the dismay of the overbearing administrator (Joan Cusack). He imagines redemption at a local Battle of the Bands as he gets his affluent and precocious kids in touch with their inner rock ‘n’ roll animals.
60. Tropic Thunder
Director – Ben Stiller
Cast – Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Danny McBride
IMDB Rating – 7.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – August 11, 2008
Box Office – $188.1 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy
Plot – While filming a war film, the director tries to spice things up by dumping the main characters into a real jungle and pretending that he will record their performance with concealed cameras. When a sequence of unfortunate occurrences brings them into the center of a genuine combat zone, the hapless crew, which includes drug-addled comic sensation Jeff Portnoy and po-faced method guy Kirk Lazarus, is utterly clueless.
59. Withnail and I
Director – Bruce Robinson
Cast – Richard Griffiths, Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – March 27, 1987
Box Office – $1,5 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Plot – Two unemployed actors, Marwood (Paul McGann) and his sardonic, alcoholic pal Withnail (Richard E. Grant), spend their days bouncing back and forth between their dismal flat, the unemployment office, and the bar. When they spend their vacation “accidentally” at the country house of Withnail’s flamboyantly homosexual uncle, Monty (Richard Griffiths), they experience the worst of the English countryside: tedium, frightened people, and severe weather.
58. The Terminal
Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tom Hanks, Chi McBride, Stanley Tucci, Diego Luna
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 60%
Release Date – June 9, 2004
Box Office – $219.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Plot – When Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), an Eastern European tourist, arrives at JFK Airport in New York, his country is at war, and he becomes embroiled in world affairs. The Department of Homeland Security won’t allow him enter or leave the country because of the conflict. He’ll be stuck at JFK indefinitely. Viktor falls in love with a flight attendant while working at the airport (Catherine Zeta-Jones). She might harbor affections for him as well. But, if Viktor can’t leave the terminal, what good is love?
57. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Director – Shane Black
Cast – Michelle Monaghan, Val Kilmer, Corbin Bernsen, Robert Downey Jr.
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – October 20, 2005
Box Office – $15.8 million
Genre – Action, Comedy, Crime
Plot – On the run from the cops, two-bit thief Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr.) stumbles into an audition for a mystery film. After landing the position, he’s thrown into a complicated, homicidal scheme with Harmony Lane (Michelle Monaghan), his childhood sweetheart, and hard-boiled private eye Perry van Shrike (Val Kilmer). The film critic Pauline Kael’s landmark 1968 collection of film reviews and essays is called after this deadpan, sympathetic satire of film noir conventions.
56. Ed Wood
Director – Tim Burton
Cast – Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Landau, Jeffrey Jones, Johnny Depp, Patricia Arquette
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – September 28, 1994
Box Office – $5.9 million
Genre – Biography, Comedy, Drama
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot – Director Ed Wood (Johnny Depp) is a Hollywood pariah due to his unusual habits and perplexingly odd films. Nonetheless, with the support of the once renowned Bela Lugosi and a dedicated cast and crew of show-biz misfits who believe in Ed’s off-kilter vision, the filmmaker is able to bring his enormous ideas to life on screen. Despite their lack of critical and economic success, Ed and his buddies manage to produce a strangely appealing series of incredibly low-budget films.
55. 50/50
Director – Jonathan Levine
Cast – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anna Kendrick, Seth Rogen
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – September 30, 2011
Box Office – $41.1 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Plot – Adam Lerner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) has always attempted to take care of his health, so learning that he has cancerous tumors throughout his spine is a harsh surprise. His doctor offers him a 50/50 chance of life, but Adam attempts to stay positive despite his mother’s (Anjelica Huston) and buddy Kyle’s (Seth Rogen) negative reactions. Adam begins visiting a therapist (Anna Kendrick), but their bond threatens to blur the line between doctor and patient.
