MY 25 FAVORITE COMEDY MOVIES

MY 25 FAVORITE COMEDY MOVIES

The comedy movie genre focuses on dialog, characters or absurd situations that amuse audiences and ideally elicit laughter. 

As with any favorites list, this one is subject to change, but this is where things rate with me right now.

1. MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975) - Witless King Arthur travels across England in search of knights to join him, and they are then given a mission from God, to find the Holy Grail.
2. GALAXY QUEST (1999) - A group of has-been actors are mistaken by aliens for the characters they played on a Star Trek-like TV show, and ask them for their help. 
3. YOUNG EINSTEIN (1988) - Albert Einstein, of Tasmania, splits a beer atom and puts bubbles into beer.  His father sends him to the mainland to patent his formula, E=mc^2, where he has many adventures.
4. NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (2004) - This is a glimpse into the sad and hilarious life and times of high school student Napoleon Dynamite, who goes to Preston HS, Idaho. 
5. SCHOOL OF ROCK (2003) - An out of work rock musician needs some cash, so he impersonates his roommate and accepts a job as a substitute teacher at an elite prep elementary school, where he discovers that students in his class are talented musicians that he tricks into being his band in a competition for a large cash prize.
6. ONE CRAZY SUMMER (1986) - New HS graduates spent the summer on Nantucket Island where they have misadventures and hope to find love.
7. DOWN PERISCOPE (1996) - A brilliant, but completely unorthodox US naval officer is given command of an old diesel submarine, is given a crew of complete misfits, and is ordered to carry out a series of war games against the modern US nuclear navy.
8. GUNLESS (2010) - A western gunslinger finds himself in a tiny western Canadian town, and when he has a run-in with the local blacksmith and he tries to call him out for a gunfight, he discovers to his complete amazement that no one in the entire town owns a handgun.
9. PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (1987) - Marketing executive Neal Page gets stuck with shower curtain ring salesman Del Griffith when their travel plans to awry and all they want to go is get to Chicago in time for Thanksgiving.
10. A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983) - A young boy dreams and schemes to get his hands on the holy grail of Christmas presents, a Red Ryder BB gun.
11. BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (1989) - Bill and Ted get help from Rufus, someone from the future, who puts them on the right path to pass their senior history exam. 
12. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (2000) - The Grinch HATES the Whos, and this Christmas, he decides that he's going to get them once and for all by stealing Christmas.
13. JOJO RABBIT (2019) - Jojo, a 10-year old German boy has a make-believe friend - Adolf Hitler, is excited that he's now old enough to join the Hitler Youth.  But his world turns upside down when he discovers a Jewish girl hiding in their house.  
14. FREE GUY (2021) - Guy is an non-player character in a video game, but he's also actual AI.  He feels like his life is incomplete, that is until he meets his special someone.
15. BLAST FROM THE PAST (1999) - A man is born and spends his first 30 years in a bomb shelter when his parents believe that there has been a nuclear war.  Then, when the bomb shelter's timed door locks open, he is sent up to get supplies, find a nice girl and come back down. 
16. DUCK SOUP (1933) - The Marx Brothers wreak havoc on the county of Fredonia when Groucho is named its new leader.
17. UNDERCOVER BLUES (1993) - A married couple are spies, but the have a baby and are off of the active duty roster when their boss calls the back into service to find and help capture a former Czech arms dealer.
18. REAL GENIUS (1985) - A 14-year old whiz kid is accepted to college and is assigned to help solve the power problem for a super laser only to discover that all is not as it seems.
19. BETTER OFF DEAD (1985) - A high school student is dumped by his girlfriend and he's willing to do anything to get her back.
20. THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS/IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS! (2012) - The Pirate Captain has never won the Pirate of the Year Award, but he believes that this is his year, so he sets sail with his rag-tag crew in search of bootie where they cross paths with Charles Darwin.
21. STRANGE BREW (1983) - Two witness Canadian brothers, whose who life centers on finding beer, get jobs at a brewery where they make a terrible discovery.
22. THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (1976) - Bumbling Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau has misstep after misstep, each time accidentally finding success, to the chagrin of his insane former boss. 
23. SHAOLIN SOCCER (2001) - A group of young men who were taught Shaolin Kung Fu together get the bright idea to use Kung Fu to win a soccer tournament. 
24. TRUE STORIES (1986) - A man drives into the small town of Virgil, TX, where he plans to experience Virgil's version of Texas' 250th anniversary. 
25. GET SMART (2008) - Maxwell Smart dreams of becoming an agent in secret organization known as Control.  His dream finally comes true, and he and the beautiful Agent 99 are assigned to go on a mission together.