Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies of All-Time

[zeppelin]

Bravo aired a 4-part series this past weekend counting down the 100 funniest movies of all-time (and I'm sure they'll be airing it constantly for the next 2 weeks). Here's what they came up with:

1. National Lampoon's Animal House
2. Caddyshack
3. Shrek
4. There's Something About Mary
5. South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut
6. Airplane!
7. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
8. The Wedding Singer
9. Blazing Saddles
10. Arthur
11. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
12. The Producers
13. The Naked Gun (series)
14. Napoleon Dynamite
15. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
16. Old School
17. M*A*S*H
18. Stripes
19. Wedding Crashers
20. The Jerk
21. Shampoo
22. Beverly Hills Cop
23. Big
24. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
25. Meet the Fockers
26. Wayne's World
27. A Fish Called Wanda
28. Annie Hall
29. Legally Blonde
30. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
31. The Big Lebowski
32. Groundhog Day
33. Clerks
34. Rushmore
35. Beetlejuice
36. Good Morning, Vietnam
37. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
38. Best in Show
39. Mrs. Doubtfire
40. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
41. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
42. Harold & Maude
43. What About Bob?
44. Sixteen Candles
45. Raising Arizona
46. The Incredibles
47. 9 to 5
48. American Graffiti
49. American Pie
50. The Princess Bride
51. National Lampoon's Vacation
52. Meet the Parents
53. Dr. Strangelove
54. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
55. Bull Durham
56. Young Frankenstein
57. Swingers
58. Private Benjamin
59. Police Academy (series)
60. When Harry Met Sally
61. Election
62. The Pink Panther
63. Manhattan
64. This Is Spinal Tap
65. Office Space
66. Dazed and Confused
67. King Pin
68. Broadcast News
69. The Blues Brothers
70. The Nutty Professor (Eddie Murphy version)
71. Roxanne
72. Moonstruck
73. City Slickers
74. Trading Places
75. Dumb & Dumber
76. Ghostbusters
77. Flirting with Disaster
78. Bananas
79. Three Amigos!
80. Lost in America
81. Half Baked
82. Tootsie
83. Sister Act
84. Silver Streak
85. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
86. Zoolander
87. Kentucky Fried Movie
88. Team America: World Police
89. Slapshot
90. Clueless
91. Revenge of the Nerds
92. Father of the Bride (Steve Martin version)
93. The Aristocrats
94. Waiting for Guffman
95. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
96. Four Weddings and a Funeral
97. Happy Gilmore
98. School of Rock
99. The Birdcage
100. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy


Personally, I think this is one of the worst "professional" lists I've ever seen. I could go on for quite some time about all the problems I have with it, but I'll just mention a few:
-Young Frankenstein not even in the top 50, when it should be in the top 10
-The Wedding Singer, Ace Ventura, & South Park all in the top 10
-Napoleon Dynamite in the top 20
-Holy Grail only #40
-Life of Brian not even on the list
-Not a single Marx Bros. movie on the list

And probably the biggest problem I have with the list:
-Some Like it Hot isn't even in the top 100, when it is arguable that it should be #1. Even the people that don't care for the movie would probably admit that it deserves to at least be in the top 100 for its reputation alone.

The list included way too many stoner comedies for my liking, but hey, I guess comedy is all subjective.

[Monotreme]

WELL. This probably takes the cake as one of the worst lists I've ever seen. Let's analyze, in order of the list itself:

