Funniest Movie Ever

#259568

By phoenix - May 23rd, 2009, 2:45 pm

- May 23rd, 2009, 2:45 pm #259568

Holy Grail
Caddyshack
Bill and Ted #1 (#2 really was bogus)
Wayne's World #1 (#2 sucked)
This Is Spinal Tap

If I had seen Meaning of Life in different company, I probably would have enjoyed it more and put it up here. But (thanks to my roommate, who recommended it), I saw it with my girlfriend and her family. AWKward.

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#259569

By 01LUGrad - May 23rd, 2009, 2:47 pm

- May 23rd, 2009, 2:47 pm #259569

Dumb and Dumber
Airplane

A lot of this depends on your type of sense of humor...and your age.

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#259570

By RagingTireFire - May 23rd, 2009, 2:52 pm

- May 23rd, 2009, 2:52 pm #259570

Ed Dantes wrote:
RagingTireFire wrote:Grizzly Man, hands down.
I take it you mean that as a joke...

Nope. The thread title is "Funniest Movie Ever" and I find unintentional humor so much more funny that scripted comedy.

Along those lines, I really really want to see The Room. Trailer:

They didn't start promoting it as a "black comedy" until they realized that the theater audiences were laughing at it.

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#259580

By flamesbball84 - May 23rd, 2009, 4:29 pm

- May 23rd, 2009, 4:29 pm #259580

this is spinal tap is an excellent choice

#259581

By Th3rd - May 23rd, 2009, 4:36 pm

- May 23rd, 2009, 4:36 pm #259581

one of the funniest ones i have seen recently is the Dragonball movie, that people thought a live action movie would be a good idea is amazing

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#259631

By TIMSCAR20 - May 24th, 2009, 1:07 pm

- May 24th, 2009, 1:07 pm #259631

Whoever said Naked Gun movies is dead on too. I can't believe I forgot those. Leslie Neilsen was a serious actor much like Harrison Ford or someone and he turned into a comedic actor for Airplane and Naked Gun movies and it worked to perfection. Also Christmas Vacation is so funny for so much of that movie that you end up missing lines from all the laughter and have to rewind. Of all the Vaction movies Christmas Vacation is my favorite.

#259632

By flamesbball84 - May 24th, 2009, 1:29 pm

- May 24th, 2009, 1:29 pm #259632

SCAR wrote:Of all the Vaction movies Christmas Vacation is my favorite.

#259685

By flames1971 - May 24th, 2009, 9:06 pm

- May 24th, 2009, 9:06 pm #259685

I'll will be honest:

I watch Disney Channel, and the funniest movie I have seen (and I got my parents to watch it and they thought it was hilarious!) was Hatching Pete.

I know I have issues.

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#259687

By kel varson - May 24th, 2009, 9:22 pm

- May 24th, 2009, 9:22 pm #259687

Napolean dynamite

#259697

By phoenix - May 24th, 2009, 9:47 pm

- May 24th, 2009, 9:47 pm #259697

flames1971 wrote:I'll will be honest:

I watch Disney Channel, and the funniest movie I have seen (and I got my parents to watch it and they thought it was hilarious!) was Hatching Pete.

I know I have issues.

OK, I watch Disney channel, too (I have a daughter), and Hatching Pete was pretty good. Not as funny as Spinal Tap or Holy Grail, but it was pretty good.

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#259705

By RagingTireFire - May 24th, 2009, 10:31 pm

- May 24th, 2009, 10:31 pm #259705

kel varson wrote:Napolean dynamite

I couldn't take Napolean Dynamite until I tried the experiment of muting the sound and turning on the subtitles. That movie is hysterical "on paper" but actually listening to the dialogue made me wish I had some dynamite.

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#259729

By Cider Jim - May 25th, 2009, 9:34 am

- May 25th, 2009, 9:34 am #259729

I don't have an all-time favorite, but I do like the TV version of Tommy Boy. And I have to back up SCAR with his mention of Young Frankenstein.

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#259744

By belcherboy - May 25th, 2009, 12:12 pm

- May 25th, 2009, 12:12 pm #259744

Older movies (from my grade school days):
Naked Gun movies
Major League
National Lampoon's vacation and Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story
The Jerk
Sixteen Candles
The Princess Bride
Police Academy movies were good (the first 2-3 at least)
Spinal Tap was funny, but got old after the first hour. I felt like I was watching a REALLY long SNL skit. It was VERY funny at times!
Eddie Murphy during the 80's (48 hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America)

The college years (mid 90's and later):
The Wedding Singer
Swingers
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Meet the Parents
Dumb and Dumber
Tommy Boy
Office Space
Mallrats
Kingpin
Groundhog day
Napoleon Dynamite (it took a few viewings to really appreciate it though)
Dazed and Confused
Can't Hardly Wait
Austin Powers had some GREAT moments
Shrek
Friday
I did like Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore! (I have seen them both probably 50 times)

This may put me under homo suspicion, but I thought Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion was pretty funny!

