Movie Comedy Guide
(compiled by the staff of Jestreport.com)
Abbott and Costello:
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Woody Allen:
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Wild Man Blues (1997) (documentary directed by Barbara Kopple).
Everyone Says I Love You (1996) (certain scenes)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Bullets over Broadway (1994)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Radio Days (1987)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Zelig (1983)
Stardust Memories (1980)
Manhattan (1979)
Annie Hall (1977)
Love and Death (1975)
Sleeper (1973)
Bananas (1971)
Take the Money and Run (1969)
What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
Wes Anderson/ Owen Wilson:
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Rushmore (1998)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Hal Ashby:
Harold and Maude (1971)
Last Detail, The (1973)
Shampoo (1975)
Andrew Bergman screenplays/films:
Blazing Saddles (1974)
The In-Laws (1979)
The Freshman (1990)
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
John and Roy Boulting :
Private’s Progress (1956)
I’m All Right, Jack (1959)
Albert Brooks:
Real Life (1979)
Modern Romance (1981)
Lost in America (1985)
Defending Your Life (1991)
Broadcast News (1987) (as an actor)
James Brooks:
Broadcast News (1987)
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Mel Brooks:
Producers, The (1968)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Silent Movie (certain scenes)
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Spaceballs (certain scenes)
Frank Capra/Robert Riskin:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Frank Capra/Joseph Kesselring (play)/
Julius J. Epstein (screenplay):
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Jim Carrey:
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
Cable Guy, The (1996)
Liar Liar (1997)
Me, Myself & Irene (2000) (certain scenes)
Chaplin:
Gold Rush, The (1925)
Circus, The (1928)
City Lights (1931)
Modern Times (1936)
Chevy Chase
Caddyshack (1980)
Vacation (1983)
Fletch (1985)
Spies Like Us (1985) (certain scenes)
Funny Farm (1988)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Dirty Work (1998)
Bob Clark (director)/Jean Shepherd (writer):
A Christmas Story (1983)
Ethan and Joel Coen:
Raising Arizona (1987)
Barton Fink (1991) (satirical aspects)
Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994) (certain scenes)
Big Lebowski, The (1998)
Fargo (1996)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) (certain scenes)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Cameron Crowe:
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Say Anything… (1989)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Almost Famous (2000)
Michael Curtiz, Murray Burnett, Joan Alison, (play), Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch (screenplay):
Casablanca (1942)
(Capt. Louis Renault [Claude Rains]: “Realizing the importance of the case, we rounded up twice the number of suspects as usual.”)
Billy Crystal:
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
City Slickers (1991)
Forget Paris (1995)
George Cukor/ Phillip Barry (stage play):
Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
Holiday (1938)
Richard Curtis
Tall Guy, The (1989)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
Danny Devito:
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Wise Guys (1986)
Tin Men (1987)
The War of the Roses (1989)
Ealing Comedies:
(T.E.B. (’Tibby’) Clarke and William Rose scripted many of the comedies)
Hue and Cry (1946)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Whisky Galore! (1949)
Man in the White Suit (1951)
Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951)
Ladykillers, The (1955)
Charles Crichton/John Cleese’s masterpiece
is the ideal of Ealing:
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Blake Edwards:
Pink Panther, The (1963)
Shot in the Dark, A (1964)
Party, The (1968) (certain scenes)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1974)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Bobby and Peter Farrelly:
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
Kingpin (1996)
There’s Something About Mary (1998)
Me, Myself & Irene (2000) (certain scenes)
Stuck On You (2003)
Will Ferrell:
The Ladies Man (certain scenes)
Old School (2003) (certain scenes, notably those with Will Ferrell)
Elf (2003) ….
