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Top Comedies (#1-200)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 7
2 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 Stanley Kubrick 16
3 Some Like It Hot 1959 Billy Wilder 19
4 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 30
5 Annie Hall 1977 Woody Allen 33
6 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 38
7 City Lights 1931 Charles Chaplin 40
8 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 47
9 The Apartment 1960 Billy Wilder 59
10 Modern Times 1936 Charles Chaplin 61
11 The Graduate 1967 Mike Nichols 73
12 Do the Right Thing 1989 Spike Lee 75
13 The General 1926 Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton 86
14 Groundhog Day 1993 Harold Ramis 93
15 His Girl Friday 1940 Howard Hawks 98
16 It Happened One Night 1934 Frank Capra 99
17 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 104
18 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 105
19 Up 2009 Pete Docter 112
20 Amélie 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 119
21 La Dolce Vita 1960 Federico Fellini 124
22 The Philadelphia Story 1940 George Cukor 126
23 Bringing Up Baby 1938 Howard Hawks 128
24 Duck Soup 1933 Leo McCarey 129
25 When Harry Met Sally… 1989 Rob Reiner 130
26 The Rules of the Game 1939 Jean Renoir 138
27 This Is Spinal Tap 1984 Rob Reiner 143
28 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 144
29 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman 151
30 Clueless 1995 Amy Heckerling 156
31 Nashville 1975 Robert Altman 161
32 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 163
33 Toy Story 3 2010 Lee Unkrich 169
34 The Gold Rush 1925 Charles Chaplin 171
35 Lost in Translation 2003 Sofia Coppola 172
36 The Iron Giant 1999 Brad Bird 173
37 Harold and Maude 1971 Hal Ashby 185
38 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018 Bob Persichett, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman 189
39 Manhattan 1979 Woody Allen 191
40 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 194
41 Airplane! 1980 Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker 196
42 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 203
43 Mary Poppins 1964 Robert Stevenson 204
44 Shaun of the Dead 2004 Edgar Wright 214
45 The Great Dictator 1940 Charles Chaplin 222
46 Pinocchio 1940 Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen 224
47 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis 225
48 Blazing Saddles 1974 Mel Brooks 232
49 The Truman Show 1998 Peter Weir 236
50 The Lady Eve 1941 Preston Sturges 239
51 To Be or Not to Be 1942 Ernst Lubitsch 251
52 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter 256
53 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Roberto Benigni 258
54 The Shop around the Corner 1940 Ernst Lubitsch 260
55 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 John Hughes 270
56 Inside Out 2015 Pete Docter 276
57 Young Frankenstein 1974 Mel Brooks 279
58 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 Buster Keaton 281
59 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Vincente Minnelli 284
60 Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird 285
61 Evil Dead II 1987 Sam Raimi 288
62 Dead Poets Society 1989 Peter Weir 291
63 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Jim Sharman 297
64 A Hard Day's Night 1964 Richard Lester 303
65 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 307
66 Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 James Gunn 312
67 All about My Mother 1999 Pedro Almodóvar 320
68 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 Blake Edwards 326
69 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 327
70 Playtime 1967 Jacques Tati 328
71 Rushmore 1998 Wes Anderson 330
72 L'Atalante 1934 Jean Vigo 332
73 The Goonies 1985 Richard Donner 335
74 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 338
75 The Sting 1973 George Roy Hill 343
76 M*A*S*H 1970 Robert Altman 344
77 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 Robert Hamer 345
78 The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis 351
79 Grease 1978 Randal Kleiser 355
80 Tootsie 1982 Sydney Pollack 359
81 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 Frank Capra 362
82 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971 Mel Stuart 364
83 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Luis Buñuel 368
84 Chungking Express 1994 Kar-Wai Wong 372
85 Voyage to the Moon 1902 Georges Méliès 377
86 Dazed and Confused 1993 Richard Linklater 379
87 Cleo from 5 to 7 1962 Agnès Varda 383
88 Top Hat 1935 Mark Sandrich 386
89 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 389
90 American Graffiti 1973 George Lucas 395
91 Clerks. 1994 Kevin Smith 399
92 The Kid 1921 Charles Chaplin 406
93 Withnail & I 1987 Bruce Robinson 407
94 Django Unchained 2012 Quentin Tarantino 411
95 Lady Bird 2017 Greta Gerwig 416
96 A League of Their Own 1992 Penny Marshall 417
97 The Breakfast Club 1985 John Hughes 418
98 The Producers 1967 Mel Brooks 420
99 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements and John Musker 427
100 An American Werewolf in London 1981 John Landis 431
