This document contains a list of 239 comedy films spanning from 1971 to 2021. Some of the most notable and highest grossing comedies included are American Graffiti, National Lampoon's Animal House, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Airplane!, There's Something About Mary, Austin Powers, The Hangover, Bridesmaids, and Jumanji films. The list shows the evolution and popularity of the comedy genre over the past 50 years in Hollywood.
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1. The Million Dollar Duck - 1971
2. What’s Up, Doc? - 1972
3. American Graffiti - 1973
4. Young Frankenstein - 1974
5. Monty Python
and the Holy Grail - 1975
6. The Return of the
Pink Panther - 1975
7. The Pink Panther
Strikes Again - 1976
8. Silent Movie - 1976
9. Silver Streak - 1976
10. High Anxiety - 1977
11. Slap Shot - 1977
12. National Lampoon’s
Animal House - 1978
13. Revenge of the
Pink Panther - 1978
14. Meatballs - 1979
15. Airplane! - 1980
16. Caddyshack - 1980
17. Used Cars - 1980
18. Stripes - 1981
19. Fast Times at
Ridgemont High - 1982
20. A Christmas Story - 1983
21. National Lampoon’s
Vacation - 1983
22. Beverly Hills Cop - 1984
23. Ghostbusters - 1984
24. This Is Spinal Tap - 1984
25. Top Secret! - 1984
26. After Hours - 1985
27. Back to the Future - 1985
28. Basic Training - 1985
29. Better Off Dead - 1985
30. The Breakfast Club - 1985
31. Brewster’s Millions - 1985
32. Clue - 1985
33. The Coca-Cola Kid - 1985
34. Desperately
Seeking Susan - 1985
35. Fandango - 1985
36. Fletch - 1985
37. Follow That Bird - 1985
38. Girls Just Want
to Have Fun - 1985
39. The Goonies - 1985
40. Gotcha! - 1985
41. Into the Night - 1985
42. The Jewel of the Nile - 1985
43. Just One of the Guys - 1985
44. The Last Dragon - 1985
45. The Man With
One Red Shoe - 1985
46. Moving Violations - 1985
47. Murphy’s Romance - 1985
48. National Lampoon’s
European Vacation - 1985
49. Once Bitten - 1985
50. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure - 1985
51. Police Academy 2:
Their First Assignment - 1985
52. Private Resort - 1985
53. The Purple Rose of Cairo - 1985
54. Real Genius - 1985
55. Secret Admirer - 1985
56. Spies Like Us - 1985
57. Summer Rental - 1985
58. Teen Wolf - 1985
59. Transylvania 6-5000 - 1985
60. Volunteers - 1985
61. Weird Science - 1985
62. Back to School - 1986
63. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - 1986
64. ¡Three Amigos! - 1986
65. Can’t Buy Me Love - 1987
66. Good Morning, Vietnam - 1987
67. Mannequin - 1987
68. Moonstruck - 1987
69. Planes, Trains
& Automobiles - 1987
70. The Princess Bride - 1987
71. Raising Arizona - 1987
72. Spaceballs - 1987
73. Big - 1988
74. Beetlejuice - 1988
75. Coming to America - 1988
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76. A Fish Called Wanda - 1988
77. The Naked Gun: From the
78. Files of Police Squad! - 1988
79. Scrooged - 1988
80. Twins - 1988
81. Bill & Ted’s
Excellent Adventure - 1989
82. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - 1989
83. National Lampoon’s
Christmas Vacation - 1989
84. See No Evil, Hear No Evil - 1989
85. Weekend at Bernie’s - 1989
86. When Harry Met Sally - 1989
87. Home Alone - 1990
88. City Slickers - 1991
89. Don’t Tell Mom
the Babysitter’s Dead - 1991
90. Drop Dead Fred - 1991
91. Hot Shots! - 1991
92. What About Bob? - 1991
93. Army of Darkness - 1992
94. Encino Man - 1992
95. My Cousin Vinny - 1992
