Lists
- ranked 43 in My Favourite Film
- ranked 45 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs
- ranked 65 in Empire 500 Greatest Movies (2008)
- ranked 69 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions
- ranked 86 in WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays
- ranked 89 in TV Cream's Top 100 Films
- ranked 418 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
- ranked 435 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- ranked 486 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
- one of 100 Of Edgar Wright's Favourite Comedies
- one of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs Nominees
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions Nominees
- one of Alliance of Women Film Journalists Top 100 Films
- one of Guardian 1,000 films to see before you die
Harold (Bud Cort), a disaffected young man who performs elaborate fake suicides, meets manic pixie dream-septuagenarian Maude (Ruth Gordon). Life-affirming and deeply funny without the need for cheap gags.