Nominations for Best Comedy Movie of the last 30 years.
 

Ok, time for another poll. Comedies this time.

I've decided to limit it to movies from 1975 until today. I just don't think most OOTers know enough about Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin's work to make it worthwhile including older movies.

That being said, lets hear some nominations.

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CaddyShack
Life

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Animal House
CaddyShack
Fletch
Blazing Saddles

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Man my spelling sucks.

Also add:
Swingers

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Office Space

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Well, obviously Blazing Saddles is going to win, so the whole thing is kind of pointless. But I suppose the race to 2nd could be interesting.

Ruthless People
Monty Python -- Grail and Life of Brian
Easy Money
Back to School (the man gets no respect, I tell ya)

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Gotta add the orginal Bad News Bears too.

I tell you what they couldn't get away with any of the stuff they do in that movie today. Expecially some of the lines of the little blond kid.

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I'm not so sure. Caddyshack is pretty popular, and people really like Office Space. We'll see...

Some more suggestions:

The Jerk
Austin Powers
Ace Ventura

Swede

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Tommy Boy
Happy Gilmore
Office Space
Animal House
Caddyshack
Maybe - Dazed and Confused?

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South Park
Naked Gun
Airplane
Election
Grumpy Old Men
Billy Madison
Vacation
Christmas Vacation
Tommy Boy
Pootie Tang

Edit: Can we make this pure comedies to avoid genre mixing?

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The Whole Ten Yards is a very funny movie that isn't very old.

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This will probably be a big list.

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Ace Ventura???

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Half Baked
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Dumb and Dumber (final four pick)

LDT

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Airplane
Young Frankenstein
Planes, Trains, and Auto

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South Park
Naked Gun
Airplane
Election
Grumpy Old Men
Billy Madison
Vacation
Christmas Vacation
Tommy Boy
Pootie Tang

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Pootie Tang man that movie was terrible.


Here is some more:

Nothing to lose
Nutty Professor
Friday

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Life of Brian

This is Spinal Tap

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You're fired.

Will

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The Birdcage was pretty funny.

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Pootie Tang man that movie was terrible.

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Well, yeah. But it makes me laugh a lot.

Another - CB4.

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Spaceballs

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You're fired.

Will

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At least he was half right.

Freakin

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Groundhog Day
A Fish Called Wanda (WINNER!)
Dodgeball
The Incredibles

Will

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Edit: Can we make this pure comedies to avoid genre mixing?

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Very well. I think it will be easier to weed out movies that aren't pure comedies than it is to decide what makes an action movie. If anyone sees any nominees which they feel shouldn't be considered primarily a comedy say so and I'll consider eliminating them from the poll.

Swede

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Half Baked
Spaceballs
Caddyshack
Airplane
Office Space
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Happy Gilmore
Mallrats
Austin Powers
Tommy Boy
The History of the World Part I
Clue
Super Troopers
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
City Slickers

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Airplane!

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Airplane
American Pie
Cheech and Chong's Still Smokin'
Porkys
History of the World Part I & II

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Austin Powers
Old School
Caddyshack
Office Space
Tommy Boy


1975 might be a bit far back.

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South Park Movie
Hot Wet American Summer

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Kingpin
Used Cars
48 Hours
Eddie Murphy: Delirious (not sure if a comedy concert movie counts)
Bustin Loose

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Something about Mary
Blues Brothers
Ferris Bueller's Day off
The Big Lebowski
Trading places
Coming to America
Wayne's World
Ghostbusters
Kingpin
Saving Silverman

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I don't think the Incredibles is really a pure comedy.

I was hesitant to nominate the Big Lebowski since I wasn't sure it was a pure comedy, but really, if it's not a comedy, I don't think there's anything else it could be. I'll nominate it, too. I think I'll also nominate A Clockwork Orange, for the same reason.

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48 Hours, while hilarious, is more action than comedy.

Trading Places, however...

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The Big Lebowski
Blazing Saddles
History of the World Part 1
Animal House
Caddyshack
Swingers
The Jerk
Office Space
Coming to America
Christmas Vacation
Outside Providence

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I think I'll also nominate A Clockwork Orange, for the same reason.

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Thank God nobody has said Anchorman or Napoleon Dynamite.

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I'll throw Pee Wee's Big Adventure in there.

IMO, the whole movie should have been made to be a comedy - not an action/dramatic movie with some funny scenes.

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This Is Spinal Tap

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Tootsie (can't believe nobody has nominated this one yet)
Groundhog Day
A Fish Called Wanda
Animal House
Young Frankenstein (yes, it's from 1974 but surely an exception could be made for this one)

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Good Morning Vietnam. Thread over.

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Good Morning Vietnam. Thread over.

Yeah, right up there with Patch Adams.