AFI's
100 Years...100 Laughs

America's 100 Greatest
Comedies

The 500 Nominees, pt. 2


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.

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.


AMERICA's
FUNNIEST COMEDIES

(500 Nominees, pt. 2, alphabetical)
(winners are in bold)

  1. LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932)
  2. THE LOVE PARADE (1929)
  3. THE LOVED ONE (1965)
  4. LOVER COME BACK (1961)
  5. LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS (1970)
  6. M*A*S*H (1970)
  7. MAISIE GETS HER MAN (1942)
  8. THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR (1942)
  9. THE MALE ANIMAL (1942)
  10. MANHATTAN (1979)
  11. THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)
  12. THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS (1983)
  13. THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE (1924)
  14. MARRIED TO THE MOB (1988)
  15. MARY POPPINS (1964)
  16. THE MATCHMAKER (1958)
  17. THE MATING SEASON (1951)
  18. MEATBALLS (1979)
  19. MELVIN AND HOWARD (1980)
  20. MEN IN BLACK (1997)
  21. THE MERRY WIDOW (1925)
  22. METROPOLITAN (1990)
  23. MEXICAN SPITFIRE (1939)
  24. MIDNIGHT (1939)
  25. MIDNIGHT RUN (1988)
  26. MIN AND BILL (1930)
  27. MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ (1971)
  28. THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (1944)
  29. MISTER ROBERTS (1955)
  30. MODERN TIMES (1936)
  31. MONKEY BUSINESS (1931)
  32. MONKEY BUSINESS (1952)
  33. MOONSTRUCK (1987)
  34. THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943)
  35. MOVIE CRAZY (1932)
  36. MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (1948)
  37. MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)
  38. MR. LEMON OF ORANGE (1931)
  39. MRS. DOUBTFIRE (1993)
  40. THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979)
  41. MURDER BY DEATH (1976)
  42. MURDER, HE SAYS (1945)
  43. MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING (1997)
  44. MY COUSIN VINNY (1992)
  45. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
  46. MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE (1947)
  47. MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940)
  48. MY FAVORITE YEAR (1982)
  49. MY LITTLE CHICKADEE (1940)
  50. MY MAN GODFREY (1936)
  51. THE NAKED GUN: FILES FROM THE POLICE SQUAD! (1988)
  52. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
  53. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION (1983)
  54. THE NAUGHTY NINETIES (1945)
  55. THE NAVIGATOR (1924)
  56. NETWORK (1976)
  57. NEXT STOP, GREENWICH VILLAGE (1976)
  58. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935)
  59. NIGHT SHIFT (1982)
  60. THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY'S (1968)
  61. NINOTCHKA (1939)
  62. NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS (1958)
  63. NORTH DALLAS FORTY (1979)
  64. NOTHING SACRED (1937)
  65. THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (1963)
  66. THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (1996)
  67. OCEAN'S ELEVEN (1960)
  68. THE ODD COUPLE (1968)
  69. OH, GOD! (1977)
  70. ONE, TWO, THREE (1961)
  71. OPERATION PETTICOAT (1959)
  72. THE OPPOSITE OF SEX (1998)
  73. ORCHIDS AND ERMINE (1927)
  74. OUR HOSPITALITY (1923)
  75. THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS (1970)
  76. THE PALM BEACH STORY (1942)
  77. PAPER MOON (1973)
  78. PARENTHOOD (1989)
  79. THE PARENT TRAP (1961)
  80. THE PARTY (1968)
  81. PAT AND MIKE (1952)
  82. PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (1985)
  83. PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED (1986)
  84. PHFFFT! (1954)
  85. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
  86. PILLOW TALK (1959)
  87. PINK FLAMINGOS (1974)
  88. THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (1976)
  89. THE PIRATE (1948)
  90. PLATINUM BLONDE (1931)
  91. PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM (1972)
  92. THE PLAYER (1992)
  93. POLICE ACADEMY (1984)
  94. POLYESTER (1981)
  95. PORKY'S (1981)
  96. POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (1990)
  97. THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYST (1967)
  98. PRETTY WOMAN (1990)
  99. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1940)
  100. THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (1969)
  101. THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL (1957)
  102. THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987)
  103. PRIVATE BENJAMIN (1980)
  104. PRIVATE PARTS (1997)
  105. PRIZZI'S HONOR (1985)
  106. THE PRODUCERS (1968)
  107. PULP FICTION (1994)
  108. THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985)
  109. PUTNEY SWOPE (1969)
  110. THE QUIET MAN (1952)
  111. RAISING ARIZONA (1987)
  112. THE RAVEN (1963)
  113. REAL LIFE (1979)
  114. REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM (1917)
  115. THE REF (1994)
  116. REPO MAN (1984)
  117. REVENGE OF THE NERDS (1984)
  118. RISKY BUSINESS (1983)
  119. ROAD TO MOROCCO (1942)
  120. ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL (1979)
  121. THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)
  122. ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
