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Music Lists Title - (Year) (Main Actors)

1. Duck Soup - (1933) (Marx Brothers)

2. Some Like It Hot - (1959) (Jack Lemmon, Tony
Curtis, Marilyn Monroe)
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - (1975) (Terry
Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, etc.)
4. Airplane! - (1980) (Robert Hayes, Julie Hagerty)
5. "Dr. Strangelove" - (1964) (Peter Sellers, George
C. Scott)
6. Blazing Saddles - (1974) (Mel Brooks, Gene
Wilder)
7. What's Up, Doc? - (1972) (Barbra Striesand, Ryan
O'Neil)
8. National Lampoon's Animal House - (1978) (John
Belushi, Tim Matheson)
9. A Night At The Opera - (1935) (Marx Brothers)
10. The Odd Couple - (1968) (Jack Lemmon, Walter
Matthau)
11. Annie Hall - (1977) (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton,
Tony Roberts)
12. The Producers - (1968) (Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder,
Dick Shawn)
13. The Gold Rush - (1925) (Charles Chaplin, Mack
Swain, Tom Murray)
14. Tootsie - (1982) (Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange,
Bill Murray)
15. Young Frankenstein - (1974) (Gene Wilder, Marty
Feldman, Peter Boyle)
16. Bringing Up Baby - (1938) (Cary Grant, Katharine
Hepburn)
17. Arthur - (1981) (Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli)
18. Modern Times - (1933) (Charles Chaplin, Paulette
Goddard, Henry Bergman)
19. Take The Money And Run - (1969) (Woody Allen,
Janet Margolin)
20. A Shot In The Dark - (1964) (Peter Sellers, Elke
Sommer)
21. Adam's Rib - (1949) (Spencer Tracy, Katharine
Hepburn)
22. No Time For Sergeants - (1958) (Andy Griffith,
Mervyn LeRoy)
23. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - (1963) (Milton
Berle, Jonathan Winters)
24. M*A*S*H - (1970) (Elliott Gould, Donald
Sutherland, Sally Kellerman)
25. Lost In America - (1985) (Albert Brooks, Julie
Hagerty, Sylvia Farrel)

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26. Sullivan's Travels - (1941) (Joel McCrea, Veronica
Lake)
27. National Lampoon's Vacation - (1983) (Chevy
Chase, Beverly D'Angelo)
28. The Pink Panther - (1964) (Peter Sellers, David
Niven, Robert Wagner)
29. A Day At The Races - (1937) (Marx Brothers)
30. Caddyshack - (1980) (Bill Murray, Rodney
Dangerfield, Ted Knight)
31. The Court Jester - (1956) (Danny Kaye, Basil
Rathbone, Angela Lansbury)
32. Bananas - (1971) (Woody Allen, Carlos Montalban)
33. Road To Morocco - (1942) (Bob Hope, Bing
Crosby, Dorothy Lamour)
34. This Is Spinal Tap - (1984) (Michael McKean,
Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer)
35. Ghostbusters - (1984) (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd,
Sigourney Weaver)
36. Groundhog Day - (1993) (Bill Murray, Andie
MacDowell, Chris Elliott)
37. The Birdcage - (1996) (Robin Williams, Nathan
Lane)
38. Borat - (2006) (Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian)
39. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - (1986) (Matthew
Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara)
40. His Girl Friday - (1940) (Cary Grant, Rosalind
Russell)
41. Tais-toi! - (2003) (Gérard Depardieu, Jean Reno)
42. The Naked Gun - (1988) (Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla
Presley)
43. Sleeper - (1973) (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton)
44. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery -
(1997) (Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley)
45. Planes, Trains & Automobiles - (1987) (Steve
Martin, John Candy)
46. Born Yesterday - (1950) (Judy Holliday, Broderick
Crawford, William Holden)
47. History of the World: Part 1 - (1981) (Mel Brooks,
Madeline Kahn, Gregory Hines)
48. The Great Dictator - (1940) (Charles Chaplin,
Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie)
49. The Front Page - (1974) (Jack Lemmon, Walter
Matthau)
50. The Inspector General - (1949) (Danny Kaye, Alan
Hale, Walter Slezak)
51. Spaceballs - (1987) (Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman,
John Candy)
52. The Mouse That Roared - (1959) (Peter Sellers,
Jean Seberg)
53. Home Alone - (1990) (Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci,
Daniel Stern)
54. Fast Times At Ridgemont High - (1982) (Sean

