Name some movies that made you laugh.

[crispini]

I'll start. Rented "Tropic Thunder" last night and laughed a bunch. Robert Downey Jr was sooooo funny. Others I've watched and enjoyed recently: the annual viewing of "Christmas Vacation.". I also thought "Stepbrothers" was pretty funny. You?

[YankeyMCC]

1. Blazing Saddles

Young Frankenstein
Life of Brian
Holy Grail
Something about Mary


Those are the top ones that come right to mind

[crispini]

6. I have not seen "Something About Mary"

but I loved everything else on your list, so I'll definitely check it out.

[Stuart G]

111. There are two scenes in there...doubled over with laughter...

Gotta see Mary..........

[proud patriot]

115. Franks and beans

:D

[bluesbassman]

2. Although it was a "stoner" flick, I thought Grandma's Boy was a riot.

Great writing, and an excellent supporting cast.

[crispini]

8. Not one I would normally get,

so I'll have to check it out based on your recommendation. Thanks!

[LibraLiz1973]

41. HILARIOUS!!

[monmouth]

3. Frankenstein...n/t

[underpants]

4. Talledaga Nights was *the* funniest movie I have ever seen

the jokes were constant but at an even flow. They never went cheap or crude really and the out takes show that they were just riffing it but couldn't include every joke.

Really funny and I am no Ferrell fan.

[crispini]

5. I am liking Will Ferrell more and more these days ...

maybe I'm just getting more juvenile as I get older, but it does seem like he manages to be "stupid-funny" without being "just stupid" if you know what I mean. Haven't seen that one yet, though, I'll check it out!

[underpants]

20. He was also in a very good movie called "Stranger then Fiction"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420223/

and not in any way a normal role for him

[Bertha Venation]

53. "Stranger than Fiction" was very good. n/t

[LibraLiz1973]

42. A great movie. One of my favs!

[kedrys]

57. I laughed so hard at that one!

Evidently, Will Ferrell is a slowly acquired taste, but he was a riot in "Talladega", and so was John C. Reilly.

"Cal, Ricky's passing you."
"Do you think Ricky is passing me in my subconscious?"
"No, he's actually passing you. That's happening right now."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Pale Blue Dot]

78. Agreed. He and John C. Reilly were a great team.

"Stepbrothers" was a major disappointment, though.

[susanna]

93. We almost went to Applebee's tonight.

The entire drive that way included "Ricky Bobby" moments.

We ended up going to a local diner, alas. :-)

[Countdown_3_2_1]

7. MST3K

They do some great rifs.
"The Beginning of the End." Giant man eating grasshoppers attack Chicago. The effects are so bad they have grasshoppers climbing...postcards. The guys rip into it without mercy. Probably one of the funniest things I have ever watched.

[susanna]

92. Me and mine basically do...

the MS3TK thing with every movie that crosses the threshold. Not surprisingly, most folks find that weird.

But if you have one ounce of individual thought, every movie is fair game. :-)

[w8liftinglady]

100. OMG-so do we

my 12 and 18 year-olds are geniuses at that.

[susanna]

122. It's a lot of fun.

It gives me a place to vent about stupidity in general.

IMHO, your 12- and 18- year olds are fine young people if they've got that going on. :-)

[Deja Q]

9. *

Airplane! (1980)
Airplane II The Sequel (1982)
Get Smart (2008)
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Sanford & Son: The Motion Picture (likely by 2010...)
Death Becomes Her (1991 - the region 2 DVD release is anamorphic widescreen)

[crispini]

13. I heard Get Smart wasn't that good. I'll have to check it out.

I loved the Airplane movies. Classics. :D

[Deja Q]

14. I was floored when mum said Steve Carroll was far better than Don Adams

In some aspects, I have to agree.

There were a couple things I didn't care for (both of which are modern movie cliches and not as much the style or tone OF the actual movie), but I would recommend it.

And I don't often care for reboots/reimagings/et ceteraings.

[susanna]

91. Airplane split my sides. Well, almost, but close enough. n/t

[northernlights]

10. Tootsie

Esp when Dustin Hoffman set his giant boobs on fire. Been there. Nearly done that. Thought I'd die laughing.

