by Nathaniel R
Since I haven't been able to stop thinking about the BBC top 100 comedies list (previously discussed) the only way to exorcize it is to make my own. These are presented in rough order and extremely subject to change since I basically made the list in 30 minutes and argued with myself about whether or not certain films (not on this) were comedies or not and whether or not one should list as "funniest" or "best" which are two very different things, even with comedies...
In short: "What'cha think of this?" said the man (c'est moi, Nathaniel) who is still mostly flat on his back with intense back pain and thinking about happier times when laughing didn't hurt so much. Watching a comedy right now would be dangerous so it's better to merely think about them.
NATHANIEL'S LIST
(please to share some of your favorites in the comments...)
- Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- Tootsie (1982)
- Manhattan (1979)
- Meet Me in St Louis (1944)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- My Man Godfrey (1936)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- Mean Girls (2004)
- I ♥︎ Huckabees (2004)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Waiting for Guffman (1997)
- Playtime (1967)
- The Parent Trap (1961)
- Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- The General (1926)
- Paper Moon (1973)
- Victor/Victoria (1982)
- Addams Family Values (1993)
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
- Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- The Women (1939)
- Clueless (1995)
- Easter Parade (1948)
- What's Up Doc? (1972)
- Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
- Moonstruck (1987)
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
- Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
- Sherlock Jr (1924)
- The Court Jester (1956)
- Young Frankenstein (1974)
- When Harry Met Sally (1989)
- Heathers (1989)
- My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Raising Arizona (1987)
- 9 to 5 (1980)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
- Grease (1978)
- Tangerine (2015)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Bridesmaids (2011)
- The Birdcage (1996)
- Nothing Sacred (1937)
- Election (1999)
- The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (1994)
- Babe (1995)
- Flirting With Disaster (1996)
- Beetlejuice (1988)
- The King of Comedy (1983)
- Death Becomes Her (1992)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
- Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- His Girl Friday (1940)
- Stage Door (1937)
- Inside Out (2015)
- Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
- Silent Movie (1976)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- Airplane! (1980)
- Strictly Ballroom (1992)
- Freaky Friday (2003)
- Sleeper (1973)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Born Yesterday (1950)
- Sabrina (1954)
- Citizen Ruth (1996)
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
- The Muppet Movie (1979)
- Dr Strangelove, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- White Christmas (1954)
- To Be or Not To Be (1942)
- Frances Ha (2012)
- Ninotchka (1939)
- This is Spinal Tap (1984)
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeousie (1972)
- The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
- Wallace & Gromit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
- Married to the Mob (1988)
- Funny Girl (1968)
- 8 Women (2002)
- Best in Show (2000)
- Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
- American Hustle (2013)
- Chicken Run (2000)
- Fantastic Mr Fox (2009)
- Burn After Reading (2008)
- Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
- Home for the Holidays (1995)
- Auntie Mame (1958)
- On the Town (1949)
- Big Business (1988)
- Wild Tales (2014)
