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These are a select group of influential comedy films, either that were notable for the cast (several famous comedians) or for the influence. In...
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| x Soup to Nuts |
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Film | Sep 28, 1930 | Benjamin Stoloff |
Soup to Nuts (1930) is a feature film written by Rube Goldberg and directed by Benjamin Stoloff, which marks the film debut of the comic trio who would go on to become known as the Three Stooges. Goldberg made a cameo appearance in the film as...
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| x It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
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Film | Nov 7, 1963 | Stanley Kramer |
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Stanley Kramer about the madcap pursuit of $350,000 of stolen cash by a diverse and colorful group of strangers. The ensemble comedy premiered on November 7, 1963.
The film...
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| x The 40-Year-Old Virgin |
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Film | Aug 19, 2005 | Judd Apatow |
The 40-Year-Old Virgin is a 2005 comedy film written and directed by Judd Apatow and co-written by the film's lead star, Steve Carell, though the film itself features a great deal of improvised dialogue. It also stars Catherine Keener, Romany Malco,...
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| x The Jerk |
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Film | Dec 14, 1979 | Carl Reiner |
The Jerk is the 1979 rags-to-riches-to-rags comedy film of belated self-discovery. This was Steve Martin's first starring role in a feature film. The film also features Bernadette Peters, M. Emmet Walsh and Jackie Mason.
In 2000, readers of Total...
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| x Ghostbusters |
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Film | Jun 8, 1984 | Ivan Reitman |
Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is a 1984 fantasy-horror-science fiction-comedy film about three eccentric New York City parapsychologists-turned-ghost exterminators. The film was released in the United States on June 8, 1984. It...
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| x Caddyshack |
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Film | Jul 25, 1980 | Harold Ramis |
Caddyshack is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis and Douglas Kenney. It stars Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe and Bill Murray. Brian Doyle-Murray, Bill Murray's...
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| x Duck Soup |
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Film | Nov 17, 1933 | Leo McCarey |
Duck Soup is a 1933 Marx Brothers anarchic comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin, and directed by Leo McCarey. First released theatrically by Paramount Pictures on November 17...
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| x The Great Dictator |
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Film | Oct 15, 1940 | Charlie Chaplin |
The Great Dictator is a comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. First released in October 1940, it bitterly satirizes Nazism and Adolf Hitler, culminating in an overt political plea to defy fascism.
The film is unusual for its period,...
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| Ranked item | Wheeler Dryden | ||||
| x The Producers |
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Film | Mar 18, 1968 | Mel Brooks |
The Producers is a 1968 feature-length comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks. In the film, two New York City con men (Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom) attempt to cheat theater 'angels' (investors) out of their investment money by deliberately...
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| x Blazing Saddles |
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Film | Feb 7, 1974 | Mel Brooks |
Blazing Saddles (1974) is a satiric Western comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, it was written by Brooks, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Al Uger, and was based on Bergman's story and...
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| x Young Frankenstein |
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Film | Dec 15, 1974 | Mel Brooks |
Young Frankenstein is a 1974 comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder as the title character. Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Gene Hackman also star. The screenplay was written...
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| x Airplane! |
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Film | Jun 27, 1980 | Jim Abrahams |
Airplane! is a 1980 American comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker. Airplane! starred Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Lorna...
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| Film series | David Zucker | ||||
| Quotation Source | Jerry Zucker | ||||
| x The Absent-Minded Waiter |
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Film | Carl Gottlieb |
The Absent-Minded Waiter is a 1977 short film starring Steve Martin, Teri Garr, and Buck Henry, written by Steve Martin.
A couple (Henry and Garr) have gone out to dinner at a fancy restaurant the husband claims has the world's most absent-minded...
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| x The Aristocrats |
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Film | Aug 12, 2005 | Paul Provenza |
The Aristocrats is a 2005 documentary film about the formerly obscure dirty joke of the same name. It was conceived and produced by comedians Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, edited by Emery Emery, and released to theaters by THINKFilm. The film is...