96. Wayne’s World - 1992
97. Dazed and Confused - 1993
98. Groundhog Day - 1993
99. Mrs. Doubtfire - 1993
100. The Sandlot - 1993
101. So I Married an
Axe Murderer - 1993
102. Dumb & Dumber - 1994
103. Ace Ventura:
Pet Detective - 1994
104. Airheads - 1994
105. Clerks - 1994
106. Billy Madison - 1995
107. Clueless - 1995
108. Empire Records - 1995
109. Friday - 1995
110. Mallrats - 1995
111. Tommy Boy - 1995
112. Black Sheep - 1996
113. The Cable Guy - 1996
114. Fargo - 1996
115. Happy Gilmore - 1996
116. Kingpin - 1996
117. Mars Attacks! - 1996
118. Waiting for Guffman - 1996
119. Austin Powers: International
Man of Mystery - 1997
120. Chasing Amy - 1997
121. Liar Liar - 1997
122. Vegas Vacation - 1997
123. The Big Lebowski - 1998
124. Can’t Hardly Wait - 1998
125. Rushmore - 1998
126. There’s Something
About Mary - 1998
127. The Waterboy - 1998
128. Galaxy Quest - 1999
129. Office Space - 1999
130. Best in Show - 2000
131. Dude, Where’s My Car? - 2000
132. The Royal Tenenbaums - 2001
133. Super Troopers - 2001
134. Zoolander - 2001
135. Austin Powers:
Goldmember - 2002
136. Orange County - 2002
137. My Big Fat Greek
Wedding - 2002
138. Bruce Almighty - 2003
139. Down With Love - 2003
140. Elf - 2003
141. A Mighty Wind - 2003
142. Old School - 2003
143. Anchorman: The Legend
of Ron Burgundy - 2004
144. DodgeBall: A True
Underdog Story - 2004
145. Harold and Kumar
Go To White Castle - 2004
146. Mean Girls - 2004
147. Napoleon Dynamite - 2004
148. Shaun of the Dead - 2004
149. The 40-Year-Old Virgin - 2005
150. The Hitchhiker’s Guide
to the Galaxy - 2005
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151. Wedding Crashers - 2005
152. Borat: Cultural Learnings
of America for Make Benefit
Glorious Nation of
Kazakhstan - 2006
153. Click - 2006
154. Nacho Libre - 2006
155. Night at the Museum - 2006
156. Talladega Nights - The Ballad
of Ricky Bobby - 2006
157. Blades of Glory - 2007
158. Good Luck Chuck - 2007
159. Juno – 2007å
160. Knocked Up - 2007
161. Superbad - 2007
162. Forgetting Sarah Marshall -
2008
163. Pineapple Express - 2008
164. Role Models - 2008
165. Step Brothers - 2008
166. You Don’t Mess
with the Zohan - 2008
167. ropic Thunder - 2008
168. Black Dynamite - 2009
169. The Hangover - 2009
170. I Love You, Man - 2009
171. Cop Out - 2010
172. Diary of a Wimpy Kid - 2010
173. Grown Ups - 2010
174. Hot Tub Time Machine - 2010
175. Bridesmaids - 2011
176. Crazy, Stupid, Love - 2011
177. Friends with Benefits - 2011
178. A Very Harold & Kumar
3D Christmas - 2011
179. 21 Jump Street - 2012
180. Pitch Perfect - 2012
181. Ted - 2012
182. The Internship - 2013
183. This Is the End - 2013
184. We’re the Millers - 2013
185. 22 Jump Street - 2014
186. The Lego Movie - 2014
187. A Million Ways to Die
in the West - 2014
188. Neighbors - 2014
189. Pitch Perfect 2 - 2015
190. Vacation - 2015
191. Dirty Grandpa - 2016
192. Ghostbusters - 2016
193. Jumanji: Welcome
to the Jungle - 2017
194. BlacKkKlansman – 2018
195. Blockers - 2018
196. Game Night - 2018
197. Tag - 2018
198. Booksmart - 2019
199. Good Boys - 2019
200. Jexi - 2019
201. Jumanji: The Next Level - 2019
202. Bill & Ted
Face the Music - 2020
203. The Binge - 2020
204. Eurovision Song Contest - 2020
205. Palm Springs - 2020
206. The Wrong Missy - 2020
207. Jungle Cruise - 2021
208. Psycho Goreman - 2021
209. Thunder Force - 2021
210. Werewolves Within - 2021