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Part of the AFI 100 Years… series, AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 funniest movies in American cinema. A wide variety of comedies were nominated for the distinction that included slapstick comedy, Action Comedy, screwball comedy, romantic comedy, satire, black comedy, musical comedy, comedy of manners and comedy of errors. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 13, 2000.
Criteria[]
- Feature-Length Fiction Film: The film must be in narrative format typically over 60 minutes long.
- American Film: The film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
- Funny: Regardless of genre, the total comedic impact of a film’s elements that creates an experience greater than the sum of the smiles.
- Legacy: Laughs that echo across time, enriching America’s film heritage and inspiring artists and audiences today.
The list[]
| #1 | Movie | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some Like it Hot | 1959 |
| 2 | Tootsie | 1982 |
| 3 | Dr. Strangelove | 1964 |
| 4 | Annie Hall | 1977 |
| 5 | Duck Soup | 1933 |
| 6 | Blazing Saddles | 1974 |
| 7 | M*A*S*H | 1970 |
| 8 | It Happened One Night | 1934 |
| 9 | The Graduate | 1967 |
| 10 | Airplane! | 1980 |
| 11 | The Producers | 1968 |
| 12 | A Night at the Opera | 1935 |
| 13 | Young Frankenstein | 1974 |
| 14 | Bringing Up Baby | 1938 |
| 15 | The Philadelphia Story | 1940 |
| 16 | Singin' in the Rain | 1952 |
| 17 | The Odd Couple | 1968 |
| 18 | The General | 1927 |
| 19 | His Girl Friday | 1940 |
| 20 | The Apartment | 1960 |
| 21 | A Fish Called Wanda | 1988 |
| 22 | Adam's Rib | 1949 |
| 23 | When Harry Met Sally... | 1989 |
| 24 | Born Yesterday | 1950 |
| 25 | The Gold Rush | 1925 |
| 26 | Being There | 1979 |
| 27 | There's Something About Mary | 1998 |
| 28 | Ghostbusters | 1984 |
| 29 | This is Spinal Tap | 1984 |
| 30 |
Arsenic and Old Lace |
1944 |
| 31 | Raising Arizona | 1987 |
| 32 | The Thin Man | 1934 |
| 33 | Modern Times | 1936 |
| 34 | Groundhog Day | 1993 |
| 35 | Harvey | 1950 |
| 36 | National Lampoon's Animal House | 1978 |
| 37 | The Great Dictator | 1940 |
| 38 | City Lights | 1931 |
| 39 | Sullivan's Travels | 1941 |
| 40 | It's A Mad Mad Mad World | 1963 |
| 41 | Moonstruck | 1987 |
| 42 | Big | 1988 |
| 43 | American Graffiti | 1973 |
| 44 | My Man Godfrey | 1936 |
| 45 | Harold and Maude | 1972 |
| 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 |