Top 5 funniest films

M. Hulot's holiday. 

1. A Shot In the Dark
2. The Odd Couple
3. The Pink Panther
4. A Fish Called Wanda
5. Plaza Suite

My single favourite moment.
The first time I saw this I wept with laughter.

https://youtu.be/50lnh50eGiI?si=5g0hRLfoBsTLRzZw

darthed1981 said:

boogieman said:

Hellzapoppin (totally bonkers Marx Brothers film)

Bonkers, certainly, but IIRC no Marx Brothers in it?

Admittedly seen it once about 20 years ago!

You’re right! Although I had to check with IMDB because I was convinced they were in it. I think the Beeb ran a whole series of Marx Brothers and similar films one year and this was part of it, so I must’ve got my wires crossed. It’s still a great film, complete mayhem with some hilarious visual gags. 

Are there films that make you laugh out loud a lot?

I think that There's Something About Mary is a good one, but you have to watch that with the right people - I would NOT have watched it with my mum for example!

For me, the film with the best funny scenes is Liar liar. Jim Carrey at his finest! The great scenes: I'm kicking my ass, the pen is blue, the board room, the turkey impression in the court room, honestly I laugh every time I see them.

Airplane the first time you see it was very funny, but once you have seen it there's not much to go back to.

There are many great comedy films though, loads of good ones listed.

axisus said:

Airplane the first time you see it was very funny, but once you have seen it there's not much to go back to.

Going to have to disagree with you there. Airplane is a comedy classic and we laugh like hyenas every time we see it. 

Haych said:

axisus said:

Airplane the first time you see it was very funny, but once you have seen it there's not much to go back to.

Going to have to disagree with you there. Airplane is a comedy classic and we laugh like hyenas every time we see it. 

My comment earlier was that the joy in Airplane! is that you can find new things or things you hadn't remembered at least. Not much of a plot admittedly but that was never the point. 

munckee said:

beed84 said:

Anchorman
Me, Myself and Irene
Team America
Hot Shots
Mrs Doubtfire

Forgot about team America, that is hilarious. 

I remember going to see it with several work mates when it came out. Along with everyone else in the cinema, all of us were crying with laughter … apart from Debbie at the end who sat there unmoved and didn’t laugh once. Thinking about it now still boggles the mind.

Years ago I went with a friend to see The Three Musketeers in Birmingham somewhere near Merry Hill. 

Ok. I’ll try. 

Neil said:

M. Hulot's holiday. 

I love all Tati's films, as I've said many times before, but I hesitated to mention them in this thread because it's a very gentle kind of humour... you watch the whole thing with a smile on your face rather than laughing out loud.  But well done for mentioning it anyway!

Sons of the Desert
The odd couple
Dirty Rotten scoundrels
The Apartment
Shaun of the dead

Just realised, not done a list.

Not necessarily the "best ever" - but a list of comedy films I keep coming back to...

1. Airplane
2. The Naked Gun
3. Four Lions
4. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
5. In The Loop

4 pages and no What's Up Doc?

This is how reform get elected.

Porridge (the football match one).

Reverend said:

4 pages and no What's Up Doc?

You make a good point.

Reverend said:

This is how reform get elected.

No, no, no, don't make a connection between Reform and What's Up Doc?  Things aren't that bad.  Yet.

blobb said:

Porridge (the football match one).

+1 for Porridge and also Four Lions. Amazing stuff.

EricTheWeary said:

Haych said:

axisus said:

Airplane the first time you see it was very funny, but once you have seen it there's not much to go back to.

Going to have to disagree with you there. Airplane is a comedy classic and we laugh like hyenas every time we see it. 

My comment earlier was that the joy in Airplane! is that you can find new things or things you hadn't remembered at least. Not much of a plot admittedly but that was never the point. 

Also part of the joy of Airplane is knowing many of the gags by heart. And still laughing like a drain. 

Gassage said:

My single favourite moment.
The first time I saw this I wept with laughter.

There are two I find even funnier - Clouseau arrives at the chateau, gets out of the car and falls into the fountain; and the game of snooker.  Absolute genius and I never tire of seeing that film.

Offset said:

Gassage said:

My single favourite moment.
The first time I saw this I wept with laughter.

There are two I find even funnier - Clouseau arrives at the chateau, gets out of the car and falls into the fountain; and the game of snooker.  Absolute genius and I never tire of seeing that film.

Is that the one where he does the show off routine on the bannister and lands on the side with no floor?

darthed1981 said:

Offset said:

Gassage said:

My single favourite moment.
The first time I saw this I wept with laughter.

There are two I find even funnier - Clouseau arrives at the chateau, gets out of the car and falls into the fountain; and the game of snooker.  Absolute genius and I never tire of seeing that film.

Is that the one where he does the show off routine on the bannister and lands on the side with no floor?

Not a film as such, but "Dinner For One" is possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen - Freddie Frinton and May Warden.  Apparently watched on New Years Eve all over central Europe and Scandinavia.

Also, re Airplane!, it was a spoof on the early blockbuster novels by such as Arthur Hailey - his first was Airport.

Reverend said:

4 pages and no What's Up Doc?

This is how reform get elected.

er ... it was about 6th post on page 1 ....