Top 30 Favorite Comedies
by rivethead808 | created - 31 Jan 2011 | updated - 09 Mar 2011 | PublicI also have a Black Comedy list, but this is the straighforward comedy list.
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1. Idiocracy (2006)
R | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Corporal Joe Bauers, a decidedly average American, is selected for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten and left to awaken to a future so incredibly moronic that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.
Director: Mike Judge | Stars: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews
Votes: 181,786 | Gross: $0.44M
You broke my house
Welcome to Costco. I love you
2. Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse.
Director: Jake Scott | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Iain Robertson, Ken Stott
Votes: 10,445 | Gross: $0.47M
Dont you just *looove* a juicy cockfight?
Great...Im at the mercy of your -conk- bowel movements
No, but I have a very famililar face....and voice and physique
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
Directors: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 569,727 | Gross: $1.23M
Now go away, before I taunt you a second time!
I got better
She's got huge.....tracts of land
4. Tommy Boy (1995)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy
After his auto-parts tycoon father dies, the overweight, underachieving son teams up with a snide accountant to try and save the family business.
Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Chris Farley, David Spade, Brian Dennehy, Bo Derek
Votes: 97,145 | Gross: $32.70M
THE most quotable movie I own. I could narrate the entire thing.
Lets say the average person uses 10% of their brain. How much do you use? 1 and a half percent. The rest is clogged with malted hops and bong resin
Its called reading. Top to bottom, left to right. Group words together into sentences. Take tylenol for any headaches, midol for any cramps
Whadja do?
5. Galaxy Quest (1999)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
The alumni cast of a space opera television series have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help. However, they also have to defend both Earth and the alien race from a reptilian warlord.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 177,929 | Gross: $71.58M
is there air? You dont know!
Look! I have one job on this lousy ship, it's *stupid*, but I'm gonna do it! Okay?
And it exploooooded
Awwwww, thats not right
6. The 'Burbs (1989)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
An overstressed suburbanite and his neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block is part of a murderous Satanic cult.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Corey Feldman
Votes: 83,386 | Gross: $36.60M
Take me to the hospital!
God, I love this street!
Red Rover, Red Rover, send Ray on over
7. Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
R | 87 min | Comedy
An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy.
Director: Tom Green | Stars: Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas
Votes: 51,307 | Gross: $14.25M
I got a jobbie, Daddy! I got a jobbie!
I only see one Lebaron, Freddy, just one Lebaron. *I'm* the #1 son, Freddy!
Daddy would you like some sausage? Daddy would you like some sausages...
Theyre JEWELS Betty! Jewels!
8. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.
Director: Steve Oedekerk | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi
Votes: 233,271 | Gross: $108.39M
And *you* must be the Monopoly guy!
This is a lovely room of death
Look, mommy, the baby rhino's giving birth!
Hi ho Silver, away!!!
9. Wild Wild West (1999)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
The two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Grant from the clutches of a diabolical, wheelchair-bound, steampunk-savvy, Confederate scientist bent on revenge for losing the Civil War.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek
Votes: 167,212 | Gross: $113.81M
Never drum on a white lady's boobies at a big redneck dance. Got it.
That....is a maaaan's.......HEAD
And now we have to run
Avanti!
Gordon, when youre telling this story to your grandchildren, you make sure to leave this part out
You know, Gordon, I think you underestimate the convenience of a pocket
10. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy
A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of the missing mascot of the Miami Dolphins.
Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc
Votes: 324,760 | Gross: $72.22M
On the next episode of Miami Vice: Crocket gets the boss a cup of coffeeeee
Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell. Would you like a cookie, son?
Thought I left didnt you? OK, Im really gonna go this time
Isotonerssssss
11. Bedazzled (2000)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Hopeless dweeb Elliot Richards is granted seven wishes by the Devil to snare Allison, the girl of his dreams, in exchange for his soul.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O'Connor, Miriam Shor
Votes: 112,153 | Gross: $37.88M
Ja ja, oui oui, si si.
Dolphin, dolphin I adore everything you are. Youre so much more than a fish to me...my playful friend beneath the see...eee eee eee ahee ahee ahee eee
12. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
PG-13 | 125 min | Comedy, Drama
After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein
Votes: 290,572 | Gross: $219.20M
Ohhh, it was a run-by fruiting!
