Watch all of AFI's 100 Funniest American Movies Of All Time.

but not all the movies on the list are what you expect. i think it’s better to pick and choose what you like :) using the list as a GUIDE rather than an absolute.

Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. Great movie, but hardly a comedy! Worth watching for trends of the time, and a great performance by Jack Lemmon. They both look great, too.

...shamelessly copied from running in place, with thanks.

Some of these I think I’ve seen before but can’t remember for sure, so I guess I will have to watch them again…

x Some Like It Hot
x Tootsie
x Dr. Strangelove
4 Annie Hall
5 Duck Soup
6 Blazing Saddles
x M A S H
8 It Happened One Night
9 The Graduate
x Airplane!
x The Producers
12 A Night At The Opera
x Young Frankenstein
14 Bringing Up Baby
15 The Philadelphia Story
x Singin’ In The Rain
17 The Odd Couple
18 The General
19 His Girl Friday
20 The Apartment
x A Fish Called Wanda
22 Adam’s Rib
23 When Harry Met Sally…
24 Born Yesterday
25 The Gold Rush
26 Being There
27 There’s Something About Mary
x Ghostbusters
x This Is Spinal Tap
30 Arsenic And Old Lace
x Raising Arizona
32 The Thin Man
33 Modern Times
34 Groundhog Day
35 Harvey
36 National Lampoon’s Animal House
37 The Great Dictator
38 City Lights
39 Sullivan’s Travels
40 It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
41 Moonstruck
x Big
43 American Graffiti
44 My Man Godfrey
45 Harold And Maude
46 Manhattan
47 Shampoo
x A Shot In The Dark
49 To Be or Not To Be
50 Cat Ballou
x The Seven Year Itch
52 Ninotchka
x Arthur
54 The Miracle Of Morgan’s Creek
55 The Lady Eve
56 Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein
57 Diner
58 It’s A Gift
59 A Day At The Races
60 Topper
61 What’s Up, Doc?
62 Sherlock, Jr.
63 Beverly Hills Cop
64 Broadcast News
65 Horse Feathers
66 Take The Money And Run
x Mrs. Doubtfire
68 The Awful Truth
69 Bananas
70 Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
71 Caddyshack
72 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
73 Monkey Business
x 9 To 5
75 She Done Him Wrong
76 Victor/Victoria
77 The Palm Beach Story
78 Road To Morocco
79 The Freshman
80 Sleeper
81 The Navigator
x Private Benjamin
x Father Of The Bride
84 Lost In America
85 Dinner At Eight
x City Slickers
87 Fast Times At Ridgemont High
x Beetlejuice
x The Jerk
90 Woman Of The Year
91 The Heartbreak Kid
92 Ball Of Fire
93 Fargo
x Auntie Mame
95 Silver Streak
96 Sons Of The Desert
97 Bull Durham
98 The Court Jester
99 The Nutty Professor
100 Good Morning, Vietnam

I’ve already seen this one a few times before, but it was on last night, and I couldn’t help it. I LOVE THIS MOVIE! The cleanness of the dialogue, no throwaway words, the movement of each actor (every single one is so graceful), and humor that remains modern.

The Conversation and American Graffiti were on last night. Didn’t get to watch them both, but I’ve seen The Conversation before, and it is great. An amazing technical job of editing, sound, etc. Don’t know why this isn’t a bigger ‘hit’....Gene Hackman is great, and what’s funny is Cindy Williams is in both.

I enjoyed American Graffiti – there should be an AFI Top High School movies list.

x Some Like It Hot
2 Tootsie
x Dr. Strangelove
x Annie Hall
5 Duck Soup
6 Blazing Saddles
7 M A S H
x It Happened One Night
9 The Graduate
x Airplane!
11 The Producers
12 A Night At The Opera
13 Young Frankenstein
x Bringing Up Baby
x The Philadelphia Story
x Singin’ In The Rain
x The Odd Couple
18 The General
x His Girl Friday
20 The Apartment
x A Fish Called Wanda
x Adam’s Rib
x When Harry Met Sally…
x Born Yesterday
25 The Gold Rush
x Being There
27 There’s Something About Mary
x Ghostbusters
x This Is Spinal Tap
x Arsenic And Old Lace
x Raising Arizona
x The Thin Man
x Modern Times
x Groundhog Day
x Harvey
x National Lampoon’s Animal House
37 The Great Dictator
38 City Lights
39 Sullivan’s Travels
x It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
41 Moonstruck
x Big
x American Graffiti
44 My Man Godfrey
45 Harold And Maude
x Manhattan
47 Shampoo
48 A Shot In The Dark
49 To Be or Not To Be
50 Cat Ballou
x The Seven Year Itch
52 Ninotchka
53 Arthur
54 The Miracle Of Morgan’s Creek
x The Lady Eve
56 Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein
57 Diner
58 It’s A Gift
59 A Day At The Races
60 Topper
61 What’s Up, Doc?
62 Sherlock, Jr.
x Beverly Hills Cop
x Broadcast News
65 Horse Feathers
66 Take The Money And Run
x Mrs. Doubtfire
x The Awful Truth
69 Bananas
70 Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
x Caddyshack
x Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
73 Monkey Business
x 9 To 5
75 She Done Him Wrong
x Victor/Victoria
x The Palm Beach Story
78 Road To Morocco
x The Freshman
80 Sleeper
81 The Navigator
x Private Benjamin
83 Father Of The Bride
84 Lost In America
85 Dinner At Eight
86 City Slickers
87 Fast Times At Ridgemont High
x Beetlejuice
x The Jerk
90 Woman Of The Year
x The Heartbreak Kid
92 Ball Of Fire
x Fargo
94 Auntie Mame
95 Silver Streak
96 Sons Of The Desert
x Bull Durham
98 The Court Jester
99 The Nutty Professor
x Good Morning, Vietnam

Watched “Born Yesterday” last night (bonus! it was on TCM). I question some of these movie choices. There were good things about the movie (the scene with Judy Holiiday playing gin was great!), and the story about her dad. But to be honest, I didn’t find it compelling. And really not that funny.