Maybe not my top 5 of all time, but the first 5 that come to mind are:

1. The Big Lebowski
2. Spaceballs
3. Animal House
4. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
5. Major League

This Is Spinal Tap
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
The Cable Guy
Waiting for Guffman
Dr.Strangelove

Ferris Bueller
Airplane
Caddyshack
Vacation
Max Dugan Returns- somewhat unknown but a great comedy
5b Cheech & Chong's up in Smoke



honorable mention:

Christmas Vacation
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Risky Business
UHF
Police Academy

ok, so picking only 5 was harder than I thought it would be....but to be fair to the goal of the thread, I am only picking 5......the first 5 that popped into my head were:

Young Frankenstein
Annie Hall
Rushmore
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Philadelphia Story

Office Space
Dumb + Dumber
Animal House
Scary Movie
Don't be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in Da Hood

Groundhog Day is the greatest comedy of all time hands down. I can't think of anything else worth mentioning in the same breath.


What are you doing later?

Something else.

Just five!? Really really tough. Have to look at my DVD's and videos later at home. But at the top of my head:

About a Boy
Election
Tootsie
Sixteen Candles
Ghost World

Can't do it. Must name more

Vacation
Young Frankenstein
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Clockwatchers
The Daytrippers
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Funny Farm

1. Airplane!
2. Groundhog Day
3. Monty Python & the Holy Grail
4. There's Something About Mary
5. National Lampoon's Vacation

Granted, I haven't watched a whole lot of comedies from pre-1970.

Dr. Strangelove
Caddyshack
This Is Spinal Tap
A Fish Called Wanda
White Men Can't Jump

5 good comedies in no particular order...

Ghostbusters
Young Frankenstein
Office Space
Dogma
Galaxy Quest

1. Dumb + Dumber
2. Billy Madison
3. Office Space
4. Blazing Saddles
5. Space Balls


Have to list more...

Young Frankenstein
Austin Power (all)
Jay and Silent Bob
Old School
Mallrates
Abbott and Costello movies (most of them, not all)
scary movie
Ghostbusters
errr Episode I star wars

My personal top 5:

1. Young Frankenstein
2. Tampopo
3. This is Spinal Tap
4. Kind Hearts and Coronets
5. Airplane!

Wow, it's hard for me to remember comedies! In no order

Ferris Bueller
Office Space

There's Something About Mary
Laughing, crying, rolling on the floor.

Ace Ventura:Pet Detective
Laughing, crying, rolling on the dirty theater floor.

so i married an axe murderer.
office space.
dumb and dumber.
planes, trains and automobiles.
naked gun.

1. As Good as It Gets
2. Sleepless in Seattle
3. You've Got Mail
4. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
5. Dumb and Dummer

Hmm, in terms of funniest movies of all time (i.e. not necessarily intelligent movies, but made me laugh my arse off)

1- Naked Gun 2.5
2- American Pie
3- Old School
4- Airplane
5- South Park: BLU

Just 5? Oh well..

Duck Soup
Singin' in the Rain
Some Like it Hot
Bananas
Monty Python's Life of Brian

Classic.

1. The Producers
2. Dr.Strangelove
3. The Jerk
4. Monty Python & The Holy Grail
5. This is Spinal Tap

here are mine

1. Groundhog Day- Funny as hell
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. The Ref
4. Something about Mary
5. Tommy Boy

The great thing about comedies is there are such wildly varying lists. What one person finds hilariously funny another finds incredibly stupid. A lot of the ones listed on here I thought were just painful to watch.

My list:

1. Wedding Singer
2. Better Off Dead
3. Fletch Lives
4. There's Something About Mary
5. Clerks or Office Space

Breakfast Club (can't believe this isn't on here more)
Summer School
Real Genius
Happy Gilmore
Can't Hardly Wait

I got your back on this one.. the onlt thing I despise more than the movie are the people who quote it..

BASEketball
The Dinner Game
One Crazy Summer
Revenge of the Nerds
Swingers

Tough call….there’s so many different styles of comedy. 5 of my favorites:

Joe vs. the Volcano
Spinal Tap
Manhattan
The Philadelphia Story
Sullivan’s Travels