The Funniest Movie Ever

[George K]

[LuFins Dad]

I’ll challenge that. Comedy is an art, not a science, and the quality of the joke is far more important than the quality. I thoroughly enjoy Airplane, but would not rate it as the funniest.

[Jolly]

In your opinion, what's the funniest movie?

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad I'll sort of agree with you.

I think the metric used in that post is the number of jokes in the movie. Quantity ≠ Quality.

For pure slapstick, Airplane is the best.
For pure offensive humor: Blazing Saddles tied with The Producers
For pure parody humor: Young Frankenstein.

[Copper]

Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Most 3 Stooges (with Curly)
Roadrunner cartoons
Simpsons
Green Acres
Airplane
Fish Called Wanda
Addams Family

Nothing made after maybe 2010

[Jolly]

Animal House has to be in the top five.

[Jolly]

We're mostly citing older stuff. A list from 2000-2023:

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls057433882/

Superbad, Anchorman and maybe Napoleon Dynamite make the Top 25?

[Axtremus]

Our choices reflect our ages (and where we grew up) more than the quality or quantity of humor in movies.