Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies

[Lorena]

Don't shoot the messenger, I'm conveying what I saw on TV. There's several on this list that I haven't seen yet, so I'm sure we'll rent them sometime soon.

Ladies and gentlemen, here are the top 100 funniest movies according to Bravo:

100. Anchorman
99. The Birdcage
98. School of Rock
97. Happy Gilmore
96. Four Weddings and a Funeral
95. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
94. Waiting for Guffman
93. The Aristocrats
92. Father of the Bride
91. Revenge of the Nerds
90. Clueless
89. Slapshot
88. Team America
87. The Kentucky Fried Movie
86. Zoolander
85. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
84. Silver Streak
83. Sister Act
82. Tootsie
81. Half Baked
80. Lost in America
79. Three Amigos
78. Bananas
77. Flirting with Disaster
76. Ghostbusters
75. Dumb and Dumber
74. Trading Places
73. City Slickers
72. Moonstruck
71. Roxanne
70. The Nutty Professor (Eddie Murphy)
69. The Blues Brothers
68. Broadcast News
67. Kingpin
66. Dazed and Confused
65. Office Space
64. This is Spinal Tap
63. Manhattan
62. The Pink Panther
61. Election
60. When Harry Met Sally
59. Police Academy Series
58. Private Benjamin
57. Swingers
56. Young Frankenstein
55. Bull Durham
54. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
53. Dr. Strangelove
52. Meet the Parents
51. National Lampoon's Vacation
50. The Princess Bride
49. American Pie
48. American Graffiti
47. 9 to 5
46. The Incredibles
45. Raising Arizona
44. Sixteen Candles
43. What About Bob?
42. Harold and Maude
41. Austin Powers
40. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
39. Mrs. Doubtfire
38. Best In Show
37. Dodgeball
36. Good Morning Vietnam
35. Beetlejuice
34. Rushmore
33. Clerks
32. Groundhog Day
31. The Big Lebowski
30. The 40 Year Old Virgin
29. Legally Blonde
28. Annie Hall
27. A Fish Called Wanda
26. Wayne's World
25. Meet the Fockers
24. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
23. Big
22. Beverly Hills Cop
21. Shampoo
20. The Jerk
19. Wedding Crashers
18. Stripes
17. M*A*S*H
16. Old School
15. Fast Times At Ridgemont High
14. Napoleon Dynamite
13. Naked Gun Series
12. The Producers
11. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
10. Arthur
9. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
8. Blazing Saddles
7. The Wedding Singer
6. Airplane
5. South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
4. There's Something About Mary
3. Shrek
2. Caddyshack
1. Animal House

[Warhammer]

What the hell? Did they just put movies up on a wall and throw darts at it?

[Bubba Wheels]

Three Amigos should be in the top ten.

[Ksyrup]

Zoolander! Ha!

[cthomer5000]

I didn't see it, but Meet The Fockers as the 25th funniest movie ever? come on.

[Ksyrup]

Zoolander! Ha!

Well shit, I guess I should have kept reading, because Zoolander in the 80s isn't a travesty compared to Dodgeball at 38! :eek:

[Franklinnoble]

What the hell? Did they just put movies up on a wall and throw darts at it?

Agree... some of these don't make a lot of sense to me.

[QuikSand]

I didn't see it, but Meet The Fockers as the 25th funniest movie ever? come on.

Actually, that was the first oddball one that jumped out at me, too. I skipped it also, but thought the conventional wisdom was that it fell short of the original. *shurg*

[Desnudo]

Shrek?

[Axxon]

59. Police Academy Series

I missed this movie. Was it number 20 or 30? I lost count after the first couple.

[st.cronin]

The Wedding Singer, #7? It might be the 7th funniest Adam Sandler movie.

[Axxon]

The Wedding Singer, #7? It might be the 7th funniest Adam Sandler movie.

I think it gets major bonus points for having Drew Barrymore in it. I'd give bonus points for Drew anyway. Yum.

[Crapshoot]

Canadian Bacon ought to be on any list.

[cartman]

I hate when these lists don't have consistency. Sometimes they put all of the movies in a series as a single entry, and other times, they only use one of the titles. To me, it needs to be one or the other.

[Axxon]

I hate when these lists don't have consistency. Sometimes they put all of the movies in a series as a single entry, and other times, they only use one of the titles. To me, it needs to be one or the other.

In this case they'd have to break them up or move some of the other movies off the list because now the list isn't 100 movies as advertised.

