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Great Comedies

G0UCONN said:
I liked Grosse Pointe Blank alot (would put it on underrated good movies list) but never thought of it as a comedy, even though there are some funny parts.
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Just watched In Bruges last night. GBP is certainly significantly more of a comedy than that. Pretty much every scene between Cusack and Aykroyd, as well as Cusack and Arkin are played strictly for laughs.
 
In no particular order....

The Hangover
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Knocked Up
The Princess Bride
Defending Your Life
The Heat
The In-Laws
Young Frankenstein
Tropic Thunder
Raising Arizona
Anchorman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
 
Defending Your Life is very unappreciated. Meryl Streep is the coolest chick in the world in that flick. That's good acting.
 
nwhoopfan said:
"Kung Fu Hustle" and "Shaolin Soccer." Like live action Bugs Bunny or Road Runner cartoons, and some of the most inventive visuals you'll ever see.
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All his movies are worth seeing.
 
Some not mentioned:

Ace Ventura - Pet Dick (Beyond the hokey lines some of the best subtle comedy)
Don't be a Menace to South Central while Drinking your Juice in the Hood
Robin Hood - Men in Tights
 
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Waquoit said:
Defending Your Life is very unappreciated. Meryl Streep is the coolest chick in the world in that flick. That's good acting.
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Rip Torn could do no wrong during the 90s - this movie, Larry Sanders, Men in Black, even Down Periscope and Canadian Bacon.
 
No order and I'm comboing movies that are basically the same thing in a new wrapper:

Airplane!
Ghostbusters
Office Space
Beetlejuice
Team America
Borat/Bruno
Summer Rental
Tommy Boy/Black Sheep
The Naked Gun
A Christmas Story
 
storrsroars said:
Rip Torn could do no wrong during the 90s - this movie, Larry Sanders, Men in Black, even Down Periscope and Canadian Bacon.
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"That's damn exciting stuff."
 
"Get him to the Greek" is hilarious.

I like a lot of Judd Apatow projects.

the stuff he is attached to is about as good as it gets in good movie comedies these days.
 
August_West said:
"Get him to the Greek" is hilarious.

I like a lot of Judd Apatow projects.

the stuff he is attached to is about as good as it gets in good movie comedies these days.
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Millenial wannabe.
 
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August_West said:
I agree with you on 70's comedies.

that's the best we can hope for today though.
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And I'll concede some Apatow comedies have moments. But GHTTG is all Russell Brand. And I don't think he's the type of individual that actually takes to "direction".
 
Fishy said:
In no particular order....

The Hangover
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Knocked Up
The Princess Bride
Defending Your Life
The Heat
The In-Laws
Young Frankenstein
Tropic Thunder
Raising Arizona
Anchorman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
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A bunch of movies here that were either on my list or that I like quite a bit. Combined with the music and what is up on the screen, Oh Brother is my favorite Coen Brothers flick. Princess Bride, Defending Your Life, Young Frankenstein are all movies I can see repeatedly and not get tired of them. I have only seen The In-Laws once, but I was very impressed.

Grand Budapest is good, but my favorite Wes Anderson film is Moonrise Kingdom, which rates as one of my favorite films in recent years. Not sure I would classify Moonrise Kingdom as totally a comedy, otherwise it would have been on my list.
 
August_West said:
"Get him to the Greek" is hilarious.

I like a lot of Judd Apatow projects.

the stuff he is attached to is about as good as it gets in good movie comedies these days.
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I forgot all about “Get Him to the Greek.”

It’s almost a sequel to “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” which also should have been on my list.
 
Fishy said:
I forgot all about “Get Him to the Greek.”

It’s almost a sequel to “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” which also should have been on my list.
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Yup. Both movies are great
 
In no particular order.
Dumb and Dumber
Ace Ventura
The Mask
Liar Liar
Step Brothers
Anchorman
Semi-Pro
Vacation
South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut
Trading Places
Beverly Hills Cop
Ferris Buller's Day Off
Napoleon Dynamite
Tommy Boy

I'm probably missing a lot.
 
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Revenge of the Nerds........."We want bush!! Pan down!!!"
Wildcats............Goldie aas a HS football coach
 
The Big Lebowski
Billy Madison
Tommy Boy
Dumb and dumber
Hear no evil, see no evil
Borat

All classics!
 
huskyrob1 said:
Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Jack Warden, James Mason, Vincent Gardenia, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon. Great cast too. The one from the 1940's was not called Heaven Can Wait, I believe it was called "Here Comes Mr Jordan". This is a remake of that film.
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I saw the Warren Beatty version of Heaven Can Wait for the first time over the weekend. It is a good and entertaining movie, as several people have noted here. Best thing about this movie are Charles Grodin and Dyan Cannon, and their comedic efforts to dispose of the well to do Leo Farnsworth. As mentioned before, this version of Heaven Can Wait is a remake of a 1941 movie called Here Comes Mr. Jordan, and it follows the plot of that movie pretty closely, keeping the same names of the main characters. The main difference is that in the first movie Joe Pendleton is a boxer, while in Heaven Can Wait, he is a football player. While Joe Pendleton/Leo Farnsworth plays the saxophone (badly) in both movies, it is also a more important plot element in the Mr. Jordan version. Of the two films, my preference is definitely for Here Comes Mr. Jordan, which for me is very close to being one of the great comedies of all time.
 
My favorites have all been mentioned. I always enjoy watching these because Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau. No one is better at arguing during family games than Vince.

Couples Retreat
The Break-Up
Four Christmases

I'll also admit to laughing at:

Bridesmaids.
 
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Kolumbo said:
My favorites have all been mentioned. I always enjoy watching these because Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau. No one is better at arguing during family games than Vince.

Couples Retreat
The Break-Up
Four Christmases

I'll also admit to laughing at:

Bridesmaids.
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You should watch "Rudy" both Vaughn and Favreau were in that. Favreau was hilarious in that movie.
 
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Hot Rod is one of the most overlooked comdies post-2000. I think it's Andy Samberg's best work.
 
Heaven Can Wait doesn't get the credit it deserves for promoting dolphin-safe tuna.
 
huskyrob1 said:
You should watch "Rudy" both Vaughn and Favreau were in that. Favreau was hilarious in that movie.
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I did not know that, thanks. I know they were both in Swingers.
 
huskyrob1 said:
You should watch "Rudy" both Vaughn and Favreau were in that. Favreau was hilarious in that movie.
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I just watched Swingers for the first time. Pleasantly surprised considering I'd never heard of it before.

Chef is my favorite Favreau movie, at least as an actor
 
How did My Cousin Vinny not make the list? It is one of the funnies movies out there.

I'll also throw a vote in for The Producers
 
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