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[Elandyll]

I'm surprised "A Fish Called Wanda" (36) is so low in a British ranking tbh

Groundhog Day represent (my all time #1).

 

[Username1198]

No Old School? For shame.

NO FRIDAY?!?! Fake list!

 

[goodfella]

My first thought when I saw this list was "did they ask anybody below the age of 80?"

Nah if you're a professional film critic, you probably like films enough to go and watch old ones.

 

[shnurgleton]

Airplane isn't a good movie, and it shouldn't be on the list

 

[John Rabbit]

Blazing Saddles is too damn low.



Spaceballs isn't that good.

I will FIGHT you on this.

 

[Raylan Targaryen]

Are any of the critics under the age of 50?

 

[Akronis]

Let me check. Are these on Netflix?

Unfortunately, not in the US. Maybe RedBox or Amazon Video has them.

Seriously though, watch both of them. They are cinematic gold.

Blazing Saddles is too damn low.



Spaceballs isn't that good.

No lies detected.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Marvin getting his head blown off is the pinnacle of comedy

 

[Bronx-Man]

Coming to America is still a damn masterpiece.

 

[Poppy]

where does freddy got fingered place?

 

[Mudcrab]

Airplane isn't a good movie, and it shouldn't be on the list

What the fuck is this? Mods help!

 

[ebullientprism]

Wow. No Tropic Thunder. Fuck this shit list.

 

[Redd]

Where the freak is Napoleon Dynamite on that list.

 

[Robot Pants]

This is Spinal Tap for sure.

 

[Guevara]

Hot take: old movies aren't funny any more. Good luck laughing at anything before 1980.

 

[Goro Majima]

Lmao at Pulp Fiction in the list. Wtf

I mean if they're including Pulp Fiction, not including something like Deadpool is a crime.

Hell Deadpool should be on there somewhere regardless.

 

[Shadow Broker]

*CTRL+F* "Coming To America"
*CTRL+F* "Harlem Nighs"
*CTRL+F* "Life"
*CTRL+F* "National Lampoon's"

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fuckouttahere.

Damn... this post nails it for me.

 

[Jarmel]

The more I look at this list, the angrier I get.

 

[Guy.brush]

CTRL-F
SPACEBALLS

.. nothing.

 

[Hickbilly Deluxe]

No Borat, Pineapple Express, Dodgeball, that Funeral movie, 21st Jump street, Hot Fuzz etc makes me not trust the critics at all.

Makes me trust them more, as those moves were fucking awful.

Hot take: old movies aren't funny any more. Good luck laughing at anything before 1980.

Different strokes. I can't remember the last recent comedy that actually had me laughing aside from Mean Girls, and that was only because the Bus Scene was so out of nowhere.

 

[MilkLizard]

This list is so old and white it might just as well be a comedy in itself.

 

[True Savior]

does it make a critic just not cool if they include anything from the year 2000+?

great movies in the top ten, i just always find these lists weird, as if they are saying nothing that tops those movies has come out in like 30 years. idk about that

Top ten:
1 from the 20's,
1 from the 30's
1 from the 50's
2 from the 60's
2 from the 70's
2 from the 80's
1 from the 90's

There's a 70 years old range there. It's a very diverse top ten list time-wise.

 

[OG Shaka Zulu]

Pulp Fiction is a comedy? Friday is better than a lot of these films, please.

 

[Username1198]

Pulp fiction was a comedy? Wha!?

 

[Vanillalite]

Tons of shit not on the list post 85. Not that all of this would make a top 100 list, but basically none of this made the list.

Bill & Ted
Wayne's World
PCU
Tommy Boy
Ace Ventura
Clerks
Malrats
Friday
American Pie
Road Trip
40 Yo Virgin
Old School
Dodgeball
Napoleon Dynamite
Hot Fuzz
Pineapple Express
Superbad
Zombieland
21 Jump Street

 

[Raylan Targaryen]

Hot take: old movies aren't funny any more. Good luck laughing at anything before 1980.

old people humor is worse than adam sandler humor.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

Life of Brian over Holy Grail? A true crime.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Makes me trust them more, as those moves were fucking awful.

