25 best American comedies: from silent classics to the XXI century

1. Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

• US, UK, 1964.
• Black comedy.
• Duration: 95 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,4.

Satirical picture of Stanley Kubrick, has repeatedly called the funniest film of all time, he tells about the American general who, bypassing the US high command organized nuclear attack. The government is trying to prevent the outbreak of war, but one of the aircraft loses contact with the base.

2. Singin 'in the Rain

Singin 'In The Rain

• United States, 1952.
• Musical, comedy, romance.
• Duration: 103 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,3.

Don Lockwood - musician and star of silent films. But the cinema comes the revolution, and now the actors have to learn to work with microphones and sound. Adapt to the new times Don helps his new friend - a dancer Kathy Seldon.

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3. Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

• United States, 1959.
• Screwball comedy.
• Duration: 119 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,2.

legendary film Billy Wilder is dedicated to the two musicians. Hiding from the mafia, they are forced to change into women and go on tour with a jazz ensemble. But one of the characters falls in love with a singer.

4. Golden fever

The Gold Rush

• United States, 1925.
• Comedy, adventure.
• Duration: 95 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,2.

Little Tramp, which, as always, plays Charlie ChaplinIs sent to Alaska during the gold rush. The case leads him to the hut of the criminal Black Larsen, which falls and Big Jim, recently I have found gold. Then the heroes at odds with their roads, but fate brings them together again in a small town.

Even those who have not watched this movie, must have seen such legendary scene as dance pies, eating shoe and the moment where the Tramp confronts the storm, trying to get out of the hut.

5. Gen.

The General

• United States, 1926.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 75 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,2.

And one more silent comedy, only from the other legends of cinema - Buster Keaton. He plays the driver, who spies stole the locomotive "The General". As with the engine, and the villains stole the girlfriend of the hero, he sets off in pursuit.

6. Hotel "Grand Budapest"

The Grand Budapest Hotel

• Germany, USA, 2014.
• Comedy, Drama.
• Duration: 100 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,1.

The action of the most famous film Wes Anderson It takes place in a fictional country bison. The main characters - a senior concierge at "The Grand Budapest" Monsieur Gustave and his assistant Mustafa Zero - gets involved in a crazy adventure to prove his ownership of the priceless painting "Boy with a apple. "

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7. Annie Hall

annie Hall

• USA, 1977.
• Romantic comedy.
• Duration: 94 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,0.

The protagonist of the story is almost autobiographical Woody Allen - comedian Alvy Singer, suffering from neurosis and seeker-Semitic conspiracies everywhere. His life was more beloved. But the main among them remained Annie Hall. He recalls with humor the beginning and end of their relationship, as well as their constant failures.

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8. Graduate

The Graduate

• United States, 1967.
• Romantic comedy.
• Duration: 105 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,0.

College graduate Benjamin Braddock returns home. Soon he meets a friend of his parents - attractive Mrs. Robinson. The meeting leads to the novel. But soon Benjamin falls in love with her daughter.

The irony is that the difference in the age of Dustin Hoffman, who played a major role, and Anne Bancroft, who went to the image of Mrs. Robinson - a total of six years.

9. young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

• USA, 1974.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 106 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,0.

The famous comedy director Mel Brooks came up with the plot of this film with his longtime friend - actor Gene Wilder, who played a major role. Parody of the classic Horror He tells the story of Dr. Frankenstein's grandson. He inherits a castle, where the infamous grandfather spent his experiments, and also revives the monster.

10. The Philadelphia story

The Philadelphia Story

• United States, 1940.
• Romantic comedy, melodrama.
• Duration: 112 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,0.

Beauty Tracy divorced and plans to marry his father's business partner. She did not want any publicity, but the wedding penetrate yellow newspaper reporters. And it soon becomes clear that the bride does not like her future husband, and was fascinated by one of the reporters. And on top of her ex-husband comes to everything.

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11. Groundhog day

groundhog Day

• USA, 1993.
• Comedy, Romance.
• Duration: 101 min.
• IMDb: 8,0.

TV commentator Phil Connors is sent to the town of Punxsutawney to celebrate Groundhog Day. February 2, he shoots report, casually spends the day and go to bed. And in the morning discovers that on the calendar again February 2. This day will be repeated every now and againWhile Phil did not find a way to get out of the time loop.

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12. duck soup

Duck Soup

• United States, 1933.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 68 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,9.

Classic slapstick Marx Brothers introduces the viewer to the fictional country of Freedonia poor. To save the country from bankruptcy, a rich widow Tisdale agrees to allocate $ 20 million. But it must lead the country admirer Rufus Firefly. And he almost starts a war with neighboring Sylvania.

13. Airplane!

Airplane!

