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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 Some Like It Hot 1959 Billy Wilder 10
3 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 Stanley Kubrick 12
4 Annie Hall 1977 Woody Allen 20
5 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 45
6 City Lights 1931 Charles Chaplin 46
7 The General 1926 Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton 49
8 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 50
9 Modern Times 1936 Charles Chaplin 53
10 The Graduate 1967 Mike Nichols 59
11 The Apartment 1960 Billy Wilder 62
12 Duck Soup 1933 Leo McCarey 85
13 La Dolce Vita 1960 Federico Fellini 86
14 His Girl Friday 1940 Howard Hawks 87
15 Do the Right Thing 1989 Spike Lee 89
16 Bringing Up Baby 1938 Howard Hawks 91
17 It Happened One Night 1934 Frank Capra 92
18 Groundhog Day 1993 Harold Ramis 98
19 The Rules of the Game 1939 Jean Renoir 99
20 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 108
21 This Is Spinal Tap 1984 Rob Reiner 109
22 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 111
23 The Gold Rush 1925 Charles Chaplin 116
24 Manhattan 1979 Woody Allen 117
25 Amélie 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 119
26 Nashville 1975 Robert Altman 121
27 The Philadelphia Story 1940 George Cukor 131
28 When Harry Met Sally… 1989 Rob Reiner 149
29 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 156
30 Airplane! 1980 Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker 164
31 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 168
32 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman 169
33 The Great Dictator 1940 Charles Chaplin 183
34 Up 2009 Pete Docter 188
35 Blazing Saddles 1974 Mel Brooks 192
36 The Lady Eve 1941 Preston Sturges 193
37 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 Buster Keaton 198
38 Harold and Maude 1971 Hal Ashby 199
39 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 Robert Hamer 207
40 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 213
41 L'Atalante 1934 Jean Vigo 219
42 Pinocchio 1940 Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen 233
43 Stairway to Heaven 1946 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 240
44 The Truman Show 1998 Peter Weir 242
45 M*A*S*H 1970 Robert Altman 248
46 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Roberto Benigni 250
47 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 252
48 Shaun of the Dead 2004 Edgar Wright 260
49 Toy Story 3 2010 Lee Unkrich 261
50 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis 264
51 Mary Poppins 1964 Robert Stevenson 267
52 Young Frankenstein 1974 Mel Brooks 268
53 A Hard Day's Night 1964 Richard Lester 270
54 To Be or Not to Be 1942 Ernst Lubitsch 280
55 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Vincente Minnelli 283
56 The Sting 1973 George Roy Hill 294
57 The Iron Giant 1999 Brad Bird 296
58 Playtime 1967 Jacques Tati 300
59 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 Frank Capra 303
60 The Producers 1967 Mel Brooks 309
61 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter 310
62 Withnail & I 1987 Bruce Robinson 313
63 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Luis Buñuel 316
64 Tootsie 1982 Sydney Pollack 320
65 Rushmore 1998 Wes Anderson 323
66 Top Hat 1935 Mark Sandrich 330
67 Viridiana 1961 Luis Buñuel 332
68 Clueless 1995 Amy Heckerling 333
69 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 John Hughes 334
70 Voyage to the Moon 1902 Georges Méliès 337
71 The Kid 1921 Charles Chaplin 338
72 A Night at the Opera 1935 Sam Wood 340
73 The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis 343
74 The Shop around the Corner 1940 Ernst Lubitsch 345
75 Being John Malkovich 1999 Spike Jonze 346
76 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 353
77 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 Blake Edwards 359
78 Animal House 1978 John Landis 360
79 American Graffiti 1973 George Lucas 362
80 Clerks. 1994 Kevin Smith 364
81 Amarcord 1973 Federico Fellini 367
82 Evil Dead II 1987 Sam Raimi 369
83 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 381
84 Jerry Maguire 1996 Cameron Crowe 382
85 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Jim Sharman 386
86 Dazed and Confused 1993 Richard Linklater 389
87 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 397
88 Ninotchka 1939 Ernst Lubitsch 401
89 Chungking Express 1994 Kar-Wai Wong 403
90 South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999 Trey Parker 407
91 Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird 412
92 Dead Poets Society 1989 Peter Weir 433
93 The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Wes Anderson 434
94 Ed Wood 1994 Tim Burton 435
95 An American Werewolf in London 1981 John Landis 436
96 Bull Durham 1988 Ron Shelton 441
97 The Goonies 1985 Richard Donner 444
98 A Fish Called Wanda 1988 Charles Crichton 446
99 Mr. Hulot's Holiday 1953 Jacques Tati 453
100 There's Something about Mary 1998 Bobby and Peter Farrelly 455
101 The Breakfast Club 1985 John Hughes 456
102 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2006 Larry Charles 458
