The Best Comedies of All Time

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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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Back to the Future Part II

1989    Robert Zemeckis    Rated PG

Adventure    Comedy    Science Fiction

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Young Frankenstein

1974    Mel Brooks    Rated PG

Comedy    Horror Comedy    Parody/Spoof

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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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Some Like It Hot

1959    Billy Wilder    Rated PG13

Comedy    Comedy of Errors    Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending

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A Night at the Opera

1935    Sam Wood    Not Rated

Absurd Comedy    Comedy    Farce

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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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