Euphegenia Doubtfire, dear
13. The Cable Guy (1996)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A designer makes a grievious mistake when he rejects the friendship of a borderline cable guy.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black
Votes: 177,914 | Gross: $60.24M
I would have said 'schlong'!
14. The Full Monty (1997)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, Wim Snape
Votes: 114,034 | Gross: $45.95M
Anti-wrinkle cream there may be, but anti-fat-bastard cream there is not
15. Life of Brian (1979)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 421,630 | Gross: $20.05M
16. Half Baked (1998)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Crime
The story of three not so bright men who come up with a series of crazy schemes to get a friend out of jail.
Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams
Votes: 67,710 | Gross: $17.28M
Abba Zabba, you my only friend
Doctor says I need a back-iotomy
17. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey
Votes: 58,311 | Gross: $46.91M
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a woman?
poonta poonta poonta
18. Monkeybone (2001)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In a coma, a cartoonist finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back, while racing against his popular but treacherous character, Monkeybone.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, John Turturro, Chris Kattan
Votes: 19,188 | Gross: $5.41M
19. A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two dim-witted brothers dream of owning their own dance club or at least getting into the coolest and most exclusive club in town, The Roxbury.
Director: John Fortenberry | Stars: Chris Kattan, Will Ferrell, Raquel Gardner, Viveca Paulin
Votes: 64,230 | Gross: $30.32M
20. Haiku Tunnel (2001)
R | 88 min | Comedy
Josh has an offer to "go perm" at his employer and the first task is to mail 17 high priority letters....something that seems a little difficult to do.
Directors: Jacob Kornbluth, Josh Kornbluth | Stars: Josh Kornbluth, Warren Keith, Sarah Overman, Leah Alperin
Votes: 1,339 | Gross: $0.25M
You wanna go PERM Josh?
21. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime
In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.
Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
Votes: 153,784 | Gross: $63.49M
22. Dirty Work (1998)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy
A loser finds success in the revenge-for-hire business.
Director: Bob Saget | Stars: Norm MacDonald, Jack Warden, Artie Lange, Traylor Howard
Votes: 30,096 | Gross: $9.98M
23. Senseless (1998)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A student gets his senses enhanced by an experimental drug. But abuse is not an option.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Marlon Wayans, David Spade, Brad Dourif, Esther Scott
Votes: 17,737 | Gross: $13.04M
Lookie, lookie, Daryl sees a cookie
Mr. Tyson, you been dippin in the chocolate?
24. Liar Liar (1997)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A pathological liar-lawyer finds his career turned upside down when he inexplicably cannot physically lie for 24 whole hours.
Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Amanda Donohoe, Jennifer Tilly
Votes: 332,969 | Gross: $181.41M
Im kickin my ass! Do you mind!?!?!
25. Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two potheads wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.
Director: Danny Leiner | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Jennifer Garner, Marla Sokoloff
Votes: 145,667 | Gross: $46.73M
No 'and then'!
I refuse to play your Chinese food mind games!
We are not guys. We are hot chicks
26. Groundhog Day (1993)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 684,166 | Gross: $70.91M
Im *A* god, not *the* God
27. The Money Pit (1986)
PG | 91 min | Comedy
A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house.
Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov, Maureen Stapleton
Votes: 62,150 | Gross: $37.50M
28. Desperate Living (1977)
X | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
A neurotic society woman murders her husband with her maid's help; on the lam, they escape to Mortville, a homeless community ruled by a fascist queen.
Director: John Waters | Stars: Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey
Votes: 5,893
I am Queen Carlotta!
GO HOME TO YOUR MOTHER! Doesnt SHE ever want you??! Tell your mother this isnt some communist daycare center! Tell your mother I hate her! Tell your mother. I. HATE. YOU!!!!
29. High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A nurse eavesdrops with a friend on a cell phone conversation that describes a bank heist. She and the friend then conspire to blackmail the robbers for two million dollars.
Director: Mel Smith | Stars: Kevin McNally, Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Mark Williams
Votes: 3,684 | Gross: $0.23M
Im sorry, I guess I just dont know what an alien tomato's supposed to sound like
What? Pay up or Ill load a dozen rattlesnakes in a cannon and fire em in your ass?
Go easy on the fucks...it sounds like youve got tourettes
30. Office Space (1999)
R | 89 min | Comedy
Three company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.
Director: Mike Judge | Stars: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu
Votes: 287,287 | Gross: $10.82M
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