
My Top 100 Comedies of All Time
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1.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
(2004)
Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top rated newsman in the male-dominated broadcasting of the 70's, but that's all about to change for Ron and his cronies when an ambitious woman is hired as a new anchor. (94 mins.)
Director: Adam McKay
2.
Bedazzled
(2000)
Hopeless dweeb Elliot Richards is granted 7 wishes by the devil to snare Allison, the girl of his dreams, in exchange for his soul. (93 mins.)
Director: Harold Ramis
3.
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
(2006)
Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson. (84 mins.)
Director: Larry Charles
4.
Chasing Amy
(1997)
Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian. (113 mins.)
Director: Kevin Smith
5.
EuroTrip
(2004)
Dumped by his girlfriend, a high school grad decides to embark on an overseas adventure in Europe with his friends. (93 mins.)
Director: Jeff Schaffer
6.
The Girl Next Door
(2004)
A teenager's dreams come true when a former porn star moves in next door and they fall in love. (108 mins.)
Director: Luke Greenfield
7.
Grandma's Boy
(2006)
A 35 year old video game tester has to move in with his grandma and her two old lady roommates. (94 mins.)
Director: Nicholaus Goossen
8.
The Hangover
(2009)
A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him. (100 mins.)
Director: Todd Phillips
9.
The Hot Chick
(2002)
An attractive and popular teenager who is mean spirited toward others, finds herself in the body of an older man, and must find a way to get back to her original body. (104 mins.)
Director: Tom Brady
10.
Hot Fuzz
(2007)
Exceptional London cop Nicholas Angel is involuntarily transferred to a quaint English village and paired with a witless new partner. While on the beat, Nicholas suspects a sinister conspiracy is afoot with the residents. (121 mins.)
Director: Edgar Wright
11.
Joe Dirt
(2001)
David Spade stars as Joe Dirt, an idiot who works as an oil weller who is on the search for his parents who abandoned him when he was a baby at the grand canyon. (91 mins.)
Director: Dennie Gordon
12.
MacGruber
(2010)
Ex-special operative MacGruber is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth, who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, D.C. (90 mins.)
Director: Jorma Taccone
13.
Me, Myself & Irene
(2000)
A nice-guy cop with dissociative identity disorder must protect a woman on the run from a corrupt ex-boyfriend and his associates. (116 mins.)
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
14.
Nacho Libre
(2006)
Berated all his life by those around him, a monk follows his dream and dons a mask to moonlight as a Luchador (Mexican wrestler). (92 mins.)
Director: Jared Hess
15.
A Night at the Roxbury
(1998)
Two dim-witted brothers dream of owning their own dance club or at least getting into the coolest and most exclusive club in town, The Roxbury. (82 mins.)
Director: John Fortenberry
16.
Not Another Teen Movie
(2001)
A sendup of all the teen movies that have accumulated in the past two decades. (89 mins.)
Director: Joel Gallen
17.
Say It Isn't So
(2001)
Young orphan Gilly (Klein) finds out his lover Jo (Graham) may actually be his biological sister. After... (95 mins.)
Director: J.B. Rogers
18.
Scary Movie
(2000)
A year after disposing the body of a man they accidently killed, a group of dumb teenagers are stalked by a bumbling serial killer. (88 mins.)
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
19.
Scary Movie 2
(2001)
Four teens are tricked by their professor into visiting a haunted house for a school project. (83 mins.)
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
20.
Scary Movie 3
(2003)
In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, Cindy has to investigate mysterious crop circles and video tapes, and help the President in preventing an alien invasion. (84 mins.)
Director: David Zucker
21.
Shallow Hal
(2001)
A shallow man falls in love with a 300 pound woman because of her "inner beauty". (114 mins.)
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
22.
Shaun of the Dead
(2004)
A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living. (99 mins.)
Director: Edgar Wright
23.
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut
(1999)
When the four boys see an R-rated movie featuring Canadians Terrance & Phillip, they are pronounced "corrupted", and their parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada. (81 mins.)
Director: Trey Parker
24.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
(2006)
#1 NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby stays atop the heap thanks to a pact with his best friend and teammate, Cal Naughton, Jr. But when a French Formula One driver, makes his way up the ladder, Ricky Bobby's talent and devotion are put to the test. (108 mins.)
Director: Adam McKay
25.
Undercover Brother
(2002)
When "The Man" tries to derail a black candidate's presidential campaign, Undercover Brother and his fellow secret agents come to the rescue. (86 mins.)
