What is the funniest film you have ever seen?
Added 2023-11-27 20:00:03 +0000 UTCWhat film sent you into hysterics, where you can barely even think about it in passing without smiling?
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I'm going to go with a none traditional choice with this question. Eddie Murphy RAW and Delirious!
davis376 .
2024-08-21 00:13:39 +0000 UTC🙄😯
Herbert Baker
2023-11-29 04:40:03 +0000 UTCI’ll be glad to give you a comprehensive list. And with regards to The Emperor’s New Groove, when I worked at Hollywood Video back in ‘99-‘01, The Emperor’s New Groove was one of maybe 3 movies I could stand to hear playing on the TVs all day long. We had to play family-friendly G-rated fare. I broke that rule on a few occasions, when I was manager.
TenzingNorgay82
2023-11-28 23:02:30 +0000 UTCDamn man. I'm gonna have to make a list of all these choices for myself. These are great choices and a lot of variety. So glad to see you add Emperor' New Groove. I agree. Classic.
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 22:50:58 +0000 UTCHard to choose, each time I watch 'Play It Again, Sam' it gets even funnier so that'd be my top pick as it's a superb film as well as being a great comedy.
Ross Skilton
2023-11-28 19:22:19 +0000 UTCIt’s really tough to answer this question so brace yourself. I love the comedy genre so much and have many favorite movies that make me laugh hard regardless of how many times I’ve seen them (and how much I can quote them). I love Anchorman and Dodgeball. Heathers & Kuffs with Christian Slater. License to Drive with the Coreys (Haim & Feldman). Meet the Parents is hysterical! There’s a quartet of Chris Farley films that always make me laugh hard: Tommy Boy, Black Sheep, Almost Heroes, and Beverly Hills Ninja. There’s the classics with Adam Sandler: Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Big Daddy, Mr. Deeds, and Anger Management. When Harry Met Sally is the quintessential rom-com. Then there’s a couple of Danny Kaye films I absolutely adore: The Court Jester and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Then there’s John Hughes movies that I love to watch and laugh: Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Uncle Buck & Weird Science. And even movies Hughes didn’t direct, but wrote the scripts for: National Lampoon’s Vacation, Christmas Vacation, Home Alone 1 & 2, The Great Outdoors, and Baby’s Day Out. And John Candy films not mentioned already like Who’s Harry Crumb. Then, of course, there’s Jim Carrey: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Dumb & Dumber, and Liar Liar are all side-splittingly hilarious. And then there’s It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, an epic comedy with an all-star cast of comedic talent that’s not wasted one bit. And there’s Mel Brooks: Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Dracula: Dead and Loving It. And that takes me to films made by the Zucker Bros: Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane, and The Naked Gun Trilogy. Speaking of Leslie Nielsen movies (not already mentioned), Spy Hard is a hoot! Jane Austen’s Mafia and High School High are hilarious spoofs. Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are amazing. And then there’s Steve Martin: The Jerk, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Sgt. Bilko. I could go on for hours. John Landis films like Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Spies Like Us, Three Amigos, and Coming to America. Scrooged, Groundhog Day, The Man Who Knew Too Little with Bill Murray. I love Albert Brooks’ films especially Defending Your Life, Mother, and The Muse. Woody Allen’s comedies of the ’70s: Bananas, Love & Death, Sleeper, and Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex…But Were Afraid To Ask. David Mamet wrote & directed one of the funniest movies about Hollywood: State & Main. Then there’s the Coen Bros: Raising Arizona, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou, Intolerable Cruelty, and The Ladykillers. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery & The Spy Who Shagged Me. Dirty Work with Norm Macdonald is incredibly funny. Keenan Ivory Wayans’ sendup of blaxploitation films I’m Gonna Git You Sucka. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. American Pie is another one. The Beverly Hills Cop trilogy is phenomenal. Obviously, Office Space and Idiocracy. Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums. Rookie of the Year and the Major League trilogy. Saving Silverman and Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny. Even Disney animated films like The Emperor’s New Groove crack me up. And I can’t forget mentioning the Jack Lemmon/Walter Matthau team-ups: The Odd Couple 1 & 2, Grumpier Old Men (funnier than the first one, in my opinion), and Out to Sea. Seems Like Old Times, Fletch & Fletch Lives with Chevy Chase. Midnight Run is so funny too! Michael J. Fox is hilarious in the Back to the Future trilogy and The Hard Way. Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity are brilliantly hilarious. And even the movies everyone has panned I think are amazingly hilarious like Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot! I seriously could keep going. Just Friends and Van Wilder with Ryan Reynolds are so funny. There’s Something About Mary is unbelievably funny! And of the newer films, Strays is absolutely insanely hilarious! And of course, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is brilliantly funny (as is UHF). That’s not even scratching the surface of movies I can watch at any given time and laugh just as much at as I do with the movies I’ve listed.
