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Time Out London Ranks the 100 Best Comedies of All Time and They're Doing It Wrong!

By Dustin Rowles | Lists | September 16, 2011 |

By Dustin Rowles | Lists | September 16, 2011 |


Time Out London, the English publication that likes to put out very extensive movie lists — which is cool, but what does it have to do with tourism? — has released the 100 Best Comedies of All Time, a list that’s based upon the votes of 200 folks, like Edgar Wright, Dan Aykroyd, Richard Curtis, and Stephen Merchant. You can even see how each of those individuals (and 196 more) voted.

The results are … well, look: Comedy is very subjective. Therefore, any list that attempts to rank the top 100 comedies is probably not going to …. what? How the fuck in Napoleon Dynamite ranked ahead of … 62 other comedies and … Austin Powers that high? And why are Caddyshack and Raising Arizona so low and you’re really going to put Borat ahead of Ghostbusters? And what is Sister Act and BASEketball even doing on this …


OH MY GOD THIS IS THE WORST LIST EVER.

Here it is.

100. Sister Act (1992)

99. Carry on Screaming (1966)

98. Brazil (1985)

97. Swingers (1996)

96. BASEketball (1998)

95. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

94. Midnight Run (1988)

93. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

92. Nuts in May (1976)

91. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

90. Mean Girls (2004)

89. The Great Dictator (1940)

88. Arthur (1981)

87. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

86. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

85. Caddyshack (1980)

84. Galaxy Quest (1999)

83. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

82. The Pink Panther (1963)

81. Raising Arizona (1987)

80. Clockwise (1986)

79. Bridesmaids (2011)

78. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

77. Stir Crazy (1980)

76. Old School (2003)

75. Bananas (1971)

74. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

73. The Party (1968)

72. Bedazzled (1967)

71. Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

70. The General (1926)

69. Clerks (1994)

68. The Kings of Comedy (1982)

67. His Girl Friday (1940)

66. National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)

65. Elf (2003)

64. Coming to America (1988)

63. Kingpin (1966)

62. Hot Fuzz (2007)

61. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

60. Sleeper (1973)

59. Happy Gilmore (1996)

58. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)

57. The Hangover (2009)

56. A Night at the Opera (1935)

55. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

54. The Blues Brothers (1980)

53. Way Out West (1937)

52. Young Frankenstein (1974)

51. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

50. When Harry Met Sally (1989)

49. Love and Death (1975)

48. Play It Again Sam (1972)

47. The Apartment (1960)

46. Harold and Maude (1971)

45. Office Space (1999)

44. National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)

43. Tootsie (1982)

42. The Ladykillers (1955)

41. The Odd Couple (1968)

40. ¡Three Amigos! (1986)

39. Waiting for Guffman (1997)

38. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

37. Top Secret! (1984)

36. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

35. Zoolander (2001)

34. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

33. In the Loop (2009)

32. The Man with Two Brains (1983)

31. The Princess Bride (1987)

30. The Producers (1968)

29. Rushmore (1998)

28. Wayne’s World (1992)

27. There’s Something About Mary (1998)

26. Best in Show (2000)

25. The Castle (1997)

24. Four Lions (2010)

23. Ghostbusters (1984)

22. Dumb and Dumber (1994)

21. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

20. Trading Places (1983)

19. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)

18. The Naked Gun (1988)

17. Duck Soup (1933)

16. Shaun of the Dead (2004)

15. Blazing Saddles (1974)

14. Dr Strangelove (1964)

13. The Big Lebowski (1998)

12. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
(2006)

11. Team America: World Police (2004)

10. The Jerk (1979)

9. Some Like it Hot (1959)

8. Groundhog Day (1993)

7. Withnail & I (1987)

6. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

4. Annie Hall (1977)

3. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)

2. Airplane! (1980)

1. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)