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The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film continues its annual Top 100 List tradition with a list of the one hundred funniest films of all time. All members were asked to contribute 20 ideas, which were then compiled into the final list of mostly modern American films. According to the press release:
Many filmmakers from various eras appear more than once on the list, including Tim Burton, Charles Chaplin, Christopher Guest, Albert Brooks, John Waters, Buster Keaton, George Cukor, Kevin Smith, Peter Bogdanovich, Carl Reiner, Preston Sturges, Mel Brooks, Howard Hawks, and Woody Allen. Rob Reiner holds the distinction for being the only director to have multiple films of his crack the Top 10 with #3 This Is Spinal Tap and #10 Princess Bride. Sadly but not surprisingly, only two films helmed by women made the list: Valerie Faris, who co-directed Little Miss Sunshine pops up at #20, and Nicole Holofcener squeezes on at #99 with her debut feature, Walking & Talking...
One filmmaking team... managed a surprising four in the Top 100 list... Starting with the quirky, cult-fave The Big Lebowski at #13, [The Coen Brothers] squeeze two more into the Top 25 with Fargo at #22 and O Brother Where Art Thou at #25, with Raising Arizona rounding things out at #57.
Bostonist loves the recognition of the Cohen brothers, and we can get behind most of the top 10 (though should Groundhog Day really be that highly ranked?). The list is definitely heavy on newer movies, with even the just-released Juno making the cut. While we liked the majority of films on the list, we don't know that they're all top 100 of all time. Bad Santa? Really? And we loved Little Miss Sunshine, but more for its adorable poignancy than the laugh-out-loud moments. Some of our absolute favorites, which you must see if you haven't already, are in bold.
Below are the Top 10 Funniest Films according to the Chlotrudis Society. See the rest after the jump!
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. Young Frankenstein
3. This Is Spinal Tap
4. Some Like It Hot
5. Bringing Up Baby
6. Airplane!
7. Annie Hall
8. Dr. Strangelove
9. Groundhog Day
10. Princess Bride
11. A Fish Called Wanda
12. Pee Wee's Big Adventure
13. Big Lebowski
14. South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
15. Best in Show
16. Blazing Saddles
17. Animal Crackers
18. The 40-year-old Virgin
19. Duck Soup
20. Little Miss Sunshine
21. Lost in America
22. Fargo
23. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
24. The Producers
25. O Brother Where Art Thou?
26. His Girl Friday
27. Hairspray
28. The In-Laws
29. Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Movie
30. Christmas Story
31. Richard Pryor: Live on Sunset Strip
32. The General
33. Ferris Beuller's Day Off
34. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
35. Happiness
36. Election
37. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
38. Pink Flamingos
39. Flirting with Disaster
40. Nine to Five
41. The Muppet Movie
42. Office Space
43. The Ladykillers
44. Victor/Victoria
45. Juno
46. There's Something About Mary
47. Modern Times
48. The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain
49. Animal House
50. Steamboat Bill, Jr.
51. The Philadelphia Story
52. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
53. The Royal Tenenbaums
54. Noises Off
55. Wallace & Gromit in the Case of the Were-Rabbit
56. Auntie Mame
57. La Cage Aux Folles
58. The Tall Guy
59. Raising Arizona
60. Borat: Cultural Learnings…Kazahkstan
61. Old School
62. City Lights
63. Monty Python's The Life of Brian
64. What's Up Doc?
65. Bedazzled
66. When Harry Met Sally
67. Chicken Run
68. Defending Your Life
69. To Die For
70. Ghostbusters
71. Waiting for Guffman
72. Arthur
73. Sleeper
74. The Jerk
75. School of Rock
76. The Thin Man
77. Clerks II
78. Help!
79. Chasing Amy
80. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
81. The Blues Brothers
82. Bad Santa
83. Monkey Business
84. All of Me
85. Start the Revolution Without Me
86. Love and Death
87. The Palm Beach Story
88. Midnight
89. Beetlejuice
90. The Saddest Music in the World
91. Miracle at Morgan Creek
92. My Man Godfrey
93. Born Yesterday
94. Clue
95. Arsenic and Old Lace
96. Les Comperes
97. Risky Business
98. The Bank Dick
99. Walking & Talking
100. The Unbelievable Truth
For the film-making-minded, the Annual Chlotrudis Awards ceremony is coming up on March 30, 2008. You have until January 18, 2008, to nominate a film for an award. Awardees who have attended previous events include the now-infamous Ellen Page from Juno, as well as Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kerry Washington and Don McKellar.
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