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
26.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
(2007)
Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend. (96 mins.)
Director: Jake Kasdan
27.
The Wedding Singer
(1998)
Robbie, the singer and Julia, the waitress are both engaged to be married but to the wrong people. Fortune intervenes to help them discover each other. (95 mins.)
Director: Frank Coraci
28.
Zombieland
(2009)
A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, and a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the Last Twinkie and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America. (88 mins.)
Director: Ruben Fleischer
29.
Zoolander
(2001)
At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia. (89 mins.)
Director: Ben Stiller
30.
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
(2011)
A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star. (97 mins.)
Director: Tom Brady
31.
Team America: World Police
(2004)
Popular Broadway actor Gary Johnston is recruited by the elite counter-terrorism organization Team America: World Police. As the world begins to crumble around him, he must battle with terrorists, celebrities and falling in love. (98 mins.)
Director: Trey Parker
32.
Christmas Vacation
(1989)
The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster. (97 mins.)
Director: Jeremiah Chechik
33.
Wedding Crashers
(2005)
John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Claire Cleary. (119 mins.)
Director: David Dobkin
34.
Old School
(2003)
Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater. (91 mins.)
Director: Todd Phillips
35.
Bruce Almighty
(2003)
A guy who complains about God too often is given almighty powers to teach him how difficult it is to run the world. (101 mins.)
Director: Tom Shadyac
36.
Superbad
(2007)
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry. (113 mins.)
Director: Greg Mottola
37.
American Pie
(1999)
Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. (95 mins.)
Director: Paul Weitz
38.
American Pie 2
(2001)
The continuing bawdy adventures of a group of friends reuniting after their first year of college. (108 mins.)
Director: J.B. Rogers
39.
American Wedding
(2003)
It's the wedding of Jim and Michelle and the gathering of their families and friends, including Jim's old friends from high school and Michelle's little sister. (96 mins.)
Director: Jesse Dylan
40.
Big Daddy
(1999)
A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father. (93 mins.)
Director: Dennis Dugan
41.
Jackass: The Movie
(2002 Documentary)
Johnny Knoxville and his band of maniacs perform a variety of stunts and gross-out gags on the big screen for the first time. (87 mins.)
Director: Jeff Tremaine
42.
Jackass Number Two
(2006 Documentary)
Chris Pontius, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera, and the whole crew return to the screen to raise the stakes higher than ever before. (92 mins.)
Director: Jeff Tremaine
43.
Jackass 3D
(2010 Documentary)
Johnny Knoxville and company return for the third installment of their TV show spin-off, where dangerous stunts and explicit public displays rule. (94 mins.)
Director: Jeff Tremaine
44.
Anger Management
(2003)
Sandler plays a businessman who is wrongly sentenced to an anger-management program, where he meets an aggressive instructor. (106 mins.)
Director: Peter Segal
45.
Napoleon Dynamite
(2004)
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home. (82 mins.)
Director: Jared Hess
46.
Brüno
(2009)
Flamboyant Austrian fashionista Brüno takes his show to America. (81 mins.)
Director: Larry Charles
47.
The 40 Year Old Virgin
(2005)
Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother. (116 mins.)
Director: Judd Apatow
48.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
(2004)
An Asian-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers. (88 mins.)
Director: Danny Leiner
49.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(2004)
A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain. (92 mins.)
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
50.
Tropic Thunder
(2008)
Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying. (107 mins.)
Director: Ben Stiller
51.
Just Friends
(2005)
While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with -- a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer. (96 mins.)
Director: Roger Kumble
52.
Meet the Parents
(2000)
Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare. (108 mins.)
Director: Jay Roach
53.
The Waterboy
(1998)
A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team. (90 mins.)
Director: Frank Coraci
54.
Barbershop
(2002)
A day in the life of a South Side Chicago barbershop. (102 mins.)
Director: Tim Story
55.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
(1997)
A 1960s hipster secret agent is brought out of cryofreeze to oppose his greatest enemy in the 1990s, where his social attitudes are glaringly out of place. (94 mins.)
Director: Jay Roach
56.
Friday
(1995)
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking... (91 mins.)
Director: F. Gary Gray
57.
Next Friday
(2000)
Uncle Elroy and Day Day owe money on taxes so Craig finds a way to steal from the next door neighbors to pay off the taxes so Uncle Elroy's house doesn't get put up for auction. (98 mins.)
Director: Steve Carr
58.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
(2001)
The comic 'Bluntman and Chronic' is based on real-life stoners Jay and Silent Bob, so when they get no profit from a big-screen adaptation they set out to wreck the movie. (104 mins.)
