Top 75 Comedies According to Dean

I have begun the difficult task of ranking my favorite movies, and I have decided to split them by genre for several reasons. The most important though is that I have a hard time judging genres against one another. I will try to put out 1 list per week starting with my top 75 Comedies. Ranked according to my own tastes which empasized uncontrollable laughter, repeat value, and quotability.

I made a deliberate effort not to throw movies on just because I am supposed to as a "critic" (I use that so loosely). And I had no qualms with having some classics not make the list or ride lower than the AFI would like. But I feel like I missed some very important movies that I would have wanted on here so I may make amendments if someone posts something I forgot. So feel free to comment on the list, although don't get too caught up in the placement of the movies at the bottom because I could move them up and down all day.

Top 75 Comedies according to Dean

1. Army of Darkness
2. The 40 Year old Virgin
3. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Office Space
6. Young Frankenstein
7. Shaun of the Dead
8. Raising Arizona
9. Groundhog Day
10. Ghostbusters
11. Rushmore
12. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
13. Zoolander
14. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
15. Galaxy Quest
16. The Jerk
17. Friday
18. Happy Gilmore
19. A Fish Called Wanda

20. Chasing Amy
21. Death to Smoochy
22. Tommy Boy
23. Bedazzled
24. Bowfinger
25. High Fidelity
26. Spaceballs
27. Napoleon Dynamite
28. Blazing Saddles
29. This is Spinal Tap
30. Hot Fuzz
31. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
32. Stir Crazy
33. Grosse Point Blank
34. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
35. Snatch
36. Caddyshack
37. The Waterboy
38. Meet the Parents
39. The Three Amigos
40. City Slickers
41. What About Bob?
42. Tootsie
43. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
44. The War of the Roses
45. The Cable Guy
46. Elf
47. Jackass
48. Analyze This
49. Half Baked

50. Death Becomes Her
51. There's Something About Mary
52. Airplane!

53. UHF

54. Brain Candy
55. Dumb and Dumber

56. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

57. The Blues Brothers

58. Little Shop of Horrors
59. Screwed
60. Clerks
61. Bandits

62. National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1

63. Ernest Goes to Jail/Camp - Yeah I'm Cheating

64. Black Sheep

65. Back to the Future

66. Beverly Hills Cop
67. The Princess Bride

68. National Lampoon's Vacation

69. School of Rock
70. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
71. Saving Silverman

72. Crocodile Dundee
73. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

74. Forget Paris

75. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Honorable Mentions
Annie Hall

Christopher Guest's Films

Multiplicity

The Producers (Original)

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

The Royal Tenenbaums
Stripes

Throw Mama from the Train

Toy Story 1+2

When Harry Met Sally

Reading the list I come away with a few lessons.

1. Romantic Comedies not starring John Cusack or Billy Crystal are largely absent.

2. I have very few movies pre-1975 i.e 6 years before I was born

3. I'm not a huge Woody Allen Fan, since he failed to chart (but would likely be on my 100 list.)

4. Bill Murray stars in numbers 9-12. 4 in a row. And would likely battle Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, and Will Ferrell for the most appearances on my list.

5. Very few comedies starring women, and I can't think of any to add.

Nice job Dean. Except for A Fish Called Wanda, in the top 20?!! I guess I just really don't like Jamie Lee Curtis. And where's So I Married An Axe Murderer? I know I've heard you quote it many times. I'm glad you have two Wes Anderson films in your top 15. Though my favorite Wes Anderson film is Bottle Rocket.

Burn. I totally forgot So I married an Ax murderer. And I will likely be changing the list to a top 100 because I also forgot Strange Brew, Revenge of the Nerds, Major League, Ace Ventura, Big, Back to School, My Blue Heaven, The Big Lebowski, Wayne's World, Get Shorty, and Bruce Almighty among others.

Also in defense of the 40 year old Virgin, I have been criticized for having a "vulgar" pick in my top 5. I felt that the content of the movie was useful to the plot more than just being gratuitous and it was usually looked down upon within the context of the movie. Useless vulgarity kept several movies from making the list like Kingpin, and Me, Myself and Irene despite having many hilarious sequences.

I will likely edit this list next week after further contemplation, and also list my Action List.