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
Life – Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence
Meet the Parents –
Wedding Crashers –
Hope this helps!
Depends on what kinds of humor strikes her as being really funny, but here are some of my personal all-time favorites:
Dumb and Dumber
Office Space
The Three Amigos
Dr. Strangelove
The Odd Couple (original)
The Jerk
Grosse Point Blanke
A Fish Called Wanda
Silver Streak
Bananas
The Man With Two Brains
Blazing Saddles
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Revenge of the Pink Panther
The Frisco Kid
Some Like It Hot
All of Me
Young Frankenstein
“10”
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
What’s Up Doc?
Since I have always loved films, beginning with a childhood experience watching Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (listed below) with my Mom and friends at a large screen Cinescope theatre, tears streaming down my Mom’s face from laughing so hard, here is my selection (not necessarily in this order)of some of my favorites (caveat: humor is subjective, and the listed are the “safest” of my selection):
Topper (#1, not Topper Returns)
Thin Man series
The Trouble with Angels
Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Adventures of Don Juan
Houseboat
Bulworth
Local Hero
Shampoo
Being There
Down with Love
Hairspray
The Real McCoys (60’s television show – its corny and silly)
Babe
City Slickers #1
Waiting for Guffman
Best in the Show
A Mighty Wind
Practical Magic
Living out loud
Bringing down the house
Here is a link to description of some Fred Astaire/G Rogers movies. I hope it helps. (If she is recovering in a big city, research has shown it helps to be able to look at the natural world for faster recovery. Even videos have been been found helpful. Horticulture therapy uses gardens.)
May her recovery be filled with love, friendship, wonderful food and music. AJ
http://www.reelclassics.com/Teams/Fred&Ginger/fg-article3.htm
Here are a few that I found funny.
What about Bob?
Office Space
Silver Streak
Raising Arizona
Blazing Saddles
Best in Show
Hope this helps.
Almost any Steve Martin movie– like The Jerk ! Also, Chevy Chase movies — those are funny too !
Caddyshack!