54. Being There
Director – Hal Ashby
Cast – Jack Warden, Peter Sellers, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Basehart, Shirley MacLaine
IMDB Rating – 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – December 19, 1979
Box Office – 30.2 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot – When his affluent employer dies, Chance (Peter Sellers), a gardener who has spent his whole life in his wealthy employer’s Washington, D.C. mansion and has only been educated through television, is forced to leave. While out on the town, he meets business billionaire Ben Rand (Melvyn Douglas), who mistook Chance for another upper-class gentleman. Chance is quickly accepted into high society, and his unaffected gardening acumen makes him the town’s talk.
53. Harold and Maude
Director – Hal Ashby
Cast – Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – December 20, 1971
Box Office – $1.2 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Plot – Cort plays a deadpan disillusioned 20-year-old obsessed with death, and Gordon plays a loveable 80-year-old oddball in this cult favorite. They meet at a funeral and form a forbidden love connection in which they take a fresh look at the weary issue of life’s purpose.
52. The Apartment
Director – Billy Wilder
Cast – Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Jack Kruschen
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – June 15, 1960
Box Office – $24.6 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
Plot – C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon), an insurance agent, leases his Upper West Side flat to corporate executives for extramarital relationships. When Baxter’s boss, Mr. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray), starts using his apartment in exchange for promoting him, Baxter is unhappy to hear that Sheldrake’s mistress is Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), the work elevator lady who Baxter is interested in. Baxter will soon have to choose between the girl he loves and his job development.
51. Tootsie
Director – Sydney Pollack
Cast – Teri Garr, Dustin Hoffman, Charles Durning, Jessica Lange
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – December 1, 1982
Box Office – $177.2 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot – Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) is a skilled perfectionist who is so harsh on himself and others that his agent (Sydney Pollack) is unable to find him work. After a disastrous soap opera audition, Michael reinvents himself as Dorothy Michaels and wins the part. What was meant to be a one-time part evolves into a long-term commitment, but issues arise when Michael develops feelings for his castmate Julie (Jessica Lange).
50. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Director – Charles Barton
Cast – Lon Chaney Jr., Bud Abbott, Glenn Strange, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – June 15, 1948
Box Office – $3.2 million
Genre – Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Plot – The legendary comedy team stars as train luggage porters in northern Florida in the first of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello’s horror films for Universal Pictures. When Wilbur (Lou Costello) mishandles a pair of crates belonging to a house of horrors museum, the museum’s director, Mr. MacDougal (Frank Ferguson), demands that they personally deliver them so that they can be inspected for insurance purposes, but Lou’s friend Chick (Bud Abbott) has grave suspicions.
49. Zombieland
Director – Ruben Fleischer
Cast – Abigail Breslin, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – October 11, 2019
Box Office – $102.4 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Horror
Plot – The world’s remaining humans are embroiled in a continuous war against the hungry undead after a virus turns most people into zombies. As they make their way toward a reported safe haven in Los Angeles, Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) and his comrades Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) follow a list of survival principles and zombie-killing methods.
48. Pineapple Express
Director – David Gordon Green
Cast – James Franco, Gary Cole, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, Rosie Perez
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – August 6, 2008
Box Office – $102.4 million
Genre – Action, Comedy, Crime
Plot – When stoner Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) drops his roach in a panic after witnessing a murder, his pleasure of an unique strain of marijuana may turn fatal. When Dale and his dealer (James Franco) find that the premium cannabis may be traced back to them, they flee, trailed by a deadly drug lord (Gary Cole) and a dishonest detective (Rosie Perez).
47. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Director – Edgar Wright
Cast – Kieran Culkin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anna Kendrick, Michael Cera, Ellen Wong, Brandon Routh
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – August 11, 2010
Box Office – $47.7 million
Genre – Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Plot – Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), the bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, has never had problems finding a woman; the challenge is typically getting rid of them. When Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) skates into his heart, he discovers she comes with the most bothersome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who would go to any length to remove him off her list of suitors.
46. The Producers
Director – Mel Brooks
Cast – Kenneth Mars, Zero Mostel, Dick Shawn, Gene Wilder
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – November 22, 1967
Box Office – $1.6 million
Genre – Comedy, Music
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot – Failing producer Max Bialystock (Nathan Lane) and his accountant Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick) defraud a group of elderly women out of their savings by persuading them to invest in a heinous Third Reich-themed musical that is covertly set to explode the minute it opens. When high-brow Broadway spectators wrongly believe “Springtime for Hitler” is a parody, Bialystock receives the critical accolades he has long sought — as well as his biggest hit.
