50 Greatest Comedy Films

The 50 Greatest Comedy Movies was a documentary conducted by Channel 4 as part of its long running 100 greatest strand. The show asked viewers of the Channel 4 website to vote for their all time comedy movies. The show contained clips from the movies as well as InterViews with celebrities giving monologues on their own movies and giving their opinions on other movies. Among the contributors were Monty Python members Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, Leslie Nielson, Bobby Farrelly, Jeff Daniels, John Landis, David Zucker, Gene Wilder and Richard Curtis. The show was first broadcast in December 2006 and was narrated by Stephen Fry .

The Results

1. Monty Python's Life of Brian
2. Airplane!
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
5. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
7. American Pie
8. Blazing Saddles
9. There's Something AbOUT Mary
10. This is Spinal Tap
11. Annie Hall
12. The Blues Brothers
13. Groundhog Day
14. The [...] Gun
15. Waynes World
16. Some Like It Hot
17. Dumb and Dumber
18. Meet The Parents
19. Clerks
20. Young Frankenstein
21. Withnail & I
22. MASH
23. A Fish Called Wanda
24. Ghostbusters
25. Gregory's Girl
26. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
27. The Jerk
28. When Harry Met Sally
29. Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
30. Best In Show
31. School of Rock
32. The Full Monty
33. Planes, Trains & Automobiles
34. The Odd Couple
35. Trading Places
36. Four Weddings and a Funeral
37. Stir Crazy
38. A Shot in the Dark
39. Team America: World Police
40. Duck Soup
41. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
42. Police Academy
43. The Ladykillers
44. Beverly Hills Cop
45. Kingpin
46. The Princess Bride
47. National Lampoon's Animal House
48. Bridget Jones' Diary
49. Carry On Screaming!
50. The Producers