Funniest Movies of All Time (2017)
This is my OFFICIAL DEFINITIVE LIST of the funniest movies ever made (as of 2017). I averaged 17 lists of “Funniest Movies” to get this definitive list. These were lists made by groups and organizations, so it’s not based on one individual’s tastes. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including the lists that were averaged.
- Airplane! (1980)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Blazing Saddles (1974)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- The Big Lebowski (1998)
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
- Life of Brian (1979)
- Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
- Borat (2006)
- Caddyshack (1980)
- Some Like it Hot (1959)
- Animal House (1978)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- The Naked Gun (1988)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Dumb & Dumber (1994)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Young Frankenstein (1974)
- The Hangover (2009)
- The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
- The Jerk (1979)
- Superbad (2007)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- There’s Something About Mary (1998)
- Withnail & I (1987)
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
- Office Space (1999)
- The Producers (1968)
- The General (1926)
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
- The Blues Brothers (1980)
- Step Brothers (2008)
- Raising Arizona (1987)
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
- Happy Gilmore (1996)
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
- Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- Old School (2003)
- Bridesmaids (2011)
- A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- MASH (1970)
- National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)
- Modern Times (1936)
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
- American Pie (1999)
- Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
- Wayne’s World (1992)
- City Lights (1931)
- A Night at the Opera (1935)
- Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- When Harry Met Sally (1989)
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
- Tootsie (1982)
- His Girl Friday (1940)
- Team America: World Police (2004)
- The Apartment (1960)
- Zoolander (2001)
- Wedding Crashers (2005)
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Tommy Boy (1995)
- Playtime (1967)
- Serial Mom (1994)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
- Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
- Rushmore (1998)
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
- The Great Dictator (1940)
- Clueless (1995)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- Coming to America (1988)
- Trading Places (1983)
- ¡Three Amigos! (1986)
- Liar Liar (1997)
- Hot Fuzz (2007)
- Secret Ceremony (1968)
- Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Beetlejuice (1988)
- The Pink Panther (1963)
- Tropic Thunder (2008)
- Sons of the Desert (1933)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
- Stripes (1981)
- Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
- Big (1988)
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
- Manhattan (1979)
- Meet the Parents (2000)
- Top Secret! (1984)
- My Cousin Vinny (1992)
- Kingpin (1996)
- The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- Broadcast News (1987)
- Blades of Glory (2007)
- Adam’s Rib (1949)
- Harold and Maude (1971)
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
- Men in Black (1997)
- Shrek (2001)
- Billy Madison (1995)
- To Be or Not To Be (1942)
- Arthur (1981)
- The Waterboy (1998)
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
- The Simpsons Movie (2007)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- Mommie Dearest (1981)
- Shampoo (1975)
- The Odd Couple (1968)
- Clerks (1994)
- Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
- Grown Ups (2010)
- Hannah & Her Sisters (1986)
- Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
- Best in Show (2000)
- Friday (1995)
- Home Alone (1990)
- Scary Movie 2 (2001)
- School of Rock (2003)
- Four Lions (2010)
- Scary Movie (2000)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- A Christmas Story (1983)
- Elf (2003)
- Mean Girls (2004)
- What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
- The Wedding Singer (1998)
- Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
- Way Out West (1937)
- It’s a Gift (1934)
- Slap Shot (1977)
- Meet the Fockers (2004)
- Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
- The Party (1968)
- American Graffiti (1973)
- Bananas (1971)
- Lost in America (1985)
- What About Bob? (1991)
- My Man Godfrey (1936)
- Play it Again, Sam (1972)
- The Nutty Professor (1963)
- Election (1999)
- Pineapple Express (2008)
- Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
- Fletch (1985)
- Being There (1979)
- Bowfinger (1999)
- Mon Oncle (1958)
- The Graduate (1967)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
- The Castle (1997)
- Super Troopers (2001)
- Case 39 (2009)
- Fargo (1996)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- Moonstruck (1987)
- The Cable Guy (1996)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
- A Shot in the Dark (1964)
- Back to the Future (1985)
- White Chicks (2004)
- Waiting for Guffman (1996)
- In the Loop (2009)
- Born Yesterday (1950)
- Legally Blonde (2001)
- Ninotchka (1939)
- Roxanne (1987)
- The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Big Daddy (1999)
- Police Academy (1984)
- 9 to 5 (1980)
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- Ted (2012)
- Anvil: The Story of Anvil (2008)
- Scary Movie 3 (2003)
- Juno (2007)
- Take the Money and Run (1969)
- Scrooged (1988)
- It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- The Mask (1994)
- Harvey (1950)
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
- Private Benjamin (1980)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Weekend at Bernie’s (1989)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
- History of the World, Part I (1981)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
- Billy Liar (1963)
- Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
- Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
- Nuts in May (1976)
- The Palm Beach Story (1942)
- Bull Durham (1988)
- Love and Death (1975)
- Despicable Me (2010)
- Bad Grandpa (2013)
- Knocked Up (2007)
- Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
- City Slickers (1991)
- Deadpool (2016)
- EuroTrip (2004)
- In Bruges (2008)
- MacGruber (2010)
- Carry On up the Khyber (1968)
- Johnny English (2003)
- Father of the Bride (1991)
- Half Baked (1998)
- Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
- Safety Last! (1923)
- Silver Streak (1976)
- Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
- Role Models (2008)
- Sixteen Candles (1984)
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
- Friday After Next (2002)
- The Incredibles (2004)
- The King of Comedy (1982)
- Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
- The Birdcage (1996)
- Cat Ballou (1965)
- Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
- I Love You, Man (2009)
- Seven Chances (1925)
- The Seven Year Itch (1955)
- Uncle Buck (1989)
- Bedazzled (1967)
- The Other Guys (2010)
- Bad Santa (2003)
- The Man with Two Brains (1983)
- The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1943)
- The LEGO Movie (2014)
- Diner (1982)
- Wayne’s World 2 (1993)
- Swingers (1996)
- Zelig (1983)
- A Day at the Races (1937)
- Up in Smoke (1978)
- Toni Erdmann (2016)
- Kick-Ass (2010)
- Midnight Run (1988)
- Topper (1937)
- Norbit (2007)
- Get Him to the Greek (2010)
- What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
- The Hangover Part II (2011)
- GoodFellas (1990)
- Heaven Can Wait (1943)
- Horse Feathers (1932)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- Zombieland (2009)
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
- Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
- The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- Garfield: The Movie (2004)
- Jackass: The Movie (2002)
- Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House (1948)
- The Meaning of Life (1983)
- Monkey Business (1952)
- Rush Hour (1998)
- Major League (1989)
- She Done Him Wrong (1933)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- Design for Living (1933)
- Me, Myself and Irene (2000)
- Victor Victoria (1982)
- As Good As it Gets (1997)
- Divorce Italian Style (1961)
- Drop Dead Fred (1991)
- Flirting with Disaster (1996)
- Men in Black II (2002)
- Road to Morocco (1942)
- The Dinner Game (1998)
- The Freshman (1925)
- The Naked Gun 2 1/2 (1991)
- Accepted (2006)
- Bruce Almighty (2003)
- Sleeper (1973)
- The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)