Director: Kevin Smith
59.
Dumb & Dumber
(1994)
The cross-country adventures of two good-hearted but incredibly stupid friends. (107 mins.)
Director: Peter Farrelly
60.
Son in Law
(1993)
Having gotten a taste of college life, a drastically changed farm girl returns home for Thanksgiving break with her best friend, a flamboyant party animal who is clearly a fish out of water in a small farm town. (95 mins.)
Director: Steve Rash
61.
Duplex
(2003)
A young couple has a chance to move into a gorgeous duplex in the perfect New York neighborhood. All they have to do is bump off the current tenant, a cute little old lady. (89 mins.)
Director: Danny DeVito
62.
Road Trip
(2000)
Four friends take off on an 1800 mile road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a girl friend. (93 mins.)
Director: Todd Phillips
63.
Saving Silverman
(2001)
A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman. (90 mins.)
Director: Dennis Dugan
64.
Liar Liar
(1997)
A fast track lawyer can't lie for 24 hours due to his son's birthday wish after the lawyer turns his son down for the last time. (86 mins.)
Director: Tom Shadyac
65.
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
(1999)
A man becomes a male gigolo after being mistaken for one while housesitting a male gigolo's house. (88 mins.)
Director: Mike Mitchell
66.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
(1994)
A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of a missing dolphin mascot of a football team. (86 mins.)
Director: Tom Shadyac
67.
Mallrats
(1995)
Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall. (94 mins.)
Director: Kevin Smith
68.
Pineapple Express
(2008)
A process server and his marijuana dealer wind up on the run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after he witness his dealer's boss murder a competitor while trying to serve papers on him. (111 mins.)
Director: David Gordon Green
69.
White Chicks
(2004)
Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson Sisters from a kidnapping plot. (109 mins.)
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
70.
Orange County
(2002)
A guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcripts to Stanford University under the name of an over-achieving high schooler. (82 mins.)
Director: Jake Kasdan
71.
Drop Dead Gorgeous
(1999)
A small town beauty pageant turns deadly as it becomes clear that someone will go to any lengths to win. (97 mins.)
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
72.
Corky Romano
(2001)
The loser son of a Mafia honcho must go undercover for the FBI. (86 mins.)
Director: Rob Pritts
73.
Van Wilder
(2002)
The most popular kid on campus meets a beautiful journalist who makes him realize that maybe he's afraid to graduate. (92 mins.)
Director: Walt Becker
74.
The Money Pit
(1986)
A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house. (91 mins.)
Director: Richard Benjamin
75.
Billy Madison
(1995)
In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again. (89 mins.)
Director: Tamra Davis
76.
Mr. Deeds
(2002)
A sweet-natured, small-town guy inherits a controlling stake in a media conglomerate and begins to do business his way. (96 mins.)
Director: Steven Brill
77.
Step Brothers
(2008)
Two aimless middle-aged losers still living at home are forced against their will to become roommates when their parents get married. (98 mins.)
Director: Adam McKay
78.
Tomcats
(2001)
Seven years ago, a bunch of friends make a bet that'll give the last remaining bachelor a ton of money... (95 mins.)
Director: Gregory Poirier
79.
Can't Hardly Wait
(1998)
Multicharacter teenage comedy about high school graduates with different agenda of life on graduation night. (100 mins.)
Director: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
80.
Sorority Boys
(2002)
Three rowdy college students are kicked out of their dorm and dress up in drag to live in the DOG house, where the girls deemed unattractive live. (93 mins.)
Director: Wallace Wolodarsky
81.
The Nutty Professor
(1996)
Grossly overweight Prof. Sherman Klump, desperate to lose weight takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love. (95 mins.)
Director: Tom Shadyac
82.
There's Something About Mary
(1998)
A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from highschool, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster. (119 mins.)
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
83.
Happy Gilmore
(1996)
A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house. (92 mins.)
Director: Dennis Dugan
84.
Men in Black
(1997)
A streetwise NYPD detective joins a secret organization that polices extraterrestrial affairs on Earth. (98 mins.)
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
85.
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
(1996)
"Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking your Juice in the Hood" is a parody of a lot of Afro-American movies... (89 mins.)
Director: Paris Barclay









































































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