  123. ROMAN SCANDALS (1933)
  124. ROMANCING THE STONE (1984)
  125. THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY (1930)
  126. ROXANNE (1987)
  127. RUGGLES OF RED GAP (1935)
  128. THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! (1966)
  129. S.O.B. (1981)
  130. SABRINA (1954)
  131. SAFETY LAST (1923)
  132. SAILOR BEWARE (1951)
  133. SAY ANYTHING... (1989)
  134. THE SENATOR WAS INDISCREET (1947)
  135. THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955)
  136. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998)
  137. SHAMPOO (1975)
  138. SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933)
  139. SHE LOVES ME NOT (1934)
  140. SHERLOCK, JR. (1924)
  141. SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT (1986)
  142. THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
  143. A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964)
  144. SHOW PEOPLE (1928)
  145. SILENT MOVIE (1976)
  146. SILVER STREAK (1976)
  147. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
  148. SISTER ACT (1992)
  149. SITTING PRETTY (1948)
  150. SIXTEEN CANDLES (1984)
  151. SLACKER (1991)
  152. SLAP SHOT (1977)
  153. SLEEPER (1973)
  154. SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993)
  155. SMILE (1975)
  156. SMOKE SIGNALS (1998)
  157. SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (1977)
  158. SO THIS IS PARIS (1926)
  159. SOAPDISH (1991)
  160. SOLID GOLD CADILLAC (1956)
  161. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
  162. SON OF PALEFACE (1952)
  163. SONS OF THE DESERT (1933)
  164. SOUP TO NUTS (1930)
  165. SPEEDY (1928)
  166. SPITE MARRIAGE (1929)
  167. SPLASH (1984)
  168. STAGE DOOR (1937)
  169. STALAG 17 (1953)
  170. START THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT ME (1970)
  171. STATE OF THE UNION (1948)
  172. STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. (1928)
  173. THE STING (1973)
  174. STIR CRAZY (1980)
  175. STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984)
  176. STRIPES (1981)
  177. THE STRONG MAN (1926)
  178. SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941)
  179. THE SUNSHINE BOYS (1975)
  180. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF! (1969)
  181. SWINGERS (1996)
  182. TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (1969)
  183. THE TALK OF THE TOWN (1942)
  184. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (1967)
  185. TAMMY AND THE BACHELOR (1957)
  186. TEACHER'S PET (1958)
  187. THE TENDER TRAP (1955)
  188. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983)
  189. THEODORA GOES WILD (1936)
  190. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (1998)
  191. THE THIN MAN (1934)
  192. THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
  193. THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES (1965)
  194. A THOUSAND CLOWNS (1965)
  195. THREE SMART GIRLS (1936)
  196. THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1939)
  197. TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE (1914)
  198. TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)
  199. TO DIE FOR (1995)
  200. TOOTSIE (1982)
  201. TOP SECRET! (1984)
  202. TOPPER (1937)
  203. TORRID ZONE (1940)
  204. TOY STORY (1995)
  205. TRADING PLACES (1983)
  206. TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP (1926)
  207. TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)
  208. THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955)
  209. TRUE LOVE (1989)
  210. THE TWELVE CHAIRS (1970)
  211. TWENTIETH CENTURY (1934)
  212. TWINS (1988)
  213. THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH (1990)
  214. UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (1948)
  215. UP IN SMOKE (1978)
  216. UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT (1974)
  217. USED CARS (1980)
  218. VALLEY GIRL (1983)
  219. VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982)
  220. WAG THE DOG (1997)
  221. WAITING FOR GUFFMAN (1996)
  222. THE WAR OF THE ROSES (1989)
  223. THE WATERBOY (1998)
  224. WATERMELON MAN (1970)
  225. WAY OUT WEST (1937)
  226. WAYNE'S WORLD (1992)
  227. A WEDDING (1978)
  228. WE'RE NO ANGELS (1955)
  229. WHAT PRICE GLORY (1926)
  230. WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT? (1965)
  231. WHAT'S UP, DOC? (1972)
  232. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... (1989)
  233. WHERE'S CHARLEY? (1952)
  234. WHERE'S POPPA? (1970)
  235. WHISTLING IN THE DARK (1941)
  236. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988)
  237. WHOOPEE! (1930)
  238. WHY WORRY? (1923)
  239. WILD AT HEART (1990)
  240. THE WILD PARTY (1929)
  241. WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957)
  242. WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)
  243. WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)
  244. THE WOMEN (1939)
  245. THE WORLD OF HENRY ORIENT (1964)
  246. YOU CAN'T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN (1939)
  247. YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938)
  248. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
  249. YOURS, MINE AND OURS (1968)
  250. ZELIG (1983)


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