The 50 Funniest Movies of All Time

After being challenged by my friends, Steve and Steve, to do a blog on the funniest movie lines of all-time, I decided to go back and review the funniest movies I've ever seen. This can be a moving target. The first time I saw Christmas Story I didn't care for it. I think I was in a bad mood. Now I watch it every Christmas and laugh every time I hear "You'll shoot your eye out!"

Go figure.

But here goes - the 50 funniest movies of all time. To me. I'm sure you have your own list, and there are probably some I've forgotten. Enough stalling. Here goes;

50. Raising Arizona ( 1987)

49. Knocked Up (2007)

48. Nine to Five (1980)

47. M*A*S*H (1970)

46. City Slickers (1991)

45. Ghostbusters (1984)

44. Porky's (1982)

43. Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery

42. The Jerk (1979)

41. Three Amigos (1986)

40. Midnight Run (1988)

39. Tootsie (1982)

38. American Pie (1999)

37. American Graffiti (1973)

36. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

35. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

34. Scrooged (1988)

33. Animal House (1978)

32. Elf (2003)

31. The In-Law's (1979)

30. Swingers (1996)

29. Cat Ballou (1965)

28. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

27. Garden State (2004)

26. Blazing Saddles (1974)

25. The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

24. Airplane! (1980)

23. The Blues Brothers (1980)

22. Beetlejuice (1988)

21. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

20. Wayne's World (1992)

19. When Harry Met Sally (1989)

18. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

17. Father of the Bride (1991)

16. True Lies (1994)

15. Friendly Persuasion (1956)

14. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (1969)

13. The Mask (1994)

12. Shrek (2001)

11. Big (1988)

10. The Graduate (1967)

9. There's Something About Mary (1998)

8. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

7. I Love You to Death (1990)

6. Ruthless People (1986)

5. Dumb & Dumber (1994)

4. My Cousin Vinny (1992)

3. Christmas Story (1983)

2. Princess Bride (1987)

1. Forrest Gump (1994)

There you have it - my top 50 favorite funny movies. At least the ones I can remember. I think a lot of it depends on the mood I was in when I saw the movie. Sometimes I agree with William Davis when he said "The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes." Other times I agree with Mel Brooks. Mel distinguished between tragedy and comedy as follows: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."


Next up - looking for the funniest lines ever.