45. The Other Guys
Director – Adam McKay
Cast – Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, Will Ferrell, Eva Mendes, Steve Coogan
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 78%
Release Date – August 5, 2010
Box Office – $170.4 million
Genre – Action, Comedy, Crime
Awards – None
Plot – Unlike their heroic colleagues on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble (Will Ferrell) and Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) don’t make the news on a daily basis. While Gamble enjoys his job as a paper pusher, Hoitz is yearning to get back out on the streets and establish himself. When a seemingly minor case evolves into a major investigation, the two officers have the chance to finally show their colleagues that they are capable.
44. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Director – Adam McKay
Cast – Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, David Koechner, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 66%
Release Date – June 28, 2004
Box Office – $90.6 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – Upstart reporter Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) is welcomed into the male-dominated world of 1970s broadcast journalism by hotshot television anchorman Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) — until the skilled female journalist begins to outshine Burgundy on TV. Soon after, he becomes envious of Veronica, has a terrible conflict with her, and finally makes a crude gaffe on live television that ends his career. However, Ron may have a chance to redeem himself when an astounding story about the San Diego Zoo emerges.
43. The Artist
Director – Michel Hazanavicius
Cast – Bérénice Bejo, Jean Dujardin
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – January 20, 2012
Box Office – $133.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
Plot – In the 1920s, matinee idol George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) has a legion of devoted admirers. George falls in love with an ingenue named Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) while working on his newest picture, and it appears that Peppy feels the same way. But George is hesitant to have an affair with the lovely young actress. As George’s career fades and Peppy’s celebrity soars, the rising popularity of sound in movies further divides the potential lovers.
42. Men in Black
Director – Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast – Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D’Onofrio, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – July 2, 1997
Box Office – $589.4 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot – They are the universe’s best-kept secret. Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) and Jay (Will Smith) are the Men in Black, suppliers of immigration services and regulators of all things foreign on Earth, working for a well-funded but unofficial government organization. The MIB agents uncover the deadly scheme of an intergalactic terrorist who is on a mission to murder two ambassadors from opposing universes who are now in residence in New York City while investigating a series of unregistered near encounters.
41. The Blues Brothers
Director – John Landis
Cast – James Brown, John Belushi, Ray Charles, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – June 16, 1980
Box Office – $115.2 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Plot – Jake (John Belushi) reunites with his brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) after his release from jail, forming the “Blues Brothers.” Jake’s first assignment is to raise $5,000 to pay back taxes and save the orphanage where the brothers grew up from shutting. The two are persuaded that they can make money by reuniting their former band. The brothers, however, face formidable odds to deliver the money on time after performing multiple performances and creating a few enemies, including the police.
40. Groundhog Day
Director – Harold Ramis
Cast – Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Bill Murray
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – February 12, 1993
Box Office – $70.9 million
Genre – Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Plot – When a cynical TV weatherman goes on site to the little town of Punxsutawney to make a program about their annual Groundhog Day, he finds himself reliving the same day over and over again. His plight distracts him until he realizes a method to make the circumstance work in his favor.
39. Annie Hall
Director – Woody Allen
Cast – Diane Keaton, Carol Kane, Janet Margolin, Woody Allen, Tony Roberts, Paul Simon
IMDB Rating – 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – April 20, 1977
Box Office – $38.3 million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
Plot – Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) analyzes the ups and downs of his relationship with Annie Hall, a failing cabaret singer (Diane Keaton). Singer begins by reflecting briefly on his childhood and early adult years in front of a bare background before settling in to tell the story of how he and Annie met, fell in love, and struggled with the obstacles of modern romance, mixing surreal fantasy sequences with small moments of emotional drama.