[cthomer5000]

Actually, that was the first oddball one that jumped out at me, too. I skipped it also, but thought the conventional wisdom was that it fell short of the original. *shurg*

I thought the original was funny, but like you didn't bother with the sequel. While a lot of these types of lists are debateable, this one seems especially ridiculous.

[Axxon]

Just noticed the first omission that I think should be there.

Big Trouble in Little China.

[GoSeahawks]

Dumb and Dumber at #75- no way there are 74 movies funnier than this one.

Meet the Parents behind Meet the Fockers?!?!? No way Fockers should even be in the top 100.

[Ksyrup]

They put that White Castle movie, but no Better Off Dead? And WTF, no Fletch!?

[Axxon]

They put that White Castle movie, but no Better Off Dead? And WTF, no Fletch!?

I agree with both of those too but I did like Harold and Kumar though.

[Ksyrup]

What's Manhattan? I can't recall that one, if I ever knew it.

[Axxon]

What's Manhattan? I can't recall that one, if I ever knew it.

Woody Allen movie.

[Groundhog]

Big?

[cuervo72]

Canadian Bacon ought to be on any list.

This list doesn't have enough Candy.

[Axxon]

Big?

Tom Hanks. Child wishes to be an adult and becomes Hanks.

I've seen too many comedies. :)

[Ksyrup]

Woody Allen movie.

OK, now I remember. That's the one without muppets, right? :)

[Axxon]

OK, now I remember. That's the one without muppets, right? :)

It's the unfunny one. Oh wait, I already said it was a Woody Allen movie. ;)

I did like Zelig though and if he had to have a movie on the list that would be my choice.

[Groundhog]

Tom Hanks. Child wishes to be an adult and becomes Hanks.

I've seen too many comedies. :)

Oh, I know the movie. I just don't remember it being quite that funny.... been a long time since I watched it, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't rolling in the aisles. It was more of a "fun" movie IIRC.

[Groundhog]

Also; no Baseketball on this list renders it nothing more than 100 LIES.

[Axxon]

Oh, I know the movie. I just don't remember it being quite that funny.... been a long time since I watched it, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't rolling in the aisles. It was more of a "fun" movie IIRC.

I agree. I'd put Bachelor Party over it but it's not even on the list.

I wouldn't actually put Bachelor Party on the list but I would choose it over Big.

[Groundhog]

61. Election

I really, really like this movie, but I would not call it "funny".

[Lorena]

I really enjoyed "Bean: The Movie", not sure it'll be a popular choice though.

[Antmeister]

Oh, I know the movie. I just don't remember it being quite that funny.... been a long time since I watched it, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't rolling in the aisles. It was more of a "fun" movie IIRC.

Yeah, that was the problem with the list. Some of those movies aren't true comedies. And most of those romantic comedies shouldn't be on there.

[Axxon]

High Strung should be on the list too.

[st.cronin]

Also; no Baseketball on this list renders it nothing more than 100 LIES.

I vividly remember sitting up in bed late at night watching that movie, laughing so hard it hurt, trying desperately not to wake up my girlfriend, laying next to me.

[Axxon]

Also Noises Off.

[Groundhog]

I vividly remember sitting up in bed late at night watching that movie, laughing so hard it hurt, trying desperately not to wake up my girlfriend, laying next to me.

I laughed so hard at the Squeek "I am not a piece of shit" scene that I almost passed out because I couldn't breathe. No movie has ever made me laugh as hard as this one. It's probably not even close.

[ISiddiqui]

What's Manhattan? I can't recall that one, if I ever knew it.

It's an absolutely brilliant Woody Allen movie. Should have been higher.

Anyway, I saw this last week... and it seemed like they wanted to do the whole, put an old movie, the new movie, and seemed more based for a show than any internal consistency.

[Schmidty]

I love a lot of those movies (such as Wedding Singer), but I think this list is really random.

[Schmidty]

Dola.

How is "Arthur" more funny than "The Jerk". That's just idiotic.

[Schmidty]

The Wedding Singer, #7? It might be the 7th funniest Adam Sandler movie.

You are insane.

[MJ4H]

Wow I don't think I've ever looked at a list like this and thought not only do I disagree with just about every approximate placing of every movie, but I can't even imagine an argument for any of them. This may be the worst list I've ever seen. Of any kind.

