Last Updated on 16 September 2023
A list of 100 great farce movies
“Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable. Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical humor; the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense; satire, parody, and mockery of real-life situations, people, events, and interactions; unlikely and humorous instances of miscommunication; ludicrous, improbable, and exaggerated characters; and broadly stylized performances.”
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Year Movie Title Director 1979 1941 Steven Spielberg 1980 9 to 5 Colin Higgins 1951 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man Charles Lamont 1994 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Tom Shadyac 1995 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Steve Oedekerk 1980 Airplane! David & Jerry Zucker 1982 Airplane II: The Sequel Ken Finkleman 2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Adam McKay 1971 And Now for Something Completely Different Ian MacNaughton 1992 Army of Darkness Sam Raimi 1943 Arsenic and Old Lace Frank Capra 1986 Back to School Alan Metter 2007 Balls of Fury Robert Ben Garant 2007 Blades of Glory Josh Gordon & Will Speck 1974 Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks 1980 Blues Brothers, The John Landis 2011 Bridesmaids Paul Feig 2008 Burn After Reading Joel & Ethan Coen 1980 Caddyshack Harold Ramis 1941 Charley’s Aunt Archie Mayo 2004 Christmas with the Kranks Joe Roth 2003 Daddy Day Care Steve Carr 1937 Day at the Races, A Sam Wood 2007 Death at a Funeral Frank Oz 1988 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Frank Oz 1972 Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Luis Buñuel 2004 Dodgeball Rawson Marshall Thurber 1964 Dr. Strangelove Stanley Kubrick 1933 Duck Soup Leo McCarey 1987 Ernest Goes to Camp John R. Cherry III 1978 Every Which Way but Loose James Fargo 1996 Fargo Joel & Ethan Coen 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Amy Heckerling 1997 Fierce Creatures Robert Young & Fred Schepisi 1966 Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Richard Lester 1926 General, The Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman 2014 Grand Budapest Hotel, The Wes Anderson 2009 Hangover, The Todd Phillips 1986 Haunted Honeymoon Gene Wilder 1978 Heaven Can Wait Warren Beatty & Buck Henry 1977 High Anxiety Mel Brooks 2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Ron Howard 1949 I Was a Male War Bride Howard Hawks 1998 Impostors, The Stanley Tucci 1963 It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Stanley Kramer 2003 Johnny English Peter Howitt 1991 Johnny Stecchino Roberto Benigni 1998 Le Diner de Cons Francis Veber 1979 Life of Brian Terry Jones 2005 Madagascar Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath 1989 Major League David S. Ward 1983 Man with Two Brains, The Carl Reiner 1963 McClintock! Andrew V. McLaglen 2000 Meet the Parents Jay Roach 2004 Meet the Fockers Jay Roach 1994 Mixed Nuts Nora Ephron 1986 Money Pit, The Richard Benjamin 1931 Monkey Business Norman Z. McLeod 1988 Moon Over Parador Paul Mazursky 1989 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Jeremiah S. Chechik 1983 National Lampoon’s Vacation Harold Ramis 1990 Nuns on the Run Jonathan Lynn 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Joel & Ethan Coen 1968 Party, The Blake Edwards 1985 Pee-wee’s Big Adventure Tim Burton 2016 Pee-wee’s Big Holiday John Lee 1976 Pink Panther Strikes Again, The Blake Edwards 1963 Pink Panther, The Blake Edwards 1987 Planes, Trains, & Automobiles John Hughes 1967 Producers, The Mel Brooks 1975 Return of the Pink Panther, The Blake Edwards 1978 Revenge of the Pink Panther Blake Edwards 1993 Robin Hood: Men in Tights Mel Brooks 1986 Ruthless People David & Jerry Zucker 1968 Shakiest Gun in the West, The Alan Rafkin 2004 Shark Tale Rob Letterman 1964 Shot in the Dark, A Blake Edwards 1993 So I Married an Axe Murderer Thomas Schlamme 1959 Some Like it Hot Billy Wilder 1987 Spaceballs Mel Brooks 1985 Spies Like Us John Landis 2008 Step Brothers Adam McKay 1983 Strange Brew Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas 1981 Stripes Ivan Reitman 1976 Swashbuckler James Goldstone 1998 There’s Something About Mary Bobby & Peter Farrelly 1986 Three Amigos! John Landis 1962 Three Stooges Meet Hercules, The Edward Bernds 1982 Tootsie Sydney Pollack 1982 Trail of the Pink Panther Blake Edwards 1996 Twelfth Night Trevor Nunn 1970 Twelve Chairs, The Mel Brooks 1978 Up in Smoke Lou Adler 1997 Vegas Vacation Stephen Kessler 1982 Victor Victoria Blake Edwards 1989 Weekend at Bernie’s Ted Kotcheff 1991 What About Bob? Frank Oz 1972 What’s Up, Doc? Peter Bogdanovich 1963 Who’s Minding the Store? Frank Tashlin 1974 Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks 2001 Zoolander Ben Stiller
