Top 100 Comedy Movies of All Time

http://www.collegehumor.com/bestcomedy

For a humor website as big as CollegeHumor, their list is pretty weak IMO.  I love my comedy, so seeing lists this bad gets to me.  Some issues I have:

1) I'm not a big fan of the Jackass franchise, but I wouldn't be surprised seeing one of their movies on such a list, but 2 of them??
2) It seems that around 1/3 of these movies were made within the past 5 years.  I guess the average voter was probably 21 at the oldest.  I don't think any movie was on there that was older than 35 years old.
3) On that note: Not a single Marx Brothers movie??
4) Lots of throwaway teenage films on there.
5) The list didn't include Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, but included 2 American Pie movies, both Waynes Worlds, 2 Austin Powers, and probably a few other sequels that were meh

Some omissions I was surprised at (not necessarily my favorites):
- No Woody Allen movies
- A Fish Called Wanda
- The Nutty Professor (Eddie Murphy)
- Life Aquatic
- Cable Guy
- Dr. Strangelove (HUGE omission)

I believe the list was based on CollegeHumor reader's selections.  I'd be shocked if that list was generated by the writers/staff of the site.

I mainly posted this because I thought it could lead to interesting discussion.  What would you change about the list?





Edited by Stooge - 14 Mar 2011 at 10:28pm

BTW I've seen 77 of those movies.  Also too much Seth Rogen and Will Ferrell.

Happy to see Dogma on the list. I�m still not done laughing. Absolutely brilliant movie.

I think they are damn great both of them, but Matt�s got the best part that�s for sure. Especially the scene where he punishes the sinners in the executive room. But the movie is just full of great characters. And Salma of course

Haven't thought about this much but at a first glance I don't like a lot of those movies.

I didn't really care for Holy Grail, but I've not really found British humor to be all that funny.    I like Adam Sandler, and Happy Gilmore is a pretty funny movie, but still way too much Adam Sandler on the list.  I can't stand Will Ferrell.  He is even less humorous than British humor to me.  One of these days I will have to try Holy Grail again to see if my perspective has changed.

British humour is my favourite! Well, especially on TV. My favourite series ever is Yes Minister/Prime Minister and Black Adder. And Monty Python's flying circus... Oh well.

rushfan4 wrote: I've not seen Jackass, but just the premise turns me off so I probably never will.

It's often classified as comedy, but should be filed under documentary.  It documents stupidity.