[Maple Leafs]

Even though its fan tend to over-rate it, Holy Grail needs to be higher than #40.

[hukarez]

I would've thought 'History of the World' would've made it onto this list somehow.

Or at least, Zorro: The Gay Blade with George Hamilton.

[ISiddiqui]

Wow I don't think I've ever looked at a list like this and thought not only do I disagree with just about every approximate placing of every movie, but I can't even imagine an argument for any of them. This may be the worst list I've ever seen. Of any kind.

How can you see no arguement for Animal House and Caddyshack being 1 and 2?

[MJ4H]

Yeah thats about all I can see. Even though I hated BOTH, I can actually see the argument since I know a lot of others liked them, but there are MUCH funnier movies out there.

[Ksyrup]

I am outraged that Dracula: Dead and Loving It was left off this list!




OK, maybe not.

[oliegirl]

Young Frankenstein at #56? WTF? How can Dodgeball, Legally Blonde, Wayne's World, Bill and Ted, etc, etc, etc...be funnier that Young Frankenstein? That is classic comedy - Wilder, Kahn, Peter Boyle? It gets NO better than that movie as far as comedy goes. That is just wrong!

[WVUFAN]

It's an absolutely brilliant Woody Allen movie. Should have been higher.

There is no such thing as a brilliant Woody Allen movie. The man is a hack.

Oh, and he married his daughter.

[Schmidty]

You are insane.

Actually, now that I think about it, it's my favorite Sandler movie, but it's not a "guffaw" film; however it's funny, smart and romantic.

Shit, I sound sensitive.

By the way, yes I like Sandler. Insult my intelligence if you will, but his stupid movies make me laugh.

[Schmidty]

Even though its fan tend to over-rate it, Holy Grail needs to be higher than #40.

I agree.

[WVUFAN]

Shit, I sound sensitive.

By the way, yes I like Sandler. Insult my intelligence if you will, but his stupid movies make me laugh.

I agree. I'm a fan of Sander's movies as well. I'm looking forward to his new one coming out this summer.

[st.cronin]

"Soon it was commonplace for entire teams to change cities in search of greater profits. The Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles where there are no lakes. The Oilers moved to Tennessee where there is no oil. The Jazz moved to Salt Lake City where they don't allow music."

[st.cronin]

You are insane.

*cackles madly*

THIS, from a man who thought Raiders of the Lost Ark to be the WORST of the trilogy!

[panerd]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Shrek at #3 or Pee Wee's big Adventure at #11. Enjoyable, sure both are. Top 11?

[Groundhog]

"Soon it was commonplace for entire teams to change cities in search of greater profits. The Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles where there are no lakes. The Oilers moved to Tennessee where there is no oil. The Jazz moved to Salt Lake City where they don't allow music."

The Oakland Raiders moved to L.A. and then back to Oakland. No one in Los Angeles seemed to notice.

[panerd]

Just noticed Napolean Dynamite in the top 20. This list is now officially stupid.

[Galaril]

I would put the Muppet Christmas movie in there over the Aristocats? I have watched it ALOT with my three year old daughter and it does have some funny lines in it. Also, "Spy like Us" was a funny one as well as "Patch Adams" and "Good Morning Vietnam"

[Galaril]

Shouldn't Kevin Costner's "Waterworld" be on this list somewhere:)

[st.cronin]

Shouldn't Kevin Costner's "Waterworld" be on this list somewhere:)

I've been waiting for somebody to say "Ghandi" or "Schindler's List."

[TroyF]

Some thoughts scanning through the list:

Better Off Dead not on the list. (a movie I have in my personal top ten)

I think I'd put 62 (Pink Panther), 64 (Spinal Tap), and 65 (Office Space) over about 75% of the remaining movies on the list.

Meet the Fockers. . . Holy crap.

Pee Wee at #11? OK, maybe the Fockers are placed right.

It's easy to find fault with all of these type of lists, but this is one of the worst put together lists I've ever seen.

[Lorena]

Shouldn't Kevin Costner's "Waterworld" be on this list somewhere:)

lol... this was a terrible movie, right up there with "Battlefield Earth".

[oykib]

Animal House doesn't stand the test of time nearly as well as some movies.

Caddyshack, for instance, is ten times funnier.

And Pee-Wee's big adventure was funny-- but not Beverly Hills Cop funny.

And, MJ4H, you should look up VH1's 100 greatest women of "Rock 'n' Roll" list. Although, I agree with you that this is a truly awful list. The people involved should be ashamed.

