50 Top Comedy Movies

Having been motivated by someone's list here's my top fifty. Not a countdown but a list of the fifty greatest comedies grouped into sections.

The Legends

The golden years of Hollywood produced some of the greatest comedians of all time. Now I can't say I've nevessarily seen all of their work in full, merely snippets but no list is complete without them. So the first few movies are basically anything starring:

1. Charlie Chaplain

2. Buster Keaton

3. Laurel and Hardy

4. Abbott and Costello

5. Jerry Lewis

Honorable mentions to Lucille Ball and Doris Day.

6. His Girl Friday

Starting Cary Grant, this rapid fire rom com is as witty as it is progressive in terms of women's rights.

Australian Movies

7. The Castle

Say no more

8. Young Einstein

A bonkers idea well executed and a kicking Oz music soundtrack.

The Frat Pack

Ben Stiller and his mates are the modern masters of comedy Cineplex crowd pleasers here's my faves;

9. Tropic Thunder

Because you never wanna go full retard.

10. Dodgeball 

The American Dodgeball Association of Anerica.

11. Zoolander

What is this? A school for ants?!

12. Anchorman

The birth of a million memes

13. Tallegeda Nights

Sweet baby Jesus

SNL Alumni

14. Blues Brothers

Also in my top five musicals

15. Austin Powers Trilogy

It made me laugh the week my first marriage broke up.

16. Wayne's World

Party on dude

17. Caddyshack

18. Groundhog Day

19. National Lampoons Vacation

Do you know how to French kiss? Daddy says I do it the best

20. Ghostbusters 

Robin Williams

The greatest comedian of our time.

21.Aladdin

22. Mrs Doubtfire

Jim Carrey

23. Ace aventura pet detective

Could I Ass you a few questions?

Spoof Movies

24. Flying High

25. Naked Gun

Do you like Gladiator movies Timmy?

Rom Coms

26. When Harry Met Sally

Defined the genre

27. Four weddings and a funeral

Richard Curtis deserves a spot on this list

All time fave

28. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

RUPRAIT!

Peter Sellars

A legend

29. The original Pink Panther

Monty Python

30. Holy Grail

31. Life of Brian

32. Meaning of life

33. A fish called Wanda 

Mel Brooks

34. Spaceballs

35. Police Academy

Ok controversial I know but nothing was more quotable in the school yard!

36. Right Said Fred

Because Rik Mayall deserves a spot on this list 

Eddie Murphy

Once the funniest guy in Hollywood and perfected the action comedy.

37. Raw

38. 48 hrs

39 Beverley Hills Cop

40. Coming to America

 

41 Beetlejuice

42 Bridesmaids

43. Arthur

Dudley Moore was so talented and this was his commercial peak.

 

44. Scrooged

45. The muppet movie

47. Little shop of horrors

Steve Martin

Already in this list a few times but...

48. The man with two brains

49. The jerk

50. David Williamsons The Club

The scene where John Howard makes up his childhood trauma while smoking pot.

OK breaking my rules here need to add a couple more 

51 Clueless

52 They Came Together - Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler skewer the Rom Com genre