My 40 Great Comedy Movies
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- DirectorAdam McKayStarsWill FerrellChristina ApplegateSteve CarellIn the 1970s, an anchorman's stint as San Diego's top-rated newsreader is challenged when an ambitious newswoman becomes his co-anchor.Will Ferrells 70's newsroom. The fight of the anchors, Cannonball, I Love Lamp, Sex Panther. As Champ Kind would say "Whammy".
- DirectorBen StillerStarsBen StillerOwen WilsonChristine TaylorAt the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.Ben Stillers modelling farce. The Walkoff, Magnum, Searching the computer, Derek as a miner, The petrol station.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenJanet MargolinMarcel HillaireThe life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber.Yes, Woody Allens early comedies are more enjoyable films than his serious works
- DirectorTamra DavisStarsChris RockAllen PayneDeezer DA guy makes a documentary of the rap band CB4 by following them. CB4 got popular by stealing Gusto's name, background and image. He wants them dead.Stab Master Arson, Dead Mike and MC Gusto bring some Spinal Tap to Hip Hop. No rappers can ever be taken that seriously again.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardJack OakieDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.The Barber Chair battle is enough in itself
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsGeorge ClooneyJohn TurturroTim Blake NelsonIn the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.George Clooney is a Dapper Dan Man and is ably assisted by Tim Blake Nelson's immortal idiot
- DirectorDanny LeinerStarsAshton KutcherSeann William ScottJennifer GarnerTwo potheads wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.As dumb as it comes. But the Tattoo argument never fails to make me guffaw like a donkey
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsShannen DohertyJeremy LondonJason LeeBoth dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall.Kevin Smith brings Jason Lee to the top. The Stinkpalm, The Stage destruction plans and The backseat of a Volkswagen
- DirectorHarold RamisStarsChevy ChaseBeverly D'AngeloImogene CocaThe Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.For 90 brief minutes Chevy Chase being funny. It would rarely happen again. Wallyworld with John Candy a highlight
- DirectorFrancis VeberStarsThierry LhermitteJacques VilleretFrancis HusterA few friends have a weekly fools' dinner, where each brings a fool along. Pierre finds a champion fool for next dinner. Surprise.Foreign funny. Language so often a barrier melts away in the latterly copied French Farce
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsSteve MartinJohn CandyLaila RobinsA Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.John Candy's career great. From the great car fire through to an ending that makes men cry
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsRob ReinerMichael McKeanChristopher GuestSpinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.Tap into America. OneLouder, Whats wrong with being Sexy - a landmark in mocumentary
- DirectorVictor HeermanStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxMayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.Groucho's babble, Harpo's sex pest and Chico's musings - a dream team. Zeppo also sings, but its Margaret Dumont taking the abuse on her chin
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsKatharine HepburnCary GrantCharles RugglesWhile trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.Screwball comedy with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. The jailhouse sequence a classic
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsPeter SellersHerbert LomLesley-Anne DownAfter escaping from an insane asylum, the bonkers Charles Dreyfus sends 26 assassins on the trail of the forever bumbling Inspector Clouseau.Peter Sellers breaks out the disguises and pulls the wrong tooth. Dreyfus's attemt to kill Clouseau at home brings the pain
- DirectorJared HessStarsJack BlackAna de la RegueraHéctor JiménezBerated all his life by those around him, a monk follows his dream and dons a mask to moonlight as a Luchador (Mexican wrestler).Fat man in tight wrestling gear - simple pleasures
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEmbeth DavidtzMarcus GilbertWhen Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.If 1 Bruce Campbell ain't enough for you then multiple mini Bruce's will help.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsMatti PellonpääKari VäänänenSakke JärvenpääSiberian rock band Leningrad Cowboys go to the USA in pursuit of fame.Kaurismaki black comedy follows Russia's worst Rockabilly band on a deadly American tour
- DirectorAndrew StantonLee UnkrichStarsAlbert BrooksEllen DeGeneresAlexander GouldAfter his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.Those sharks, the forgetful Dory and those baked Turtles
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantRosalind RussellRalph BellamyA newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.Whip smart wit - Cary Grant oozes cynicism as Rosalind Russell brings in one last story
- DirectorTerry GilliamTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric IdleKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.Good Sir Robin Runs away, the question of swallows - a quote buster