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Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh)
55. The Big Lebowski - (1998) (Jeff Bridges, John
Goodman)
56. A Fish Called Wanda - (1988) (John Cleese, Kevin
Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis)
57. Trading Places - (1983) (Eddie Murphy, Dan
Aykroyd)
58. Little Miss Sunshine - (2006) (Greg Kinnear, Alan
Arkin, Steve Carell)
59. City Slickers - (1991) (Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern)
60. Meet the Parents - (2000) (Robert De Niro, Ben
Stiller)
61. Mrs. Doubtfire - (1993) (Robin Williams, Sally Field,
Pierce Brosnan)
62. My Cousin Vinny - (1992) (Joe Pesci, Marisa
Tomei, Fred Gwynne)
63. Harvey - (1950) (James Stewart, Josephine Hull)
64. Silver Streak - (1976) (Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor,
Jill Clayburgh)
65. The Nutty Professor - (1963) (Jerry Lewis, Stella
Stevens)
66. There's Something About Mary - (1998) (Cameron
Diaz, Ben Stiller, Matt Dillon)
67. Good Neighbor Sam - (1964) (Jack Lemmon,
Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine)
68. Top Secret - (1984) (Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge,
Omar Sharif)
69. Arsenic and Old Lace - (1944) (Cary Grant,
Josephine Hull, Peter Lorre)
70. Beverly Hills Cop - (1984) (Eddie Murphy, Judge
Reinhold)
71. Private Benjamin - (1980) (Goldie Hawn, Eileen
Brennan)
72. Monty Python's Life Of Brian - (1979) (John
Cleese, Eric Idle)
73. Way Out West - (1937) (Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy)
74. Cat Ballou - (1965) (Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin,
Dwayne Hickman)
75. To Be or Not to Be - (1942) (Carole Lombard, Jack
Benny, Robert Stack)
76. Ruthless People - (1986) (Bette Midler, Danny
DeVito)
77. Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure - (1989) (Keanu
Reeves, Alex Winter)
78. Wayne's World - (1992) (Mike Myers, Dana Carvey,
Rob Lowe)
79. Superbad - (2007) (Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen)
80. Stir Crazy - (1981) (Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder)
81. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - (1989)
(Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid)
82. Tommy Boy - (1995) (Chris Farley, David Spade)
83. The Bank Dick - (1940) (W.C. Fields, Shemp

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Howard)
84. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective - (1994) (Jim Carrey,
Sean Young)
85. Office Space - (1999) (Ron Livingston, Jennifer
Aniston)
86. The Money Pit - (1986) (Tom Hanks, Shelley Long)
87. The Jerk - (1979) (Steve Martin, Bernadette
Peters)
88. Babes in Toyland - (1934) (Stan Laurel, Oliver
Hardy)
89. The 40 Year Old Virgin - (2005) (Steve Carell,
Catherine Keener)
90. Monty Python's Meaning Of Life - (1983) (John
Cleese, Eric Idle)
91. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - (1988) (Steve Martin,
Michael Caine)
92. Robin Hood: Men In Tights - (1993) (Cary Elwes,
Dave Chapelle, Richard Lewis)
93. Clerks. - (1994) (Brian O'Hallora, Jeff Anderson)
94. Sister Act - (1992) (Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy
Najimy)
95. The Hangover - (2009) (Bradley Cooper, Zach
Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha)
96. Dumb and Dumber - (1994) (Jim Carrey, Jeff
Daniels)
97. Broadcast News - (1987) (William Hurt, Albert
Brooks, Holly Hunter)
98. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About
Sex... - (1972) (Woody Allen)
99. Juno - (2007) (Ellen Page, Jennifer Garner, Jason
Bateman)
100. Hot Shots - (1991) (Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes,
Lloyd Bridges)

101. The Egg and I - (1947) (Claudette Colbert, Fred

MacMurray, Percy Kilbride)
102. Shaun of the Dead - (2004) (Simon Pegg, Kate
Ashfield)
103. The Fortune Cookie - (1966) (Jack Lemmon,
Walter Matthau)
104. The Grand Budapest Hotel - (2014) (Ralph
Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric)
105. Up In Smoke - (1978) (Cheech & Chong)
106. Foul Play - (1978) (Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn)
107. It's A Gift - (1934) (W.C. Fields, Kathleen Howard,
Baby LeRoy)
108. Crazy, Stupid, Love. - (2011) (Steve Carell, Ryan
Gosling, Julianne Moore)
109. The Royal Tenenbaums - (2001) (Gene Hackman,
Anjelica Huston)
110. American Pie - (1999) (Jason Biggs, Eugene

