The 50 Best Comedies of All Time

Esquire ^ | 3/21/22 | Anna Grace Lee and The Esquire Editors

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“NONE from the 1940s.” — No kidding. The great era of comedy and slapstick. I just watched the Jack Lemmon “Operation Mad Ball” which was hilarious.

“This is a list by someone given an assignment who knows little about cinema or its history.” Yep. Probably a 23 year old.

[Michael.SF.]

Another movie not on the list that should be: La Cage Aux Folle (the original French version). Liked it a whole lot better than "Clue".

[dfwgator]

Richard Pryor in his standup talked about when they were at the pentientiary preparing to film Stir Crazy:

Gene Wilder loved to jump in the middle of the killers and start talkin’, “Hi guys! How ya doin’?”

I said, “Gene, bring your ass out.”

“What do you think they’d do to us if we were here, Rich?”

I say, “____ us.”

And Gene said, “I’m not homosexual.”

“Homosexual ain’t got nothin’ to do with it. They don’t ____ you ‘cause you like it. They just ____ you just to see that look on your face.”

[dfwgator]

A seriously funny movie is “Uncover Brother” a parody of the Black Culture.

Or "Hollywood Shuffle", with the "Black Acting School", and "Sneaking Into The Movies".

[AppyPappy]

Semi-fiction. Some of it was based on the experiences of one of the writers.

[nopardons]

I was just going to post that!

And what about the original THE PRODUCERS, BRINGING UP BABY, DUCK SOUP,A CHUMP AT OXFORD, and oh so many more?

[T.B. Yoits]

That list has some week entries. Here's just a few that are missing:

Better Off Dead

I'm Gonna Get You Sucka

Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Brain Candy (from 'The Kids In The Hall')

Zoolander

This Is Spinal Tap

Groundhog Day

The Return of the Pink Panther

[Kenny500c]

Hardbodies.

[nopardons]

SPOT ON and in spades!

[dfwgator]

Better Off Dead

Just for the Japanese guy speaking like Howard Cosell.

[AppyPappy]

I’m Gonna Git You Sucka
My Man Godfrey
Anything Monty Python or Mel Brooks
The Bank Dick

[srmanuel]

If those aren’t funny what do you consider funny because I laughed the first time I saw Animal House and still laugh today

[dfwgator]

A Fish Called Wanda

[nopardons]

THE APARTMENT isn’t funny and was NOT meant to be.

[beethovenfan]

“What hump?”

[dfwgator]

The Death Of Stalin

[srmanuel]

7 years of college down the drain

[musicman]

Midnight Run
Galaxy Quest

[dfwgator]

Man vs. Bee

[ifinnegan]

Absurd list.

No Buster Keaton.

No Harold Lloyd.

No Charlie Chaplin.

No Arsenic and Old Lace.

No Laurel and Hardy

No Steve Martin.

No Mr. Bean.

No Woody Allen.

To name a few.