103 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 Woody Allen 459
104 Cleo from 5 to 7 1962 Agnès Varda 461
105 Day for Night 1973 François Truffaut 467
106 Secrets & Lies 1996 Mike Leigh 470
107 Raising Arizona 1987 Joel Coen 476
108 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Adam McKay 491
109 Babe 1995 Chris Noonan 492
110 Inside Out 2015 Pete Docter 494
111 Sleeper 1973 Woody Allen 499
112 Big 1988 Penny Marshall 501
113 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 Mike Newell 504
114 The Long Goodbye 1973 Robert Altman 508
115 The Ladykillers 1955 Alexander Mackendrick 512
116 Pink Flamingos 1972 John Waters 520
117 Pretty Woman 1990 Garry Marshall 521
118 Juno 2007 Jason Reitman 522
119 Say Anything… 1989 Cameron Crowe 526
120 Caddyshack 1980 Harold Ramis 528
121 Almost Famous 2000 Cameron Crowe 531
122 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 Frank Capra 533
123 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements and John Musker 535
124 Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982 Amy Heckerling 536
125 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 George Seaton 544
126 Election 1999 Alexander Payne 546
127 A Christmas Story 1983 Bob Clark 548
128 The Player 1992 Robert Altman 551
129 Being There 1979 Hal Ashby 554
130 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998 Guy Ritchie 556
131 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 Steve Box and Nick Park 563
132 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 David Zucker 565
133 The Thin Man 1934 W.S. Van Dyke 568
134 Office Space 1999 Mike Judge 570
135 Adam's Rib 1949 George Cukor 574
136 Stranger than Paradise 1984 Jim Jarmusch 578
137 The Band Wagon 1953 Vincente Minnelli 585
138 A League of Their Own 1992 Penny Marshall 591
139 Shakespeare in Love 1998 John Madden 592
140 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Howard Hawks 595
141 The Triplets of Belleville 2003 Sylvain Chomet 601
142 The King of Comedy 1982 Martin Scorsese 604
143 Sideways 2004 Alexander Payne 606
144 Little Miss Sunshine 2006 Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris 607
145 Hot Fuzz 2007 Edgar Wright 608
146 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2005 Judd Apatow 609
147 Chicago 2002 Rob Marshall 617
148 The Quiet Man 1952 John Ford 619
149 Little Big Man 1970 Arthur Penn 620
150 Crumb 1994 Terry Zwigoff 621
151 Breaking Away 1979 Peter Yates 622
152 Celine & Julie Go Boating 1974 Jacques Rivette 631
153 Trading Places 1983 John Landis 632
154 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder 633
155 Three Colors: White 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski 635
156 Love Actually 2003 Richard Curtis 636
157 Naked 1993 Mike Leigh 639
158 Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 Woody Allen 647
159 Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 James Gunn 648
160 Delicatessen 1991 Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet 654
161 Repo Man 1984 Alex Cox 657
162 Safety Last! 1923 Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor 658
163 Heathers 1989 Michael Lehmann 663
164 42nd Street 1933 Lloyd Bacon 664
165 L'Âge d'or 1930 Luis Buñuel 665
166 Grey Gardens 1975 Ellen Hovde, Albert and David Maysles, and Muffie Meyer 670
167 Snatch. 2000 Guy Ritchie 673
168 Short Cuts 1993 Robert Altman 675
169 Closely Watched Trains 1966 Jirí Menzel 680
170 Mon Oncle 1958 Jacques Tati 682
171 To Have and Have Not 1944 Howard Hawks 683
172 Napoleon Dynamite 2004 Jared Hess 690
173 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 Wes Anderson 694
174 Down by Law 1986 Jim Jarmusch 703
175 The Jerk 1979 Carl Reiner 704
176 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 706
177 The Muppet Movie 1979 James Frawley 723
178 Bridesmaids 2011 Paul Feig 724
179 Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1987 John Hughes 726
180 Yellow Submarine 1968 George Dunning 731
181 Barton Fink 1991 Joel Coen 733
182 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 Jay Roach 735
183 Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Nora Ephron 738
184 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988 Pedro Almodóvar 739
185 The Invisible Man 1933 James Whale 743
186 My Night at Maud's 1969 Eric Rohmer 752
187 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Wolfgang Reitherman 755
188 The Awful Truth 1937 Leo McCarey 758
189 Moonstruck 1987 Norman Jewison 770
190 Swing Time 1936 George Stevens 772
191 Midnight Run 1988 Martin Brest 773
192 Superbad 2007 Greg Mottola 777
193 Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001 John Cameron Mitchell 779
194 Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 Charles Reisner 781
195 Men in Black 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld 787
196 My Man Godfrey 1936 Gregory La Cava 788
197 As Good as It Gets 1997 James L. Brooks 791
198 Ghost World 2001 Terry Zwigoff 797
199 The Odd Couple 1968 Gene Saks 798
200 Slap Shot 1977 George Roy Hill 801
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