• USA, 1980.
• Black comedy.
• Duration: 88 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,8.

This famous comedy trio from the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams parody classic disaster movies. The plot revolves around a former military pilot who is in constant depression, but must save the falling plane.

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14. Blazing saddles

Blazing Saddles

• USA, 1974.
• Comedy, Western.
• Duration: 93 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,8.

The film is a parody of the classic westerns and primarily the painting "Noon". Greedy villains want to push through a small town railway. But for this they need to drive out all the inhabitants. Make it look legitimate, they are sent to the city of a gang of thugs and appoint a new sheriff who barely knows how to shoot, and even black.

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15. Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

• United States, 1984.
• Comedy, fantasy.
• Duration: 105 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,8.

The action of the first in the history of the "summer blockbuster" takes place in New York. People are increasingly confronted with the ghosts, and confront supernatural threat can only scientists who assembled a team of ghost hunters.

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16. Office space

Office Space

• United States, 1999.
• Comedy, Crime.
• Duration: 89 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,8.

The author of "king of the hill"And" Beavis and Battheda "Mike Judge in the late nineties has produced one of the best films of the office workers. The protagonist - the clerk Peter Gibbons. After the unfinished hypnosis session, he lost all interest in their work. But, oddly enough, it helps him to move up the career ladder. And then Peter general decides to steal the money of the company, but not everything goes according to plan.

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17. clerks

Clerks

• USA, 1994.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 92 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,8.

The debut film of the future creator of "Dogma" and "Jay and Silent Bob" Kevin Smith devoted one day in the life of a small shop workers. Heroes versed in friendships and romantic relationships, play hockey, and even go to the funeral.

By the way, in this picture appears briefly the very Jay and Silent Bob.

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18. Produced by

The Producers

• United States, 1968.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 88 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,7.

Unlucky Broadway producer puts the failed one statement after another and each time declared himself bankrupt. But suddenly, he has a chance to earn: accountant suggests he was not the most honest, but very profitable scheme. For this, they have to put deliberately bad musical. For example, about Hitler.

19. The odd couple

The Odd Couple

• United States, 1968.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 105 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,7.

Pedant and Neat Felix Unger kicked out of the house wife. And soon he settled in all shortstop Oscar Madison. The only trouble in one: Felix does not tolerate any violation of regulations and dirt, and Oscar loves stag and wild lifestyle.

After the success of the first film this story repeatedly continued, restarted and even filmed female versions. Yet the original remained inimitable.

20. Military Field Hospital MESH

MASH

• United States, 1970.
• Black comedy.
• Duration: 116 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,6.

The action of the legendary film, which launched the whole franchise, takes place in the American field a military hospital Number 4077, located close to the front lines of the Korean War. To new surgeons come. To somehow distract from the hardships of life and the horror of battle, they always play each other.

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21. Tootsie

Tootsie

• USA, 1982.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 116 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,4.

We actor Michael Dorsey complex, which is why he always loses his job. One listen to the hero changes into a woman and suddenly realizes that so many people like. But soon the problems with his beloved.

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22. Raising Arizona

Raising Arizona

• USA 1987.
• Comedy, Crime.
• Duration: 94 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,4.

Nicolas Cage plays a petty criminal named Hai. Together with his wife, he decides to kidnap a child running to the police. After all, they can not make their own, the owner of the network of shops Arizona Nathan was born just five. Hay decided that the loss is still no one will notice. But this is already stupid plan adds a lot of problems, when Chaya come his former cellmates and bounty hunter goes in search of a baby.

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23. Big

Big

• USA, 1988.
• Comedy, Drama, Family.
• Duration: 104 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,3.

The little boy, Josh Baskin is eager to become an adult. He makes a wish and wakes up the next morning already thirty years. Ran away from home, Josh finds a job. Of course, this is a business that is associated with toys. This film was the first major success of the beloved Tom Hanks.

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24. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious People of Kazakhstan

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

• US, UK, 2006.
• Comedy, mockumentary.
• Duration: 84 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,3.

mockumentary the picture is devoted to the adventures of another alter ego of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, who went to shoot a documentary in the United States.

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25. There's Something About Mary

There's Something About Mary

• United States, 1998.
• Comedy, Romance.
• Duration: 119 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,1.

Once clumsy Ted disgraced on a date with the beautiful Mary. After 13 years, he still wants to return to first love and even hires a private detective to tail her. He executes the order, but he begins to have feelings for the girl. In addition, take care of it pizza boy and her ex-boyfriend. But Ted does not want to give up.

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Of course, the world's largest film industry for half a century has made more than comedies. The list provides only a small part, loved by many critics and viewers. And in the comments, you can add your favorite funny movies of Hollywood and please the other readers.