50 Greatest Comedy Films

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The 50 Greatest Comedy Films
Directed by	Sarah Fanthorpe
Produced by	Sean Doherty (executive) Sarah Stockton Mark Turnbull
Narrated by	Stephen Fry
Editing by	Mark Heasman Alex Muggleton
Distributed by	Channel 4 Television Corporation (UK)
Release date(s)	1 January 2006
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The 50 Greatest Comedy Movies was a documentary conducted by Channel 4 as part of its long running 100 Greatest strand. The show asked viewers of the Channel 4 website to vote for their all time comedy movies. The show contained clips from the movies as well as interviews with celebrities giving monologues on their own movies and giving their opinions on other movies. Among the contributors were Monty Python members Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, Leslie Nielsen, Bobby Farrelly, Jeff Daniels, John Landis, David Zucker, Gene Wilder and Richard Curtis. The show was first broadcast in December 2006 and was narrated by Stephen Fry .

[edit] The Results

1. Monty Python's Life of Brian
2. Airplane!
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
5. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
7. American Pie
8. Blazing Saddles
9. There's Something About Mary
10. This is Spinal Tap
11. Annie Hall
12. The Blues Brothers
13. Groundhog Day
14. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
15. Wayne's World
16. Some Like It Hot
17. Dumb and Dumber
18. The Odd Couple
19. Clerks
20. Young Frankenstein
21. Withnail & I
22. MASH
23. A Fish Called Wanda
24. Ghostbusters
25. Gregory's Girl
26. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
27. The Jerk
28. When Harry Met Sally
29. Dr. Strangelove
30. Best In Show
31. School of Rock
32. The Full Monty
33. Planes, Trains & Automobiles
34. Meet The Parents
35. Trading Places
36. Four Weddings and a Funeral
37. Stir Crazy
38. A Shot in the Dark
39. Team America: World Police
40. Duck Soup
41. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
42. Police Academy
43. The Ladykillers
44. Beverly Hills Cop
45. Kingpin
46. The Princess Bride
47. National Lampoon's Animal House
48. Bridget Jones' Diary
49. Carry On Screaming!
50. The Producers

[edit] External links

• The 50 Greatest Comedy Films at the Internet Movie Database