AFI's
100 Years...100 Laughs

America's 100 Greatest
Comedies

The 500 Nominees, pt. 1

The American Film Institute's (AFI) third polling, 100 Years...100 Laughs was a definitive selection of the 100 greatest American comedy films of all time, as determined by a blue-ribbon panel or "jury" of more than 1,800 leaders of the American movie community including actors, directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, historians, film executives and critics.

AFI’s 100 Years…100 Laughs revealed America’s 100 funniest movies, as chosen by leaders of the entertainment community, in a three-hour television event, that aired on the CBS Television Network in mid-June 2000. Other AFI pollings have been for:

AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies (1998)
AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars/Legends (1999)
AFI’s 100 Years…100 Laughs (2000)
AFI’s 100 Years…100 Thrills (2001)
AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions (2002)
AFI's Heroes and Villains (2003)
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs (2004)
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes (2005)
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers (2006)

According to the AFI, these are "the films and film artists that have made audiences laugh throughout the century." The ballot of 500 nominated films (below) were the basis for the selected films, according to the following criteria:

• Feature-Length Fiction Film: The film must be in narrative format typically more than 60 minutes long
  
  
• American Film: The film must be an English-language film 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 must create an experience greater than the sum of the smile
  
  
• Legacy: Laughs that echo across time, enriching America's film heritage and inspiring artists and audiences today

See also this site's sections on the Comedy Films Genre and the Greatest Comedies of All Time and Funniest Film Moments and Scenes.

Note: The films that are marked with a yellow star are the films that
"The Greatest Films" site has selected as the 100 Greatest Films.