- Shrek #3? With all due respect to Shrek, it is not funnier than Airplane!, or Blazing Saddles, or Groundhog Day for that matter.
- There's Something About Mary at #4? Don't know about all the fans, but I found this movie to be a heartless toilet-joke-induced romp on par with American Pie - and that STANK.
- South Park is way too high.
- So is Ace Ventura. I mean, these movies are funny, but they put them ahead of all these classics!
- What's Napoleon Dynamite even doing ON the list?
- What's Meet the Fockers even doing on the list as well? Ugh.
- Wayne's World, A Fish Called Wanda and The Big Lebowski should be much higher, the last two should at least be in the top 10.
- Groundhog Day should also be much higher, it's definitely one of my top 5 funniest movies.
- Why is Dodgeball so high?
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail is WAY too low. Top 10 material for sure.
- Raising Arizona, Dr. Strangelove and Swingers should be much higher.
- What are American Pie and Meet the Parents doing on this list?
- This is Spinal Tap and The Blues Brothers should be WAY higher.
- What are Half Baked and Zoolander doing on the list?

If there's one thing that I must compliment the list on, it is that it didn't miss out on all the John Landis Harold Ramis SNL 1980's flicks - Three Amigos, Trading Places, Ghost Busters, City Slickers. Notable omissions from this genre include Mr. Saturday Night and Planes Trains & Automobiles. How these didn't make it on the list, I don't know. All these movies are so much funnier than all these Will Farrell Ben Stiller idiot-fests that came out lately. On the other hand, I must complement 40 Year Old Virgin and Wedding Crashers for being truly and down-right funny. Good on them.

Since the list does include spoofs, where is Spaceballs? Robin Hood Men in Tights? Hot Shots!?

One very major flaw of the list is that, besides Dr. Strangelove as a very large exception, the movies basically start from the late 1970s. Where is Charlie Chaplin? Marx Brothers? Buster Keaton? Duck Soup, Night at the Opera, Modern Times, City Lights... all these are funnier than a majority of the movies on the list!

Also, the Coens don't get enough love.

[ChemicalRomance]

A pitiful list.

Meet the Parents is hillarious, and I feel it does deserve a place on the list. The fact that it is number 52 is debateable, but what is truly ridiculous is that Meet the Fockers, the money grubbing, funny in a desperate kind of way sequel is #25! What?!

I'll categorize:

I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM HIGHER
The Big Lebowski
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dumb and Dumber
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

TAKE. THEM. OFF!
Napoleon Dynamite

...Need I say more?

[Cronos]

what a shite list, Holy Grail is funnier than all of the films on there, and MASH isnt funny at all

[Deadite914]

Originally posted by zeppelin
3. Shrek
11. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
14. Napoleon Dynamite
19. Wedding Crashers
25. Meet the Fockers
29. Legally Blonde
39. Mrs. Doubtfire
46. The Incredibles
52. Meet the Parents
58. Private Benjamin
70. The Nutty Professor (Eddie Murphy version)
71. Roxanne
72. Moonstruck
83. Sister Act
90. Clueless
98. School of Rock
99. The Birdcage


each one of those should be taken off the list.

[QUENTIN]

Worst. List. Ever.

[zombievictim]

That's an atrocious list. And come on deadite914! You don't like the Incredibles OR Wedding Crashers. Those two are both fucking hilarious.

[Squid Vicious]

Originally posted by zeppelin
14. Napoleon Dynamite
40. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Bravo has just lost all credibility in my eyes.

[Shockwave]

Shrek at number #3?!?!?

I love the movie, but i gotta be fucking kidding me!

......


........as a matter of fact the "u gotta be fucking kidding me!" statement goes for about half that list. :o

[rdance5507]

WORST...LIST...EVER.

[ilovemovies]

Movies that shouldn't be on the list AT ALL!:

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (although I think the sequel should be on the list)
Legally Blonde
Moonstruck (OVERRATED!)
Bananas (DREADFUL movie!)
Zoolander
The Aristocrats

Movies that should be higher on the list:

Anchorman
The Birdcage
Meet the Fockers
The Wedding Crashers
Airplane! (should be number 1!)

[chinton]

The Wedding Singer at 9. What the Hell.

Why is Young Frankenstein at 56. its top 20 material.


What a terible list.

[Hannibal21]

More than half of these would be perfectly suitable for the "least funniest movies of all time" list.

