Top 9 Comedies

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Top 9 Comedies

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For the sake of happiness, come and post thy favourite comic masterpieces on this thread. I went with 9 to be unique.

1. Amelie (2001)
2. Back to the Future (1985)
3. Alice in Wonderland (1951)
4. Meet the Parents (2000)
5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
6. Mrs Doubtfie (1995)
7. Some Like it Hot (1958)
8. Toy Story (1995)
9. Aladdin (1992)
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Well, I havent seen to many that truly stand out, but here it goes...

1. Spaceballs
2. Anchorman (By the way, the unrated added scenes are stupid.)
3. The National Lampoon Vacation Series
4. Lemony Snickets a Series of Unfortunate Events (A good comedy, let alone a movie.)
5. Bruce Almighty
6. The Emperor's New Groove
7. The Mask
8. Young Frankenstein (Wait, I'm sorry, It's Frahn-Ken-Steen)
9. The Haunted Mansion
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Post by Escapay »

I like odd numbers! Here's my list, mainly from my DVDs, with 1 being best and 9 being best but not as best as 1:

1. It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
2. Clue
3. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
4. Big Business
5. Galaxy Quest
6. Spaceballs
7. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
8. Dogma
9. Romancing the Stone (though that would also fall under action. and drama.)

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Post by thegoldengirlsbiz »

Of the ones I have on DVD/VHS...

1. Nine to Five
2. What's Up Doc?
3. Three Men and a Baby
4. Three Men and a Little Lady
5. Jumpin' Jack Flash
6. Monsters Inc.
7. Ferris Buellers Day Off
8. The Great Outdoors
9. Back to the Future

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Post by Mr. Toad »

Wonderlicious a lot of those have comedic aspects but really arent comedies. I will work on my list.

Hmmm couldnt come anywhere close to 9, so here is my 55

1Duck Soup
2A Fish Called Wanda
3Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4A Shot in the Dark
5Blazing Saddles
6Dr. Strangeglove
7Animal House
8Caddyshack
9Young Frankenstein
10it’s a Mad Mad World
11Princess Bride
12Christmas Story
13Blues Brothers
14Shrek
15Ghostbusters
16Great Dictator
17Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure
18Some Like It Hot
19Much Ado About Nothing
20A Night at the Opera
21Odd Couple
22Beetlejuice
23Spinal Tap
24Something About Mary
25Slap Shot
26Good Morning Vietnam
27Austin Powers
28Bad News Bears
29Ferris Beullers Day Off
30Gold Rush
31The Apartment
32Fast Times at Ridgemont High
33Bull Durham
34Office Space
35Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
36Strange Brew
37Meet the Parents
38Addams Family
39Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
40In and Out
41Airplane
42Big
43Clockwise
44Adventures in Babysitting
45Raising Arizona
46The Party
47Waynes World
48Parenthood
49Naked Gun
50Trading Places
51LA Story
52My Blue Heaven
53Planes Tranes and Automobiles
54What About Bob?
55Spies Like Us
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Post by Jack »

I'm going with 10 to be non-unique! :P

1. Napoleon Dynamite
2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
3. Office Space
4. Billy Madison
5. Meet the Parents
6. Home Alone
7. Sixteen Candles
8. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
9. 50 First Dates
10. Tommy Boy
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Here are just a few of my favorites. :D

1. A Night at The Opera
2. The Long, Long Trailer
3. The Trouble with Angels
4. The Russians are Coming
5. A Hard Day's Night
6. Galaxy Quest
7. The Rutles
8. The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
9. Callaway Went Thataway
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Hi:

1.-Kung pow:enter the fist
2.-Dude,where´s my car?
3.-Dracula, dead and loving it
4.-Airplane
5.- All the "naked gun" ones
6.-Shangai Kid
7.-SpongeBob squarepants movie
8.-Scary Movie triology
9.-American Pie triology
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Post by Loomis »

Do I have to rank them? Not really big on ranking stuff, so I'll just list in some order of my own device.

