Best Comedy Movies of All Time

So, if you have been frustrated for the last few days on being reduced to an earthling who is all well-mannered, with not a hair out of place, then here are some of the best comedies of all time made in Hollywood to aid in your attempts to lose those cufflinks and the polite smile. Go on and go mad with these best comedy movies of all time!

Given the fact that the word humorous is a relative term and what is the funniest to someone may come in as low as 9th in someone else's list, therefore chronology as per the films' dates of release is maintained in this list. Since all of them are masterpieces that should be viewed at least once, you decide when to watch what, and in what order.

"Will you look at that! Look how she moves! It's like Jell-O on springs. Must have some sort of built-in motor or something. I tell you, it's a whole different sex!"

A comedy reminiscent of Shakespearean comedy plays and replete with famous movie quotes, a movie where two men Jerry (Jackman Lemmon) and Joe (Tony Curtis) take to dressing up like women named Daphne and Josephine respectively, in order to escape the mobsters headed by goon 'Spats' Columbo, responsible for the Chicago St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929.

The men cross dress and join a girls' band in Miami. But things get funnier when Joe is smitten by Sugar Kane Kowalczyk (Marilyn Monroe) a member of the same band but cannot reveal his true self due to obvious reasons. Jerry on the other hand, manages to draw the attention of a rich admirer Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown), who will back out at nothing.

The film is brilliant with its final pursuit scenes and leaves a viewer in pain with laughter in the last seen when Osgood actually doesn't seem to have a problem on being exposed to Daphne's true gender and says, "Well, nobody's perfect."

"We're knights of the Round Table, we dance whene'er we're able. We do routines and chorus scenes with footwork impeccable, we dine well here in Camelot, we eat ham and jam and Spam a lot./We're knights of the Round Table, our shows are formidable. But many times we're given rhymes that are quite un-sing-able,...

...We're opera mad in Camelot, we sing from the diaphragm a lot./In war we're tough and able, Quite in-de-fa-ti-gable. Between our quests we sequin vests and impersonate Clark Gable/It's a busy life in Camelot."

As the anthem of Knights of Camelot has gripped your attention with lyrics not like common knightly behavioral patterns, you must watch this film.

It is primarily a spoof of all the legends of King Arthur (Graham Chapman) and his Round Table members with characters bizarrely named such as "Sir Robin the Not Quite So Brave As Sir Lancelot" (Eric Idle). This is replete with hilarious movie quotes and gags which include the character of Dingo inquiring about the caliber of the scene and all characters.

From preceding as well as succeeding moments, springing up with their opinions, a criminally psychotic rabbit hell-bent on killing people being harnessed by the indefeasible Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch and a police officer arbitrarily ending the film by blocking the camera lens from further filming!

"A relationship, I think, is like a shark. You know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark."

The film depicts the general course of love stories of 1970s.

It depicts the ardent efforts of a pessimistic lover and an eccentric comedian Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) delving in flashbacks in order to dig out the moments that could have culminated and led to his break up with his girlfriend Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). One of the best comedy movies of all times and undoubtedly a must watch!

"There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?"

Doubtlessly one of the good movies to watch when bored, this movie tickles your funny bone to the extent of leaving you bleary-eyed with laughter tears.

This movie sees the crew in trouble after eating a fish delicacy and getting food poisoned. It is on Ted Striker (Robert Hays) to fly it back to an airport in Chicago. Striker, who quit flying after taking down several of his men during a flying expedition in World War II got a fear for anything airborne, boards the plane only to woo his girlfriend Elaine.

Ted Striker (Robert Hays) himself is gripped by fear that needed tending right away and sees his job attaining higher degrees of difficulty given the bizarre crew members and outré passengers. This is truly one of the best comedy movies ever made.

"What kind of a host invites you to his house for the weekend and dies on you?"

Watch Larry (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard (Jonathan Silverman) as two idiots who are forced to make their dead murdered boss seem alive, as the frustrated mafia killer tries on and on to fulfill his task.

"I admire that honesty, Natalie, that's a noble quality. Never lose that, because it often disappears with age, or entering politics."

A heartwarming comedy of a divorced father Daniel Hillard (Robbin Williams) becomng an Irish nanny Mrs. Iphegenia Doubtfire, becoming a woman everyday with the help of his make up artist sibling Frank (Harvey Fierstein).