[crispini]

12. I may have to watch that again. What a good movie that was!

[Bertha Venation]

54. a little oops here . . .

I think the scene you're referring to was actually Robin Williams in "Mrs. Doubtfire"

Both movies are hilarious!

:hi:

[Richardo]

11. "The In-Laws" (1979)

:rofl:

[Career Prole]

24. "Serpentine, Shel...serpentine!"

Falk and Arkin were a riot together! :rofl:

[Demoiselle]

121. YES! Original inlaws!!!! LOL EVERY TIME! eom

[proud patriot]

116. That's my favorite Peter Faulk movie

great flick

[TZ]

15. This is Spinal Tap....

Recommended to me by several lounge lizards, it was every bit as funny as I was told it was..:)

[Arugula Latte]

32. Another funny Christopher Guest collaboration/improv movie is "Best in Show."

Even I, a hardcore cat-not-dog person, loved that movie. :)

[TZ]

36. Thats a great movie and...

because I have relatives that have done the whole dog show thing, I can tell you its pretty realistic!:)

[Arugula Latte]

38. Yep ... I kinda get the feeling that the "show" people are, well, sorta nuts.

:)

[LibraLiz1973]

43. I adore that movie

[proud patriot]

118. I enjoyed best in show more than Spinal tap

I know I know sacrilege here but

I'm a metal head so spinal Tap hit a
bit close to home ..

[LibraLiz1973]

44. This is Spinal Tap is COMEDY GOLD. It goes to 11.

[livetohike]

58. I laughed so hard the first time I saw this move I was crying

Great comedy :thumbsup:.

[HughBeaumont]

16. Joy Luck Club, Brian's Song and Love Story.

Oh, and after those, History of the World, Part I.

[Rhythm]

80. Then you'd absolutely DIE laughing over "Grave of the Fireflies"

:hide:

[HughBeaumont]

89. I heard that one is like the movie version of a Dementor . . .

. . . where all hope and happiness goes to die.

[Rhythm]

114. That pretty much sums it up... yeah *deep, heavy sigh* n/t

[nuxvomica]

17. Playtime (1967)

I hadn't seen it in years and recently bought the DVD. I tried watching it but there's a scene early on between Monsieur Hulot and a modern chair that had me in tears. I had to turn it off.

[netania99]

18. The original "Bedazzled"

With Dudley Moore and Peter Cook. One of my favorites.

[Fire Walk With Me]

33. "You fill me with inertia."

Absolutely brilliant.

[yellowdogintexas]

19. 'Undercover Blues', 'Victor, Victoria', 'Noises Off', are three of our

favorites,that come to mind immediately (we watched 'Noises Off' last night, in fact)

I would also recommend:

any Mel Brooks movie.
any Marx Brothers movie

'Arsenic and Old Lace'
'Bringing Up Baby'
'The Philadelphia Story'
'Meet the Parents' and "Meet the Fokkers" should be seen back to back.
'Aladdin', the Disney animated version with Robin Williams.
'Animal House'
'The Great Race'
'The Mikado' (with Eric Idle as the Lord High Executioner) (actually any version will do but this one is a total hoot)
'Everything is Illuminated'

[LibraLiz1973]

45. Arsenic and Old Lace rocks!!

I liked most of the other movies on your list as well.

[susanna]

96. "Noises Off" is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

I saw in on stage before I saw the movie, and frankly, liked the stage version better...

But the movie did a great job too. :-)

[kentauros]

124. I second "Bringing Up Baby"

Katherine Hepburn's laugh makes me chuckle just thinking about it

[Danger Mouse]

21. The original 'Producers' gets me everytime.

The 'Springtime for Hitler' scene is just pure magic. It's so ridiculous and over-the-top you can't help but laugh at it.

[The Doctor.]

22. "Zoolander"... in tears.

Then there's a virtually unknown gem; "Kung-Fu Hustle". An over-the top comedy with depth and brilliance.

[kedrys]

56. Have you seen Shaolin Soccer?

Also by Steven Chow. Priceless.

[The Doctor.]

