Laugh out loud comedies? (1 Viewer)

[Chris Perkins]

Thanks for the replies! A lot of good ideas- it is hard to buy DVD's for someone else (unbiasedly!).
Chris

 

[MichaelW]

Office Space
Planes, Trains, Automobiles

and a wholehearted second to Midnight Run.

 

[Lew Crippen]

I don’t think I’ve seen any Laurel and Hardy yet. Or W.C. Fields.

 

[Patrick McCart]

don’t think I’ve seen any Laurel and Hardy yet. Or W.C. Fields.

For L&H, start off with 2-reelers like Two Tars and Big Business. Pack Up Your Troubles and Sons of the Desert are likely their best features.

For Fields, check out The Bank Dick and It's A Gift.

 

[CaptDS9E]

Bev Hills Cop Trilogy
Spaceballs
Liar Liar
Ace Ventura
Tommy Boy
Blue Streak

One movie not on dvd that is a riot is Robin Hood Men in Tights. I saw it for the first time in a while the other night and i couldnt stop laughing

capt

 

[Greg_R]

Christmas Vacation if you can stand non-OAR...

 

[Randy B A]

rush hour I and II
shanghigh noon

 

[Randy_M]

1. Laurel and Hardy sound films are not out on DVD (Oh, god, I wish they were)
2. The 2 movies that make me guffaw every time are Dick and Get Shorty
Cheers

 

[Runar_R]

Life of Brian
Monty Python and the holy grail
Fish called Wanda

 

[Greg_S_H]

Top Secret!.

 

[Randy A Salas]

I love these best-of threads. By the time it has run its course, just about every film in the genre will have been recommended. (See previous threads on "best" horror or sci-fi or westerns.) You'd get the same results by accessing the "browse comedies" link at Amazon.

 

[NickFoley]

Bedazzled. The newer version takes the cake IMO.

Also got a good laugh out of Meet The Parents, Deuce Bigelow, The Animal....

 

[DeanR]

The In-Laws.

 

[Chris Perkins]

By the time it has run its course, just about every film in the genre will have been recommended.

Maybe so, but I have sure gotten enough recommendations to make shopping a whole lot easier. Thanks again!
Chris

 

[Dave_P.]

Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
The Naked Gun
Home Alone
Dumb & Dumber
Grosse Pointe Blank
There's Something About Mary
Dick
Meet The Parents

 

[Steve_Ch]

ReAnimator
My Favorite Years

I am a little surprised that no foreign flicks have been mentioned yet, just off the top of my head:

Cousin, Cousine (French) - later remade by the same director as Cousins (Ted Danson, Isablle Rosinini)

Tendre Poulet (French) - Also known as Dear Inspector.

La Boum (French) - Madcap teenage slumber party, May be hard to fine.

Women on the Verge (Spain)

 

[Lew Crippen]

M Hulot's Holiday, Tati's most accessible and physically funniest film, if not his greatest.

 

[Peter Kline]

Any comedy by Billy Wilder and I.A. Diamond (even the bad ones). "Miracle Of Morgan's Creek"
Dean and Jerry Films (Come on Paramount)

Note: All the above have no fart jokes.

 

[DeeF]

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
is the funniest movie ever made. Try it. (DVD next summer!)

I laughed pretty hard during
Meet the Parents
Legally Blonde
(for two recent laughfests).

Probably the funnest time I ever had during a first-run movie was
Animal House.
I don't know if it's available on DVD or not.

 

[Tom Oh]

My picks are:

Meet the Parents
Some Like It Hot
Liar Liar
Austin Powers in Goldmember (hilarious in parts)
American Pie
Detroit Rock City
There's Something About Mary
Dumb and Dumber (hilarious in parts)

I picked mostly main streams.