Dallas Ryan's 142 Best Comedies
As my other lists are rated on a objective and subjective level with each film(as those kinds of lists have to be to be valid and credible), this list is purely subjective as a comedy relates to an individual's sense of humor and personality. I have noticed though that it's usually a film that you can watch time and time again to where it either makes you laugh out loud each time you watch it or to where it's just mindless zany fun that makes you smile each time you watch it. Regardless what the case may be, one's best 142 will probably be from films that one quotes off of to their friends many o' time.
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- DirectorSam WoodEdmund GouldingStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.The Best of the Marx Bros. The funniest film ever made.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMerna KennedyAl Ernest GarciaThe Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.One of Chaplin's Funniest. Laugh out loud for about 30 minutes straight.
- DirectorPeter FarrellyBobby FarrellyStarsJim CarreyJeff DanielsLauren HollyAfter a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it.Classic Jim Carrey and the best of the Farrelly Bros.
- DirectorTom ShadyacStarsJim CarreyCourteney CoxSean YoungA goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of the missing mascot of the Miami Dolphins.Jim Carrey at his best. Need I say more, yes, it's not snowflake.
- DirectorJody HillStarsSeth RogenAnna FarisRay LiottaBi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close the case.A film I quote just as much as Dumb and Dumber. For the dark sense of humor viewers.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainTom MurrayA prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.As the subject matter is sad, the film itself is funny in many moments due to Chaplin's genius.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiKaren AllenTom HulceAt a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.Terrific movie which made everyone and their grandma want to join a fraternity. Belushi at his best.
- DirectorJim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry ZuckerStarsRobert HaysJulie HagertyLeslie NielsenAfter the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.The best of the best. Every moment of every scene is a laugh out loud riot. 'I have a drinking problem.'
- DirectorAmy HeckerlingStarsChevy ChaseBeverly D'AngeloDana HillThe Griswolds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues.Always makes me laugh. '...They're going to hang somebody.' 'Dad!!'
- DirectorDavid ZuckerStarsLeslie NielsenPriscilla PresleyO.J. SimpsonIncompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.The great actor and pure genius of Leslie Nielsen steals the show in this one.
- DirectorGeorge BowersStarsRob MorrowJohnny DeppEmily LongstrethTwo adolescent boys, staying at a Florida resort, are captivated by chasing girls, but their fate holds more surprises.Zany mindless fun at it's best. Johnny Depp and Rob Morrow early in their career, and they are laugh out loud funny as is the whole movie.
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsMike MyersDana CarveyRob LoweTwo slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.Can never get enough of this film. Wayne is great, but Garth steals the show.
- DirectorBen StillerStarsBen StillerOwen WilsonChristine TaylorAt the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.Ben Stiller's best in this crazy ridiculous laugh out loud movie.
- DirectorJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsSteve CarellToni ColletteGreg KinnearA family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.A movie I can watch over and over again. Funny and heartwarming, an all around terrific movie.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsSteve MartinBernadette PetersCatlin AdamsA simpleminded, sheltered country boy suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy.Steve Martin at his best in this funny comedy.
- DirectorCharles BartonWalter LantzStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloLon Chaney Jr.The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.This film never gets old. The best of the comedy duo.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardJack OakieDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.Again, the subject matter is very important with a magnificent speech at the end. But one still can't help but laugh throughout a lot of the movie due again to Chaplin's genius.
- DirectorAdam ResnickStarsChris ElliottRitch BrinkleyJames GammonA snobby finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.Such a funny movie. Get's an exremely bad rap as it is a movie that's in on it's own joke of knowing how bad it is. But it's made that bad on purpose mind you. Chris Elliot is a riot.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJohnny DeppBenicio Del ToroTobey MaguireAn oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.This film is a riot. Johnny Depp at his best as just about every line Depp delivers makes you laugh to the bathroom.
- DirectorSteve RashStarsPauly ShoreCarla GuginoLane SmithHaving gotten a taste of college life, a drastically changed farm girl returns home for Thanksgiving break with her best friend, a flamboyant party animal who is clearly a fish out of water in a small farm town.It's mindless in the most fun way. A film that always makes me smile, Pauly Shore was perfect for this part in playing himself.
- DirectorBobby FarrellyPeter FarrellyStarsWoody HarrelsonRandy QuaidBill MurrayA star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.One I can watch over and over again to where i never have to think about much of anything. And who doesn't love seeing the Vanessa Angel scene in the bowling alley?
- DirectorJoel GallenStarsChyler LeighJaime PresslyChris EvansA sendup of all the teen movies that have accumulated in the past two decades.The best of the make fun of movies. It's funny, well written and a laugh riot.
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsMatthew BroderickAlan RuckMia SaraA popular high school student, admired by his peers, decides to take a day off from school and goes to extreme lengths to pull it off, to the chagrin of his Dean, who'll do anything to stop him.Classic film. The King of YOLO. Nuff said.
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsAnthony Michael HallIlan Mitchell-SmithKelly LeBrockTwo high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down.Bill Paxton steals the show here as Chet. 'It's snowing in my room...' Well you know the rest of that line ;)
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsDustin HoffmanJessica LangeTeri GarrMichael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.Great movie, fantastic acting and a laugh out loud riot from Hoffman and Murray.