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The funniest American movies of all time (AFI)

The top 3 according to 32 votes from people: Dr. Strangelove (1964) · Some Like It Hot (1959) · It Happened One Night (1934). (Updated May 21, 2019.)

The top of the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Laughs (2000), voted by 1,500 filmmakers, critics and historians.

Sebastián Díaz · · 12 items · 32 votes · 1 comment

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Top 12

  1. 1

    Dr. Strangelove (1964)

    Kubrick and Peter Sellers laugh at nuclear war.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  2. 2

    Some Like It Hot (1959)

    Number one: Billy Wilder, Marilyn and «nobody's perfect».

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  3. 3

    It Happened One Night (1934)

    Frank Capra, Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert on the road.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  4. 4

    Airplane! (1980)

    The disaster-movie parody with a joke every second.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  5. 5

    Tootsie (1982)

    Dustin Hoffman poses as an actress to get work.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  6. 6

    Annie Hall (1977)

    Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in New York.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    M*A*S*H (1970)

    Robert Altman and some unruly surgeons in the Korean War.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  8. 8

    The Graduate (1967)

    Dustin Hoffman and Mrs. Robinson.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  9. 9

    The Producers (1967)

    Mel Brooks and the musical «Springtime for Hitler».

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  10. 10

    Blazing Saddles (1974)

    Mel Brooks wrecks the western.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  11. 11

    Duck Soup (1933)

    The Marx Brothers in the republic of Freedonia.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  12. 12

    A Night at the Opera (1935)

    The Marx Brothers and the most crowded cabin in history.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0

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senderista · Español

Con faldas y a lo loco primera, nadie es perfecto 😂

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