A Fool's Game: Ranking Yahoo's 100 Funniest Movies to See Before You Die
By Dustin Rowles | Seriously Random Lists | April 9, 2012 | Comments ()
This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever done.
Yahoo! took it upon themselves to announce the 100 Funniest Movies You Should See Before You Die. Naturally, because Yahoo! doesn’t have the courage to do so, they didn’t bother ranking the films. They only listed them in alphabetical order, thus saving themselves from the inevitable backlash, the Internet quarrels about how ridiculous it is that they’d rank _____ ahead of ______ or _______ thirty spots behind _________.
I acknowledge ranking the 100 Funniest Films of All Time is maybe the dumbest thing anyone can do. Comedy is subjective. Not a soul alive could rank these 100 movies in such a way as to make one single other person satisfied. It can’t be done. But, really, you need the rankings to provoke the conversation: Otherwise, it’s just a list of 100 funny films. You need a starting point. The Internet was created so that we could bitch anonymously, and lists are the fuel for our kvetchery.
So, I took the liberty of ranking their list of 100 films. This is the way I’d rank them. I’d probably rank them differently tomorrow. I concede, too, that I am wrong. That anyone attempting this task would be dead fucking wrong. Nevertheless, I present them as an opening salvo. I welcome your slings, arrows, and cries of trollery.
What you cannot convince me of, however, is that my number one is wrong. It is not. NO ONE DENIES THIS.
100. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
99. When Harry Met Sally
98. The Producers
97. Serial Mom
96. 9-5
95. Adam’s Rib
94. Billy Madison
93. Soapdish
92. The Aristocrats
91. How to Marry a Millionaire
90. The Player
89. Diner
88. The Bank Dick
87. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
86. Heaven Can Wait
85. The In-Laws
84. Bowfinger
83. Waiting for Guffman
82. Zoolander
81. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
80. Bring It On
79. Kung Fu Hustle
78. Love and Death
77. Rushmore
76. Tampopo
75. Hot Fuzz
74. Pulp Fiction
73. Kind Hearts and Coronets
72. Modern Times
71. Borat
70. Dazed and Confused
69. La Cage aux Folles
68. A Shot in the Dark
67. After Hours
66. Ball of Fire
65. Bridget Jones Diary
64. The General
63. The Odd Couple
62. Bad Santa
61. Best in Show
60. Used Cars
59. Tropic Thunder
58. Friday
57. Sullivan’s Travels
56. The Hangover
55. Swingers
54. South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
53. This is Spinal Tap
52. Dumb and Dumber
51. Some Like It Hot
50. Trading Places
49. Tootsie
48. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
47. National Lampoon’s Vacation
46. Heathers
45. Clueless
44. A Christmas Story
43. Wet Hot American Summer
42. Withnail and I
41. There’s Something About Mary
40. Raising Arizona
39. Election
38. Bull Durham
37. Slap Shot
36. Black Dynamite
35. Harold and Maude
34. Bridesmaids
33. National Lampoon’s Animal House
32. Arthur
31. Duck Soup
30. It Happened One Night
29. Coming to America
28. M*A*S*H
27. In the Loop
26. Caddyshack
25. The Apartment
24. Old School
23. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
22. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
21. Fletch
20. Monty Python’s Life of Brian
19. Shaun of the Dead
18. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
17. Arsenic and Old Lace
16. All About Eve
15. A Fish Called Wanda
14. Groundhog Day
13. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
12. Dr. Strangelove
11. Young Frankenstein
10. Blazing Saddles
9. Office Space
8. The Princess Bride
7. Annie Hall
6. The Jerk
5. His Girl Friday
4. Ghostbusters
3. Airplane
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1. The Big Lebowski
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