| - The Hangover (2009) - the highest-grossing R-rated comedy ever in the US (unadjusted for inflation) at $277 million (# 3), surpassing the record held for 25 years by another R-rated comedy Beverly Hills Cop (1984) at $234 million (domestic) (# 4)
- Borat (2006) - the # 1 mockumentary at the box-office
- Airplane! (1980) - the # 1 comedy in ABC-TV's "The Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time" in 2011
- Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) - voted # 1 comedy in 2005 in Channel 4's "50 Greatest Comedy Films"
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - the # 2 comedy in ABC-TV's
- "The Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time" in 2011
- Annie Hall (1977) - ranked # 4 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; the # 22 ranked comedy film in IMDb's top rankings of comedy genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
- National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) - voted # 1 comedy by Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies"; ranked # 36 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughsranking in 2000; voted # 47 comedy in 2005 in Channel 4's "50 Greatest Comedy Films"
- The Graduate (1967) - ranked # 17 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; ranked # 7 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; ranked # 9 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; ranked # 52 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking in 2002; the # 25 ranked comedy film in IMDb's top rankings of comedy genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
- Dr. Strangelove Or:... (1964) - ranked # 39 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; ranked # 3 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; ranked # 14 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; ranked # 26 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; voted # 29 comedy in 2005 in Channel 4's "50 Greatest Comedy Films"; voted # 53 comedy by Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies"
- Some Like It Hot (1959) - the # 3 comedy in ABC-TV's "The Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time" in 2011; ranked # 22 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; ranked as the # 1 "Greatest American Comedy " in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; ranked # 5 in Film Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"; ranked # 9 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; ranked # 14 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; voted # 16 comedy in 2005 in Channel 4's "50 Greatest Comedy Films"; the # 9 ranked comedy film in IMDb's top rankings of comedy genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
- It Happened One Night (1934) - ranked # 46 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; ranked # 35 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; ranked the # 3 romantic comedy film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the only comedy (and one of only three films) to win the top five Academy Awards: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture and Best Director; ranked # 8 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; the # 17 ranked comedy film in IMDb's top rankings of comedy genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
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