Defending Your Life

The 'Burbs

Absolutely. Great comedy. Zack Morris as a stoner and the guy from American Werewolf in Paris (worst sequel ever, imo) trying to get rommates to commit suicide? Genius. I'd love to get a remastered DVD someday.

Also:

Idle Hands.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Soapdish yet.

I watched it on YouTube for the first time a couple weeks ago and was compelled to buy it, it was so damn funny, especially Cathy Moriarty as the bi-polar Montana Moorehead.

Lost in America.
The Ref

The Best of Times ... Popeye vs. Dr. Death: Best WR vs. DB match-up EVAR!

The Hot Shots movies are really underrated; I think they are the best of the ZAZ brand.

Glad to see my two favorite buddy movies (Planes, Trains ... and Midnight Run) getting the love on the post.

First movie I thought of when I saw this thread.

Grodin is just terrific: "I'm a white collar criminal." "...If I were your accountant." "As far as you knew...you lied to me first!" "Jesus Christ! You guys are the dumbest bounty hunters I've ever seen!"

Yeah, yeah, those don't sound like funny lines...but when The Duke delivers them, they are friggen' hilarious!

And it's by far DeNiro's best comedy.

Great call. I agree!

Mr. Woodcock

how about Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back? sure its a bit over referencial to past movies, Affleck's cameo is great. "Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms'

Not sure if any of these were underrated when they came out, but some of them have been forgotten or aren't as highly praised as other comedies.

The Heartbreak Kid (1972!)
Start the Revolution Without Me.
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Smile
FM
Between The Lines
Brewster McCloud
Steelyard Blues
Modern Romance
Where The Buffalo Roam
Thank You Masked Man (Short)
Crimewave (I've always loved this Raimi film)
Small Change (Truffaut)
Chuck & Buck
I'm All Right Jack
Shakes The Clown
Cabin Boy
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Dark Star

It's already been mentioned but I gotta point out again that Kingpin is an overlooked comedy gem. It seems to get lost between the Farrelly's Dumb & Dumber and There's Something about Mary but it is one of the funniest movies.

Good choice, an unfairly maligned Altman film. The "wackiness" seems a bit forced at times, but still an original and unique film that deserves a DVD release.

Goddamn is this an uncomfortable film! I actually had to fast forward briefly a couple of times, watching was just too painful at times.

Joey Pants delivered the goods, as well.

Dennis F. had some great quotables: "Have a cream soda or something ..."

To me one of the highlights of the movie is the great Yaphet Kotto as Agent Alonzo Mosely.

Completely forgot Where the Buffalo Roam, great movie with Bill Murray and Peter Boyle doing the HST/Dr. Gonzo shtick 18 years before Depp and Del Toro did.

Murray is a master at unconventional imitations, and though we do hear HIS voice and his head is mainly full of hair, it's dead-on HST and a good companion piece to Johnny Depp's truly essential performance (still his best IMO).

OT: any love for the old SNL where the Coneheads were on Family Feud and Murray plays Richard Dawson? His moustache and hair are dead giveaways he doesn't look like him, but at the same time it's another example of what he did with HST because his mannerisms and voice are pretty much-dead on (especially the former).
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EDIT: Modern Romance has been on my radar for a while. Love Brooks' work I've seen (Mother and Lost in America), and I also heard Kubrick was a big fan.

Thank you Brack. I always seem to forget this film, even though I love it. Personally, I think it's Chevy Chase's smartest comedy. And it doesn't hurt that George Roy Hill directed it. A true underrated gem. I can't believe it only has a 5.5/10 rating on IMDB. Dumb asses.

I'd also like to add:

"The Frisco Kid"
"The Big Bus"
"The Man with Two Brains"
"The Big Picture"
"The Tall Guy"
"The Incredible Shrinking Woman"
"Private Parts"

Drowning Mona (if you haven't seen this and are a Will Ferrell fan - esp. his early days - then check this out) also, Casey Affleck is memorizing.

Chuck and Buck

I found it excruciating too, but I also found it hilarious, and was really glad that it loosened up by the end and had a pretty upbeat ending.

Forgot about this one, I saw it in the theaters when I was a kid like 4 times. I have an uneasy feeling I wouldn't find it quite as hilarious today.

Some great choices, especially Midnight Run. Here are a couple of mine:

Real Genius (Val Kilmer College Genius flick)
Running Scared ( Billy Crystal/Gregory Hines Buddy Cop Movie)

Both had some quotable lines, one of my favorite scenes from Running Scared:

A car is speeding towards both Billy and Greory and they shoot at it and make it swerve.

Billy: I can't believe you missed every shot.
Gregory: Whatta ya mean? I hit the windshield six times!
Billy: No, I hit the windshield six times. I don't know where the hell you were shooting at.
Gregory: You aim low anyway!
Billy: Sure, make short jokes now.

Turns to Joey Pants, a criminal who they've arrested.

Billy: Snake, the trail of trajectory.. Look who I'm asking, MR. Sat's.

Man, I was laughing as I wrote that. If you haven't seen either movie, give em a rent. They're pretty good.

Almost Heroes

Flirting With Disaster

Wow. I just bought this and watched it for the first time in over 20 years, although uneven, I had forgotten how great Gene Wilder was in that role. I don't think he was ever better. He really deserved the Oscar for that performance.

1990's Quick Change with Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Jason Robards, and Randy Quaid.

One of the funniest comedies ever made, and completely unheralded by the masses at large.