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AFI's 100 Funniest Movies

The American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Funniest Movies, selected by AFI's blue-ribbon panel of more than 1,800 leaders of the American film community. Parents should note that some of these films -- although excellent movies -- may not be appropriate for children.

SuperKids' take on the list? Lots of obvious choices, and a few suprising selections. Our pick for the best of the best? The Court Jester (1956), starring Danny Kaye. Suitable for all ages, and repeated viewing!

The List

1. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis. Director: Billy Wilder
2. TOOTSIE (1982)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange. Director: Sydney Pollack. Rating: PG
3. DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964)
Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens and James Earl Jones. Director: Stanley Kubrick. Rated: PG
4. ANNIE HALL (1977)
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton. Director: Woody Allen Rating: PG
5. DUCK SOUP (1933)
Starring: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont. Director: Leo McCarey
6. BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
Starring: Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn. Director: Mel Brooks. Rated R
7. M*A*S*H (1970)
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould Director: Robert Altman Rating: R
8. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert. Director: Frank Capra
9. THE GRADUATE (1967)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman Director: Mike Nichols
10. AIRPLANE! (1980)
Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker Rating: PG
11. THE PRODUCERS (1968)
Starring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder Director: Mel Brooks. Rating: PG13
12. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935)
Starring: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones. Director: Sam Wood
13. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
Starring: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman. Director: Mel Brooks Rating: PG
14. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant. Director: Howard Hawks
15. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, John Howard. Director: George Cukor
16. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor. Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly.
17. THE ODD COUPLE (1968)
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau. Director: Gene Saks
18. THE GENERAL (1927)
Starring: Buster Keaton
19. HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell Director: Howard Hawks
20. THE APARTMENT (1960)
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine Director: Billy Wilder
21. A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988)
Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline. Director: Charles Crichton Rated: R
22. ADAM'S RIB (1949)
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn. Director: George Cukor
23. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989)
Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Steven Ford. Director: Rob Reiner Rated: R
24. BORN YESTERDAY (1950)
Starring: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford Director: George Cukor
25. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain Director: Charles Chaplin
26. BEING THERE (1979)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine Director: Hal Ashby Rating: PG
27. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (1998)
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Lee Evans, Chris Elliott. Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly Rated: R
28. GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis. Director: Ivan Reitman Rated: PG
29. THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
Starring: Rob Reiner, Kimberly Stringer Director: Rob Reiner Rating: R
30. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)
Starring: Cary Grant, Josephine Hull Director: Frank Capra
31. RAISING ARIZONA (1987)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe. Director: Joel Coen Rated: PG13
32. THE THIN MAN (1934)
Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy Director: W.S. Van Dyke
33. MODERN TIMES (1936)
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard Director: Charles Chaplin
34. GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)
Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray. Director: Harold Ramis Rated: PG
35. HARVEY (1950)
Starring: James Stewart, Josephine Hull Director: Henry Koster
36. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
Starring: John Belushi, Tim Matheson. Director: John Landis Rating: R
37. THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard. Director: Charles Chaplin
38. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
Starring: Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee Director: Charles Chaplin
39. SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941)
Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake Director: Preston Sturges
40. IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (1963)
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman. Director: Stanley Kramer. Rated: G
41. MOONSTRUCK (1987)
Starring: Cher, Nicolas Cage Director: Norman Jewison. Rated: PG
42. BIG (1988)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins Director: Penny Marshall Rating: PG
43. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard Director: George Lucas Rating: PG
44. MY MAN GODFREY (1936)
Starring: William Powell, Carole Lombard Director: Gregory La Cava
45. HAROLD AND MAUDE (1972)
Starring: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort Director: Hal Ashby
46. MANHATTAN (1979)
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton Director: Woody Allen Rating: R
47. SHAMPOO (1975)
Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie Director: Hal Ashby Rating: R
48. A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer Director: Blake Edwards Rating: PG
49. TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)
Starring: Jack Benny, Carole Lombard, Robert Stack
50. CAT BALLOU (1965)
Starring: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin. Director: Elliot Silverstein
51. THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955)
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell. Director: Billy Wilder
52. NINOTCHKA (1939)
Starring: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas Director: Ernst Lubitsch
53. ARTHUR (1981)
Starring: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli Director: Steve Gordon Rating: PG
54. THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (1944)
Starring: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton Director: Preston Sturges
55. THE LADY EVE (1941)
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda Director: Preston Sturges
56. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello Director: Charles Barton
57. DINER (1982)
Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern Director: Barry Levinson Rating: R
58. IT'S A GIFT (1934)
Starring: W.C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol. Director: Norman McLeod
59. A DAY AT THE RACES (1937)
Starring: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan. Director: Sam Wood
60. TOPPER (1937)
Starring: Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke.
61. WHAT'S UP, DOC? (1972)
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal Director: Peter Bogdanovich Rating: G
62. SHERLOCK, JR. (1924)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton. Director: Buster Keaton.
63. BEVERLY HILLS COP (1984)
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold Director: Martin Brest Rating: R
64. BROADCAST NEWS (1987)
Starring: William Hurt, Albert Brooks Director: James L. Brooks Rating: R
65. HORSE FEATHERS (1932)
Starring: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd. Director: Norman Z. McLeod
66. TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (1969)
Starring: Woody Allen, Janet Margolin Director: Woody Allen Rating: M
67. MRS. DOUBTFIRE (1993)
Starring: Robin Williams, Sally Field Director: Chris Columbus Rating: PG13
68. THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937)
Starring: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant Director: Leo McCarey
69. BANANAS (1971)
Starring: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser Director: Woody Allen Rating: PG13
70. MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur Director: Frank Capra
71. CADDYSHACK (1980)
Starring: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield Director: Harold Ramis Rating: R
72. MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (1948)
Starring: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas
73. MONKEY BUSINESS (1931)
Starring: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Rockliffe Fellowes. Director: Norman Z. McLeod
74. Nine to Five (1980)
Starring: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Sterling Hayden. Director: Colin Higgins Rating: PG
75. SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933)
Starring: Mae West, Cary Grant Director: Lowell Sherman
76. VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982)
Starring: Julie Andrews, James Garner Director: Blake Edwards Rating: PG
77. THE PALM BEACH STORY (1942)
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea Director: Preston Sturges
78. ROAD TO MOROCCO (1942)
Starring: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope Director: David Butler
79. THE FRESHMAN (1925)
80. SLEEPER (1973)
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton Director: Woody Allen Rating: PG
81. THE NAVIGATOR (1924)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire
82. PRIVATE BENJAMIN (1980)
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan Director: Howard Zieff Rating: R
83. FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950)
Starring: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton Director: Charles Shyer Rating: PG
84. LOST IN AMERICA (1985)
Starring: Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty Director: Albert Brooks Rating: R
85. DINNER AT EIGHT (1933)
Starring: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore. Director: George Cukor
86. CITY SLICKERS (1991)
Starring: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern Director: Ron Underwood Rating: PG13
87. FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold. Director: Amy Heckerling
88. BEETLEJUICE (1988)
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis Director: Tim Burton Rating: PG
89. THE JERK (1979)
Starring: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters Director: Carl Reiner Rating: R
90. WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn Director: George Stevens
91. THE HEARTBREAK KID (1972)
Starring: Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd Director: Elaine May Rating: PG
92. BALL OF FIRE (1941)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck Director: Howard Hawks
93. FARGO (1996)
Starring: William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi Director: Joel Coen Rating: R
94. AUNTIE MAME (1958)
Starring: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker Director: Morton DaCosta
95. SILVER STREAK (1976)
Starring: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh Director: Arthur Hiller Rating: PG
96. SONS OF THE DESERT (1933)
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Mae Busch, Dorothy Christy. Director: William A. Seiter
97. BULL DURHAM (1988)
Starring: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon Director: Ron Shelton Rating: R
98. THE COURT JESTER (1956)
Starring: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
99. THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (1963)
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens Director: Jerry Lewis
100. GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM (1987)
Starring: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker Director: Barry Levinson Rating: R

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