TenzingNorgay82
2023-11-28 11:13:46 +0000 UTCDirty Rotten Scoundrels (The 1988 original)
Alexandros Alexandropoulos
2023-11-28 08:40:58 +0000 UTCYes! I find that to be true, about Kubrick, as I get older. When I was younger A Clockwork Orange was the most intense, disturbing thing imaginable (and I loved it), but I didn't see much humor in it (well, maybe some of the stuff when he's getting checked into the prison). Then I saw Malcolm McDowell speak and he commented how he was surprised when it came out how much people were shocked and horrified by it. He said, "We thought we were making a comedy!" I'll always remember that. Now I get what he means. (It's both a comedy and a horrorshow).
Paul Todisco
2023-11-28 05:20:59 +0000 UTCYes that is a great scene! Btw Dr. Strangelove was the first movie to come to mind but, if you're looking for a less artsy pic from me, I'd definitely say Animal House. The scene involving a horse gets me every time. And of course, the great John Vernon, as the principle dressing down the fellas, threatening to send them to Vietnam is fucking hilarious. "Mr. Blutarsky ZERO...POINT...ZERO!" Even a small detail at the end when they crash the Deathmobile into the stands and Vernon and his wife go flying kills me. Then the subplot with Pinto and his girlfriend has a hilarious payoff.
Stephen
2023-11-28 02:00:54 +0000 UTCFriday staring Chris tucker and Ice cube
Herbert Baker
2023-11-28 01:57:28 +0000 UTCCorrect
Herbert Baker
2023-11-28 01:56:41 +0000 UTCIt definitely has me howling at several moments. I remember showing this to a friend in college who I was showing a lot of classics that she never heard of before and we were definitely laughing very loudly throughout. What made her laugh the hardest was when Joe sees Jerry's diamond bracelet and is like "Those are real diamonds" and Jerry's like "Of course they are! You think my fiance is a bum?" Also, there's the moment when Joe rises out of the bubble bath with his lady wig and still in his millionaire suit ready to strangle Jerry, Jerry's first meeting with Osgood ending with getting pinched in the elevator, and how can someone not lose it after "Well, nobody's perfect."
Wolfman Brandon
2023-11-28 01:48:58 +0000 UTCTeam America…fuck yeah! That puppet sex scene…so hilarious. There’s almost a purity to it: two men playing with dolls trying to come up with the raunchiest sex positions possible for their montage. In a studio-financed film, no less. And it has one of the greatest explanations of geopolitical power dynamics ever. One is either a dick, an asshole, or a pussy. Brilliant.
Bennett Oliver
2023-11-28 01:44:17 +0000 UTCI see. Very interesting. For me I often find dramatic films a lot funnier than intentional comedies. The Sopranos for example. Technically not a comedy. And yet it's one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. I laughed so hard during it, and quote the funniest parts constantly for years.
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 01:42:07 +0000 UTCI have such a weird and specific sense of humor, that I tend to have one or two huge laughing fits during offbeat comedies like Office Space and Best in Show. Those are the comedies I remember the most. But with mainstream movies like Anchorman and Team America, I’ll chuckle consistently, but not laugh out loud that much.
Henri J. Mertens
2023-11-28 01:39:25 +0000 UTCI’ll also add Best in Show.
Henri J. Mertens
2023-11-28 01:29:13 +0000 UTCI mean...I laughed. It is funny. The banter is great. But...c'mon. Funniest movie of all time? I consider it a great film. I love it. But, it would not be nowhere near my top funniest movies of all time.
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 01:22:52 +0000 UTCYes, it’s gotta be one of the most iconic scenes in American film
Shane Palamara
2023-11-28 01:22:04 +0000 UTCI was actually laughing extremely hard during It Happened One Night lol. Clark Cable teaching Claudette Colbert how to hitchhike is absolutely hilarious and brilliant comedic timing
Henri J. Mertens
2023-11-28 01:18:53 +0000 UTCGeorge C. Scott’s outbursts in Exorcist 3 are a sight to behold lol
Henri J. Mertens
2023-11-28 01:14:27 +0000 UTCoh yeah. When I rewatched Goodfellas for my review, I couldnt believe how funny it was. I know it's an obvious choice but...the why am I funny scene makes me laugh hard. It's more just how it keeps escalating and escalating, until it becomes farce. And right when it breaks the logic, it cuts to another scene. Genius.
