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AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs

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Decade: Rating: List Type:

1969

8.2

Some Like It Hot (1959)

1251

6.9

7.4

Tootsie (1982)

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

3042

8.3

8.4

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb... (1964)

2258

Annie Hall (1977)

AFIoscar's rating:

775

7.9

7.8

Duck Soup (1933)

1161

7.4

7.7

Blazing Saddles (1974)

AFIoscar's rating:

924

7.3

M*A*S*H (1970)

912

8.1

It Happened One Night (1934)

2291

7.7

The Graduate (1967)

2100

7.2

7.7

Airplane! (1980)

642

7.3

7.5

The Producers (1967)

457

7.9

7.8

A Night at the Opera (1935)

1702

7.8

Young Frankenstein (1974)

AFIoscar's rating:

760

7.9

7.8

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

820

7.9

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

1950

8.1

8.3

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

323

7.5

7.6

The Odd Couple (1968)

769

8.3

8.1

The General (1926)

1230

8.3

The Apartment (1960)

1716

7.1

7.5

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

309

7.3

7.5

Adam's Rib (1949)

2167

7.7

When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

AFIoscar's rating:

133

7.7

7.6

Born Yesterday (1950)

994

8.2

The Gold Rush (1925)

677

7.7

7.9

Being There (1979)

4359

6.4

7.1

There's Something About Mary (1998)

AFIoscar's rating:

5463

7.2

7.8

Ghostbusters (1984)

AFIoscar's rating:

1266

7.6

7.9

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

733

Arsenic and Old Lace (1943)

1418

7.1

7.3

Raising Arizona (1987)

AFIoscar's rating:

349

7.9

The Thin Man (1934)

AFIoscar's rating:

1900

8.4

8.5

Modern Times (1936)

3656

7.4

Groundhog Day (1993)

AFIoscar's rating:

499

7.9

Harvey (1950)

1073

7.1

7.4

National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)

1542

8.3

8.4

The Great Dictator (1940)

1351

8.6

8.5

City Lights (1931)

368

7.7

7.9

Sullivan's Travels (1941)

459

7.4

7.5

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

510

6.6

7.1

Moonstruck (1987) (1988)

2775

6.8

7.3

Big (1988)

AFIoscar's rating:

1029

7.2

7.4

American Graffiti (1973)

AFIoscar's rating:

320

7.8

7.9

My Man Godfrey (1936)

1088

7.9

Harold and Maude (1971)

1695

7.9

Manhattan (1979)

142

6.2

6.4

Shampoo (1975)

299

7.2

7.3

A Shot in the Dark (1964)

404

8.3

8.1

To Be or Not to Be (1942) (1942)

182

6.8

Cat Ballou (1965)

688

7.3

7.1

The Seven Year Itch (1955)

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Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 comedy movies in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 14, 2000.

LIST BREAKDOWN:

The oldest film on the list was Sherlock, Jr. (1924). The newest was There's Something about Mary (1998).

Seven movies on the list starred Cary Grant: Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Arsenic and Old Lace, Topper, The Awful Truth, and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.

Five movies on the list starred the Marx Brothers: Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, Horse Feathers, and Monkey Business.

Woody Allen directed and starred in 5 films on the list: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Take the Money and Run, Bananas, and Sleeper.

Charlie Chaplin directed and starred in 4 films on the list: City Lights, Modern Times, The Great Dictator, and The Gold Rush.

Four movies on the list starred Katharine Hepburn: Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, Adam's Rib, and Woman of the Year.

Mel Brooks directed 3 films on the list. All starred Gene Wilder, and all were in the top 15.