The Movie Forums Top 100 Comedies Countdown

I didn't either. AH was a classic, and I enjoyed it, but I preferred Manhattan. I'm a Woody Allen fan, but none of his films made my top 25.

I don't consider Ghostbusters to be riotously funny, but I think a lot of its impact comes from the way the irreverent interplay between the leads undercuts the grandeur of the proceedings. It's a lesson that most of the movies it inspired seem to have missed completely.

I like Annie Hall, but it's another movie that I think of more as an enjoyable movie to watch, rather than a comedy that makes me laugh. (Although I can easily relate to Annie calling Alvy to come over in the middle of the night to kill a spider.)


For some unknown reason, I thought David Spade starred in Office Space, and I don't like him, so I had been avoiding the movie for many years. But while I was looking for movies to watch for this countdown, I came across this movie, and read through the cast list. I was surprised to find out that not only wasn't David Spade even in the movie, but it had a very good cast, so I decided to watch it for this countdown.

Even though it didn't make my list, I was very pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the movie.

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I truly like Annie Hall a lot, but my favorite Woody Allen film is Hannah and Her Sisters and I consider that more of a touching drama with humor, so I didn't vote for AH. Plus, I still have a bit of a grudge against AH for winning Best Picture over Star Wars in 1978. Star Wars was a game-changer in cinema and should have won. But, c'est la vie. Sorry, Woody!

I love Office Space and have seen it a couple of times and have the DVD. But it's been a while since I've watched it. I thought Gary Cole was the best thing in the movie but everyone did a fine job. I guess I should break it out soon and watch it again...Yeahhh....




My list:
#4.The In-Laws
#8.Stripes
#9.The Blues Brothers
#11.Arsenic and Old Lace
#13.Raising Arizona
#14.Animal House
#18.Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
#22.Caddyshack

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In case I miss repeating myself for a given day, my guesses will remain, "unnamed ballot entry #2," and Ghostbusters until they either show up or I say otherwise.

I predict another semi-shocker today.

Ghostbusters and Galaxy Quest?

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Driving Miss Daisy

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Waking Ned

Groundhog Day and Airplane are my guesses for today.

Going '60s

"The Odd Couple"
" The Great Race"

Grand Budapest Hotel and Royal Tenenbaums

Both The Blues Brothers and Office Space were on my list, at #19 and #14, respectively. I have loved The Blues Brothers ever since an adult with questionable judgment took my 9 year-old self to see it back in 1980. At that time, i loved the zany antics and the car chases, only later coming to appreciate some of the more adult-oriented jokes and the music. Also: It had Princess Leia in it, so I was hooked.

Office Space is endlessly quotable, post-modern subtext slinging fun, and I dislike postmodernism. Fun stuff!

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You really think Galaxy Quest has a chance at this point?

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No, but I didn't think Office Space did either and you yourself just said you are expecting another "surprise".

So no, but yes. We will know shortly.

Nah, I already lost hope


Anyway, it was a serious question, based on your knowledge of past countdowns. How did Galaxy Quest perform previously?

Not that I really wanted it now but whatever happened to 101-120?

Also I really don't understand The Blues Brothers love. It's just an average movie and honestly, I don't really remember laughing at all. Sorry Cricket

Short tech note, some of the earlier ranks are gonna look wonky for a bit until I can sit down and fix/relabel a bunch of stuff. Trying to find a way to do this that won't take forever/be totally manual, so kindly take the exact rankings up until these last few with a grain of salt, as most will shift slightly before we confirm the final list.

It's ok, I've said before that I think it's a lot about attitude that you either jive with or don't.

He's going to post them before the top ten. He edited his previous post to say that.

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