I have a terrific friend who is coming home from the hospital tomorrow to recuperate from heart surgery. Her doctors say that this kind of surgery triggers feelings of sadness and depression. So I want to put together a list of the 20 funniest movies to send her family. I am trying to come up with a truly inspiring list. However, I need your collective genius.

If you got two minutes, would you post the funniest movies you have ever seen?

Here is my first brainstorm:


The Full Monty
Waking Ned Devine
Auntie Mame
Love Actually
Trading Places
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Greenfingers
Calender Girls
Saving Grace
How to Marry a Millionare
Bringing Up Baby
Indiscreet
The Philadelphia Story
The Seven Year Itch
My Favorite Wife

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    1. Young Frankenstein
      Blazing Saddles
      Its a Mad Mad World
      Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
      The Birdcage
      Ms. Doubtfire

  3. Maybe a little on the cynical side, but “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” always makes me laugh out loud, from unladen swallows to anarcho-syndicalist collectives.

    Other than that, having given up television and movies long ago for books and documentaries, I can’t be of much help. But I hope your terrific friend does well. My intentions and thoughts will be for her to recover from heart surgery and return to good health.

  4. Easy, breezy fun (for some)

    Groundhog Day
    Father Goose
    Mary Poppins
    L.A. Story

    Silly grins (for some)

    The Matchmaker
    My Cousin Vinny

  5. Apparently you had not yet completed your request when I added my first list. Now that you have described the parameters, I would add any of the following: Some Like It Hot, A Fish Called Wanda, L.A. Story, Coming to America, Sherman’s March (Ross MacElwee), What About Bob?, Groundhog Day, The Commitments, True Lies, Get Shorty, Ruthless People, The Addams Family, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Freshman, Soapdish, The Princess Bride, Betsey’s Wedding, When Harry Met Sally, When Harry Met Sally, Postcards from the Edge, and I’ll stop with “It Happened One Night and Tootsie.”

  6. 1. Sherman’s March
    2. Some Like it Hot
    3. Get Shorty
    4. Auntie Mame
    5. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
    6. The Seven Year Itch
    7. The Commitments
    8. Bringing Up Baby
    9. What About Bob?
    10. The Philadelphia Story
    11. L.A. Story
    12. The Apartment
    13. Coming to America
    14. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
    15. A Fish Called Wanda
    16. It Happened One Night
    17. Alice
    18. Dr. Strangelove
    19. True Lies
    20. Harold and Maude

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