[chinton]

Also Manhattan is more of a bitter drama than a comedy.

[TylerDurden182]

Originally posted by QUENTIN
Worst. List. Ever.

[FilmKing2000]

The list is pretty bad, and pretty predictable (it was obvious that they picked Animal House as #1). Although, I was glad to see Rushmore at number 34.

[Backstabba]

Wait, wait,wait, wait, wait.

The Incredibles is FUNNY?

I mean I thought it was a decent movie, but what was so FUNNY about it?

And Anchorman (IMO) should be HIGHER on that list, atleast higher than Napolean fucking Dynamite.

Then again, IMO.

[KillBill]

Urgh, what a poor excuse for a list. I was going to catergorise my thoughts like ChemicalRomance did, but damn, theres so much awful stuff it's hard to do.

But fuck Napoleon Dynamite, that shouldn't be on any list apart from "100 most over quoted pieces of shit films".

[Gian-Sergio]

I can't believe DOGVILLE is not on the list.

[Deadite914]

Originally posted by zombievictim
And come on deadite914! You don't like the Incredibles OR Wedding Crashers. Those two are both fucking hilarious.

No there both very very very very overrated. Sure wedding crashers had its moments but not one of the 100 funniest movies ever.

[ElderPredator]

I agree that Napoleon Dynamite should not be in this list. It's funny but it's not hilarious. And where in the fuck were "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" and "European Vacation". They were a hell of a lot funnier than the original and were much more classic. There are no Chris Farley films in this list at all, fucking shameful!

Movies I would take out:

1. Sister Act (Not very funny at all)
2. Shrek (It was funny but doesn't deserve the #3 spot)
3. Legally Blonde (Don't even get me started)
4. American Graffiti (Most boring movie known to man)
5. When Harry Met Sally (WTF?)
6. Moonstruck (Please just kill me now)
7. Clueless (:eek: )
8. Four Wedding and a Funeral (Anything with Julia Roberts deserves to be burned)

Movies I would put in:

1. Snatch
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
3. Mars Attacks
3. Scary Movie
4. Back to School
5. Real Genius
6. Me, Myself & Irene
7. The Last Boyscout (The best one-liner movie ever)
8. Death to Smoochy
9. Smokey & The Bandit
10. Heartbreak Ridge
11. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
12. National Lampoon's European Vacation
13. Tommy Boy
14. Volunteers
15. Bachelor Party
16. Cool Runnings

There are more but I can't think of them now, what a shit list.

[Deadite914]

Originally posted by ElderPredator
Movies I would put in:

1. Snatch
3. Mars Attacks
6. Me, Myself & Irene
8. Death to Smoochy
9. Smokey & The Bandit
11. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
12. National Lampoon's European Vacation
13. Tommy Boy
15. Bachelor Party
16. Cool Runnings

good ones indeed

[Deadite914]

Wheres Clerks!!?

[ElderPredator]

Originally posted by Deadite914
Wheres Clerks!!?

Thanks Deadite, "Clerks" is #33 on the list. You'll see it.

[Deadite914]

Originally posted by ElderPredator
Thanks Deadite, "Clerks" is #33 on the list. You'll see it.

okay then, Wheres chasing amy!!!?

[chinton]

American Graffati is a nogstalgiac drama not a comedy.

[Monotreme]

Originally posted by ElderPredator
Movies I would take out:

5. When Harry Met Sally (WTF?)


Now why would you want to take that one off? It is certainly hilarious - Billy Crystal is particularly wonderful. It's mainly the writing that is so down-right funny in this one, though. Come on! You didn't think When Harry Met Sally was funny, but you thought Me Myself & Irene was?

