Funniest movies

Monty Python's Holy Grail is an icon, but strangely enough not really a Python movie in that it doesn't follow the MP concept. Rather, it feels like a full feature building on The Goodies. (The "real" MP movie is "The meaning of life".) Anyway, this is about as funny as any movie gets.

A pretty much perfect comedy. Lots of fun gags, always delivered with the same stone faces, great music with many star cameos, and impressive effects and mass scenes. No under-the-belt jokes whatsoever. Why? Because they had too many good jokes, so they didn't need them.

An amazing B-movie about having a boring job which became a well deserved cult movie. The only movie I know with a red stapler as a main character! Well, maybe rather as an important asset, but anyway... Great cast, and a plot that can touch you deeper than most comedies.

Chaplin at his very best. A fantastic movie about a future that got even more horrible than Chaplin could foresee. The mock german speech and the balloon scenes are the top scenes in a solid movie.

Monty Python's second best, with more serious undertones than Holy Grail. It is all about naively believing without understanding. "We are all different!"

The final cartoon! Made just in time to let the old voice stars voice their characters again, this one has them all - with original voices. And a wonderful interaction between the heroes.

Although this movie has too many under-the-belt jokes for its own good, it also has good jokes in even greater number, in particular science fiction jokes. The number of downright iconic scenes is amazing! It mocks all kinds of SF, not only Star Wars but also Star Trek, Alien (with a great cameo by John Hurt) and more.

The Mel Brooks gang going over the top and it works! Most notably, it has the best anti-racist humor I have ever seen. "The sheriff is a ni..."

Arnold makes a parody about his own screen character, and the result is hilarious! Often mistaken for an action movie, this movie was not well received, but if you watch it as the comedy it is, it is great fun. So, again, this is not Commando, it is more like "Who framed Roger Rabbit".

One of the last Marx movies, often overlooked, but I like it a lot! Actually, it is my favorite Marx, more evenly enjoyable than the much acclaimed Opera and Races!

Ghostbusters has what it takes: An original idea, great actors who can handle it, and the most fabulous monster ever rampaging a city.

Probably Carrey's best movie ever. Truman, stuck in a fake world, gradually figures out what happens around him. Exciting, funny in a strange way.

The Marx Brothers made their greatest movies under Irving Thalberg's supervision. This was the second one, and my personal favorite of those, including the iconic "tootsie frootsie ice cream" scene.

Although not as solid as a movie as Holy Grail or Life of Brian, "Meaning of life" is the full feature following the MP concept the closest, and does deliver many iconic scenes.

Gene Wilder makes an unreliable, scheming Wonka and the result is great, a movie that gets better for every time I see it.

Jim Carrey's first really good movie. Although I have some issues with the bad guys (being dull and stereotypical) the movie is a great adaption of the comic, turning morbid and violent into mostly plain fun. Fans of the comic may find this blasphemy, and of course it is yet another case where Hollywood took a concept and ruined it, but the original The Mask would not be a good movie (except possibly as adult cartoon like Heavy Metal) and what we got is so funny that I, for once, must say that the move was called for.

Comedy or action movie? Action comedy, and very funny as such.

After The Mask and Truman Show, this was inevitable. But it is also very good.

Robin Williams seem destined to make marginally funny, half-baked movies, but this one is good. It drags a bit in the middle, but most of the movie is both funny and exciting. A must for us board game fans! Also note Kirsten Dunst as a terrific child actor.

Horribly morbid, and with the most questionable moral conclusions, but despite that, and with a terrific cast, this is highly enjoyable.

Bizarre movie about how a person comes to power.

Iconic movie about the magical nanny, with Julie Andrews in her breakthrough role. The mix of animations and live characters was sensational for its time.

Springtime for Hitler! Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder in their hit movie. It is notable that the remake actually makes some improvements in the script, but it lacks two important parts: Mostel and Wilder.