59. Yes, it was WAY fun...

Still had nowhere near the depth of KFH.

Just the fight with the blind musicians was worth the price of admission.

I really haven't seen anything better in the Kung-fu/comedy genre.

[PassingFair]

81. I never get tired of watching "Zoolander".

Apparently I have typed that before, as
it showed up in my drop-down...

[susanna]

94. "Blue Steel."

:rofl:

That and "Wham" songs overlaid in the coal mine scenes. Egads, who thought that stuff up? Awesome. Just too funny.

[Rob H.]

23. Here are a couple

Hot Fuzz with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang with Robert Downey, Jr., and Val Kilmer. Don't be surprised if you've never heard of it--the studio spent pretty much $0 on marketing it. (I happened to see it because my dad saw a glowing review in the local paper.)

[crispini]

25. You know, I've actually got Hot Fuzz and haven't watched it yet.

Cool.

Thanks, everyone, for the recommendations. This is fun!

[Twillig]

28. Haven't watched it yet?

Think of the Greater good.

The greater good.


(this will make sense, once you watch it. ) Yarp.

[Rob H.]

31. Look for a couple of quick, almost completely unrecognizable cameos

by Peter Jackson as Father Christmas and Cate Blanchett as Nicholas Angel's (Simon Pegg) girlfriend at the beginning of the movie. You'll know what I mean by "unrecognizable" when you see them. ;)

[LibraLiz1973]

46. Hot Fuzz is fantastic

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

26. Johnny Dangerously

Specifically, the sex education cartoon scene. I never laughed so hard in my life.

[JoePhilly]

63. You fargin ice hole!!!!!

[GOPisEvil]

27. "Superbad", "Shaun of the Dead" and "The Blues Brothers".

:)

[applegrove]

29. Brazil, There's Something About Mary, Adaptation, & many others.

[Fire Walk With Me]

30. "The Court Jester", every Marx Brother film I've seen,

"The Princess Bride", and most especially, "Frankenstein meets the Spacemonster" for it's sheer, excoriating awfulness. I howled for minutes on end upon merely seeing one of the characters (who, in his failing makeup, was obviously attempting not to crack up!).

Pretty much anything MST3K'd.

[yellowdogintexas]

105. I can't believe I did not include 'The Court Jester' .

slaps self on head

[w8liftinglady]

34. "Step-Brothers"

we had a warm family Christmas with three generations watching Will Farrell rub his testicles on a drum set.I Laughed the whole time.

[lunatica]

35. Idiocracy

What a great satire. I still laugh when I think of some of the scenes and the dialog.

[abq e streeter]

108. "Didn't realize it was going to be a documentary"--comment re: Idiocracy I saw on DU a while back

[Forkboy]

37. Fletch, Snatch, Tapeheads, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Wallace and Gromit:Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Fletch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5j4iOjCLWs&feature=related

Snatch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aoPYFD9Eno

Tapeheads (John Cusack and Tim Robbins are hilarious in this)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrE31gVyUTU

Leningrad Cowboys Go America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utdCwtTbC-A

Wallace and Gromit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ETcJ4MZaAk

[Fire Walk With Me]

40. Just last night I loaned my "Tapeheads" DVD to my sister.

[HEyHEY]

39. I'll use this as a chance to pimp new waterford girl.

Here's the trailer, it's a great Canadian movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rutuDMDXMCo

[graywarrior]

47. Bad Santa

Sweet and Lowdown
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves


Oh....and The Big Lebowski!!!!

[LibraLiz1973]

49. Bad Santa is easily one of the funniest movies EVER

[graywarrior]

50. I could watch it over and over

[LibraLiz1973]

55. Me too!!!

[susanna]

95. My Dad is a notoriously "serious" person, not into movies at all.

That said, we played "Bad Santa" for him this year.

He almost threw up he was laughing so hard. Mom wasn't so enchanted, but hey, you do what you can. :-)

[LibraLiz1973]

48. Anchorman, Superbad, Hollywood Shuffle, Wedding Crashers, Kingpin

Vacation (Christmas Vacation is also the balls!)
Animal House
Rushmore
Talladega Nights
Tenacious D- The Pick of Destiny
South Park- Bigger Longer & Uncut
Airplane
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!
Princess Bride
Raising Arizona
Trading Places
Office Space
Tropic Thunder
Tommy Boy
Old School


To name a few!

