Favorite Comedies Of All Time -- Part 1

If there's one thing I've learned over the years it's that comedy is one of the best movie genres out there. I know personally that I'm one of those typical action, adventure and sci-fi movie type of guys. And while rom-coms weren't exactly for me at one time, I'm starting to come around on them. I strongly believe though that regular comedies are that middle ground where everyone can just sit down and enjoy the movie.

Here's part 1 of MY favorite comedies of all-time (in no particular order):

Step Brothers (2008)

I think it's safe to assume that even if you're not a movie fan, this is towards the top of most peoples lists. I mean there are just so many moments that make this movie GREAT. From the Catalina Wine Mixer to the Boats N Hoes music video, I know that I'm going to be laughing non-stop every time I watch this movie! It's also impossible to imagine a better duo than Will Ferrell and John C. Riley in these roles.

IMDb: 6.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 55% Critic; 69% Audience

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National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)

This one's a bit of an older one but that doesn't make a difference! If you've ever heard of a toga party or the song Shout, then you're probably somewhat familiar with this movie. Animal House is about two nerdy freshmen, Kroger (Tom Hulce) and Dorfman (Stephen Furst), trying to navigate their way through the social life of college. During orientation week they take their chance at rushing for frat's but strike out at every single one. It isn't until they visit the very last house on their radar, Delta Tau Chi, the ultimate party frat and most rebellious one on campus, that they're finally accepted. From there you get to follow these guys and the other brothers of Delta Tau as they take part in some of the typical fraternity antics.

IMDb: 7.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 90% Critic; 89% Audience

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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

This is probably one of the ONLY other movies, besides Step Brothers, that has me balling out laughing from start to finish! In short, it's a movie that has a collection of random scenes that aren't really tied together. But that's what makes it HILARIOUS every time you watch it!! Napoleon (Jon Heder) is an oddball, tater-tot pouch-wearing outcast at his high school in rural Idaho. To make matters worse he lives with his equally as awkward older brother Kip (Aaron Ruell), his llama-loving, dune-buggy enthusiast grandma (Sandy Martin), and his nostalgic Uncle Rico (Jon Gries). Napoleon's luck changes one day though when Pedro (Efren Ramirez), a new kid to school who speaks little English, befriends him. The two of them decide launch a campaign against Summer (Haylie Duff), the popular girl at school, in order to make Pedro the next class president.

IMDb: 6.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 71% Critics; 74% Audience

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

Who would've thought that the guy that did the voice for Yoda, Frank Oz, would go off and direct a successful comedy of his own? I knew I had some confidence in the man after his stellar performances in Star Wars! This movie follows the lives of two con-men Lawrence (Michael Caine) and Freddy (Steve Martin). Freddy shows up one day in Lawrence's small French Mediterranean town disrupting his own deceiving work on the locals. In an attempt to get Freddy to leave, Lawrence challenges him to a competition to see who can be the first man to get $50,000 from a woman named Janet Colgate (Glenne Headly). The winner gets to stay in town and at Lawrence's house while loser has to leave. Freddy presumes the role of a wounded veteran and Lawrence comes along as a world-renowned doctor that "helps" people like Freddy. One lie leads to another though and things slowly start to get out of hand for the two.

IMDb: 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 89% Critic; 84% Audience

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Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

Very few sequels have come along that have done better than their predecessor. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the second Ace Ventura movie is the better of the two. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with hunting down a dolphin and Ray Finkle, but there's something about this movie that I prefer more for some reason. After going into exile for letting a raccoon plummet to its death Ace, the zany animal detective, is called back into action by a wealthy consul. This time around he has to track down an endangered white bat and return it in time for a wedding or a civil war will break out between two rival African tribes.

IMDb: 6.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 31% Critic; 72% Audience

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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

I can't really think of a movie that people consider to be bad where Eddie Murphy has some type of role in it. This one is up there for me not only as far as Eddie Murphy movies go but movies in general. Axel Foley is police detective from Detroit who doesn't exactly do things by the book. In fact, there are a lot of moments in here where you completely forget that Axel even is a cop. One day he meets up with an old friend who just got out of jail only to have him get shot. Axel believes that the man who killed his best friend works for someone in close contact with an ex-girlfriend (Lisa Eilbacher) of his in Beverly Hills. He decides to travel to California and enlist in the help of Detective Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and Sargent Taggart (John Ashton) of the Beverly Hills Police Department to get some justice for his best friend.

IMDb: 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 82% Critics and Audience

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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

Besides my parents, I would say that the greatest influence in my life up to this point has been Ron Burgundy. From his overall swagger and perfectly kept hair, Ron Burgundy is the definition of classy. Not to mention you can get first hand advice and stories in his book Let Me Off at the Top!: My Classy Life and Other Musings and his podcast The Ron Burgundy Podcast. Ron Burgundy is a suave and dimwitted news anchor for the Channel 4 News Team in San Diego. Also along for the ride is weatherman Brick (Steve Carell), field reporter Brian (Paul Rudd) and sports guy Champ (David Koechner). One day Ron's life changes forever when Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) is brought aboard to be a co-anchor with the team. From there Veronica and Ron decide to mix pleasure with work but then everything goes sideways for Ron. It isn't until he's called back into action when a panda is giving birth at the local zoo that Ron finds his footing again. It can also be said that if it wasn't for the casting of Steve, Paul, David, Christina, and even Fred Willard, then this movie wouldn't have the same lasting comedic effect that it has.

IMDb: 7.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 66% Critic; 86% Audience

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The Jerk (1979)

In many ways this movie was the O.G. Forrest Gump before Robert Zemekis even had the idea. Steve Martin plays an incredibly less than intelligent man named Navin who's living in the deep South with a poor black family. It isn't until his birthday comes around that he's told that he isn't black, when he very clearly isn't. Distraught by this news Navin decides to make a life for himself and go to the city. He very easily rises through the ranks by going and getting a job at a gas station, becoming a weight guesser at the circus, finding true love (Bernadette Peters), making millions off a glasses idea, and buying a mansion for himself. But all of this newfound fame and glory comes with a price.

IMDb: 7.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 81% Critics; 84% Audience

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Superbad (2007)

When it comes to using the typical last-hoorah, graduating high school senior formula, why fix what isn't broke, right? In their final days of high school, Evan (Michael Cera), Seth (Jonah Hill) and Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) are trying to make to most of it and lose their virginity before heading off to college. One day Evan is approached by Jules (Emma Stone) and is invited to his first ever high school party. Enlisting in the help of his friends, Evan sets out to go and buy all of the alcohol for this party. While Fogell goes into a liquor store with that infamous McLovin' ID, he gets knocked out and the store is robbed. When Officer Michaels (Seth Rogen) and Slater (Bill Hader) show up, Evan and Seth think that Fogell is being arrested when in reality they're just giving him a ride to Jules' party. The three friends go their separate ways in a quest to find some booze but end up living a night they'll remember forever.

IMDb: 7.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 88% Critic; 87% Audience

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