[TheRaptorChrist]

This proves my point vh1 bravo and all these 100 greatest shows have there head shoved so far up there ass that they think shrek is consider a great comedy man that movie was horrid, and why is half baked metinoned at #90 or 80 something that movie is great I love how they didnt mentiton Up in Smoke or any of the good cheech and chongs series.
Hell I Think Full Metal Jacket Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas should be put up as great works of comedy this list is a bad same with Vh1 story of Metal witch had no mentiton of Black Metal Scene or anything else its all 80's and semi heavy 90's band. I say don't have coperate america tell me whats the 100greatest movies are or the best metal songs I know what I like and I want it.

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by ElderPredator
5. When Harry Met Sally (WTF?)
8. Four Wedding and a Funeral (Anything with Julia Roberts deserves to be burned)

1. Since when was Julia Roberts in 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'? I think you're confusing that film with 'My Best Friend's Wedding.'

2. When Harry Met Sally is one of the funniest movies ever, not to mention one of the best romantic comedies.

[bigred760]

I agree that Animal House deserves to be #1 since it is my favorite comedy of all time. That's about where the good stuff stops.

No Marx Bros? Are you kidding me? They practically invented the genre!!

Bull Durham, This is Spinal Tap, and Swingers are way too low on the list.

Pee Wee's Big Adventure, There's Something About Mary and Shrek (I love the movie, but #3?) are too high. Dodgeball was not funny, but stupid and somebody's going to have to explain to me how Meet the Fockes is higher than Meet the Parents.

I am glad that Roxanne made the list though - I feel like that movie doesn't get enough love.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

I saw that, didn't Larry David call Eddie Murphey's performance in The Nutty Professor the greatest in all of history?

Shows how much credibility THAT list has.

[screamer581]

3. Shrek
7. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
8. The Wedding Singer
14. Napoleon Dynamite
19. Wedding Crashers
25. Meet the Fockers
29. Legally Blonde
52. Meet the Parents
83. Sister Act
88. Team America: World Police
91. Revenge of the Nerds
97. Happy Gilmore



Dear lord. Like everyone else is saying, what an awful list.

[dalomini]

With as many faults as this list has, they did a major favor for one of the most underrated films of all-time, Arthur, by putting it well-deservedly in the #10 spot. Possibly even a bit low for that movie.

And Wedding Crashers[, was, not that good. Doesn't deserve to be in the Top 50.

And also, I may have missed this because I skimmed and didn't thoroughly look over the list, but there was not one Charlie Chaplin film either. Come on, there would have been no Producers (which deserved to be in the top 10, IMO) without something that deserves to be in the top 20, The Great Dictator.

Wedding Singer was not one of Sandler's top 2 movies (I put Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison above that, just in terms of pure comedy). So how is the #9 selection justified?

Birdcage should be MUUUUCH higher, and Meet the Parents is not as funny as Meet the Fockers is one of the most ridiculous proclimations one can make.


...just a few thoughts...

[ThirdOuting]

Originally posted by zeppelin
1. National Lampoon's Animal House
2. Caddyshack
3. Shrek
4. There's Something About Mary
7. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
8. The Wedding Singer
14. Napoleon Dynamite
16. Old School
22. Beverly Hills Cop
23. Big
24. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
25. Meet the Fockers
29. Legally Blonde
30. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
31. The Big Lebowski
32. Groundhog Day
35. Beetlejuice
37. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
39. Mrs. Doubtfire
41. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
49. American Pie
50. The Princess Bride
52. Meet the Parents
59. Police Academy (series)
69. The Blues Brothers
70. The Nutty Professor (Eddie Murphy version)
71. Roxanne
76. Ghostbusters
81. Half Baked
83. Sister Act
88. Team America: World Police
92. Father of the Bride (Steve Martin version)
96. Four Weddings and a Funeral



They're not funny.

A distinctive lack of comedy here.

[bigred760]

Originally posted by ThirdOuting
They're not funny.

A distinctive lack of comedy here.

And so what movies do you find funny?

[dalomini]

Originally posted by bigred760
And so what movies do you find funny?

