Your top 5 funniest movies of all time

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Permalink Reply by beeswax on May 7, 2008 at 2:33pm

Man, I do love me some Office Space and Holy Grail.

Dying is easy; comedy is hard.

Flirting with Disaster
Monty Python's Life of Brian (What have the Romans ever done for us?)
Bringing Up Baby
Withnail and I
The Fortune Cookie

You've started a thread that will have people smacking their foreheads for days, as others add forgotten favorites.

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Permalink Reply by Whatchawatchin on May 7, 2008 at 2:38pm

I know, this is a hard one. I had to leave off Life of Brian (thiiiiis close to knocking off Blues Brothers) and, believe it or not, Grumpy Old Men1 and 2. Walter Matthau and Jack Lemon still have it.

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Permalink Reply by beeswax on May 7, 2008 at 2:51pm

Yeah, I just realized I left Preston Sturges off my list, and there's five (six, really) of his movies that make me laugh every single time. He could have had all the spaces.

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Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on May 7, 2008 at 2:43pm

A couple of senseless, laugh out loud comedies for me were:
The Wedding Crashers
Meet the Parents

Also thought Sideways was very funny

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Permalink Reply by NetflixJunkie on May 7, 2008 at 3:12pm

Mel Brooks has two of mine (the rest of his stuff is crap).
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles

Then...
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

and of course...
The Princess Bride

I count these as movies I laugh out loud to no matter how many time I watch them.

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Permalink Reply by Whatchawatchin on May 7, 2008 at 3:15pm

I know, I hated leaving Mel off. You didn't like Spaceballs?

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Permalink Reply by NetflixJunkie on May 7, 2008 at 3:19pm

There are a couple lines that stick with me from Spaceballs, but it's too little to make "funny" movie, for me.

"I'm a MOG -- half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend." is a line I thought was funny.

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Permalink Reply by Whatchawatchin on May 7, 2008 at 3:17pm

Dangit...I forgot The War of the Roses...

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Permalink Reply by Mort in Detroit on May 7, 2008 at 6:51pm

Only Kathleen Turner can convey so effectively the fury men create with their b.s.

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Permalink Reply by B-Independent.com on May 7, 2008 at 3:29pm

1) Blazzing Saddles
2) There's Something About Mary
3) A Fish Called Wanda
4) The Bad News Bears (original, as if you had to ask)
5) Chasing Amy

runner up

THE PALM BEACH STORY

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Permalink Reply by Aces on May 7, 2008 at 3:30pm

Too many for me to choose just 5 so here are some of my top comedies not in order:
The Big Lebowski
Meet the Parents
Encino Man
Best in Show
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Raising Arizona
Swingers
The Full Monty

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Permalink Reply by Whatchawatchin on May 7, 2008 at 3:33pm

Nice! Omg, the scene in Full Monty when they are standing in line at the unemployment office and "Hot Stuff" starts playing over the muzak..classic!

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