[Maple Leafs]

I would put the Muppet Christmas movie in there over the Aristocrats?
I finally got around to watching The Aristocrats last night. It's a fascinating movie about comedy, but I wouldn't call it a really great comedy on its own.

[Havok]

American Graffiti was a comedy?

dam good movie but a comedy? i don't remember laughing.

[Schmidty]

*cackles madly*

THIS, from a man who thought Raiders of the Lost Ark to be the WORST of the trilogy!

Yes, that was me; however, I paid the price.

Buc made me cry. :(

[st.cronin]

Yes, that was me; however, I paid the price.

Buc made me cry. :(

VOTE SCHMIDTY

[chinaski]

seeing Anchorman at 100 and then seeing Team America at 88 made me puke a little.

[chinaski]

and Bad Santa isnt even on the list! screw these idiots! must be the same people who put Oasis atop the greatest bands of all time list.

[Schmidty]

VOTE SCHMIDTY

I am a broken man.

[st.cronin]

I am a broken man.

Sergei Fedorov says "we can still be friends."

[kcchief19]

Funny is so subjective. It's always difficult to get a consensus. It's not like drama where it's simply a matter of determining the quality of the movie and not having to determing whether or not it was dramatic.

That said, if I had to pick one movie on this list to torpedo it would be Harold and Maude. That is just the creepiest movie ever made. I like to think of myself as being pretty accepting to a lot of things, but love scenes between a 22-year-old guy and a 75-year-old woman who looked like a 95-year-old women just ruined the idea of sex for me for about six months. My knees still knock together when I just hear the title of the movie.

[st.cronin]

Yeah, Harold and Maude was about as funny as this one time when my car wouldn't start.

[Glengoyne]

No Ishtar?

[Greyroofoo]

no Hot Shots?

[timmynausea]

The Big Lebowski would be number one for me.

[Joe]

American Graffiti was a comedy?

dam good movie but a comedy? i don't remember laughing.

its not a list of the 100 best comedies.

[ISiddiqui]

There is no such thing as a brilliant Woody Allen movie. The man is a hack.

Oh, and he married his daughter.

This post proves your lack of taste forever and ever :p.

[SackAttack]

I haven't seen several of those movies.

The movies I would have contributed to this list are all there, although I'd likely quibble some about their positioning.

[Schmidty]

its not a list of the 100 best comedies.

It was good, but it surely wasn't one of the funniest movies ever.

I was into it the entire time, but there were zero belly laughs from me.

[WVUFAN]

This post proves your lack of taste forever and ever :p.

If having taste means I have to like Woody Allen, I gladly accept having none.

[DanGarion]

Young Frankenstein at #56? WTF? How can Dodgeball, Legally Blonde, Wayne's World, Bill and Ted, etc, etc, etc...be funnier that Young Frankenstein? That is classic comedy - Wilder, Kahn, Peter Boyle? It gets NO better than that movie as far as comedy goes. That is just wrong!
Very true.

[Neon_Chaos]

Also; no Baseketball on this list renders it nothing more than 100 LIES.

God-damned right.

[Neon_Chaos]

No Robin Hood: Men In Tights? :(

"Master! You've lost your arms in battle! Oh... but you've grown a nice pair of boobs."

[3ric]

Princess Bride at #50? These people must have a weird sense of humor.

[Axxon]

That said, if I had to pick one movie on this list to torpedo it would be Harold and Maude. That is just the creepiest movie ever made.

Heh, black comedies don't work for some people. I'll accept that. The premise of the movie and the thing that sickened you are not to judge books by their cover and I can see how that doesn't work for people either.

But, none of that is creepy.

What is creepy is that this movie came out when I was in the 4th grade. I was the teachers pet that year. I mean very, very much so. When she would give tests I never had to take them. She would have me sit at her desk and talk while everyone else was taking the test.

She is the one who told me about that movie during one of these talks. She avoided the central theme but told me many of the jokes like all the suicides etc. She then said, "you're too young to appreciate it now, but when you get older, if you have a chance to see the movie, see it and think about me."

That, my friend is pretty creepy. :)

I still do find the movie in my list of top ten movies but not top ten funniest movies. I love black comedies, always have and always will. I don't think of her though when watching it. :)


but love scenes between a 22-year-old guy and a 75-year-old woman who looked like a 95-year-old women just ruined the idea of sex for me for about six months.

