Dave Tompkins :: DVD Library :: IMDb Charts :: Top by Genre :: Comedy


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1.The Marathon Family (1982)
2.The Rascals' Class Misses its Grades (1976)
3.The Foster Brothers (1976)
4.Who's Singin' Over There? (1980)
5.Balkan Spy (1984)
6.Saban, Son of Saban (1977)
7.The Crazy Class Wakes Up (1977)
8.The Dunce Class on Vacation (1978)
9.Andaz Apna Apna (1994)
10.The Broken Landlord (1985)
11.Feyzo, the Polite One (1978)
12.  City Lights (1931)

The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with.

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13.  Life is Beautiful (1997)

A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp.

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14.  The Intouchables (2011)

After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caretaker.

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15.The King of the Street Cleaners (1977)
16.Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
17.Sholay (1975)
18.Philanthropy (2002)
19.  Modern Times (1936)

The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.

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20.  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.

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21.  The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

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22.  The Great Dictator (1940)

In Chaplin's satire on Nazi Germany, dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a double... a poor Jewish barber... who one day is mistaken for Hynkel.

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23.  Back to the Future (1985)

In 1985, Doc Brown invents time travel; in 1955, Marty McFly accidentally prevents his parents from meeting, putting his own existence at stake.

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24.  Amelie (2001)

Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love.

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25.  3 Idiots (2009)

Two friends embark on a quest for a lost buddy. On this journey, they encounter a long forgotten bet, a wedding they must crash, and a funeral that goes impossibly out of control.

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26.  Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003)

A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.

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27.  Toy Story 3 (2010)

The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.

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28.Hera Pheri (2000)
29.  The Kid (1921)

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy.

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30.  Singin' in the Rain (1952)

A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

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31.  The Sting (1973)

In 1930s Chicago, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker.

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32.  The Apartment (1960)

A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

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33.Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
34.  Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles.

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35.  Some Like It Hot (1959)

When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.

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36.Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)
37.  Snatch (2000)

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

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38.Montevideo: Taste of a Dream (2010)
39.  Khosla's Nest (2006)

A Delhi based retired middle class man tries half-heartedly to get his land back from a swindling property dealer with the help of his sons and their friends.

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40.  The General (1926)

When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single handedly and straight through enemy lines.

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41.Barfi! (2012)
42.Cat City (1986)
43.  The Diamond Arm (1969)

Semyon Gorbunkov goes on a cruise. In Istanbul, he slips and breaks his arm. What he didn't know is that this was a signal for a gang of smugglers (a real smuggler - Gena - was also on ...

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44.  The Gold Rush (1925)

The Tramp goes the Klondike in search of gold and finds it and more.

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45.  It Happened One Night (1934)

A spoiled heiress, running away from her family, is helped by a man who's actually a reporter looking for a story. But then he falls for her...

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46.  Toy Story (1995)

A cowboy toy is profoundly threatened and jealous when a fancy spaceman toy supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.

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47.  Safety Last! (1923)

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

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48.The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)
49.The Cameraman (1928)
50.  Sherlock Jr. (1924)

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

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