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| x Bowfinger |
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Film | Aug 13, 1999 | Frank Oz |
Bowfinger is a 1999 film directed by Frank Oz about a down-and-out filmmaker in Hollywood. It was written by Steve Martin, and stars Martin, Eddie Murphy, and Heather Graham. Film critics have described Bowfinger as a parody of Hollywood, filmmaking...
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| x Meatballs |
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Film | Jun 29, 1979 | Ivan Reitman |
Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film. It was the first film appearance of Bill Murray in a starring role and, though not his first film, launched Ivan Reitman into a career of light comedies. It introduced child-actor Chris Makepeace in the role...
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| x Stripes |
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Film | Jun 26, 1981 | Ivan Reitman |
Stripes is a 1981 American comedy film starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, and P.J. Soles. The director was Ivan Reitman. Stripes also featured several noted actors in their first significant movie roles, including John Larroquette,...
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| x The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou |
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Film | Dec 25, 2004 | Wes Anderson |
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is Wes Anderson's fourth feature length film, released in the U.S. on December 25, 2004. It was written by Anderson and Noah Baumbach and was filmed in and around Naples, Ponza and the Italian Riviera.
The offbeat...
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| x The Royal Tenenbaums |
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Film | Dec 4, 2001 | Wes Anderson |
The Royal Tenenbaums is a 2001 dramatic dark comedy directed by Wes Anderson about three gifted siblings who experience great success in youth, and even greater disappointment and failure after their eccentric father leaves them in their adolescent...
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| x Rushmore |
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Film | Feb 5, 1999 | Wes Anderson |
Rushmore is a 1998 comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson about an eccentric teenager named Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) and his friendship with rich industrialist Herman Blume (Bill Murray), and their mutual love for elementary school...
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| x Groundhog Day |
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Film | Feb 12, 1993 | Harold Ramis |
Groundhog Day is a 1993 comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. It was written by Ramis and Danny Rubin, and based on a story by Rubin.
In the film, Murray plays Phil Connors, an egocentric Pittsburgh TV...
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| x Trading Places |
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Film | 1983 | John Landis |
Trading Places is an Academy Award-nominated 1983 comedy film starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis. It was directed by John Landis and written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod. It was produced by Aaron Russo.
Brothers...
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| x ¡Three Amigos! |
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Film | Dec 12, 1986 | John Landis |
¡Three Amigos! is a 1986 comedy western film, produced by George Folsey, Jr., and Lorne Michaels. John Landis directed for HBO Films. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short star. The movie was written by Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels, and Randy...
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| x Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane; it is based on the film of the same name. John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, and Sherie Rene Scott played the lead roles at opening, with...
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| x L.A. Story |
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Film | Feb 8, 1991 | Mick Jackson |
L.A. Story is a 1991 American romantic comedy film directed by Mick Jackson and written by Steve Martin, who also stars in the film. Enya's two songs "Epona" and "On Your Shore" can be heard in this motion picture. Set in Los Angeles, California, it...
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| x Roxanne |
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Film | Jun 19, 1987 | Fred Schepisi |
Roxanne is a comedy film released in 1987, starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah. It is a modern retelling of the verse play Cyrano de Bergerac, written in 1897 by French author Edmond Rostand. The screenplay was written by Martin.
In the film,...
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| x 1941 |
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Film | Dec 14, 1979 | Steven Spielberg |
1941 is a period comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It starred John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd and premiered in December 1979. The film is a comedy about a panic in the Los Angeles area that occurs...
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| x The Blues Brothers |
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Musical Artist |
The Blues Brothers are a Grammy Award-nominated American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character as...
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| x National Lampoon's Animal House |
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Film | Jul 28, 1978 | John Landis |
National Lampoon's Animal House is a 1978 comedy film directed by John Landis and adapted by Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller and Harold Ramis from stories written by Miller and published in National Lampoon magazine based on his experiences in the...
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| x Back to School |
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Film | Jun 13, 1986 | ||