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Part of the AFI 100 Years... series , AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 funniest movies in American cinema. A wide variety of comedies, totalling 500 films, were nominated for the distinction; genres included slapstick , action comedy , screwball comedy , romantic comedy , satire , black comedy , musical comedy , comedy of manners , and comedy of errors. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 13, 2000.[1] [2]
Cary Grant has the most appearances on the list, with eight films.
Criteria [ ] According to the AFI, the criteria for nomination are:[3]
Feature-Length Fiction Film: The film must be in narrative format typically over 60 minutes in length;
American Film: The film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States;
Funny: Regardless of genre, the total comedic impact of a film's elements that creates an experience greater than the sum of the smiles;
Legacy: Laughs that echo across time, enriching America's film heritage and inspiring artists and audiences today.
List of films [ ]
1
Some Like It Hot Billy Wilder 1959
2
Tootsie Sydney Pollack 1982
3
Dr. Strangelove Stanley Kubrick 1964
4
Annie Hall Woody Allen 1977
5
Duck Soup Leo McCarey 1933
6
Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks 1974
7
M*A*S*H Robert Altman 1970
8
It Happened One Night Frank Capra 1934
9
The Graduate Mike Nichols 1967
10
Airplane! Jim Abrahams , David Zucker , Jerry Zucker 1980
11
The Producers Mel Brooks 1967
12
A Night at the Opera Sam Wood 1935
13
Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks 1974
14
Bringing Up Baby Howard Hawks 1938
15
The Philadelphia Story George Cukor 1940
16
Singin' in the Rain Gene Kelly , Stanley Donen 1952
17
The Odd Couple Gene Saks 1968
18
The General Clyde Bruckman , Buster Keaton 1927
19
His Girl Friday Howard Hawks 1940
20
The Apartment Billy Wilder 1960
21
A Fish Called Wanda Charles Crichton 1988
22
Adam's Rib George Cukor 1949
23
When Harry Met Sally... Rob Reiner 1989
24
Born Yesterday George Cukor 1950
25
The Gold Rush Charlie Chaplin 1925
26
Being There Hal Ashby 1979
27
There's Something About Mary Peter Farrelly, Robert Farrelly 1998
28
Ghostbusters Ivan Reitman 1984
29
This Is Spinal Tap Rob Reiner 1984
30
Arsenic and Old Lace Frank Capra 1944
31
Raising Arizona Joel Coen 1987
32
The Thin Man W. S. Van Dyke 1934
33
Modern Times Charlie Chaplin 1936
34
Groundhog Day Harold Ramis 1993
35
Harvey Henry Koster 1950
36
Animal House John Landis 1978
37
The Great Dictator Charlie Chaplin 1940
38
City Lights Charlie Chaplin 1931
39
Sullivan's Travels Preston Sturges 1941
40
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Stanley Kramer 1963
41
Moonstruck Norman Jewison 1987
42
Big Penny Marshall 1988
43
American Graffiti George Lucas 1973
44
My Man Godfrey Gregory La Cava 1936
45
Harold and Maude Hal Ashby 1971
46
Manhattan Woody Allen 1979
47
Shampoo Hal Ashby 1975
48
A Shot in the Dark Blake Edwards 1964
49
To Be or Not to Be Ernst Lubitsch 1942
50
Cat Ballou Elliot Silverstein 1965
51
The Seven Year Itch Billy Wilder 1955
52
Ninotchka Ernst Lubitsch 1939
53
Arthur Steve Gordon 1981
54
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Preston Sturges 1944
55
The Lady Eve Preston Sturges 1941
56
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Charles Barton 1948
57
Diner Barry Levinson 1982
58
It's a Gift Norman Z. McLeod 1934
59
A Day at the Races Sam Wood 1937
60
Topper Norman Z. McLeod 1937
61
What's Up, Doc? Peter Bogdanovich 1972
62
Sherlock Jr. Buster Keaton 1924
63
Beverly Hills Cop Martin Brest 1984
64
Broadcast News James L. Brooks 1987
65
Horse Feathers Norman Z. McLeod 1932
66
Take the Money and Run Woody Allen 1969
67
Mrs. Doubtfire Chris Columbus 1993
68
The Awful Truth Leo McCarey 1937
69
Bananas Woody Allen 1971
70
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Frank Capra 1936
71
Caddyshack Harold Ramis 1980
72
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House H. C. Potter 1948
73
Monkey Business Norman Z. McLeod 1931
74
9 to 5 Colin Higgins 1980
75
She Done Him Wrong Lowell Sherman 1933
76
Victor/Victoria Blake Edwards 1982
77
The Palm Beach Story Preston Sturges 1942
78
Road to Morocco David Butler 1942
79
The Freshman Fred C. Newmeyer , Sam Taylor 1925
80
Sleeper Woody Allen 1973
81
The Navigator Buster Keaton , Donald Crisp 1924
82
Private Benjamin Howard Zieff 1980
83
Father of the Bride Vincente Minnelli 1950
84
Lost in America Albert Brooks 1985
85
Dinner at Eight George Cukor 1933
86
City Slickers Ron Underwood 1991
87
Fast Times at Ridgemont High Amy Heckerling 1982
88
Beetlejuice Tim Burton 1988
89
The Jerk Carl Reiner 1979
90
Woman of the Year George Stevens 1942
91
The Heartbreak Kid Elaine May 1972
92
Ball of Fire Howard Hawks 1941
93
Fargo Joel Coen 1996
94
Auntie Mame Morton DaCosta 1958
95
Silver Streak Arthur Hiller 1976
96
Sons of the Desert William A. Seiter 1933
97
Bull Durham Ron Shelton 1988
98
The Court Jester Melvin Frank , Norman Panama 1956
99
The Nutty Professor Jerry Lewis 1963
100
Good Morning, Vietnam Barry Levinson 1987
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