Your Top 3 Funniest Films?

Philly_Q

earwighoney said:

Philly_Q said:

I like a lot of the films already mentioned, so I'll try to add a few which haven't:

Braindead - I wish Peter Jackson would recapture some of the humour of his early films.  Seeing this at the cinema was an absolute blast, more like going to a rock concert.

It's A Gift - WC Fields at (IMO) his best.

Galaxy Quest - not only very funny, also the best Star Trek film ever made.

Agree about Galaxy Quest, Braindead/Peter Jackson.  LOTR really took away the fun from his films (IMO, I'm sure many disagree)

The Frighteners is another film that seems to always be a lot of fun to watch. 

I thought the LOTR films were great, although I must admit I haven't re-watched them since.  Then he fell in love with the capabilities of CGI.  King Kong was tolerable, but flabby and overblown and not a patch on the original.  He really blew it with The Lovely Bones and the Hobbit films are just shite.

The Frighteners is great.  Totally subjective, but I think it's one of those very rare films where the pacing is perfect, I never once get bored or feel anything is rushed.  He now seems to have completely lost that ability to edit effectively.

TheMarlin

Eddie Murphy - Delirious

Planes, Trains, and automobiles. 

Bill and Ted’s Excellent adventure. 

If you asked me tomorrow, would be a completely different list. 

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viz

The Party
Return of the Pink Panther
The 3 Amigos

Sassafras

I forgot about Amelie. One of my all time favourite funny films. Must've watched it a dozen times and it always makes me feel good.

Chez Les Ch'tis is really funny as is Diner de Cons.

stimpsonslostson

I was thinking about this on my way home & it occurred to me that there's been no mention of Spaceballs. 
I've not watched it in a while, but remember loving it years ago. 

ROOG

Bruce almighty
anchor man
the blues brothers

Philly_Q

Guilty(ish) pleasures.... these are not great comedies, in fact they're not even good comedies, but for some reason I really like...

Tommy Boy and Black Sheep, with Chris Farley and David Spade.

tony99

oh The Jerk as well, have we said The Jerk?

JerkMoans

tony99 said:

oh The Jerk as well, have we said The Jerk?

You called?

Budgie

Lots to like with those listed already 

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
Up in Smoke
Multiple Laurel & Hardy movies

equalsql

stimpsonslostson said:

I was thinking about this on my way home & it occurred to me that there's been no mention of Spaceballs. 
I've not watched it in a while, but remember loving it years ago. 

Yep, Spaceballs is great and almost made my top 3 list.. I just love Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet, THE  best Darth Vader spoof of all time

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Four Lions
Airplane!
Team America








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mudslide73

Spinal Tap - refer to this at every rehearsal or gig. A towering presence in my life. 

Bowfinger (absolutely love this).. criminally underrated imho.

Kingpin. Bill Murray ftw. Anything with him is usually right up my street.

DrCornelius

Not the best 3 but the best 3 I can remember recently

Superbad
Napoleon Dynamite
21 Jump Street 

Winny_Pooh

Bad Santa
Bridesmaids
The Big Lebowski

schrodinger1612

Life of Brian 
Happiness (if you want ultra dark comedy, check this out) 
Naked Gun

notable mentions - Fargo, withnail & I

Sassafras

Fargo.
Raising Arizona.
Burn After Reading.
What can I say, I like the Coen Brothers.
Intolerable Cruelty was good too.

Bebopper

Love the run of Christopher Guest films - Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind.

Funkfingers

For people struggling to choose a third film, I suggest The Producers.

tony99

Bebopper said:

Love the run of Christopher Guest films - Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind.

See most of those films were in my head, but so hard to single any out, The Folksmen of Mighty Wind though, a weird Spinal Tap of some parallel universe...