38. Ghostbusters
Director – van Reitman
Cast – Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – June 7, 1984
Box Office – $295.2 million
Genre – Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Plot – After losing their lucrative jobs at a New York City university, a group of scientists (Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, and Bill Murray) decide to become “ghostbusters” to conduct a high-tech battle with the supernatural for money. They come across a portal to another realm, a portal through which evil will be released onto the city. Now it’s up to the Ghostbusters to preserve New York from total catastrophe.
37. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Director – John Hughes
Cast – John Candy, Steve Martin
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – November 25, 1987
Box Office – $49.5 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – Easily agitated Steve Martin’s character, Neal Page, is a control freak. His flight is redirected to a faraway location in Kansas due to a severe snowfall, and his sanity begins to fracture as he tries to go home to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his wife (Laila Robins) and kids. Worse, he’s forced to share a room with the chatty Del Griffith (John Candy), whom he despises. To arrive to their ultimate destination, they must work together to overcome the lunacy of vacation travel.
36. Forrest Gump
Director – Robert Zemeckis
Cast – Gary Sinise, Robin Wright, Sally Field, Tom Hanks, Mykelti Williamson
IMDB Rating – 8.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 72%
Release Date – June 23, 1994
Box Office – $678.1 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 6 Oscars
Plot – Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never considered himself to be disadvantaged, and he lives a life that is anything from confined owing to his supporting mother (Sally Field). Forrest inspires people with his childish optimism, whether he’s dominating the gridiron as a collegiate football player, fighting in Vietnam, or captaining a shrimp boat. But the one person Forrest loves about the most may be the most difficult to save: Jenny, his boyhood sweetheart (Robin Wright).
35. Knocked Up
Director – Judd Apatow
Cast – Katherine Heigl, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – June 1, 2007
Box Office – $219.1 million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Plot – Alison Scott (Katherine Heigl), a rising journalist, faces a major setback when a one-night encounter with reckless slacker Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) ends in pregnancy. Rather than raising the child alone, she chooses to give Ben an opportunity to show that he is a good parent. He is dubious, though, if he is ready to be a father, and they both question if they would make good life partners.
34. Little Miss Sunshine
Director – Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton
Cast – Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – July 26, 2006
Box Office – $100.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot – The Hoover family, which includes a man (Greg Kinnear), his wife (Toni Collette), an uncle (Steve Carell), a brother (Paul Dano), and a grandfather (Alan Arkin), puts the fun back in dysfunctional by piling into a VW bus and driving to California to support a daughter (Abigail Breslin) in her bid to win the Little Miss Sunshine Contest. Everyone’s sanity is tested as the group’s eccentricities cause massive issues as they travel along their interstate itinerary.
33. 21 Jump Street
Director – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Cast – Channing Tatum, Dave Franco, Jonah Hill, Brie Larson, Ice Cube
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – April 20, 2012
Box Office – $201.5 million
Genre – Action, Comedy, Crime
Plot – When officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) join the covert Jump Street team, they disguise themselves as high-school students to go undercover. They give up their firearms and badges in exchange for backpacks and set out to bust a violent narcotics network. However, as time passes, Schmidt and Jenko learn that high school is nothing like it was only a few years ago, and that they must once again face the teenage panic and worry they thought they had left behind.
32. There’s Something About Mary
Director – Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
Cast – Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Chris Elliott, Matt Dillon, Lee Evans
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – July 15, 1998
Box Office – $369.9 million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Plot – Due to a humiliating injury at her house, Ted’s (Ben Stiller) fantasy prom date with Mary (Cameron Diaz) never happens. Years later, Ted employs Pat Healy (Matt Dillon) to find Mary and reunite with her. Pat deceives Ted about Mary by learning everything he can about her in order to get her to date him. Ted travels to visit Mary and must navigate a web of deceit spun by Pat and Mary’s friend Tucker (Lee Evans) in an attempt to sway her.
31. The Graduate
Director – Mike Nicholls
Cast – Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, Anne Bancroft
IMDB Rating – 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – December 21, 1967
Box Office – $104.9 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot – Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has recently graduated from college and is back at his parents’ house, attempting to dodge the one question that everyone keeps asking: What do you want to do with your life? Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), a bored housewife and a friend of his parents, provides an unexpected distraction. But what starts out as a harmless fling becomes difficult when Benjamin falls for the one lady Mrs. Robinson had asked him to avoid: her daughter, Elaine (Katharine Ross).
30. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Director – Jay Roach
Cast – Michael York, Mike Myers, Mimi Rogers, Elizabeth Hurley
IMDB Rating – 7.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 70%
Release Date – May 2, 1997
Box Office – $67.7 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy
Plot – Cryogenically preserved secret agent Austin Powers is resurrected in the current day in this spoof of 1960s espionage flicks. Powers’ language, dress taste, and attitude toward women were once associated with style, but he quickly realizes that they are hopelessly out of date. To assist him acclimate to the 1990s and defeat his old foe, Dr. Evil, he enlists the help of a distinctly modern woman.
29. American Pie
Director – Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
Cast – Thomas Ian Nicholas, Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Tara Reid
IMDB Rating – 7.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 61%
Release Date – July 9, 1999
Box Office – $235.5 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – The most highly anticipated — and most humiliating — rite of adulthood, known as losing one’s virginity, is explored in this hilarious and filthy comedy. A group of buddies, fed up with their well-deserved reputations as sexual no-hitters, decide to take action in this humorous lesson in life, love, and desire.
28. Young Frankenstein
Director – Mel Brooks
Cast – Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman
IMDB Rating – 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – December 15, 1974
Box Office – $86.2 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder), a respected medical professor, discovers that he has inherited his infamous grandfather’s manor in Transylvania. Dr. Frankenstein arrives at the castle and immediately begins recreating his grandfather’s experiments with the assistance of servants Igor (Marty Feldman), Inga (Teri Garr), and the terrifying Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman). With the entrance of the doctor’s fiancée, Elizabeth, after he makes his own monster (Peter Boyle), fresh issues arise (Madeline Kahn).
27. Wayne’s World
Director – Penelope Spheeris
Cast – Rob Lowe, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers
IMDB Rating – 7.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 14 February 1992
Box Office – $183.1 million
Genre – Comedy, Music
Plot – A big-screen adaptation of the sketch from “Saturday Night Live.” Rob Lowe plays a producer who wants to bring “Wayne’s World” from public access to commercial television. Garth (Dana Carvey) and Wayne (Mike Myers) fight to preserve their show and Wayne’s girlfriend from Lowe.
26. National Lampoon’s Vacation
Director – Harold Ramis
Cast – Imogene Coca, Chevy Chase, John Candy, Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – July 29, 1983
Box Office – $61.4 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy
Plot – Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) and his wife, Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo), are going from Illinois to a California amusement park with their children (Dana Barron, Anthony Michael Hall). The Griswolds contend with automotive troubles and the death of a family member while Clark becomes increasingly fixated on a gorgeous woman driving a sports car. When they arrive in Los Angeles, Clark becomes concerned that the trip will be interrupted again, so he acts rashly to get his family to the park.
25. Modern Times
Director – Charlie Chaplin
Cast – Tiny Sandford, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Charlie Chaplin
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – February 5, 1936
Box Office – $1.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Family
Plot – The legendary Little Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) is working at a state-of-the-art factory where the inexorable machinery absolutely overwhelms him, and where different accidents repeatedly land him in prison. He meets and befriends an orphan girl in between his various jail stints (Paulette Goddard). They strive to deal with the rigors of contemporary life both together and separately, with the Tramp working as a waiter and later as a performer.
24. Horrible Bosses
Director – Seth Gordon
Cast – Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Colin Farrell, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 69%
Release Date – June 1, 2012
Box Office – $209.6 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Plot – Nick (Jason Bateman), Dale (Charlie Day), and Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) are three laborers who want nothing more than to grind their despotic bosses to dust. Because quitting their jobs isn’t an option, the guys construct a sophisticated and apparently perfect scheme to permanently get rid of their horrible employers, driven by drink and dubious advise from a criminal (Jamie Foxx). The difficulty is that every strategy is only as good as the people who devise it.
