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If we haven't highlighted the title you're looking for, or you'd prefer to browse, you may access the entire catalog through any link below -- or here, where you'll find news of the latest releases and sales. A Search box is on each page.Airplane!
(1980) Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges
The mother of modern film spoofs, packs surreal, multi-layered, cartoonish gags into an on target roast of disaster flicks, while launching the comedy career of serious actor Leslie Nielsen.Annie Hall
(1977) Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Shelley Duvall
AFI's #31 Top Film. Multi-Oscared Best Picture winner is laugh out loud funny and a delight from top to bottom. Allen and Keaton, a cuddly screen team for the ages. La-de-da!As Good As It Gets
(1997) Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
Good enough for Jack and Helen to grab Oscars and scrape up five other Academy Award nominations. James L. Brooks' awkward romance about an acerbic grump is a winner.Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
(1997) Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Robert Wagner
Groovy, baby! This howlingly funny, on-the-nosey spoof of BAD '60s spy movies is shagadelic. The giddy opening sequence is right out of A Hard Day's Night.Bananas
(1971) Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Howard Cosell
The incredible story of Fielding Mellish. I've seen it at least 25 times. The movie puts me away. Anything for a laugh. The courtroom scene measures up to best of the Marx Bros. Big fun.Bank Dick, The
(1940) W. C. Fields, Franklin Pangborn, Una Merkel
It's dangerous to openly proclaim the funniest movie ever made; but I'll put this, my choice, up next to yours any day. One wacky picture that has it all -- and The Great Man!Bean
(1997) Rowan Atkinson, John Mills, Burt Reynolds
British television favorite Mr. Bean stumbles his way into a feature movie and a mission to America to guard "Whistler's Mother." Slapstick fun.Blazing Saddles
(1974) Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn
Mel Brooks' outrageous, anarchic, and surreal spoof pounced on the western genre AND racism! This picture, along with M*A*S*H, forever altered the direction of film comedy.
Citizen Kane
(1941) Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Agnes Moorehead
AFI's #1 Top American Film. Welles' stunning directorial debut reinvented movie making. Essentially a drama about an obsessive mogul, it is laced with intelligent wit throughout.City Lights
(1931) Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers
AFI's #76 Film. For anyone who thinks silent pictures can't be good. Brother, are you missing out! The Little Tramp befriends a blind girl in a rare blend of comedy and pathos that succeeds.Graduate, The
(1967) Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross
AFI's #7 Top American Film. Mike Nichols' landmark comedy-drama made Hoffman a star, touching a generation with its disillusioned youth in love with his mistress' daughter.Grease
(1978) John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing
The successful Broadway musical-comedy depicting idealized '50s life inside Rydell High School splashed onto the screen with a bright cast, hit songs, and universal fun.It's a Gift
(1934) W. C. Fields, Baby Le Roy, Kathleen Howard
Top-notch Fields. A film loaded with comic frustration. The mere thought of our hero dealing with blind Mr. Muckle, kumquats, and bedtime make me smile big. The title says it all!It's a Wonderful Life
(1946) James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
AFI's #11 Top Film. Frank Capra's triumph is for all seasons. Light comedy turns dark and fantastic with a visit from an angel. George and Mary's courtship is humor at it's most delightful.Lady and the Tramp
(1955) Voices of Peggy Lee, Stan Freberg, Alan Reed
Walt Disney's animated romantic comedy canine adventure is a stylish joy for all ages and the ages. With colorful Christmas settings, it's the perfect family holiday movie.Love and Death
(1975) Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Harold Gould
It is here, Woody's intellectualism firmly moved center stage in his films -- loving references to foreign cinema, literature, and classical music -- although, this one is certainly wildly funny.M*A*S*H
(1970) Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Sally Kellerman
AFI's #56 Film. From the Vietnam war era, this savage anti-military farce goes for the groin and rips audiences apart with gut-busting laughter. Superior to the neutered TV series.Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The
(1944) Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest
Preston Sturges' screwball whirlwind follows the complications of young Trudy Kockenlocker's unwed pregnancy. Considered daring at the time, it's nothing short of amazing and terrific.Nutty Professor, The
(1963) Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Kathleen Freeman
Lewis' comic spin on the Jekyll/Hyde tale is brighter, warmer, and sillier (a compliment!) than the remake. Prof. Kelp at the gym is pure gold. And watch him dance. Hey, kids, it's a gasser!Nutty Professor, The
(1996) Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, James Coburn
Although I prefer Jerry's Kelp to Eddie's Klump, this update has much to recommend for older viewers. Gutter material, although funny, tarnishes the project. It's simply in the wrong movie.The Parent Trap
(1998) Dennis Quaid, Lindsay Lohan, Lindsay Lohan
Disney achieves the impossible in this charming remake of the classic 1961 Hayley Mills double-feisty double-vision comedy of reunited twins reuniting Mom and Dad. It's as fun, too!Psycho
(1960) Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles
AFI's #18 Film. We don't need no stinkin' remakes! Alfred Hitchcock's thriller disturbed the world; yet, he saw it as a dark comedy. He also relished introducing the flushing toilet to films.Singin' in the Rain
(1952) Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds
AFI's #10 Top American Film. Silent movies learn to talk in this absolute joy, performed by an exhilarating cast. The best musical film ever is also a comedy riot! Should be in the Top 5!Some Like It Hot
(1959) Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
AFI's #14 Film. Fleeing mobsters, two men pose as women in Billy Wilder's jewel, often touted as the best sound era comedy. Joe E. Brown delivers the greatest closing line in history.White Christmas
(1954) Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney
A showbiz musical filled with Irving Berlin tunes and light comedy and romance. Uh, it may also have some Christmas stuff in it. I don't want to give too much away.Ten Movies that Make Me Laugh
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