He does this to be with his children everyday, after the court allows him to see his children only weekly. The film takes hilarious twists in Hillards pursuit to keep his children happy and his identity hidden from his ex-spouse Miranda (Sally Field) and deal with Miranda's latest love interest, the vile and conceited Stuart Dunmeyer (Pierce Brosnan).

"This is f***ing fruitcake pan. I mean.....is that fashion? I mean their message out there. You got lot of naked people wandering around here."

Tag-lined "A seductive and fashionable comedy!" dubbed "an exuberant comedy" by Rolling Stones, this dark satire has jabs at the fashion world in Robert Altman's effort to reveal the true color of the industry.

The film stars icons like Sophia Loren, Kim Bassinger, Julia Roberts, Rupert Everett. Among the variant types of comedy, this film belongs to the kind which ruffles up the gray cells to make you think, rather than only making room for thoughtless laughter.

"If I'm not back in five minutes...just wait longer."

A comedy movie list is literally incomplete without a Jim Carrey flick. His other bests include 'The Mask', 'The Truman Show', and of course 'Bruce Almighty'. You have to watch this movie to understand why it made it to the list.

Jim Carrey stuns not only with his gravity defying hairstyle but also with his instinctive ways of being a part of the animal world, bizarre, and beyond the realms of understanding of any other human being. The sequel of this movie is equally enthralling and capable of literally inducing physical pain with laughter.

"Who needs him? I've got a vibrator!

The usual geek falls for beauty love story with a killer Cameron Diaz mesmerizing with her looks and 'a hung up on Mary even after 15 years' nerdy Ben Stiller, this movie is a laugh riot.

"You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a super-fly, but I bet you ain't never seen a donkey fly!"

A laugh riot where Donkey (Eddie Murphy) pushes Shrek (Mike Myers) out of his cocoon and overwhelming need to protect his solitary space, his swamp from intruders, with his self-imposed friendship so friendly and heinous ogre.

What ensues is a comic knight in the shining armor act and Shrek finding his lady-love Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) after much ado.

"Ah. Introduce people with thoughtful details. Perpetua, this is Mark Darcy. Mark is a prematurely middle-aged prick with a cruel raced ex-wife. Perpetua is a fat-ass old bag who spends her time bossing me around."

Girls will identify with every goof up of Bridget in spite of her attempts to get "inner poise" and protect herself from ravishing men. An adoption of Helen Fielding's work of the same name, the film goes around a woman's quest to tackle problems of advancing age, fluctuating weight and unyielding relationships. See Renée Zellweger at her best ever!

Queen Clarisse Renaldi: "Amelia, you look so... young."
Mia: "Thank you. And you look so..."
[Awkward pause at lack of finding appropriate non-offensive word]
Mia: "... clean."

A hilarious journey of a gawky teenager who one fine day finds out that she is the next heir in line of the country of Genovia.

Pandemonium follows with her struggling to learn ways of royalty, and trying to maintain the life of a normal teenager with the media disrupting her already topsy-turvy world! See Anne Hathaway win hearts with her innocent exuberance as she remorphs from a crow to a swan and Julie Andrews, elegantly guiding her grandchild as Queen Clarisse Renaldi.

"We never rush, we hasten."

This part sees the killer duo from the first part fight the illogical conventions of the society, without compromising on royal grace and poise. But with Amelia (Anne Hathaway), well problems are never far away.

This time, all hell breaks lose when the to be queen falls in love with her competitor for the throne, Nicholas Devereaux (Chris Pine) and that too after being betrothed to Duke of Kenilworth, Andrew Jacoby (Cullum Blue) for an impending arranged marriage in order to keep her throne!

"Greater good?' I am your wife! I'm the greatest *good* you are ever gonna get!"

The story of superhero family struggling with their urges to save the world again but forced to lead a normal suburban life. But when duty beckons and the world is endangered again, the Parrs transform into the Incredibles and restore peace and harmony.

"Stop browbeating her! Can't you see she is sexy?"

Inspector Jacques Clouseau's (Steve Martin) hilarious ways can be believed when seen. The clumsiest French inspector solves a murder case and uncovers the thief of the famous gem, the Pink Panther diamond in his unique style with his attempts to learn English and pronounce "hamburger"!

True, there are more such laugh riots that have entertained people over the ages but these are some of the best comedy movies of all times that people find entrancing. See them for yourselves to know why.