Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 funny movies in American cinema. A wide variety of comedies, totalling 500 films, were nominated for the distinction; genres included slapstick, action comedy, screwball comedy, romantic comedy, satire, black comedy, musical comedy, comedy of manners, and comedy of errors. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 13, 2000.
On June 28, 2026, AFI reorganized the list and proclaimed Blazing Saddles the funniest movie of all time to celebrate the 100th birthday of its director, Mel Brooks, in reaction to Brooks' opinion that Blazing Saddles is funnier than Some Like It Hot, the original #1 film on the list.
Criteria According to the AFI, the criteria for nomination are:
List of films # Movie Year 1 Blazing Saddles1974 2 Some Like It Hot1959 3 Tootsie1982 4 Dr. Strangelove1964 5 Annie Hall1977 6 Duck Soup1933 7 M*A*S*H1970 8 It Happened One Night1934 9 1967 10 Airplane!1980 11 1967 12 1935 13 Young Frankenstein1974 14 Bringing Up Baby1938 15 1940 16 Singin' in the Rain1952 17 1968 18 1927 19 His Girl Friday1940 20 1960 21 1988 22 Adam's Rib1949 23 When Harry Met Sally...1989 24 Born Yesterday1950 25 1925 26 Being There1979 27 There's Something About Mary1998 28 Ghostbusters1984 29 This Is Spinal Tap1984 30 Arsenic and Old Lace1944 31 Raising Arizona1987 32 1934 33 Modern Times1936 34 Groundhog Day1993 35 Harvey1950 36 Animal House1978 37 1940 38 City Lights1931 39 Sullivan's Travels1941 40 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963 41 Moonstruck1987 42 Big1988 43 American Graffiti1973 44 My Man Godfrey1936 45 Harold and Maude1971 46 Manhattan1979 47 Shampoo1975 48 1964 49 To Be or Not to Be1942 50 Cat Ballou1965 51 1955 52 Ninotchka1939 53 Arthur1981 54 1944 55 1941 56 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein1948 57 Diner1982 58 It's a Gift1934 59 1937 60 Topper1937 61 What's Up, Doc?1972 62 Sherlock Jr.1924 63 Beverly Hills Cop1984 64 Broadcast News1987 65 Horse Feathers1932 66 Take the Money and Run1969 67 Mrs. Doubtfire1993 68 1937 69 Bananas1971 70 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936 71 Caddyshack1980 72 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House1948 73 Monkey Business1931 74 9 to 51980 75 She Done Him Wrong1933 76 Victor/Victoria1982 77 1942 78 Road to Morocco1942 79 1925 80 Sleeper1973 81 1924 82 Private Benjamin1980 83 Father of the Bride1950 84 Lost in America1985 85 Dinner at Eight1933 86 City Slickers1991 87 Fast Times at Ridgemont High1982 88 Beetlejuice1988 89 1979 90 Woman of the Year1942 91 1972 92 Ball of Fire1941 93 Fargo1996 94 Auntie Mame1958 95 Silver Streak1976 96 Sons of the Desert1933 97 Bull Durham1988 98 1956 99 1963 100 Good Morning, Vietnam1987
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