[BleedingHeartRN]

62. Great list Liz!

I could watch so many of those movies over and over!

I also LMAO with:

The 40 Year-old Virgin
O Brother Where Art Thou
Wedding Crashers
Borat
The Big Lebowski
Deconstructing Harry
A Fish Called Wanda
Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[LibraLiz1973]

67. How funny, I love your movie picks too!!

[Bertha Venation]

51. Oh, god, "Tootsie."

If you haven't seen this movie, you. have. not. lived.

It's very hard to believe that that film is close to thirty years old.

[DutchLiberal]

52. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (also with Robert Downey Jr.)

[InternalDialogue]

60. Local Hero.

That's the comedy that makes me laugh out loud. I enjoy lots of the other films mentioned in this thread, but it's the really understated situational stuff that gets me.

[Fire Walk With Me]

77. There's a Mr. Harper on the phone for you..H..A..A.......A...PER!

[grannylib]

61. It's not a funny movie, but some of the dialog is hysterical..."The Lion in Winter"

Great zingers in there. I also howled at parts of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and "On Golden Pond" (can you tell I'm a Katharine Hepburn fan?? *lol*)

[WinkyDink]

102. "I'm not dead yet!"

[JoePhilly]

64. For stupid laughs ... "Better Off Dead"

[LibraLiz1973]

68. I want my $2!

Such a great flick

[JoePhilly]

65. For smart laughs ... "Real Genius" (actually it is also very silly)

[tigereye]

66. Harold and Maude

Spinal Tap



doesn't matter how many times I've seen them!

[bigwillq]

69. "There's Something About Mary"

"Dumb and Dumber", "Liar, Liar"

[DainBramaged]

70. Ready, in order of my favorites

Slapshot

Animal House

1941

Raising Arizona (Ty I want me a baby)

Big

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Spaceballs

Airplane

Fargo

Mars Attacks

Brazil

That's enough for now.

[begin_within]

71. "What's Up, Doc?" (1972)

[Twillig]

74. It was funny when I was 8 years old

And it's twice as funny now. :rofl:

[begin_within]

79. Great cast too

Madeline Kahn, Ryan O'Neal, Barbra Streisand, Kenneth Mars, John Hillerman, Randy Quaid, even Phillip Roth is in it.

[yellowdogintexas]

106. Whice reminds me of 'The Owl and The PussyCat" w/ Streisand and George Segal

I hurt myself laughing at that one.

[Martysbestcatch]

72. What about Bob?

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
A Christmas Story

[Blue_In_AK]

73. The Blues Brothers.

Funniest movie ever. I've seen it a hundred times and laugh myself silly every single time.

[bookworm65t]

75. Love and Death; Death at a Funeral

and some of the early Woody allen flicks are gold too.

also, It's A Mad Mad Mad, Mad World.
the first time that I laughed over that many car chases. Ethel Merman as the most obnoxious female ever,is IMHO classic.

[lizerdbits]

103. Death at a Funeral was a riot

I'll have to check out Love and Death.

[polly7]

76. Life of Brian and The Gods Must Be Crazy

Both still crack me up every time.

[CreekDog]

82. Talladega Nights!

:rofl:

[RiffRandell]

83. Best In Show, Wedding Crashers, Dazed and Confused.

There's Something About Mary, Office Space, Knocked Up, Waiting for Guffman, American Pie and original Vacation.

[latebloomer]

84. "The Bird Cage"

Never get tired of that movie.

"Annie Hall"

Any of the screwball comedies- "It Happened One Night", "Holiday", "The Philadelphia Story", "His Girl Friday", "Bringing Up Baby", etc etc.

[Digit]

90. I also never get tired of The Bird Cage

For that matter, I will watch "Something About Mary" over and over, too.

I plan on checking out many of the suggestions on this thread I have missed.
I love watching funny movies...thanks for the suggestions.