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJune LangStan and Ollie mistakenly enlist in the army and find themselves posted to the Northwest Frontier in India on a dangerous mission.Laurel & Hardy in kilts. Stan Laurel's rising hat gag - just a simple belter
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsBill MurrayOwen WilsonAnjelica HustonWith a plan to exact revenge on a legendary shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.Scene stealing Dafoe's hat on fire, Murrays walkman bring comic class to Anderson's special film
- DirectorJacques TatiStarsJacques TatiJean-Pierre ZolaAdrienne ServantieMonsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.The man child blunders through the modern world. The electric home is rubble, the factory a room of off shape sausages
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsWill HayMoore MarriottGraham MoffattWith the help of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster of Buggleskelly. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put Buggleskelly on the railway map, but instead falls foul of a gang of gun runners.A British classic - Will Hay, Moore Marriott & Graham Moffatt roll out some Variety Hall routines. A stencil for Father Ted, The Two Ronnies and more
- DirectorJeffrey LauStarsLeslie CheungBrigitte LinMaggie CheungA parody of Louis Cha's renowned novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes. The story begins with the Queen of Golden Wheel Kingdom and having an affair with her cousin West Poison, both of whom are planning to take over the Kingdom. The 3rd Princess discovered their treason but she was defeated by West Poison. She flees and sought for her master's help. He spoke of a powerful secret martial arts manual hidden in the mountains, which if she could retrieve and learn, she would be able to defeat West Poison. But things get complicated along the way when West Poison beat her to it and stole the secret manual away. She soon gathers an alliance to challenge West Poison's exponentially increased new power.It's barking.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsSteve MartinChevy ChaseMartin ShortThree actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.My Little Buttercup, The Burning Tree and the greatest Mexican stereotypes ever- they need no stinking badges
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostMartin FreemanAn overachieving London police sergeant is transferred to a village where the easygoing officers object to his fervor for regulations, all while a string of grisly murders strikes the town.Here come the Fuzz
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.Jack Lemmon playing Maracas horizontal from the bed. Monroe at her befuddled best
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsKenneth WilliamsJim DaleHarry H. CorbettThe sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores.Harold H Corbett betters Sid James. Kenneth Williams is Frying Tonight. Charles Hawtrey is a comedy toilet attendant. The best of Carry On
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsEddie MurphyDan AykroydRalph BellamyA snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.Eddie Murphy receives the miracle of getting his legs back, Santa Ackroyd tries to steal a whole Salmon fillet
- DirectorSidney PoitierStarsGene WilderRichard PryorGeorg Stanford BrownSet up and wrongfully accused, two best friends are sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. However, no prison cell can keep them locked in a cage.Gene Wider plays black in the jail cell - the best of the partnership
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsCleavon LittleGene WilderSlim PickensIn order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.Telegram fo Mungo
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsLoren TaylorJemaine ClementCraig HallThe tale of two socially-awkward misfits and the strange ways they try to find love: through revenge on high-school bullies, burgers, and video games.Jemaine Clement trains up for his battle against a childhood nemesis whilst falling in nerd love
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne MooreJeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.The Dude, the dudester and sometimes El Duderino
- DirectorHarold RamisStarsBill MurrayAndie MacDowellChris ElliottA narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.Phil? Ned! Thump
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsBarbara StanwyckHenry FondaCharles CoburnA trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.Barbara Stanwyck and Charles Coburn try to con Henry Fonda's rube twice
- DirectorFrank OzStarsSteve MartinMichael CaineGlenne HeadlyTwo con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of fifty thousand dollars first.Steve Martin and Michael Caine in losing con artist leaves town farce - hysterical
- DirectorTrey ParkerStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneElle RussPopular 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.Matt Daaamonn. The Pearl Harbour song, Im so Lonewy
- DirectorChristopher GuestStarsFred WillardEugene LevyCatherine O'HaraA behind-the-scenes look into the highly competitive and cut-throat world of dog shows through the eyes of a group of ruthless dog owners.A list of nuts and Eugene Levy's two right feet.