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Levy)
111. Bridesmaids - (2011) (Kristen Wiig, Maya
Rudolph, Rose Byrne)
112. Tropic Thunder - (2008) (Ben Stiller, Robert
Downey Jr., Jack Black)
113. Meatballs - (1979) (Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate
Lynch)
114. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me -
(1999) (Mike Myers, Michael York)
115. Down And Out in Beverly Hills - (1986) (Bette
Midler, Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss)
116. Operation Petticoat - (1959) (Cary Grant, Tony
Curtis, Gavin MacLeod)
117. The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are
Coming - (1966) (Carl Reiner, Alan Arkin)
118. The Family Jewels - (1965) (Jerry Lewis,
Sebastian Cabot)
119. Beverly Hillbillies - (1993) (Jim Varney, Cloris
Leachman, Lily Tomlin)
120. Bean - (1997) (Rowan Atkinson, Pamela Reed,
Burt Reynolds)
121. Multiplicity - (1996) (Michael Keaton, Andie
MacDowell, Eugene Levy)
122. Rush Hour - (1998) (Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker)
123. Easy Money - (1983) (Rodney Dangerfield, Joe
Pesci)
124. Three Amigos! - (1986) (Chevy Chase, Steve
Martin, Martin Short)
125. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy -
(2004) (Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate)
126. Zombieland - (2009) (Woody Harrelson, Jesse
Eisenberg, Emma Stone)
127. My Little Chickadee - (1940) (W.C. Fields, Mae
West)
128. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken - (1966) (Don Knotts,
Dick Sargent)
129. Dazed and Confused - (1993) (Jason London,
Rory Cochrane)
130. Happy Gilmore - (1996) (Adam Sandler, Dennis
Dugan)
131. Hot Shots! Part Deux - (1993) (Charlie Sheen,
Lloyd Bridges)
132. The Toy - (1982) (Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleeson)
133. Mostro, Il (aka The Monster) - (1994) (Roberto
Benigni, Michel Blanc, Nicoletta Braschi)
134. Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein - (1948)
(Abbott & Costello, Lon Chaney Jr.)
135. Oscar - (1991) (Sylvester Stallone, Marisa Tomei,
Tim Curry)
136. Hot Fuzz - (2007) (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost,
Martin Freeman)
137. Parenthood - (1989) (Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest,

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Mary Steenburgen)
138. Scary Movie - (2000) (Keenen Ivory Wayans,
Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans)
139. George Washington Slept Here - (1942) (Jack
Benny, Ann Sheridan, Hattie McDaniel)
140. Big Trouble - (2002) (Tim Allen, Rene Russo,
Jack Kehler)
141. Wedding Crashers - (2005) (Vince Vaughn, Owen
Wilson, Christopher Walken)
142. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - (2010) (Michael
Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anna Kendrick)
143. Knocked Up - (2007) (Seth Rogen, Katherine
Heigl)
144. Super Troopers - (2001) (Jay Chandrasekhar,
Kevin Heffernan, André Vippolis)
145. Grandma's Boy - (2006) (Allen Covert, Linda
Cardellini, Shirley Jones)
146. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle - (2004)
(John Cho, Kal Penn, Ethan Embry)
147. Waiting... - (2005) (Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris,
John Francis Daley)
148. Kung Fu Hustle - (2004, Stephen Chow) (Stephen
Chow, Xiaogang Feng)
149. Amazon Women on the Moon - (1987) (Arsenio
Hall, Steve Guttenberg, Rosanna Arquette)
150. Beerfest - (2006) (Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin
Heffernan, Steve Lemme)

Honerable Mentions

The Three Stooges made 190 "short subject" episodes

for Columbia pictures,
but no "Great" full length movies. However their
comedy on film deserves recognition.

Also, the 'Silent Movie' and 'Short Film' Greats:

Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Roscoe
'Fatty' Arbuckle,
The Keystone Cops, Laurel and Hardy, Harry Langdon,
and other silent film actors.

Top Comedy (Movie) Writers/Directors:

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 1. Charlie Chaplin
2. Woody Allen Charlie
3. Mel Brooks Chaplin
4. Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
5. David Zucker / Jerry Zucker / Jim Abrahams
6. Monty Python's Flying Circus;
7. Alexander Payne / Jim Taylor
8. Peter Farrelly / Bobby Farrelly
9. Charlie Kaufman
10. Billy Wilder / I.A.L. Diamond
11. Harold Ramis
12. James L. Brooks
13. Neil Simon
14. Kevin Smith
15. John Waters

10 Best Comedy Movies of 2020

1. Bill & Ted Face the Music - (Keanu Reeves, Alex

Winter, Kristen Schaal)
2. Palm Springs - (Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K.
Simmons)
3. Come as You Are - (Grant Rosenmeyer, Hayden
Szeto, Ravi Patel)
4. The Comeback Trail - (Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee
Jones, Morgan Freeman)
5. The King of Staten Island - (Pete Davidson, Bel
Powley, Ricky Velez)
6. My Spy - (Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Parisa
Fitz-Henley)
7. The War with Grandpa - (Robert De Niro, Uma
Thurman, Rob Riggle)
8. Hubie Halloween - (Adam Sandler, Kevin James,
Julie Bowen)
9. Dolittle - (Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas,
Michael Sheen)
10. Superintelligence - (Melissa McCarthy, James
Corden, Bobby Cannavale)

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