AFI's 100 Years...

100 Laughs

AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs

AFI 100 Years... series
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Part of the AFI 100 Years series, AFI's 100 Years100 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.

The list
# 1. 2. 3. Movie Some Like It Hot Tootsie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Annie Hall Duck Soup Blazing Saddles MASH It Happened One Night The Graduate Airplane! The Producers A Night at the Opera Young Frankenstein Bringing Up Baby Billy Wilder Sydney Pollack Stanley Kubrick Director Year 1959 1982 1964

4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

Woody Allen Leo McCarey Mel Brooks Robert Altman Frank Capra Mike Nichols

1977 1933 1974 1970 1934 1967

Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker 1980 Mel Brooks Sam Wood Mel Brooks Howard Hawks 1968 1935 1974 1938

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George Cukor Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen Gene Saks Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton Howard Hawks Billy Wilder Charles Crichton George Cukor Rob Reiner George Cukor Charlie Chaplin Hal Ashby Peter Farrelly, Robert Farrelly Ivan Reitman Rob Reiner Frank Capra Joel Coen, Ethan Coen W. S. Van Dyke Charlie Chaplin Harold Ramis Henry Koster John Landis Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Preston Sturges Stanley Kramer Norman Jewison Penny Marshall George Lucas Gregory La Cava Hal Ashby Woody Allen Hal Ashby Blake Edwards Ernst Lubitsch Elliot Silverstein Billy Wilder Ernst Lubitsch Steve Gordon 1940 1952 1968 1927 1940 1960 1988 1949 1989 1950 1925 1979 1998 1984 1984 1944 1987 1934 1936 1993 1950 1978 1940 1931 1941 1963 1987 1988 1973 1936 1971 1979 1975 1964 1942 1965 1955 1939 1981

15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53.

The Philadelphia Story Singin' in the Rain The Odd Couple The General His Girl Friday The Apartment A Fish Called Wanda Adam's Rib When Harry Met Sally... Born Yesterday The Gold Rush Being There There's Something About Mary Ghostbusters This Is Spinal Tap Arsenic and Old Lace Raising Arizona The Thin Man Modern Times Groundhog Day Harvey National Lampoon's Animal House The Great Dictator City Lights Sullivan's Travels It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Moonstruck Big American Graffiti My Man Godfrey Harold and Maude Manhattan Shampoo A Shot in the Dark To Be or Not to Be Cat Ballou The Seven Year Itch Ninotchka Arthur

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Preston Sturges Preston Sturges Charles Barton Barry Levinson Norman Z. McLeod Sam Wood Norman Z. McLeod Peter Bogdanovich Buster Keaton Martin Brest James L. Brooks Norman Z. McLeod Woody Allen Chris Columbus Leo McCarey Woody Allen Frank Capra Harold Ramis 1944 1941 1948 1982 1934 1937 1937 1972 1924 1984 1987 1932 1969 1993 1937 1971 1936 1980 1948 1931 1980 1933 1982 1942 1942 1925 1973 1924 1980 1950 1985 1933 1991 1982 1988 1979 1942 1972 1941

54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92.

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek The Lady Eve Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Diner It's a Gift A Day at the Races Topper What's Up, Doc? Sherlock, Jr. Beverly Hills Cop Broadcast News Horse Feathers Take the Money and Run Mrs. Doubtfire The Awful Truth Bananas Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Caddyshack

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House H. C. Potter Monkey Business 9 to 5 She Done Him Wrong Victor Victoria The Palm Beach Story Road to Morocco The Freshman Sleeper The Navigator Private Benjamin Father of the Bride Lost in America Dinner at Eight City Slickers Fast Times at Ridgemont High Beetlejuice The Jerk Woman of the Year The Heartbreak Kid Ball of Fire Norman Z. McLeod Colin Higgins Lowell Sherman Blake Edwards Preston Sturges David Butler Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor Woody Allen Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp Howard Zieff Vincente Minnelli Albert Brooks George Cukor Ron Underwood Amy Heckerling Tim Burton Carl Reiner George Stevens Elaine May Howard Hawks

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Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Morton DaCosta Arthur Hiller William A. Seiter Ron Shelton Melvin Frank, Norman Panama Jerry Lewis Barry Levinson 1996 1958 1976 1933 1988 1956 1963 1987

93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99.

Fargo Auntie Mame Silver Streak Sons of the Desert Bull Durham The Court Jester The Nutty Professor

100. Good Morning, Vietnam

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 films elements that creates an experience greater than the sum of the smiles. Legacy: Laughs that echo across time, enriching Americas film heritage and inspiring artists and audiences today.

OTRS
The content of this article has been derived in whole or part from AFI's 100 YEARS 100 LAUGHS [1]. Permission has been received from the copyright holder to release this material under an appropriate free content license. Evidence of this has been confirmed and stored by OTRS volunteers, under ticket number 2007041310002766 [2].

External links
List of the 500 nominated movies. [3] America's Funniest Movies [1]. AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs

References
[1] http:/ / connect. afi. com/ site/ DocServer/ laughs100. pdf?docID=252 [2] https:/ / ticket. wikimedia. org/ otrs/ index. pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom& TicketNumber=2007041310002766 [3] http:/ / connect. afi. com/ site/ DocServer/ laughs500. pdf?docID=251

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