Funniest Movies of All Time

Last Updated on 12 April 2024

The following list is the Official Definitive List of the 600 funniest movies of all time.

During the early 2020s there has been an explosion of “best of” lists online. So many that I felt I needed to re-create my list of funniest movies. In 2020, I found 27 lists of best comedies or funniest movies. In April 2024, I found 56 lists! More than double! And as new movies come out and sensibilities and tastes change over the years, this kind of update keeps my list relevant.

I found 56 different ranked lists online of “funniest movies” or “best comedies of all time” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 56 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Airplane! (1980)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Some Like it Hot (1959)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Borat (2006)
Bridesmaids (2011)
Superbad (2007)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
Caddyshack (1980)
Office Space (1999)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Annie Hall (1977)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Life of Brian (1979)
Animal House (1978)
The Naked Gun (1988)
The Hangover (2009)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Step Brothers (2008)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Coming to America (1988)
There’s Something About Mary (1998)
Duck Soup (1933)
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
City Lights (1931)
The Jerk (1979)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Modern Times (1936)
The General (1926)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Mean Girls (2004)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Spaceballs (1987)
The Producers (1968)
The Apartment (1960)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Zoolander (2001)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
American Pie (1999)
Wayne’s World (1992)
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Friday (1995)
Dumb Money (2023)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Murder by Death (1976)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
Elf (2003)
Team America: World Police (2004)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Best in Show (2000)
Tootsie (1982)
Clueless (1995)
Tommy Boy (1995)
M*A*S*H (1970)
Back to the Future (1985)
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Trading Places (1983)
Shrek (2001)
Clue (1985)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Vacation (1983)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Girls Trip (2017)
Withnail & I (1987)
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Men in Black (1997)
Rushmore (1998)
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Deadpool (2016)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Tropic Thunder (2008)
Home Alone (1990)
Booksmart (2019)
Old School (2003)
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Birdcage (1996)
In Bruges (2008)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Three Amigos! (1986)
Good Burger (1997)
To Be or Not To Be (1942)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
School of Rock (2003)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Toy Story (1995)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Liar Liar (1997)
Four Lions (2010)
All About Eve (1950)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
Rye Lane (2023)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
The Odd Couple (1968)
21 Jump Street (2012)
The Party (1968)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
The Big Sick (2017)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Safety Last! (1923)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Lady Eve (1941)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
The Truman Show (1998)
Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
Billy Madison (1995)
Clerks (1994)
Despicable Me (2010)
White Chicks (2004)
Big (1988)
The World’s End (2013)
Play it Again, Sam (1972)
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
Senior Year (2022)
The Impostors (1998)
Rush Hour (1998)
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Graduate (1967)
Zombieland (2009)
What About Bob? (1991)
Being There (1979)
Game Night (2018)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Pineapple Express (2008)
The Nice Guys (2016)
The Mask (1994)
Get Out (2017)
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
We’re the Millers (2013)
Top Secret! (1984)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
The Wedding Singer (1998)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Lost in America (1985)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Scary Movie (2000)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Broadcast News (1987)
Stripes (1981)
Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Kingpin (1996)
Super Troopers (2001)
Blades of Glory (2007)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Pitch Perfect (2012)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
La La Land (2016)
The Intouchables (2012)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Playtime (1967)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Bananas (1971)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Arthur (1981)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
Juno (2007)
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Lake Placid (1999)
Pinocchio (1940)
Polite Society (2023)
American Graffiti (1973)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
City Slickers (1991)
Inside Out (2015)
Swingers (1996)
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Legally Blonde (2001)
Midnight Run (1988)
What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
Heathers (1989)
Fargo (1996)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Knocked Up (2007)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
The Death of Stalin (2017)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
Ratatouille (2007)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
MacGruber (2010)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Love and Death (1975)
Snatch (2000)
Police Academy (1984)
Zootopia (2016)
The Kid (1921)
9 to 5 (1980)
Ted (2012)
The Incredibles (2004)
The Lego Movie (2014)
Fanboys (2009)
No Hard Feelings (2023)
Manhattan (1979)
The King of Comedy (1982)
The Money Pit (1986)
In the Loop (2009)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Sister Act (1992)
The Waterboy (1998)
Adam’s Rib (1949)
Bull Durham (1988)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Shampoo (1975)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Violent Night (2022)
The Artist (2012)
Nuts in May (1976)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Easy A (2010)
Up (2009)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Chicken Run (2000)
Neighbors (2014)
Slap Shot (1977)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Roman Holiday (1953)
13 Going on 30 (2004)
Serial Mom (1994)
Roxanne (1987)
A League of Their Own (1992)
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Election (1999)
Bad Santa (2003)
Amélie (2001)
Sideways (2004)
Shrek 2 (2004)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Don’t Think Twice (2016)
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1943)
Toni Erdmann (2016)
The Pink Panther (1963)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Mary Poppins (1964)
22 Jump Street (2014)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Tangerine (2015)
The Nutty Professor (1996)
It’s a Gift (1934)
The Dinner Game (1998)
Carry On Screaming! (1966)
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
Harvey (1950)
The Thin Man (1934)
Knives Out (2019)
Think Like a Man (2012)
Beerfest (2006)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Ninotchka (1939)
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)
Weekend at Bernie’s (1989)
Crumb (1994)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Grown Ups (2010)
The Goonies (1985)
Black Dynamite (2009)