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 01:13:28 +0000 UTCInteresting choice. You're actually not the only one to mention that. I guess that one just flew over my radar in terms of comedy.
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 01:12:33 +0000 UTCThe scene where she is sleeping in the hotel, and Humbert and the concierge are trying to set up the cot while she is sleeping...is so ridiculous, so funny, so strange, and also quite cringe. On a basic level the slapstick works. But...it's in such a subversive film. But it's this idea of Humbert trying so hard to please and care, is so under the spell serving Lolita...and he's just failing at ever turn. While she sleeps comfortably like a princess in the bed. She has him always wrapped around her finger. She is always one step ahead of him. So yes...fully agree. The humor has that double meaning. And once you start thinking about the darkness of the situation behind the screwball....suddenly it feels almost less funny. And yet...I watch the scene again, and I'm laughing.
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 01:11:50 +0000 UTCthis is a standup special tho right? not a film?
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 01:07:17 +0000 UTClol...it's like you were reading my responses above when you wrote this. I was talking on here about how I wanted to see who gave me the honest answers, and who is carefully selecting more the intellectual responses. I didn't ask what funny movie is your favorite. I asked what movie made you laugh the hardest. That got a vulnerable and visceral reaction out of you...as only the feeling of laughter, terror, or great sex, can elicit when at its most pure. This is a real answer. Jackass is pure humor from beginning to end. If you aren't laughing at it...you either have a special type of mind, or you are fighting the impulse to laugh, because you don't want to be viewed as "low-brow." I might have to put this one in my number 2 spot. But for me there is only one answer to this question for myself, and one answer only......Team America: World Police.
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 01:05:43 +0000 UTCWhat an interesting choice. I had to look that one up and get some info on it. I've obviously never seen it. But I'm intrigued.
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 00:59:13 +0000 UTCThank you. I really love reading when someone gives me an answer that isn't pretentious. This is why I asked the question. To see who would go for the intellectual humor, screwball humor, etc. etc.. Humor is so instantaneous and vulnerable when you really feel it. When cinema fans pick things like It Happened One Night, as example...I don't really buy that you think it's the funniest movie you've ever seen. I think you maybe chuckled a few times. You might love it and see it as a brilliant film sure. But you weren't on the floor unable to breathe from laughing. But if you pick Jackass....now that's an honest answer. If you aren't laughing until your abs hurt on that one...I feel kinda sorry for you. I agree. Anchorman is absolutely hilarious. A classic comedy for a reason. Perhaps one of Will Ferrell's best would you say? I admit I haven't seen Stepbrothers. But I hear it's so funny. So I'd like to give it a watch.
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 00:57:47 +0000 UTCLolita is excellent as well. Definitely agree its underrated.
Stephen
2023-11-28 00:53:47 +0000 UTCPeter Sellers is a genius. I do think so far as humor, this is one of Kubrick's best. I really need to watch this one again. It's been on my list to review. It might be between this and Lolita, so far as best Kubrick humor, for me.
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 00:50:19 +0000 UTCHey...what's funny is funny. Monty Python is hard to beat. I agree. And yes, I think it's fun when you can find a lot of strange humor in places that seem unlikely at first. Altman for sure has a lot of humor. I find Kubrick films to be funnier and funnier each time I watch them as well
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 00:49:05 +0000 UTCeddie murphy raw
Herbert Baker
2023-11-28 00:48:21 +0000 UTCthis is another one where I dont find it that funny. Sure it's eccentric, and has a lot of really funny moments for sure. But...it's not one where my stomach is hurting because I can't stop laughing. But also, I feel like I might be in the minority. Big Lebowski doesnt resonate with me on the level of other Coen bro movies. But I do feel a fresh viewing is in order for it.
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 00:47:50 +0000 UTCabsolutely
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 00:46:41 +0000 UTCI feel like humor comes from the gut, and it's something you can't often repress when it's crackling. I consider this kind of movie more intellectual humor. It's wonderful, but I dont laugh out loud. I smirk, I am amazed by how clever it is. But...it's not that funny, so far as....I'm not laughing until I cry. Hence why I pick something like Team America or Jackass.