From the movie:


PRIEST
(very reasoned and slow)
Now, Harold, the Church has
nothing against the union of
the old and the young. Each
age has its own beauty. But a
marital union is concerned with
the conjugal rights. And the
procreation of children. I
would be remiss in my duties if
I did not tell you that the
idea of --
(he swallows)
- intercourse - the fact of
your young, firm --
(growing
disturbed)
-- body commingling with the
withered flesh, sagging breasts,
and flabby buttocks - makes me --
(falls apart)
- want to vomit.



It's funny when either the priest or you say it. :D

[DanGarion]

Princess Bride at #50? These people must have a weird sense of humor.
Yeah it should be top 20.

[thesloppy]

This list smells like women.

[Crim]

Tommy freakin' Boy. Where the F is Chris Farley?

And, Happy Gilmore > Wedding Singer, by 4 touchdowns and a field goal.

And, Holy Grail = top 5.

And, The Cowboy Way should be in there somewhere... around 70ish.


Crim has spoken

[Ragone]

Where is Farenheit 9/11?

seriously though.. Harold and kumar was a great movie.. way better then big :P

[judicial clerk]

what a stupid list. I don't know if honeymoon in vegas is one of the 100 funniest movies ever, but it is funnier than half the movies on this list. and its a mad mad mad mad mad world should be top ten, maybe no. 1.

[cthomer5000]

whoa.... wait a minute... BACK TO SCHOOl isn't on this list at all?

[Warhammer]

Off the top of my head:

Its a Mad Mad Mad World
Some Like It Hot
Duck Soup

[Ramzavail]

"I told that Kraut a thousand times — I don't roll on Shabbas!"

[rkmsuf]

No Fletch. What a bunch of corksuckers.

[kcchief19]

What is creepy is that this movie came out when I was in the 4th grade. I was the teachers pet that year. I mean very, very much so. When she would give tests I never had to take them. She would have me sit at her desk and talk while everyone else was taking the test.

She is the one who told me about that movie during one of these talks. She avoided the central theme but told me many of the jokes like all the suicides etc. She then said, "you're too young to appreciate it now, but when you get older, if you have a chance to see the movie, see it and think about me."

That, my friend is pretty creepy. :)
Never, never, tell that story again. Don't be that guy, Axxon. :)

[Samdari]

Something about Mary is one of the 5 unfunniest movies I have ever seen, although I like the rest of the top 5.

I would have had Stripes and Ghostbusters way higher, and everything from Mel Brooks and Monty Python not only off the list, but all copies burned.

[rkmsuf]

oh shi

no Spaceballs

farging corksuckers

[Bee]

Is 72. Moonstruck the Cher movie?

[Bee]

Wow...At least 10 of these movies I wouldn't even classify as funny. Not just movies I didn't find humorous, but I'm talking about movies I've never heard refer to as being funny even by people who liked the movie.

[Lathum]

BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA

MAJOR LEAGUE

c'mon people, this is the dumbest list ever

[oliegirl]

Is 72. Moonstruck the Cher movie?


Yep.

[Maple Leafs]

No Life of Brian either...

[Joe]

as bad as the list is, some of the movies you guys like are worse

[rkmsuf]

The Naked Gun has to make a list like this.

[Lorena]

The Naked Gun has to make a list like this.

It did: 13. Naked Gun Series

This is a stupid list because it's supposed to be the "100 Funniest Movies", but yet The Nake Gun Series (which is about 3 movies?) and the Police Academy Series (which is about 7 or so?) are on there. Huh?

Quite a controversy this has caused...

[oliegirl]

It did: 13. Naked Gun Series

This is a stupid list because it's supposed to be the "100 Funniest Movies", but yet The Nake Gun Series (which is about 3 movies?) and the Police Academy Series (which is about 7 or so?) are on there. Huh?

Quite a controversy this has caused...


I should have known that this was a chick thread...it's worthless


;)


Just teasing you DC - I think Schmidty took over my mind for a moment there!

[Lorena]

I should have known that this was a chick thread...it's worthless


;)


Just teasing you DC - I think Schmidty took over my mind for a moment there!

It's cool, I had a feeling it would turn out this way ;)

[SuperGrover]

Wow I don't think I've ever looked at a list like this and thought not only do I disagree with just about every approximate placing of every movie, but I can't even imagine an argument for any of them. This may be the worst list I've ever seen. Of any kind.

I agree wholeheartedly.