The Celebration (1998)
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022)
Secret Ceremony (1968)
The Bank Dick (1940)
Paterson (2016)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Scrooged (1988)
Tampopo (1985)
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
Clerks II (2006)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Private Benjamin (1980)
The Circus (1928)
Get Santa (2014)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Miss Congeniality (2000)
History of the World, Part I (1981)
Moonstruck (1987)
The Cable Guy (1996)
The Other Guys (2010)
Spy (2015)
Jackass: The Movie (2002)
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)
The Muppets (2011)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Me, Myself and Irene (2000)
Road to Morocco (1942)
Big Daddy (1999)
The Aristocrats (2005)
Fletch (1985)
Lady Bird (2017)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Born Yesterday (1950)
The Room (2003)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
CB4 (1993)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Nashville (1975)
The Final Option (Who Dares Wins) (1982)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Baby Driver (2017)
The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law (1998)
Take the Money and Run (1969)
As Good As it Gets (1997)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
After Hours (1985)
Almost Famous (2000)
Monkey Business (1931)
Brazil (1985)
One, Two, Three (1961)
Blockers (2018)
Glass Onion (2022)
Kung Fu Hustle (2005)
Thundercrack! (1975)
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Horse Feathers (1932)
Ice Age (2002)
Night at the Museum (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
The Court Jester (1956)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Hot Rod (2007)
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
Poor Things (2023)
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
Instant Family (2018)
Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
Aladdin (1992)
Wolfwalkers (2020)
Anomalisa (2015)
Cool Runnings (1993)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Another Round (2020)
It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
La Cage aux Folles (1978)
Mommie Dearest (1981)
Polyester (1981)
Revenge of the Bridesmaids (2010)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Father of the Bride (1950)
Half Baked (1998)
Silver Streak (1976)
This Is the End (2013)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Yes, God, Yes (2019)
The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Daddy’s Home 2 (2017)
Saved! (2004)
The Librarian III: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
The Road to Utopia (1945)
Top Five (2014)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
All About My Mother (1999)
Major League (1989)
The Sting (1973)
Paddington 2 (2017)
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Black Sheep (1996)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Dope (2015)
Green Book (2018)
Killing Me Softly (2002)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
UHF (1989)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
A Serious Man (2009)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Meaning of Life (1983)
Dear White People (2014)
East Is East (1999)
Rustlers’ Rhapsody (1985)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Top Hat (1935)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Breaking Away (1979)
Weird Science (1985)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
Eighth Grade (2018)
Smiley Face (2007)
The Addams Family (1991)
The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Rat Race (2001)
The President Is Coming (2009)
Overboard (1987)
Up in Smoke (1978)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
48 Hrs. (1982)
500 Days of Summer (2009)
Ed Wood (1994)
A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)
Banana Split (2018)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Zelig (1983)
50 First Dates (2004)
Back to School (1986)
Idiocracy (2006)
Amanece, que no es poco (1989)
Before Midnight (2013)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
Klaus (2019)
Trainwreck (2015)
Kick-Ass (2010)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Bowfinger (1999)
Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)
House Party (1990)
Love & Friendship (2016)
Mon Oncle (1958)
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
The Castle (1997)
Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella (2001)
Minions (2015)
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Hook (1991)
How to Be Single (2016)
Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Analyze This (1999)
The Proposal (2009)
Dogma (1999)
Band of Outsiders (1964)
Bill Cosby: Himself (1983)
Case 39 (2009)
Stand by Me (1986)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Meatballs (1979)
Turner & Hooch (1989)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Playtime (1967)
Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
Spanish Affair (2014)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Stir Crazy (1980)
Trainspotting (1996)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Men in Black II (2002)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Anvil (2008)
The Band Wagon (1953)
Cat Ballou (1965)
Role Models (2008)
Strange Brew (1983)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Man Bites Dog (1992)
Superstar (1999)
Welcome to the Sticks (2008)
Topper (1937)
Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Sandlot (1993)
George of the Jungle (1997)
Are We There Yet? (2005)
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
Sisters (2015)
The Iron Giant (1999)
The ‘Burbs (1989)
A Summer’s Tale (1996)
Big Business (1988)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Paper Moon (1973)
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
SuperBob (2015)
Three Colors: White (1994)
A Bread Factory Part Two: Walk with Me a While (2018)
Mary and Max (2009)
Soapdish (1991)
Tangled (2010)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Swing Time (1936)
Tremors (1990)
Real Genius (1985)
The Lovebirds (2020)
8½ (1963)
Airbag (1997)
Love Affair (1939)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Balls of Fury (2007)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982)
Drop Dead Fred (1991)
Little Nicky (2000)
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
Swiss Army Man (2016)
The Ladykillers (1955)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
A Bread Factory Part One: For the Sake of Gold (2018)
I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
L.A. Story (1991)
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
Taxi (2015)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)
Paddington (2014)
Bad Grandpa (2013)
Hit the Road (2021)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
The Other Woman (2014)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
I Love You, Man (2009)
Logan Lucky (2017)
Seven Chances (1925)
The Favourite (2018)
The Lobster (2015)
She’s the Man (2006)
Spy Hard (1996)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Bedazzled (1967)
The Best Man Holiday (2013)
The Worst Person in the World (2021)
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Soul (2020)
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
Ghost World (2001)
American Splendor (2003)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Diner (1982)
Gosford Park (2001)
The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Wayne’s World 2 (1993)
It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2011)
Popeye (1980)
A Day at the Races (1937)
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
Chungking Express (1994)
The Lost City (2022)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Get Him to the Greek (2010)
Nacho Libre (2006)
Pottersville (2017)
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Stalag 17 (1953)
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)
Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)