1. 10 (1979)
2. 1941 (1979)
3. 48 HRS. (1982)
4. 9 TO 5 (1980)
5. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)
6. ABOUT LAST NIGHT... (1986)
7. THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR (1961)
8. ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE (1994)
9. ADAM'S RIB (1949)
10. ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES (1993)
11. THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI (1984)
12. AFTER HOURS (1985)
13. AIRPLANE! (1980)
14. ALADDIN (1992)
15. ALL OF ME (1984)
16. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
17. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)
18. THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY (1964)
19. ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930)
20. ANNIE HALL (1977)
21. THE APARTMENT (1960)
22. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)
23. ARTHUR (1981)
24. AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997)
25. AUNTIE MAME (1958)
26. AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY (1997)
27. AVANTI! (1972)
28. THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937)
29. BABE (1995)
30. THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER (1947)
31. BACHELOR MOTHER (1939)
32. BACK TO SCHOOL (1986)
33. BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
34. THE BAD NEWS BEARS (1976)
35. BALL OF FIRE (1941)
36. BANANAS (1971)
37. THE BANK DICK (1940)
38. BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (1967)
39. BEACH BLANKET BINGO (1965)
40. BEAT THE DEVIL (1954)
41. BEDTIME FOR BONZO (1951)
42. BEETLEJUICE (1988)
43. BEING THERE (1979)
44. BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE (1958)
45. THE BELLBOY (1960)
46. BEVERLY HILLS COP (1984)
47. BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1970)
48. BIG (1988)
49. THE BIG PICTURE (1989)
50. THE BIRDCAGE (1996)
51. BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
52. BLESSED EVENT (1932)
53. BLONDIE (1938)
54. BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE (1938)
55. THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980)
56. BLUME IN LOVE (1973)
57. BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (1969)
58. BOB ROBERTS (1992)
59. BOMBSHELL (1933)
60. BORN YESTERDAY (1950)
61. BOY MEETS GIRL (1938)
62. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961)
63. BREWSTER McCLOUD (1970)
64. BREWSTER'S MILLIONS (1921)
65. THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D. (1941)
66. THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
67. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
68. BROADCAST NEWS (1987)
69. BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (1984)
70. BRONCO BILLY (1980)
71. THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (1984)
72. BROTHER ORCHID (1940)
73. BUCK PRIVATES (1941)
74. BULL DURHAM (1988)
75. BULLETS OVER BROADWAY (1994)
76. BULWORTH (1998)
77. BUS STOP (1956)
78. BYE BYE BIRDIE (1963)
79. CACTUS FLOWER (1969)
80. CADDYSHACK (1980)
81. CALIFORNIA SPLIT (1974)
82. CALIFORNIA SUITE (1978)
83. THE CAMERAMAN (1928)
84. THE CANDIDATE (1972)
85. CAR WASH (1976)
86. THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1939)
87. CAT BALLOU (1965)
88. CATCH-22 (1970)
89. CHAMPAGNE FOR CAESAR (1950)
90. CHARADE (1963)
91. CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
92. CHRISTMAS IN JULY (1940)
93. A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983)
94. THE CIRCUS (1928)
95. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
96. CITY SLICKERS (1991)
97. CLERKS (1994)
98. CLUELESS (1995)
99. CLUNY BROWN (1946)
100. THE COCOANUTS (1929)
101. COLLEGE (1927)
102. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE (1931)
103. COOLEY HIGH (1975)
104. COTTON COMES TO HARLEM (1970)
105. THE COURT JESTER (1956)
106. THE CRIMSON PIRATE (1952)
107. DAVE (1993)
108. A DAY AT THE RACES (1937)
109. DEAR RUTH (1947)
110. DEFENDING YOUR LIFE (1991)
111. DESIGNING WOMAN (1957)
112. DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (1985)
113. DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939)
114. THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES (1941)
115. DICK TURPIN (1925)
116. DINER (1982)
117. DINNER AT EIGHT (1933)
118. DIVORCE AMERICAN STYLE (1967)
119. DON'T CHANGE YOUR HUSBAND (1919)
120. DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS (1986)
121. DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964)
122. DuBARRY WAS A LADY (1943)
123. DUCK SOUP (1933)
124. DUMB & DUMBER (1994)
125. EASY LIVING (1937)
126. EATING RAOUL (1982)
127. THE EGG AND I (1947)
128. ELLA CINDERS (1926)
129. ELMER THE GREAT (1933)
130. THE END (1978)
131. EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (1978)
132. EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK) (1972)
133. FANCY PANTS (1950)
134. FARGO (1996)
135. THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER (1947)
136. FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
137. FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950)
138. FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986)
139. THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (1996)
140. A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988)
141. FLETCH (1985)
142. FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (1996)
143. A FLORIDA ENCHANTMENT (1914)
144. A FOREIGN AFFAIR (1948)
145. FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE (1926)
146. FORREST GUMP (1994)
147. THE FORTUNE COOKIE (1966)
148. FOUL PLAY (1978)
149. FRANCIS (1949)
150. FREAKY FRIDAY (1977)
151. THE FRESHMAN (1925)
152. THE FRESHMAN (1990)
153. THE FRONT (1976)
154. THE FRONT PAGE (1931)
155. FUN WITH DICK AND JANE (1977)
156. FUNNY GIRL (1968)
157. A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (1966)
158. THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)
159. THE GENERAL (1927)
160. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)
161. GET SHORTY (1995)
162. THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN (1966)
163. GHOST CHASERS (1951)
164. GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
165. GIRL CRAZY (1943)
166. A GIRL IN EVERY PORT (1928)
167. A GIRL'S FOLLY (1917)
168. GIRL SHY (1924)
169. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
170. THE GOODBYE GIRL (1977)
171. THE GOOD FAIRY (1935)
172. GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM (1987)
173. GOOD NEWS (1947)
174. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS (1969)
175. THE GRACIE ALLEN MURDER CASE (1939)
176. THE GRADUATE (1967)
177. THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)
178. THE GREAT McGINTY (1940)
179. THE GREAT RACE (1965)
180. GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)
181. GRUMPY OLD MEN (1993)
182. GUNGA DIN (1939)
183. HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (1944)
184. HAIRSPRAY (1988)
185. HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM (1933)
186. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1986)
187. HAROLD AND MAUDE (1972)
188. HARRY AND TONTO (1974)
189. HARVEY (1950)
190. HAVE ROCKET, WILL TRAVEL (1959)
191. THE HEARTBREAK KID (1972)
192. HEATHERS (1989)
193. HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978)
194. HELLZAPOPPIN' (1941)
195. HENRY ALDRICH, EDITOR (1942)
196. HIGH ANXIETY (1977)
197. HIPS, HIPS, HOORAY (1934)
198. HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
199. HIS MAJESTY, THE AMERICAN (1919)
200. HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 1 (1981)
201. HOLIDAY (1938)
202. HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE (1987)
203. HOME ALONE (1990)
204. THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT (1945)
205. HORSE FEATHERS (1932)
206. THE HOSPITAL (1971)
207. HOUSE PARTY (1990)
208. HOUSEBOAT (1958)
209. HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE (1953)
210. HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (1967)
211. I LOVE YOU, ALICE B. TOKLAS! (1968)
212. I MARRIED A WITCH (1942)
213. IN & OUT (1997)
214. THE IN-LAWS (1979)
215. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (1949)
216. INTERNATIONAL HOUSE (1933)
217. IRMA LA DOUCE (1963)
218. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
219. IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU (1954)
220. IT'S A GIFT (1934)
221. IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (1963)
222. IT'S IN THE BAG! (1945)
223. THE JERK (1979)
224. JERRY MAGUIRE (1996)
225. KELLY THE SECOND (1936)
226. THE KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE (1977)
227. THE KID (1921)
228. THE KID BROTHER (1927)
229. KILL THE UMPIRE (1950)
230. THE KING OF COMEDY (1983)
231. KISS ME KATE (1953)
232. L.A. STORY (1991)
233. THE LADY EVE (1941)
234. LADY KILLER (1933)
235. THE LANDLORD (1970)
236. THE LATE SHOW (1977)
237. THE LEMON DROP KID (1951)
238. LIAR LIAR (1997)
239. LIBELED LADY (1936)
240. LIFE WITH FATHER (1947)
241. LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY (1925)
242. LITTLE MISS MARKER (1934)
243. LITTLE MURDERS (1971)
244. THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960)
245. LIVING IN OBLIVION (1995)
246. THE LONG, LONG TRAILER (1954)
247. THE LONGEST YARD (1974)
248. LOST IN AMERICA (1985)
249. THE LOVE BUG (1969)
250. LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (1938)