23. Trading Places
Director – John Landis
Cast – Ralph Bellamy, Dan Aykroyd, Denholm Elliott, Eddie Murphy
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – September 16, 1983
Box Office – $90.4 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – Successful traders Mortimer (Don Ameche) and Randolph Duke wager on upper-crust CEO Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) and down-and-out hustler Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) (Ralph Bellamy). Winthorpe, a Dukes employee, gets framed by the brothers for a crime he didn’t commit, and the siblings replace him with the street-smart Valentine. When Winthorpe and Valentine discover the plot, they decide to avenge the Dukes.
22. The Naked Gun: Fron the Files of Police Squad!
Director – David Zucker
Cast – Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, Leslie Nielsen, O. J. Simpson
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – December 2, 1988
Box Office – $216.8 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Plot – Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), a naïve police detective, seeks to prevent a scheme to use mind control to convert innocent people into killers. Frank sets out to discover the shooter after his associate Norberg (O.J. Simpson) is killed, which leads him to corporate mogul Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalban). Frank, on the other hand, has no proof until he encounters Ludwig’s aide, Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley). She is unaware of Ludwig’s nefarious schemes, but she falls for Frank and decides to assist him.
21. Meet the Parents
Director – Jay Roach
Cast – Blythe Danner, Robert De Niro, James Rebhorn, Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo
IMDB Rating – 7.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – October 6, 2000
Box Office – $330.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Plot – A young man’s first visit to his girlfriend’s parents’ house turns out to be far more terrifying than he had anticipated. In an attempt to use the weekend to propose to his fiancée, he instead succeeds in provoking the fury of his future father-in-law and nearly destroying their home.
20. The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Director – Judd Apatow
Cast – Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Seth Rogen, Catherine Keener
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – August 11, 2005
Box Office – $177.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Plot – Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) works at a big-box shop and is a kind person. Andy, 40, lives alone and spends his leisure time playing video games and collecting action figures. Andy has never had sex, despite his age, and his buddies, particularly the laid-back David (Paul Rudd), encourage him to do so. Andy meets local store owner Trish (Catherine Keener) while striving to overcome his discomfort among female customers, and the two begin a cautious romance.
19. Ted
Director – Seth MacFarlane
Cast – Joel McHale, Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Mila Kunis, Giovanni Ribisi
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – October 26, 2012
Box Office – $549.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Fantasy
Plot – When John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) was a child, he wished for Ted (Seth MacFarlane), his favorite teddy bear, to come to life. Ted is still John’s constant companion thirty years later, to to the irritation of Lori (Mila Kunis), John’s fiancée. Though Lori is annoyed by the couple’s continual intake of beer and cannabis, she isn’t the one who is most unhappy with John; it may take the involvement of John’s childhood toy to finally help him grow up.
18. Crazy, Stupid, Love
Director – Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Cast – Julianne Moore, Steve Carell, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 78%
Release Date – September 6, 2011
Box Office – $142.9 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Plot – Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is an American dream come true. He has an excellent career, a lovely home, wonderful children, and a lovely wife named Emily (Julianne Moore). Cal’s seemingly ideal existence comes crashing down when he discovers Emily has been unfaithful and is seeking a divorce. Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating at the age of 40 and unexpectedly single. Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling), a self-proclaimed player, takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a ladies’ man.
17. Superbad
Director – Greg Mottola
Cast – Michael Cera, Bill Hader, Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – October 6, 2007
Box Office – $169.9 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – Two inseparable best friends are invited to a massive home party in the last weeks of high school. They spend a long day with their geeky friend attempting to procure enough booze to furnish the party and inebriate two females in order to kick-start their sex lives before heading off to college. Their mission is complicated when one of them meets two unskilled officers who are keen to have a good time with him.
