The Top 50 Comedies of All Time

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Back to the Future

1985    Robert Zemeckis    Rated PG

Adventure    Adventure Comedy    Americana

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989    Steven Spielberg    Rated PG13

Action    Action Comedy    Adventure

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Yojimbo

1961    Akira Kurosawa    Not Rated

Action    Action Comedy    Adventure

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Ghostbusters

1984    Ivan Reitman    Rated PG

Comedy    Fantasy    Fantasy Comedy

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The Princess Bride

1987    Rob Reiner    Rated PG

Adventure    Adventure Comedy    Comedy

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986    John Hughes    Rated PG13

Comedy    Coming-of-Age    Teen Movie

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The General

1926    Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton    Not Rated

Action    Action Comedy    Comedy

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The Big Lebowski

1998    Ethan & Joel Coen    Rated R

Buddy Film    Comedy    Crime

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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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Toy Story

1995    John Lasseter    Rated G

Adventure    Animation    Comedy

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The Philadelphia Story

1940    George Cukor    Not Rated

Based-on-Theatre    Comedy    Romance

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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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Groundhog Day

1993    Harold Ramis    Rated PG

Comedy    Fantasy    Fantasy Comedy

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The Gold Rush

1925    Charles Chaplin    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Comedy    Comedy

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The Sting

1973    George Roy Hill    Rated PG

Buddy Film    Comedy    Con Artist / Hustler

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The Great Dictator

1940    Charles Chaplin    Rated G

Anti-War Film    Comedy    Political Satire

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Charade

1963    Stanley Donen    Not Rated

Comedy    Comedy Thriller    Mystery

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The Thin Man

1934    W.S. Van Dyke    Not Rated

Comedy    Comedy Thriller    Crime

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Life of Brian

1979    Terry Jones    Rated R

Absurd Comedy    Based-on-Television    Comedy

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Young Frankenstein

1974    Mel Brooks    Rated PG

Comedy    Horror Comedy    Parody/Spoof

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Back to the Future Part II

1989    Robert Zemeckis    Rated PG

Adventure    Comedy    Science Fiction

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Shaun of the Dead

2004    Edgar Wright    Rated R

Apocalyptic Film    Comedy    Horror

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Sherlock Jr.

1924    Buster Keaton    Not Rated

Action Comedy    Comedy    Crime

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The Lady Vanishes

1938    Alfred Hitchcock    Not Rated

Comedy    Comedy Thriller    Mystery

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The Goonies

1985    Richard Donner    Rated PG

Adventure    Adventure Comedy    Comedy

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A Night at the Opera

1935    Sam Wood    Not Rated

Absurd Comedy    Comedy    Farce

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Some Like It Hot

1959    Billy Wilder    Rated PG13

Comedy    Comedy of Errors    Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending

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The Blues Brothers

1980    John Landis    Not Rated

Absurd Comedy    Action Comedy    Adventure Comedy

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Singin' in the Rain

1952    Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly    Not Rated

Comedy    Musical    Musical Comedy

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Sullivan's Travels

1941    Preston Sturges    Not Rated

Comedy    Road Movie    Romance

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Arsenic and Old Lace

1944    Frank Capra    Not Rated

Based-on-Theatre    Comedy    Crime

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Harold and Maude

1971    Hal Ashby    Rated PG

Black Comedy    Comedy    Coming-of-Age

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Blazing Saddles

1974    Mel Brooks    Rated R

Comedy    Comedy Western    Odd Couple Film

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Roman Holiday

1953    William Wyler    Not Rated

Comedy    Romance    Romantic Comedy

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This Is Spinal Tap

1984    Rob Reiner    Rated R

Comedy    Mockumentary    Musical

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Sanjuro

1962    Akira Kurosawa    Rated PG13

Action    Action Comedy    Adventure

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Harvey

1950    Henry Koster    Not Rated

Based-on-Theatre    Comedy    Comedy of Manners

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Clerks.

1994    Kevin Smith    Rated R

Buddy Film    Comedy    Workplace Comedy

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My Man Godfrey

1936    Gregory La Cava    Not Rated

Comedy    Comedy of Manners    Romance

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WALL·E

2008    Andrew Stanton    Rated PG

Adventure Comedy    Animation    Comedy

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Edward Scissorhands

1990    Tim Burton    Rated PG13

Comedy    Fantasy    Fantasy Comedy

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Ocean's Eleven

2001    Steven Soderbergh    Rated PG13

Caper    Comedy    Crime

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000    Ethan & Joel Coen    Rated PG13

Americana    Buddy Film    Comedy

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