This makes me trust you less

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Life of Brian and Duck Soup are #1 and #2 for me.

Good list overall but -don't hurt me GAF- having tried to rewatch Airplane recently, it doesn't hold up super well nowadays. Still a good movie of course but I don't think it belongs in this conversation.

 

[ambar_hitman]

Makes me trust them more, as those moves were fucking awful.

What

 

[Morat]

Glad to see Doctor Strangelove up there. As with many of the funniest things it is deeply horrifying.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Didn't even put Friday on there, damn

 

[Violence Jack]

I'm good with Dr. Strangelove at #2. Life of Brian over Holy Grail, not so much.

 

[megalowho]

The Jerk at #99.....More like top 10.

Coming to America? Top 10 as well.

Never understood why The Jerk doesn't get the auto bump towards the top of the comedy lists from that era, it's still really funny.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Hot take: old movies aren't funny any more. Good luck laughing at anything before 1980.

Clever to put your cutoff date on the year Airplane came out but The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles and most of Monty Python are great.

...So Mel Brooks and Monty Python basically.

 

[Messofanego]

When you've watched comedies since the 1920s, like comparing Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton and Billy Wilder and Mel Brooks to post-2000 comedies, and the age of the critics not being under 25 and a lot of them from being around the whole world instead of just English speaking countries, makes a lot of sense. There are people here who would consider Shaun Of The Dead (2004) as part of their growing up so they would place it higher than some of these critics.

I've never seen Some Like It Hot, but now I will. Glad to see Airplane! and Withnail And I so high. Great list. I need to see more Buñuel films.

 

[GK86]

This is a white ass list

For real.

 

[Bread]

The idea that someone would actually top Kek at Duck Soup or Jacque Tati stretches credulity. Seems like a cred measuring contest. Life of Brian and Some Like it Hot are genuinely deserved though. Pulp Fiction? Gtfo

...duck soup is one of the funniest movies i've ever seen tho

 

[Leynos]

The Big Lebowski being a no-show in the top ten is pardoned by the inclusion of Raising Arizona on the list.

 

[nkarafo]

As far as Bill Murray comedies go i would rate Ghostbusters higher than Groundhog Day. Both are great though.

 

[zeemumu]

I'm glad Airplane! made the top 10 but this is a pretty weird list.

 

[Blader]

The most galling thing might be The Hangover at 98 over The King of Comedy at 100. And I liked The Hangover.

This is probably what killed Jerry Lewis

 

[kunonabi]

Top ten is a pretty solid to be honest.

 

[Alx]

...duck soup is one of the funniest movies i've ever seen tho

Yeah it would be in my top 10 too.

Tons of shit not on the list post 85. Not that all of this would make a top 100 list, but basically none of this made the list.

Hot Fuzz is in there (#66).

 

[emag]

Life of Brian over Holy Grail? A true crime.

They're right about that at least. Life of Brian *is* the best Monty Python movie.

 

[Dalek]

Based on the GAF feedback in this thread-I'm not sure if I should complain about the lack of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein from those lists.

Guess my humor skews old.

 

[Doctoglethorpe]

Comedy doesn't exist in the 21st century, only tragedy.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

The Big Lebowski being a no-show in the top ten is pardoned by the inclusion of Raising Arizona on the list.

Raising Arizona was a classic. I watched it again recently...teh funny was definitely lacking.

edit: No Home Alone either? Whew.

edit: No Uncle Buck either? Yea I'm out. This is some bullshit.

 

[sixteen-bit]

well

at least it has airplane

 

[Richie]

Groundhog Day was a hell of a ride, but it struck me more as a dramedy if anything. Doing the 50 movies' challenge this year so this is a handy list to have.