16. Shaun of the Dead
Director – Edgar Wright
Cast – Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Lucy Davis, Bill Nighy
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – March 9, 2004
Box Office – $30 million
Genre – Comedy, Horror
Plot – Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a 30-year-old loser who lives a mundane, carefree life. He lives in a modest apartment on the outskirts of London with his slovenly best buddy, Ed (Nick Frost), when he is not working at the electronics store. Liz (Kate Ashfield), his lover, is the one unexpected aspect in his life. She urgently wants Shaun to grow up and become a man. When the town is suddenly overtaken by zombies, Shaun must rise to the challenge and defend Liz and his mother (Penelope Wilton).
15. Blazing Saddles
Director – Mel Brooks
Cast – Mel Brooks, David Huddleston, Claude Ennis Starrett Jr., Cleavon Little, Slim Pickens, Gene Wilder
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – February 7, 1974
Box Office – $119.6 million
Genre – Comedy, Western
Plot – In this satirical Western, Bart (Cleavon Little), a cunning railroad worker, becomes the first black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town due to be razed to make room for a new train. The residents of Rock Ridge first had a racial prejudice towards their new leader. They warm up to him after learning that he and his permanently intoxicated gunfighter comrade (Gene Wilder) are the only ones who can stop a tide of gangsters from destroying the town.
14. A Fish Called Wanda
Director – Charles Crichton
Cast – Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Kevin Kline
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – June 15, 1988
Box Office – $62.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot – For a big diamond robbery, British mobster George Thomason (Tom Georgeson) and his incompetent associate, Ken Pile (Michael Palin), recruit two arrogant Americans, thief Wanda Gerschwitz (Jamie Lee Curtis) and weapons specialist Otto West (Kevin Kline). Wanda tries to woo George’s stodgy lawyer, Archie Leach (John Cleese), to find out where George stashed the gems when the assignment goes wrong. Meanwhile, Ken tries to murder an old woman (Patricia Hayes) who saw the heist many times.
13. The Big Lebowski
Director – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast – Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%%
Release Date – March 6, 1998
Box Office – $46.2 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Plot – Jeff `The Dude’ Leboswki is mistaken for Jeffrey Lebowski, who is The Big Lebowski. Which explains why he’s roughed up and has his precious rug peed on. In search of recompense, The Dude tracks down his namesake, who offers him a job. His wife has been kidnapped and he needs a reliable bagman. Aided and hindered by his pals Walter Sobchak, a Vietnam vet, and Donny, master of stupidity.
12. National Lampoon’s Animal House
Director – John Landis
Cast – Tim Matheson, Verna Bloom, Thomas Hulce, John Belushi, John Vernon
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – July 27, 1978
Box Office – $141.6 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – When Larry (Thomas Hulce) and Kent (Stephen Furst) arrive at college, they attempt to pledge the snobbish Omega Theta Pi House but are unceremoniously denied. They try and get into the notoriously boisterous Delta Tau Chi House, lowering their criteria. The problem is that the Deltas have a grudge against the college dean (John Vernon). He has placed them on “Double Secret Probation” and has covertly delegated the duty of getting their charter revoked to Omega’s president (James Daughton).
11. Caddyshack
Director – Harold Ramis
Cast – Rodney Dangerfield, Michael O’Keefe, Chevy Chase, Ted Knight
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 74%
Release Date – July 25, 1980
Box Office – $39.8 million
Genre – Comedy, Sport
Plot – Danny Noonan (Michael O’Keefe), a poor youngster, works as a caddy at the exclusive Bushwood Country Club to help pay for his college tuition. Noonan volunteers to caddy for a renowned and powerful club member in order to win votes for a college scholarship intended for caddies (Ted Knight). Meanwhile, Danny juggles his preparations for the high-stakes Caddy Day golf tournament with New Age advise from millionaire golf guru Ty Webb (Chevy Chase).
10. Ferris Bueller’s Day off
Director – John Hughes
Cast – Mia Sara, Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – June 11, 1986
Box Office – $70.1 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has a remarkable ability to skip courses and get away with it. Ferris calls in sick one more time before graduation, “borrows” a Ferrari, and sets out on a one-day excursion around the streets of Chicago. High school administrator Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) is on Ferris’ tail, desperate to capture him in the act.
9. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make A Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Director – Larry Charles
Cast – Ken Davitian, Sacha Baron Cohen
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – November 3, 2006
Box Office – $262 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – When Borat, a prominent Kazakh reporter (Sacha Baron Cohen), visits the United States to record a documentary on what makes America wonderful, he encounters some outrageous circumstances. He offends almost everyone he encounters along the way, falls in love with actress Pamela Anderson, and embarks on a cross-country trek to marry her.
8. Airplane
Director – David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker
Cast – Julie Hagerty, Robert Hays
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – July 2, 1980
Box Office – $130 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – This satirical comedy pokes fun at the rash of catastrophe films made in the 1970s. When a jet’s passengers and crew become ill from food poisoning, a rogue pilot with a drinking problem must work with his ex-girlfriend turned stewardess to safely land the plane.
7. Some Like it Hot
Director – Billy Wilder
Cast – Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Joe E. Brown, Tony Curtis, Joe E. Brown
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – March 29, 1959
Box Office – $40 million
Genre – Comedy, Music, Romance
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot – After witnessing a Mafia murder, suave saxophone musician Joe (Tony Curtis) and his long-suffering pal, Jerry (Jack Lemmon), create a fast plot to flee from Chicago with their lives. They disguise themselves as ladies and join an all-female jazz band before boarding a train to sunny Florida. While Joe pretends to be a billionaire to get the band’s attractive vocalist, Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), Jerry finds himself followed by a genuine rich (Joe E. Brown) as things heat up and the mobsters close in.
6. Home Alone
Director – Chris Columbus
Cast – Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Macaulay Culkin, John Heard, Catherine O’Hara
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 65%
Release Date – November 16, 1990
Box Office – $476.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Family
Plot – Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), an obnoxious 8-year-old, is forced to sleep in the attic by his mother (Catherine O’Hara) the night before a family trip to Paris. Kevin wakes up to a deserted house after the McCallisters depart for the airport without him, thinking his yearning to be alone had come true. But his joy fades when he learns that two con artists (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) are planning to rob the McCallister home, and that he is the only one who can safeguard the family home.
5. Dumb and Dumber
Director – Peter Farrelly
Cast – Jeff Daniels, Karen Duffy, Charles Rocket, Jim Carrey, Lauren Holly
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 67%
Release Date – December 6, 1994
Box Office – $247.3 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels), two idiotic best friends, discover a bag full of cash left in Harry’s car by Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly), who was on her way to the airport. The two decide to return the money to Aspen, Colorado, unknowing that it is linked to an abduction. As hired murderers and cops follow Harry and Lloyd, who has fallen in love with Mary, throughout the country, their friendship and intelligence are put to the test.
4. The Hangover
Director – Todd Phillips
Cast – Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 78%
Release Date – June 5, 2009
Box Office – $467.5 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – Doug (Justin Bartha) and three buddies (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis) go to Las Vegas two days before his wedding for a crazy and spectacular bachelor party. In fact, the three groomsmen can’t remember anything the next morning, and they can’t find Doug. With little time to spare, the three blurry companions try to retrace their ways and locate Doug in time for him to go down the aisle in Los Angeles.
3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Director – Stanley Kubrick
Cast – George C. Scott, Peter Sellers, Keenan Wynn, Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – January 29, 1964
Box Office – $9.4 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – An mad American general launches a bombing raid on the Soviet Union, setting off a chain of events that leads to nuclear war, which a war room full of politicians and generals desperately seeks to avert.
2. Life of Brian
Director – Terry Jones
Cast – Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Graham Chapman
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – August 17, 1979
Box Office – $20.2 million
Genre – Comedy
Plot – Brian of Nazareth, who was born on the first Christmas in the same stable as Jesus Christ, spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Director – Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Cast – Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, John Cleese
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – March 14, 1975
Box Office – $5 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Plot – A comic parody of the Middle Ages, recounted via the narrative of King Arthur and set against the backdrop of a modern-day murder investigation. A relentless Black Knight, a three-headed monster, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the treacherous Castle Anthrax, a murderous rabbit, a home of virgins, and a handful of impolite Frenchmen await the mythological king of the Britons as he leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail.
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