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 00:46:24 +0000 UTCI am sadly less versed in comedies. You guys might notice that I rarely talk about them or review them. I've never seen Caddyshack all the way through. But so many scenes are iconic. For me there is only one answer to the question what is the funniest movie ever.....Team America: World Police
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 00:44:36 +0000 UTCI have to admit...I've never seen it. But I've heard so many things right in line with what you're saying. I feel that when I see it, I will give the entire series a watch again. I haven't seen even The Exorcist in maybe 15 years! It was on my list to try and review for halloween, but then I ended up running out of time lol
Deepfocuslens
2023-11-28 00:43:38 +0000 UTCI don't know if this is the funniest film I've ever seen, but the first that came into my mind is Oscar (1967) so that's saying something. Brilliant comedy of errors based on the play. Hands down to Louis de Funès.
Oskitello
2023-11-28 00:00:15 +0000 UTCAny one of the Jackass movies. Sure, I like a sophisticated 1930s comedy with witty repartee said between luminous movie stars. But any time I think of the shenanigans committed by those raucous, pain-loving idiots, I can’t help but laugh. Whether they’re ambushing each other with a smackdown from a giant, spring-loaded plaster hand or pouring a horde of angry bees into a limousine just to see the panicked, locked-in inhabitants thrash around and try to break the glass to escape, Jackass thrives on making any wild, psychotic idea come to fruition because there is always someone ready and willing to take the punishment. But what makes it work, what keeps it from descending into unpleasant sadistic cruelty, is the tight-knit bond that exists as they gleefully put themselves, and each other, through the wringer. There’s a brotherhood amongst the Jackass crew. They may bring the pain, but they’ll buy you a beer afterwards and laugh about it.
Bennett Oliver
2023-11-27 22:47:24 +0000 UTCMaybe it’s a time-and-a-place thing for when I first saw it, but Anchorman makes me laugh harder and more often than any other movie I know. Anchorman in both assembly and execution is a freak of nature that shouldn’t exist but does anyway. It is wildly incongruent with itself and feels like it’s in danger of falling apart at every single moment but never does. Sometimes a dumb comedy movie can just feel like magic.
Christian Reiswig
2023-11-27 22:33:39 +0000 UTCDr. Strangelove Love Peter Sellers three hilarious performances as Mandrake, President Muffey and of course Dr. Strangelove. George C. Scott is the perfect straight man as General Buck Turgidson. Sterling Hayden kills me as General Jack D Ripper who is here to protect our “precious bodily fluids.” So many great lines: * Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is The War Room!” * “Now, I don't avoid women, Mandrake, but I do deny them my essence!” * “Why do you think I'm calling you? Just to say hello? Of course I like to speak to you. Of course I like to say hello.” * Dimitri, we have a little problem ... ''
Stephen
2023-11-27 22:12:49 +0000 UTCI know it's a cliche answer, but I can't help it: "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." I also find lots of humor in Robert Altman movies. "Nashville" has scenes that make me laugh out loud, and then it also has painful and intense scenes.
Paul Todisco
2023-11-27 21:32:04 +0000 UTCThe Big Lebowski has to be in the conversation. John Goodman is so brilliant as Walter especially his Jewish rants “3000 years of beautiful history from Moses to Sandy Koufax”. I love every moment of this film.
Paul Robinson
2023-11-27 21:31:43 +0000 UTCMonty Python’s The Life of Brian.
Ken
2023-11-27 21:29:35 +0000 UTCSome Like it Hot because it's Billy Wilder with his undisputed genius of criticism on American society and all its ugliness. Something that could've been the White Chicks of its era with the most tasteless and condescending gags is instead a brilliant examination of relationships, gender roles, and social class with Tony Curtis going above and beyond donning two disguises as both a woman and a millionaire with a yacht and a spot on Cary Grant impersonation that I can't stop laughing at every time he opens his mouth.
Wolfman Brandon
2023-11-27 21:12:06 +0000 UTCOh man. So many. Caddyshack maybe?
swift minus one
2023-11-27 21:01:45 +0000 UTC“It is NOT in the file! IT IS NOT!”
Henri J. Mertens
2023-11-27 20:31:56 +0000 UTCThe Exorcist 3. No joke. The dialogue that George C Scott is given in the first half, especially when he’s paired up with Ed Flanders is gold. Really underpins the horror of the film.
saveyourservant
2023-11-27 20:12:54 +0000 UTCIt’s not a comedy overall but that moment in Goodfellas where Robert De Niro chokes the wig shop guy with a telephone cord and his toupee hangs off his face makes me and my dad laugh every single time. Ray Liotta’s laughter makes it even better.
Shane Palamara
2023-11-27 20:09:15 +0000 UTCPaddington 2. Hugh Grant and Brendan Gleeson completely stole the show for me, and their comedic chemistry with a CGI bear is funnier than most R rated comedies.
Henri J. Mertens
2023-11-27 20:02:52 +0000 UTC