Well said. Now, not all the ones ThirdOuting mentioned are hilarious. But, jesus christ, Third, come on now. Lighten up lol.

[ThirdOuting]

Originally posted by bigred760
And so what movies do you find funny?

Withnail and I
Dr. Strangelove
Young Frankenstein
Airplane
Anchorman
Ed Wood
Life of Brian
The Holy Grail
Blazing Saddles
The Graduate
Bedazzled (1967)
The Odd Couple
Harold and Maude
Trainspotting
Duck Soup
The Gold Rush
The General
Animal Crackers
Horse Feathers
Dumb and Dumber
Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

[ThirdOuting]

Originally posted by dalomini
But, jesus christ, Third, come on now. Lighten up lol.

I'm happy as larry! :)

[bigred760]

ThirdOuting brings up some good movies - which leads me to this question about the list: Where the hell are the Charlie Chaplin, Marx Bros., and Three Stooges movies? What? There were no comedies before 1970? The list totally blows.

[ThirdOuting]

Originally posted by bigred760
The list totally blows.

That was my argument, mate!

[chinton]

I cant really argue with Animal House. Thats a classic.

[Monotreme]

Originally posted by ThirdOuting
1. National Lampoon's Animal House
2. Caddyshack
7. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
23. Big
24. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
31. The Big Lebowski
32. Groundhog Day
35. Beetlejuice
39. Mrs. Doubtfire
41. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
50. The Princess Bride
69. The Blues Brothers
76. Ghostbusters


Wait a second... ThirdOuting, you don't find those movies funny at ALL? Jeez, where's your sense of humour, mate? These are comedy classics my friend!

[ThirdOuting]

Originally posted by Monotreme
Wait a second... ThirdOuting, you don't find those movies funny at ALL? Jeez, where's your sense of humour, mate? These are comedy classics my friend!

I can understand their placing in the comedy genre, but no, I don't find them that funny at all. I have more preference to a wry sense of humour, with the odd exception. I consider the 'classics' to be Buster Keaton, Marx Brothers, Chaplin etc.

[TheRaptorChrist]

Originally posted by chinton
I cant really argue with Animal House. Thats a classic.

I can I love this movie but animla house should maybe in the top 10
but still why hasnt anyone credited the monty pythons films as great films
Hell The Holy Grail was funny Now For Something Completely Different was hillarious and life of brian comdic gold
but no we have shrek and ace ventura up there why???????????????????????
Also for my Number 1 pic Garfield The Movie Staring Bill Murray

[ElderPredator]

Originally posted by Monotreme
Now why would you want to take that one off? It is certainly hilarious - Billy Crystal is particularly wonderful. It's mainly the writing that is so down-right funny in this one, though. Come on! You didn't think When Harry Met Sally was funny, but you thought Me Myself & Irene was?

I just couldn't stand it. Not my particular brand of comedy.

[ElderPredator]

As well, where the hell is......

"WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?"

An absolute classic!

PADDY CAKE....PADDY CAKE....PADDY CAKE!!

[ElderPredator]

As well, I'd even add the first "Men In Black" in that list since I laugh so hard everytime I see it.

[zombievictim]

Originally posted by TheRaptorChrist
Also for my Number 1 pic Garfield The Movie Staring Bill Murray

I think that's actually considered a horror movie:D

[ElderPredator]

Originally posted by zombievictim
I think that's actually considered a horror movie:D

Well said!

[brodeurnumber1]

The list lost all credibility when it had Holy Grail so incredibly low and didn't include Some Like it Hot. Bravo did the horror countdown MUCH better.

[Cyd V]

O.K this is by far the most outragiously fucked up list I have ever seen.

[wallebe10]

WEDDING CRASHER WAS NOT FUNNY!!!!!!

How could that even be on the list?

[The FamilyJulas]

Originally posted by QUENTIN
Worst. List. Ever. agreed.

I don't know how they could get away with putting Dumb and Dumber at #75.