Lists
- ranked 3 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs
- ranked 3 in Cinema Fusion Movie Bloggers' Top 100 Movies
- ranked 12 in WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays
- ranked 14 in Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time
- ranked 16 in The IMDb Top 250
- ranked 17 in My Favourite Film
- ranked 18 in Channel 4's 100 Greatest War Films
- ranked 26 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
- ranked 26 in Empire 500 Greatest Movies (2008)
- ranked 34 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- ranked 34 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
- ranked 35 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
- ranked 42 in BBC 100 Greatest American Films
- ranked 52 in Empire 100 Greatest Movies (2003)
- ranked 56 in The Guardian Top 100 Films
- ranked 57 in Empire 100 Greatest Movies (1999)
- one of 100 Of Edgar Wright's Favourite Comedies
- one of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- one of 101^w102 Movies You Must See Before...
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs Nominees
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Nominees
- one of BAFTA Best Film Winners
- one of Guardian 1,000 films to see before you die
- one of Leonard Maltin's 100 "Must See" Films of the 20th Century
- one of The New York Times Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made
- one of TIME Magazine All-Time 100 Movies
- one of The Last Laugh: The Observer's 50 Funniest Comedies
- one of OFCS Top 100 Sci-Fi
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies, 10th Anniversary Edition
