AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs explained

Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 funny movies in American cinema. A wide variety of comedies, totalling 500 films, were nominated for the distinction; genres included slapstick, action comedy, screwball comedy, romantic comedy, satire, black comedy, musical comedy, comedy of manners, and comedy of errors. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 13, 2000.^[1] ^[2]

Cary Grant has the most appearances on the list, with eight films.

Criteria

According to the AFI, the criteria for nomination are:^[3]

List of films

	Movie	Director(s)	Year
1	Some Like It Hot		1959
2	Tootsie		1982
3	Dr. Strangelove		1964
4	Annie Hall		1977
5	Duck Soup		1933
6	Blazing Saddles		1974
7	MASH*		1970
8	It Happened One Night		1934
9			1967
10	Airplane!		1980
11			1967
12			1935
13	Young Frankenstein		1974
14	Bringing Up Baby		1938
15			1940
16	Singin' in the Rain		1952
17			1968
18			1927
19	His Girl Friday		1940
20			1960
21			1988
22	Adam's Rib		1949
23	When Harry Met Sally...		1989
24	Born Yesterday		1950
25			1925
26	Being There		1979
27	There's Something About Mary	Peter Farrelly, Robert Farrelly	1998
28	Ghostbusters		1984
29	This Is Spinal Tap		1984
30	Arsenic and Old Lace		1944
31	Raising Arizona		1987
32			1934
33	Modern Times		1936
34	Groundhog Day		1993
35	Harvey		1950
36	Animal House		1978
37			1940
38	City Lights		1931
39	Sullivan's Travels		1941
40	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World		1963
41	Moonstruck		1987
42	Big		1988
43	American Graffiti		1973
44	My Man Godfrey		1936
45	Harold and Maude		1971
46	Manhattan		1979
47	Shampoo		1975
48			1964
49	To Be or Not to Be		1942
50	Cat Ballou		1965
51			1955
52	Ninotchka		1939
53	Arthur		1981
54			1944
55			1941
56	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein		1948
57	Diner		1982
58	It's a Gift		1934
59			1937
60	Topper		1937
61	What's Up, Doc?		1972
62	Sherlock Jr.		1924
63	Beverly Hills Cop		1984
64	Broadcast News		1987
65	Horse Feathers		1932
66	Take the Money and Run		1969
67	Mrs. Doubtfire		1993
68			1937
69	Bananas		1971
70	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town		1936
71	Caddyshack		1980
72	Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House		1948
73	Monkey Business		1931
74	9 to 5		1980
75	She Done Him Wrong		1933
76	Victor/Victoria		1982
77			1942
78	Road to Morocco		1942
79			1925
80	Sleeper		1973
81			1924
82	Private Benjamin		1980
83	Father of the Bride		1950
84	Lost in America		1985
85	Dinner at Eight		1933
86	City Slickers		1991
87	Fast Times at Ridgemont High		1982
88	Beetlejuice		1988
89			1979
90	Woman of the Year		1942
91			1972
92	Ball of Fire		1941
93	Fargo	Joel Coen	1996
94	Auntie Mame		1958
95	Silver Streak		1976
96	Sons of the Desert		1933
97	Bull Durham		1988
98			1956
99			1963
100	Good Morning, Vietnam		1987

Notes and References

Web site: 2006-09-26 . List of 500 Movies Nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190711172435/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs500.pdf . July 11, 2019 . 2019-12-28 . . PDF.
Web site: 2006-09-26 . List of America's 100 Funniest Movies . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130316140859/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf . March 16, 2013 . 2019-12-28 . . PDF.
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