BBC the 100 greatest comedies of all time

thereitisgone

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170821-the-100-greatest-comedies-of-all-time

Good movies there, but dont agree with most of it, did i miss it or is Dumb and dumber really not there

Arghus

A lot of good comedies on that list, but no-place for the infinitely re-watchable Slapshot or My Cousin Vinny? Makes me sad.

thereitisgone

Ya would agree with both, especially My Cousin Vinny, the list was made by movie critics. A open poll from the public i think would have a different list. A lot of the same movies but definetley some obvious ones included and the placings would be different. Caddyshack should be much closer to the front, 65 is just wrong

my3cents

There was a piece on this on Radio 4 this morning and the point I think the OP is missing is that the results are from film critics in 53 different countries. The point being that what is funny in one country isn't always funny in others. On that note there are obviously going to be some gut bustingly funny films that aren't going to make the list.

Arghus

thereitisgone wrote: »

Ya would agree with both, especially [font=Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]My Cousin Vinny, the list was made by movie critics. A open poll from the public i think would have a different list. A lot of the same movies but definetley some obvious ones included and the placings would be different. Caddyshack should be much closer to the front, 65 is just wrong [/font]

Yeah, I would expected a list like that from film-critics and, to be fair, I've less to quibble with in it than the undoubted horror show that would be one voted by the public. But there's still some bizarre stuff in it - The Hangover? And these high-falutin' critics somehow managed to vote Step Brothers onto the list.

mikeybrennan

See no evil ,Hear no evil

Planes Trains and Automobiles

Both not on it

BoroMan32

mikeybrennan wrote: »

See no evil ,Hear no evil

Planes Trains and Automobiles

Both not on it

If Planes, Trains and Automobiles isn't on the list, I'm not even clicking the link.

A_Sober_Paddy

Arghus wrote: »

A lot of good comedies on that list, but no-place for the infinitely re-watchable Slapshot or My Cousin Vinny? Makes me sad.

My cousin Vinny is a very good movie in a number of genres, some great courtroom drama along with the brilliantly funny bits too. Incrediblly re-watchable

Basq

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

My cousin Vinny is a very good movie in a number of genres, some great courtroom drama along with the brilliantly funny bits too. Incrediblly re-watchable

The "yutes" of today don't know good comedy..

my3cents

Basq wrote: »

The "yutes" of today don't know good comedy..

But number 5 is Duck Soup from 1933.

What surprises me is Hot Fuzz, very funny and in my top 10 but I'm not sure how it would translate as being funny in other languages as its a very British type of comedy. Then again I suspect every country has its own police force comedies making it more international.

There's three Mel Brooks classics but I would have liked to have seen Space Balls make a forth.

thereitisgone

BoroMan32 wrote: »

mikeybrennan wrote: »

See no evil ,Hear no evil

Planes Trains and Automobiles

Both not on it

If Planes, Trains and Automobiles isn't on the list, I'm not even clicking the link.

So true, had forgotten that one, really was one of the belly hurting from laughing movies of that time

Ipso

Trading Places at 74!! Pulp Fiction at 46!!

blue note

I've 3 thoughts from reading that list.

1. Comedy is so subjective. Pulp fiction is on the list and it wouldn't have even dawned on me to call it a comedy. It's very funny at times and far funnier than a lot of conedies, but I wouldn't have put it in that category.
2. They're afraid of putting anything recent into it in case it doesn't stand the test of time. 3 films from the past 20 years in the top 50. I guarantee you if you were to do that list again in 20 years they'd find another couple.
3. Lists can be so silly.

Gravelly

Can't believe O Brother Where Art Thou isn't on it - funniest film of the 21st century so far in my opinion, or Sullivan's Travels (which inspired it).

Arghus

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

My cousin Vinny is a very good movie in a number of genres, some great courtroom drama along with the brilliantly funny bits too. Incrediblly re-watchable

And, supposedly, it gets closer to the actual reality of the American Legal Process than all of the other heavy hitters in the courtroom genre:

http://www.litigationandtrial.com/2012/03/articles/series/special-comment/my-cousin-vinny/

http://criminology-articles.blogspot.ie/2016/01/my-cousin-vinny-vs-real-criminal-justice.html

johnny_ultimate

1. Playtime
2. Buster Keaton's entire filmography
3. and the rest

Re: modern comedies. Hopefully justice will prevail and Symbol will be included in the top ten 50 years hence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxvnrjElKKc

Lorelli!

I would not have thought of Pulp Fiction as a comedy either

Can't believe Clerks isn't on it. Even Clerks 2 which wasn't as good is better than a lot mentioned on there!

jelutong

Surprised to see Dr. Strangelove as high up.

Cakes and Ale

I would find a space for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. How about Sideways?

Closer to home, a shout out for I Went Down.

Cakes and Ale

Another film overlooked here is Election, far funnier and sharper than some of the mainstream films on the list.

El Duda

There are no Jim Carey films on that list. That is MENTAL. 

Pulp Fiction is not a comedy

my3cents

El Duda wrote: »

There are no Jim Carey films on that list. That is MENTAL. 

