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AFI's list of the hundred best comedies from the first hundred years of American cinema.
This list is ranked and is shown in descending order.
Rank |
Title |
Year |
Rating |
1
|
Some Like It Hot
|
1959
|
|
2
|
Tootsie
|
1982
|
|
3
|
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
|
1964
|
|
4
|
Annie Hall
|
1977
|
|
5
|
Duck Soup
|
1933
|
|
6
|
Blazing Saddles
|
1974
|
|
7
|
MASH
aka M*A*S*H
|
1970
|
|
8
|
It Happened One Night
|
1934
|
|
9
|
Graduate, The
|
1967
|
|
10
|
Flying High
aka Airplane!
|
1980
|
|
11
|
Producers, The
|
1968
|
|
12
|
A Night at the Opera
|
1935
|
|
13
|
Young Frankenstein
|
1974
|
|
14
|
Bringing Up Baby
|
1938
|
|
15
|
Philadelphia Story, The
|
1940
|
|
16
|
Singin' in the Rain
|
1952
|
|
17
|
Odd Couple, The
|
1968
|
|
18
|
General, The
|
1927
|
|
19
|
His Girl Friday
|
1940
|
|
20
|
Apartment, The
|
1960
|
|
21
|
A Fish Called Wanda
|
1988
|
|
22
|
Adam's Rib
|
1949
|
|
23
|
When Harry Met Sally...
|
1989
|
|
24
|
Born Yesterday
|
1950
|
|
25
|
Gold Rush, The
|
1925
|
|
26
|
Being There
|
1979
|
|
27
|
Mary Poppins
|
1964
|
|
28
|
Ghost Busters
aka Ghostbusters
|
1984
|
|
29
|
This Is Spinal Tap
|
1984
|
|
30
|
Arsenic and Old Lace
|
1944
|
|
31
|
Raising Arizona
|
1987
|
|
32
|
Thin Man, The
|
1934
|
|
33
|
Modern Times
|
1936
|
|
34
|
Groundhog Day
|
1993
|
|
35
|
Harvey
|
1950
|
|
36
|
Animal House
|
1978
|
|
37
|
Great Dictator, The
|
1940
|
|
38
|
City Lights
|
1931
|
|
39
|
Sullivan's Travels
|
1941
|
|
40
|
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
|
1963
|
|
41
|
Moonstruck
|
1987
|
|
42
|
Big
|
1988
|
|
43
|
American Graffiti
|
1973
|
|
44
|
My Man Godfrey
|
1936
|
|
45
|
Harold and Maude
|
1971
|
|
46
|
Manhattan
|
1979
|
|
47
|
Shampoo
|
1975
|
|
48
|
A Shot in the Dark
|
1964
|
|
49
|
To Be or Not to Be
|
1942
|
|
50
|
Cat Ballou
|
1965
|
|
51
|
Seven Year Itch, The
|
1955
|
|
52
|
Ninotchka
|
1939
|
|
53
|
Arthur
|
1981
|
|
54
|
Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The
|
1944
|
|
55
|
Lady Eve, The
|
1941
|
|
56
|
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
|
1948
|
|
57
|
Diner
|
1982
|
|
58
|
It's a Gift
|
1934
|
|
59
|
A Day at the Races
|
1937
|
|
60
|
Topper
|
1937
|
|
61
|
What's Up, Doc?
|
1972
|
|
62
|
Sherlock, Jr.
|
1924
|
|
63
|
Beverly Hills Cop
|
1984
|
|
64
|
Broadcast News
|
1987
|
|
65
|
Horse Feathers
|
1932
|
|
66
|
Take the Money and Run
|
1969
|
|
67
|
Mrs. Doubtfire
|
1993
|
|
68
|
Awful Truth, The
|
1937
|
|
69
|
Bananas
|
1971
|
|
70
|
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
|
1936
|
|
71
|
Caddyshack
|
1980
|
|
72
|
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
|
1948
|
|
73
|
Monkey Business
|
1931
|
|
74
|
Nine to Five
aka 9 to 5
|
1980
|
|
75
|
She Done Him Wrong
|
1933
|
|
76
|
Victor/Victoria
|
1982
|
|
77
|
Palm Beach Story, The
|
1942
|
|
78
|
Road to Morocco
|
1942
|
|
79
|
Freshman, The
|
1925
|
|
80
|
Sleeper
|
1973
|
|
81
|
Navigator, The
|
1924
|
|
82
|
Private Benjamin
|
1980
|
|
83
|
Father of the Bride
|
1950
|
|
84
|
Lost in America
|
1985
|
|
85
|
Dinner at Eight
|
1933
|
|
86
|
City Slickers
|
1991
|
|
87
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
|
1982
|
|
88
|
Beetle Juice
aka Beetlejuice
|
1988
|
|
89
|
Jerk, The
|
1979
|
|
90
|
Woman of the Year
|
1942
|
|
91
|
Heartbreak Kid, The
|
1972
|
|
92
|
Ball of Fire
|
1941
|
|
93
|
Fargo
|
1996
|
|
94
|
Auntie Mame
|
1958
|
|
95
|
Silver Streak
|
1976
|
|
96
|
Sons of the Desert
|
1933
|
|
97
|
Bull Durham
|
1988
|
|
98
|
Court Jester, The
|
1956
|
|
99
|
Nutty Professor, The
|
1963
|
|
100
|
Good Morning, Vietnam
|
1987
|
|