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what are the 10 funniest movies?


1. top secret

2. airplane

3. hot shots

4. the pink panther strikes again

5. the party

6. the jerk

7. a fish called wanda

8. wrongfully accused

9. the pink panther

10. dumb and dumber

what do you think?

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1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. The Blues Brothers
3. Caddyshack
4. South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut
5. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
6. Dazed and Confused
7. Half Baked
8. Super Troopers
9. The Royal Tenanbaums
10. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Honorable Mention
Beerfest
Office Space
Old School
A Fish Called Wanda
Trading Places
Beavis and Butthead Do America
The Big Lebowski
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
There Something About Mary
Austin Powers 1
As Good As It Gets
Napoleon Dynamite
Blazing Saddles
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
A Christmas Story
The Ref

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Here's my list, I'm sure I'm forgetting at least one.

1. Wet Hot American Summer
2. Caddyshack
3. The Jerk
4. Young Frankenstein
5. Animal House
6. Anchorman
7. Billy Madison
8. Slap Shot
9. Airplane!
10. Office Space

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1.the Birdcage
2.Austin Powers series
3.top secret!
4.dirty work
5.there's something about Mary
6.naked gun series
7.Ace ventura:when nature calls
8.Meet the parents
9.Death becomes her
10.Cheaper by the dozen

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Peoples lists amaze me, I can't believe some of the movies that made your lists. Come on I know people have some movies they love but considered the 10 funniest movies? Shaun of the Dead is one of my favorite comedies but really I wouldn't consider it one of the 10 funniest all time. Fits my taste. Stuff like the Cable Guy...? Seriously.

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01. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
02. Annie Hall
03. Dr. Strangelove
04. M*A*S*H
05. The Princess Bride
06. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
07. Being There
08. Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy
09. The 40-year-old Virgin
10. Death To Smoochy


Honorable mentions (in alphabetical order):
Amelie
The Birdcage
The Life Aquatic
Life of Brian
Manhattan
Office Space
Run Ronnie Run
Some Like it Hot
Strangers With Candy
This is Spinal Tap
Young Frankenstein
Zoolander

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I will put my top 4.
1-This is Spinal Tap
2-What's Up Doc
3-Life of Brian
4-Little Miss Sunshine

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i like the cable guy and zoolander, but not top ten..
I dont like run ronnie run or any of the david cross/ sarah silverman humor.. they're too vulgar for my taste.

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Finally... after 4 pages, I found someone who listed "Some Like it Hot" on their top ten!

That is one of the funniest classic movies ever. And a Billy Wilder film no less!

"IMDB... where 14 year olds can pretend to be jaded 40 year old movie critics"

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I'm glad I saw someone include the Marx Brothers Duck Soup in their list. I know a lot of people don't get the humor but Duck Soup should be on many Top 10 lists.

Here is my top 10, in no particular order.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Plane, Trains, and Automobiles
Office Space
Airplane
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein (perhaps my number 1)
Duck Soup
Animal House
Some Like it Hot
Best in Show

This leaves out Groundhog Day, the Marx Brothers' Day at the Races and Horsefeaters, Annie Hall, Take the Money and Run, etc.

My list is too long!

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1.Dumb and Dumber
2.Austin Powers I
3.Team America: World Police
4.Billy Madison
5.Don't Be a Menace to Society While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
6.Groundhog Day
7.The Naked Gun 2 1/2
8.The Jerk
9.Dirty Work
10.Meet the Parents

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im gonna have to go with philadelphia

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In no particular order:

Ruthless People
The Jerk
Bowfinger
Stripes
Monty Python's The Life Of Brian
Galaxy Quest
The Naked Gun
Meet The Fockers
His Girl Friday
Dr Strangelove

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The only one that always makes me laugh that I haven't seen on this list yet is Porky's.

The Blues Brothers, A Shot in the Dark, any Mel Brooks film!, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Airplane, The Jerk, most others already on this list.

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Cannot believe some of these are missing from peoples Top 10.
Here is my Top 5 -

1. The Man With 2 Brains
2. Bachelor Party
3. The erk
4. Clerks I&II
5. Dumb & Dumber

Also must add that the funniest scene that literally had me on the floor was from 'So I Married an Axe Murderer' (not too good a movie though)

Stuart Mackenzie: Look at the size of that boy's heed.
Tony Giardino: Shhh!
Stuart Mackenzie: I'm not kidding, it's like an orange on a toothpick.
Tony Giardino: Shhh, you're going to give the boy a complex.
Stuart Mackenzie: Well, that's a huge noggin. That's a virtual planetoid.
Tony Giardino: Shh!
Stuart Mackenzie: Has it's own weather system.
Tony Giardino: Sh, sh, shh.
Stuart Mackenzie: HEAD! MOVE!

Stuart Mackenzie: I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik; spherical but quite pointy at parts! Now that was offsides, wasn't it? He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow.

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These, in no order.

Bowfinger
Ace Ventura (I & II)
Fierce Creatures
The ODD Couple (1 & II)
Dirty Work
Austin Powers (I, II & III)
Office Space
Old School
Anchorman
Beerfest
Kenny
There's SOmething About Mary
Shaun of the Dead
Zoolander
The Jerk

It's hard to pick 10.

Last Movie Seen:
Waiting (6/10)

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1. Life of Brian
2. The Jerk
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Shaun of the Dead
5. 3 Amigos

Last Film/s I watched:
Capote 8/10


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clerks 2 sucked a ss

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1. Borat

2. 40 yr old virgin

3. duck soup

4. animal crackers

5. naked gun 1

6. hot fuzz

7. A chinese odyssey

8. Meet the fockers

9. Airplane!

10. life of brian

anyone can top my list?

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Well A Night at the Opera is the funniest Marx Brothers film. Meet the Fockers isn't funny full stop. And I think The Holy Grail is funnier than Life of Brian

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Not sure what the Top 10 are, but just watched The Jerk and it is definitely in the Top 10. Others may include:

- The Big Lebowski
- Fletch
- Caddyshack
- Dumb and Dumber
- Airplane
- Broken Lizard (SuperTroopers, Beerfest, etc.)
- Monty Python

and maybe Safe Men, Animal House, Blues Brothers, etc. Don't know lot of good flicks out there.

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My top 4 which are much better than any other comedies I have ever seen.


#1 Borat
#2 Caddyshack
#3 Animal House
#4 Used Cars

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Favorite comedies, not neccisarily the funniest

spinal tap
the holy grail
team america world police (the hardest I have ever laughed in my entire life)
Clerks
dazed and confused
club dread
almost famous
weird science
rushmore
half baked

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I am stunned...out of all the posts only 1 mention of ARTHUR. Hard to believe.

Funniest scene from Arthur:
Prostitute: "My mother died when I was six."
Arthur: "Son of a bitch..."
Prostitute: "Then my father raped me when I was 12."
Arthur: "So, you had 6 relatively good years."

"Is there any tread left on the tires...or is it like throwing a hotdog down a hallway"-SG

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Airplane
Naked Gun 2.5: The Smell of Fear
Arthur
The Jerk
National Lampoon's Vacation
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Summer Rental
Beverly Hills Cop
Arsenic and Old Lace

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My ten funniest would have to be (in no particular order):
The Big Lebowski
The Jerk
Airplane
Blazing Saddles
The Producers
Team America: World Police
The South Park Movie
The man with two brains
Withnail and I
Dr Strangelove

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