The Best 'AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs' Movies

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Ghostbusters

1984    Ivan Reitman    Rated PG

Comedy    Fantasy    Fantasy Comedy

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City Lights

1931    Charles Chaplin    Rated G

Comedy Drama    Drama    Melodrama

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The Apartment

1960    Billy Wilder    Not Rated

Comedy Drama    Drama    Romance

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The General

1926    Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton    Not Rated

Action    Action Comedy    Comedy

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Modern Times

1936    Charles Chaplin    Rated G

Comedy    Satire    Silent Film

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It Happened One Night

1934    Frank Capra    Not Rated

Comedy    Pre-Code Hollywood    Road Movie

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The Philadelphia Story

1940    George Cukor    Not Rated

Based-on-Theatre    Comedy    Romance

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Fargo

1996    Ethan & Joel Coen    Rated R

Americana    Black Comedy    Crime

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His Girl Friday

1940    Howard Hawks    Not Rated

Comedy    Media Satire    Romance

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Duck Soup

1933    Leo McCarey    Not Rated

Absurd Comedy    Comedy    Farce

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Annie Hall

1977    Woody Allen    Rated PG

Comedy    Comedy of Manners    Romance

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Bringing Up Baby

1938    Howard Hawks    Not Rated

Comedy    Romance    Romantic Comedy

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The Gold Rush

1925    Charles Chaplin    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Comedy    Comedy

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Groundhog Day

1993    Harold Ramis    Rated PG

Comedy    Fantasy    Fantasy Comedy

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The Graduate

1967    Mike Nichols    Rated PG

Comedy Drama    Comedy of Manners    Coming-of-Age

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Manhattan

1979    Woody Allen    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Comedy of Manners    Drama

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The Great Dictator

1940    Charles Chaplin    Rated G

Anti-War Film    Comedy    Political Satire

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The Thin Man

1934    W.S. Van Dyke    Not Rated

Comedy    Comedy Thriller    Crime

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Young Frankenstein

1974    Mel Brooks    Rated PG

Comedy    Horror Comedy    Parody/Spoof

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