Favorite Comedy Films

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Tis_Bearself said:
Paulette Goddard is also great and I think nowadays a lot of people miss the fact that her character is definitely there to shake up the “old order” of things being both Jewish (the character is named “Miriam Aarons”) and an actress, two things that would have been considered a social faux pas then.
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Wow! I must have viewed this film at least a dozen times over the last thirty years, and I never made this connection! Very perceptive!

I agree about Russell stealing the film in every scene she’s in. My favorites are she and Phyllis Povah gossiping in the bathroom; Russell and Goddard’s knock-down drag-out in Reno, and Russell interrupting Crawford’s bath. Talking of Crawford, she has hands down one of the greatest exit lines in cinema history: ‘There’s a name for you ladies, but it isn’t used in polite society…outside of a kennel! Good night, ladies!’ 🤣
 
Life if Brian.
What We Do in the Shadows
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Spaceballs
Too Cool
Anything made by MST3K
Napoleon Dynamite
Zoolander
Elf
Anchorman
Ghostbusters (1984)
Office Space
Airplane!
 
crenfro said:
the Gods Must Be Crazy, I and II
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I’ve steered clear of this thread – It’s too difficult to narrow down to a manageable size list.

But any list of favorite comedies surely must include The Gods Must Be Crazy 😂

“I collect dung” :poop:
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I was an "umble law student at the time The Castle came out. Needless to say, ‘the vibe’ came into many of our class discussions. Of course the actual law was way off-track.
 
Only saw The Women (1939) for the first time recently. A surprisingly modern take on relationships and females, given when it was made.
 
Clue and Groundhog Day are probably my top two comedies. I’ve seen The Apartment more times than any other movie, but I think it has too many dramatic moments to be categorized as a comedy per se.
 
A lot of my fave have already been mentioned. One I didn’t see listed, unless I missed it is
Murder by Death. “Room filled with empty people” is priceless.
 
The mystery-comedy is definitely underrated. Does anyone know of other examples?
 
Mystery-comedy, you say? How about Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

City Slickers was good too.
 
Stripes
Trading Places
Blues Brothers
Back to the Future I, II, and III
Weird Science
Weekend at Bernie’s
 
My list, in no particular order:

Young Frankenstein (although I gotta say I just didn’t think Blazing Saddles was all that funny).
The Thin Man
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Airplane!
This Is Spinal Tap
Kind Hearts and Coronets

And insert your favorite Marx Brothers movie – Horsefeathers, Animal Crackers, Duck Soup, whichever one you like. They’re all astonishingly funny.

Other possibilities? Moonstruck? Not sure this is actually a comedy, but it’s a wonderful movie with a lot of funny lines.
 
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