[DutchLiberal]

85. Disney's Robin Hood!

The Dutch dub, that is. I've seen the original English one; I find the Dutch funnier. But it's a hilarious film no matter what!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

86. Horse Feathers.

"Young lady, would you mind getting up so I can see the son rise?" - Groucho. Who else.

Zeppo: Dad, I'm proud to be your son
Groucho: You took the words right out of my mouth. I'm ashamed to be your father.

Swordfish.

"Members of the faculty, faculty members. Students of Huxley and Huxley's students. Well I guess that covers everything. I guess you all know why I came to this college. To get my son out of it."

:)

[travelingtypist]

87. The Ref .

I still have a crush on Denis Leary because of that movie and I haven't
liked Judy Davis in anything else.

Liar-Liar -- The series from your cholesterol to the God-damn pen is blue
busted me up.

[CBHagman]

128. "The Ref" is so underrated.

And it ranks up there with The Lion in Winter, A Christmas Story, and The Man Who Came to Dinner among dysfunctional family Christmas films.

Best quote, hands down: Kevin Spacey's remark to his mother (Glynis Johns) about what he's giving her for Christmas next year.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110955/

[AbbeyRoad]

88. "The Big Lebowski", "Rushmore", "Annie Hall", "Adaptation"

The first time that I saw "The Big Lebowski" I laughed so hard that I fell out of my chair.

[Lost-in-FL]

97. Pootie Tang

"Tippi Tai on My Capatown"

[concerned canadian]

98. burn after reading

I saw it in the theater then rented it for a Christmas Eve get-together with a friend. Lots of laughs.

[Kool Kitty]

99. My faves-

Slap Shot, Silver Streak, the South Park movie, Mixed Nuts, Brain Donors, The Big Lebowski and any Three Stooges short.

[WinkyDink]

101. "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"; "The Full Monty"; "The Odd Couple"; "The Producers"; AND....

"National Lampoon's European Vacation"!

[Inchworm]

104. I don't remember the name of it, but

the last movie I saw that cracked me up was about 3 middle-aged men basically on their last roadtrip before they jumped in a river to their deaths.

The funniest part was when they were all going to sleep in a hotel room and one of them said...

Bah.. nm, It was pretty vulgar. I about died laughing though. :D

:hi:

[BeachBaby]

107. "Saved!".

It's a comedy spoof about kids growing up in fundamental Christianity.

Being that I was one of them at one time, I laughed until I cried.

SPOT ON, it is. Unreal. :)

[abq e streeter]

109. Gotta be Animal House, but also any Stooges movies with Curly

( what can I say? I'm a terminal intellectual...)

[frogmarch]

110. And God Spoke

http://www.directorscut.com/ags/ags.html

Loved it! :D

[Stuart G]

112. Some Like it Hot....and the Producers..

Some Like it HOt...Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemon...and>>Joe E. Brown...you gotta see it...

"When two musicians witness a mob hit,... they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications set in."

[ellisonz]

113. The Pianist.

[proud patriot]

117. It's a mad mad mad mad world

secondhand lions

dogma

meet the parents

midnight run

tank girl

all of Mel Brooks'

All Monty python

house guest

[LiberalEsto]

119. Used Cars nt

[edbermac]

120. Airplane! and Naked Gun.

Before one of the Zucker brothers turned into a rightwing loony.

[leftofthedial]

123. "Christmas Vacation" is always good.

"Shaun of the Dead"

"A Mighty Wind"

"Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog"

"Hamlet 2"

[Stuart G]

125. The New Leaf....Directed by Elaine May..

Staring Elaine May, Walter Mathau

[AwakeAtLast]

126. "Meet the Fockers"

My husband said, "House of 1,000 Corpses". :yoiks:

I think he's being contrary, I'll take care of that: :spank:

:hi:

[CBHagman]

127. "The Big Lebowski."

I was helpless with laughter and literally stamping my feet on the floor of the movie theater.

Another one that did that for me was Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You. As far as I'm concerned, any movie featuring "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" sung in French richly deserves to be seen.

[Stuart G]

129. Very old film "The Music Box" Laural and Hardy" nt