Movies probably only funny to me:
Oscar
Shallow Hal

#259844

By ALUmnus - May 26th, 2009, 9:42 am

- May 26th, 2009, 9:42 am #259844

RagingTireFire wrote:
kel varson wrote:Napolean dynamite
I couldn't take Napolean Dynamite until I tried the experiment of muting the sound and turning on the subtitles. That movie is hysterical "on paper" but actually listening to the dialogue made me wish I had some dynamite.

First, I absolutely love Napolean Dynamite. But as for the subtitles, one of the funniest movies I've seen that is much better with subtitles (rather than it being dubbed) is Shaolin Soccer.

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#259898

By justagirl - May 26th, 2009, 1:44 pm

- May 26th, 2009, 1:44 pm #259898

How have i not seen How High mentioned once? If Friday and half baked were mentioned, How High has to be!

Friday after Next i think is the funniest of the three. Next Friday was a waste of time, and Friday of course is a classic, but Friday after next is my favorite.

Also, any Madea movie.

#259931

By ALUmnus - May 26th, 2009, 4:53 pm

- May 26th, 2009, 4:53 pm #259931

Not in the funniest movie ever category, but one of the funnier movies I've seen in a while is Ghost Town. It's very funny and the wife/girlfriend will like it too.

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#260373

By blwall1416 - May 28th, 2009, 11:39 am

- May 28th, 2009, 11:39 am #260373

ALUmnus wrote:Not in the funniest movie ever category, but one of the funnier movies I've seen in a while is Ghost Town. It's very funny and the wife/girlfriend will like it too.

I concur. Lots of laughs.

#260421

By scuzdriver - May 28th, 2009, 1:36 pm

- May 28th, 2009, 1:36 pm #260421

Ferris Buelers day off.
Nacho Libre.

#260462

By Cider Jim - May 28th, 2009, 3:46 pm

- May 28th, 2009, 3:46 pm #260462

I thought of another one: Captain Ron.

If that's ever on TV, I have to watch it, and it was just on the other night.

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#260471

By FlamingYalieWahoo - May 28th, 2009, 4:43 pm

- May 28th, 2009, 4:43 pm #260471

SCAR is right about Young Frankenstein - I also like Best In Show - Eugene Levy and Christopher Guest do have some genius moments. "I can name all the nuts, peanut, walnut, brazil nut, macadamia nut - that one drove my mother crazy....." Monty Python and the Holy Grail is another funny movie.

#260538

By Sly Fox - May 28th, 2009, 9:57 pm

- May 28th, 2009, 9:57 pm #260538

I know most everyone will think I'm joking, but the funniest movie I have seen in the last year was "Run, Fatboy, Run". Seriously.

#260547

By flamesbball84 - May 28th, 2009, 10:50 pm

- May 28th, 2009, 10:50 pm #260547

nacho libre was terrible, i laughed maybe twice during the whole movie. of course i think jack black is not the least bit funny either.

#260573

By Libertine - May 28th, 2009, 11:27 pm

- May 28th, 2009, 11:27 pm #260573

Sly Fox wrote:I know most everyone will think I'm joking, but the funniest movie I have seen in the last year was "Run, Fatboy, Run". Seriously.

Why would we think you're joking? That was a funny movie. Simon Pegg = heavily-accented hilarity

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#260576

By rueful - May 28th, 2009, 11:34 pm

- May 28th, 2009, 11:34 pm #260576

Whoever said the burbs, that ones great. Another good one no one has said is Dirty Rotten scoundrels, and dont forget the three amigos. Not alot of really good funny movies have come out lately. Theres alot of movies with funny parts, but way too crass or vulgar. Like Step Brothers, I love that movie, it has some hilarious scenes. But, they genuinely tried to see how much they could get away with and its too much sometimes. But alot of great scenes and lines in that movie.

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#260975

By flamesbball84 - May 30th, 2009, 9:56 pm

- May 30th, 2009, 9:56 pm #260975

I just saw Anchorman and have to put that near the top of the list - Kicking and Screaming was very funny too.