101 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 Mike Newell 441
102 Pretty Woman 1990 Garry Marshall 443
103 Being John Malkovich 1999 Spike Jonze 451
104 Frozen 2013 Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee 465
105 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 Wes Anderson 467
106 Juno 2007 Jason Reitman 468
107 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Adam McKay 479
108 La La Land 2016 Damien Chazelle 484
109 Jerry Maguire 1996 Cameron Crowe 487
110 Heathers 1988 Michael Lehmann 488
111 Animal House 1978 John Landis 489
112 Almost Famous 2000 Cameron Crowe 494
113 Moonstruck 1987 Norman Jewison 498
114 Mean Girls 2004 Mark Waters 499
115 A Night at the Opera 1935 Sam Wood 500
116 Love Actually 2003 Richard Curtis 503
117 Pink Flamingos 1972 John Waters 506
118 Bridesmaids 2011 Paul Feig 513
119 Big 1988 Penny Marshall 515
120 Bull Durham 1988 Ron Shelton 518
121 Mr. Hulot's Holiday 1953 Jacques Tati 525
122 The Lego Movie 2014 Phil Lord and Christopher Miller 532
123 Napoleon Dynamite 2004 Jared Hess 535
124 The Long Goodbye 1973 Robert Altman 538
125 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 540
126 The Band Wagon 1953 Vincente Minnelli 542
127 Election 1999 Alexander Payne 543
128 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder 544
129 The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Wes Anderson 546
130 Amarcord 1973 Federico Fellini 554
131 10 Things I Hate about You 1999 Gil Junger 557
132 Hot Fuzz 2007 Edgar Wright 561
133 Caddyshack 1980 Harold Ramis 563
134 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 Wes Anderson 564
135 The Jungle Book 1967 Wolfgang Reitherman 566
136 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 Woody Allen 567
137 Ninotchka 1939 Ernst Lubitsch 573
138 South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999 Trey Parker 578
139 Little Miss Sunshine 2006 Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris 579
140 There's Something about Mary 1998 Bobby and Peter Farrelly 583
141 Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Nora Ephron 586
142 Raising Arizona 1987 Joel Coen 591
143 Late Spring 1949 Yasujirô Ozu 593
144 A Fish Called Wanda 1988 Charles Crichton 598
145 Three Colors: White 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski 600
146 Being There 1979 Hal Ashby 601
147 Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001 John Cameron Mitchell 605
148 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2006 Larry Charles 606
149 Superbad 2007 Greg Mottola 610
150 The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 Martin Scorsese 613
151 Say Anything… 1989 Cameron Crowe 615
152 The Ladykillers 1955 Alexander Mackendrick 616
153 Home Alone 1990 Chris Columbus 618
154 Office Space 1999 Mike Judge 620
155 A Christmas Story 1983 Bob Clark 624
156 Sleeper 1973 Woody Allen 628
157 Secrets & Lies 1996 Mike Leigh 629
158 The Thin Man 1934 W.S. Van Dyke 630
159 In Bruges 2008 Martin McDonagh 631
160 The Muppet Movie 1979 James Frawley 633
161 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 Steve Box and Nick Park 634
162 Men in Black 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld 637
163 Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982 Amy Heckerling 640
164 Snatch. 2000 Guy Ritchie 645
165 The Triplets of Belleville 2003 Sylvain Chomet 646
166 Babe 1995 Chris Noonan 650
167 Grey Gardens 1975 Ellen Hovde, Albert and David Maysles, and Muffie Meyer 654
168 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 Frank Capra 656
169 Repo Man 1984 Alex Cox 658
170 Breaking Away 1979 Peter Yates 660
171 Day for Night 1973 François Truffaut 662
172 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Howard Hawks 673
173 Ed Wood 1994 Tim Burton 674
174 Bend It Like Beckham 2002 Gurinder Chadha 676
175 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998 Guy Ritchie 678
176 Dead Man 1995 Jim Jarmusch 679
177 Coming to America 1988 John Landis 681
178 Safety Last! 1923 Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor 687
179 Punch-Drunk Love 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson 689
180 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 2010 Edgar Wright 691
181 Moana 2016 Ron Clements and John Musker 702
182 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 David Zucker 721
183 Delicatessen 1991 Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet 730
184 Notting Hill 1999 Roger Michell 732
185 42nd Street 1933 Lloyd Bacon 734
186 Bridget Jones's Diary 2001 Sharon Maguire 736
187 Chimes at Midnight 1965 Orson Welles 739
188 Sideways 2004 Alexander Payne 742
189 Beetlejuice 1988 Tim Burton 748
190 Thor: Ragnarok 2017 Taika Waititi 756
191 Moonrise Kingdom 2012 Wes Anderson 757
192 Galaxy Quest 1999 Dean Parisot 759
193 Re-Animator 1985 Stuart Gordon 761
194 Chicago 2002 Rob Marshall 763
195 Celine & Julie Go Boating 1974 Jacques Rivette 764
196 Broadcast News 1987 James L. Brooks 765
197 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2005 Judd Apatow 767
198 You've Got Mail 1998 Nora Ephron 768
199 The Player 1992 Robert Altman 770
200 The Hangover 2009 Todd Phillips 774
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