Pulp Fiction is not a comedy

Thanks for pointing that out my esteem for film critics has just massively increased.

Osmosis Jones

Bridesmaids being around 20 places ahead of the two Edgar Wright movies is mad. Bridesmaids being considered the 44th best comedy of all time is completely mental.

el_gaucho

Pleased to see The Jerk sneaking in at 99! Considering the bias towards older films, I'm surprised The Odd Couple didn't make the list.

Others I would have:
Goodbye Lenin
Seres Queridos (Spanish film)
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Wayne's World

And another shout for My Cousin Vinny!

Bacchus

BoroMan32 wrote: »

If Planes, Trains and Automobiles isn't on the list, I'm not even clicking the link.

And Pulp Fiction is on it... as the 46th best comedy of all time

Relikk

No "Take The Money And Run" is the deal-breaker for me. Certainly would put that ahead of tripe like The Hangover, Step Brothers and Bridesmaids.

brevity

I thought Withnail & I would be higher.

I mean... Dr Stangelove is good, but the 2nd best comedy movie of all time...?

Joe_ Public

3 Woody Allen is fair enough, but Zelig? Sleeper, Bananas and Bullets Over Broadway are infinitely better than that. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (but were afraid to ask) demands inclusion in any list for the sperm scene alone, not to mention Gene Wilder's dolly!

johnny_ultimate

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I mean... Dr Stangelove is good, but the 2nd best comedy movie of all time...?

Rankings are completely arbitrary, but yes: it's one of the all-time greats of not just comedy but cinema generally. Eminently quotable; absolutely loaded with iconic imagery & design; Peter Sellers on ****ing fire; scathingly satirical (still feels joyously, cheekily subversive decades later); and - this is IMO - riotously funny. Packs more characteristics of great cinema than all but a handful of the other films on the list.

sheroman01

Groundhog Day at number 4 baffles me!

thereitisgone

el_gaucho wrote: »

Pleased to see The Jerk sneaking in at 99! Considering the bias towards older films, I'm surprised The Odd Couple didn't make the list.

Others I would have:
Goodbye Lenin
Seres Queridos (Spanish film)
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Wayne's World

And another shout for My Cousin Vinny!

The last two are criminal there not in the top 100 when you see some of the movies hat are. Can we make our own list

thereitisgone

el_gaucho wrote: »

Pleased to see The Jerk sneaking in at 99! Considering the bias towards older films, I'm surprised The Odd Couple didn't make the list.

Others I would have:
Goodbye Lenin
Seres Queridos (Spanish film)
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Wayne's World

And another shout for My Cousin Vinny!

The last two are criminal there not in the top 100 when you see some of the movies hat are. Can we make our own list

Ralf and Florian

The King Of Comedy at the bottom? Miles behind Anchorman and Mean Girls, da fug?

worded

Little shop of horrors and Johny dangerously were excellent IMHO

Tony EH

thereitisgone wrote: »

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170821-the-100-greatest-comedies-of-all-time

100. 'The King of Comedy'.

That wasn't really a comedy.

46. 'Pulp Fiction'

Wait, what?

worded

Tony EH wrote: »

100. 'The King of Comedy'.

That wasn't really a comedy.

46. 'Pulp Fiction'

Wait, what?

And these are paid critics ?

PuppyMcPupFace

There's no "The Man With Two Brains" but there's the s***e that was Bridesmaids?????

my3cents

Did anyone take a look at the American Film Institutes list from 2000?

OK so its just American films and not all films but not that much seems to have changed in 17 years and the similarities at the top make me wonder if a lot of the critics just look up or have in mind other lists when they respond to these polls.

The imdb top 250 comedy list is very different (not a critics list) with their number one Forest Gump not even making it on the BBC's list.

Venom

mikeybrennan wrote: »

See no evil ,Hear no evil

Planes Trains and Automobiles

Both not on it

Neither is

Wayne's World

There's Something about Mary

Dumb and Dumber

But Pulp Fiction is? WTF!

PuppyMcPupFace

The budgie with the sticky tape should have guaranteed Dumb and Dumberit's place!

Pretty bird....!!!

darced

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eyeball kid

No 'O Brother'. Thought that would have made it.

Also don't see White Chicks on the list :mad:













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looie

People still getting worked up over lists, dafuq?

p to the e

Venom wrote: »

Neither is

Wayne's World

There's Something about Mary

Dumb and Dumber

But Pulp Fiction is? WTF!

"There's something about Mary" is 81. Dumb and Dumber should definitely be on there. I also have a soft spot for Carrey's "Ace Ventura".

I recently watched "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and forgot how funny it is. This has stood the test of time and should definitely have been on the list.

valoren

Comedy as mentioned is purely subjective.

Finally got round to watching The Apartment, #27 on the list.
Well written, superbly acted classic. Did I laugh? Not once.

So you can have your Annie Hall's, Some Like it Hot's, Duck's Soups.
I'll take Austin Powers telling Christian Slater to "go across the street and get me some Orange.....Sherbet!!!!" over them all combined.




(note: Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery is not on that list)