Annie Hall
Ghostbusters
Groundhog Day
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
Amelie
Some Like it Hot
Chasing Amy
Shaun of the Dead
Police Academy (my guilty pleasure)

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Some Like It Hot, It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Duck Soup, Seven Year Itch, Young Frankenstein, Grumpy Old Men, Modern Times, City Lights, Great Dictator, Safety Last. :)
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In no particular order:

1.Airplane!
2.Sorority Boys
3.The Emperor's New Groove
4.Scary Movie
5. Naked Gun (any of them or all)
6.Tommy Boy
7.A Mi Madre Le Gustan Las Mujeres (a movie made in Spain that translates to My Mom likes Women)
8.The Sweetest Thing
9.Shin Chan (have yet to decide which one; this is an anime series that has also been done in movies. You have to see it if you really want to know what is like to laugh)
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Yeah City Lights belonged on mine. A couple of Harold Lloyd ones too maybe. The clocktower one and the one where he is a college footbalstarand ends up in the dead end job. What were those called Zombi?
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1. Shrek
2. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
3. Ghostbusters
4. Meet the Parents
5. Naked Gun
6. Animal House
7. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
8. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
9. Caddyshack
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JimmyJackJunior wrote:Yeah City Lights belonged on mine. A couple of Harold Lloyd ones too maybe. The clocktower one and the one where he is a college footbalstarand ends up in the dead end job. What were those called Zombi?
Clocktower Movie = Safety Last
College Movie = The Freshman
Dead End Job Movie = Speedy...maybe?
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Post by DEREKG »

Here's mine off the top of my head:

1. Dumb & Dumber

2. Meet The Parents

3. Lair Lair

4. Spaceballs

5. Joe Dirt

6. Half Baked (just say no)

7. Nothing To Loose

8. Happy Gilmore

9. Raising Arizona

That was tuff cuz there are sooooo many. Hard to think of um. :roll:
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Post by Zombi6422 »

Add singin in the rain to my list :lol:
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Post by Mr. Toad »

Zombi - the movie where he was a college football player who ended up in the dead end job was the same movie. As i recall he was a bench player who scored the winning touchdown in a big game. As a result a booster gave him a job as a reward. Long after that someone discovered he was not very good at his job and fired him.
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Post by Zombi6422 »

No, actually the Freshman is very much like the Waterboy that Adam Sandler was in. So much so that the Harold Lloyd Trust sued Walt Disney for more or less copying the story. They cited like 60 some similarities, but they ended up throwing out the court case. The Freshman is about Harold who starts out at college and he is a loser. Everyone makes fun of him and then he decides that if he could make the football team, people will surely like him. The coach sees that he has good spirit but he is no good. So the coach lies to him and says he made the team when he is actually just brought on as the waterboy. Then at the big game, several players get injured and the referee says they will have to forfeit unless they find another player. So reluctantly they let Harold into the game and he ends up doing really well and then the other players and students like him. The End. :D
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Post by catNC »

Here's my 9 in no particular order

The Princess Bride
Young Frankenstein
Toy Story
The Lady Eve
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Bringing Up Baby
The Philadelphia Story
Raising Arizona
Spaceballs
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Post by 2099net »

I don't do orders. I can never decide. But here goes:

The Brady Bunch Movie/A Very Brady Sequel (I prefer the sequel)
Stuart Saves His Family (although this is more of a "Dromedy", with lots of depth)
Ghostbusters/Ghostbusters II (I prefer the sequel)
Gremlins II (I so prefer the sequel to the original)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Best Python Movie)
Freddy Got Fingered (Yes, I do like this film, mainly for it's audacity)
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut (Satire with a point)
Duck Soup (Groucho Marx is a timeless comedian)
The Man With Two Brains (Martin as his very best!)

Bonus not even considered for a microsecond film
Shrek/Shrek 2 (Shrek or Dreck?)
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