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) (certain scenes)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) (certain scenes)
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Step Brothers (2008)
W. C. Fields:
The Bank Dick (1940)
Bill Forsyth:
Local Hero (1983)
Terry Gilliam:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Life of Brian (1979)
Time Bandits (1981) (elements of satire)
Brazil (1985) (elements of satire)
Christopher Guest:
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) (written as well by Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner)
Big Picture, The (1989) (certain scenes)
Waiting for Guffman (1996) (certain scenes)
Best in Show (2000) (certain scenes)
Norman Jewison/ John Patrick Shanley (writer):
Moonstruck (1987)
Mike Judge:
Office Space (1999)
Howard Hawks:
Twentieth Century (1934)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Ball of Fire (1941)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Ben Hecht:
Twentieth Century (1934)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Shop Around the Corner, The (1940)
Amy Heckerling:
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Clueless (1995) (certain scenes)
Alfred Hitchcock:
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
North by Northwest (1959)
Bob Hope:
The Paleface (1948)
The Great Lover (1949)
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Bob Hope/Bing Crosby:
Road To Singapore (1940)
Road To Zanzibar (1941)
Road to Morocco (1942)
John Hughes:
Mr. Mom (1983)
… aka National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Breakfast Club, The (1985)
Weird Science (1985
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
She’s Having a Baby (1988) (certain scenes)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Home Alone (1990) (certain scenes)
George Kaufman:
Cocoanuts, The (1929)
Animal Crackers (1930)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
You Can’t Take It with You (1938) (with Moss Hart)
Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1942) (with Moss Hart)
Savage Steve Holland:
Better Off Dead… (1985)
One Crazy Summer (1986) (certain scenes)
Buster Keaton:
Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
General, The (1927)
Jake Kasdan
Zero Effect (1998)
Orange County (2002) (certain scenes)
Gregory La Cava/Morrie Ryskind:
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Lawrence Kasdan:
The Big Chill (1983)
John Landis/Dan Aykroyd:
Blues Brothers, The (1980)
Ring Lardner Jr.:
M*A*S*H (1970)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Michael Lehmann/Daniel Waters:
Heathers (1989)
Barry Levinson:
Diner (1982)
Tin Men (1987)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Avalon (1990)
Wag the Dog (1997) (certain scenes)
Doug Liman (director)/ Jon Favreau (writer):
Swingers (1996)
Doug Liman (director)/John August (writer):
Go (1999)
Richard Linklater:
Slacker (1991)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Before Sunrise (1995)
School of Rock, The (2003)
Harold Lloyd:
Safety Last (1923)
George Lucas/Gloria Katz (screenplay):
American Graffiti (1973)
Ernst Lubitsch:
Design for Living (1933)
Ninotchka (1939)
Shop Around the Corner, The (1940)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Baz Luhrmann:
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Norm Macdonald:
Dirty Work (1998)
Steve Martin:
Jerk, The (1979)
L.A. Story (1991)
Bowfinger (1999)
The Marx Brothers:
Cocoanuts, The (1929)
Animal Crackers (1930)
Monkey Business (1931)
Horse Feathers (1932)
Duck Soup (1933)
Night at the Opera, A (1935)
Day at the Races, A (1937) (certain scenes)
Night in Casablanca, A (1946) (certain scenes)
Elaine May:
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Tootsie (1982)
Birdcage, The (1996)
Ishtar (1987) (Oh shut up, certain scenes – the stuff with Charles Groden as a CIA agent is brilliant)
Tim Meadows:
Ladies Man, The (2000) (certain scenes)
Christopher Monger/Ivor Monger:
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
Sam Mendes:
American Beauty (1999)
Mike Meyers:
Wayne’s World (1992)
Wayne’s World 2 (1993)
So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Monty Python:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Life of Brian (1979)
Eddie Murphy:
Trading Places (1983)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Distinguished Gentleman, The (1992) (certain scenes)
Bowfinger (1999)
Bill Murray/ Harold Ramis (though they apparently hate each other):
Animal House (1978)
Meatballs (1979)
Caddyshack (1980)
Stripes (1981)
National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Groundhog Day (1993
Bill Murray:
Quick Change (1990)
What About Bob? (1991)
Kingpin (1996)
Man Who Knew Too Little, The (1997)
Wild Things (1998) (the attorney scene with the neck brace)
Rushmore (1998)
Royal Tenenbaums, The (2001)
Mike Nichols:
Graduate, The (1967)
Birdcage, The (1996)
Chris Noonan/George Miller
Babe (1995)
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Alexander Payne:
Citizen Ruth (1996)
Election (1999)
About Schmidt (2002)
Udayan Prasad:
My Son the Fanatic (1997)
William Powell/Myrna Loy:
Love Crazy (1941)
Harold Ramis:
Back to School (1986)
Multiplicity (1996)
Rob Reiner:
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Sure Thing, The (1985)
Princess Bride, The (1987)
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
Jay Roach:
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Morrie Ryskind:
Animal Crackers (1930)
Night at the Opera, A (1935)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Adam Sandler/Tim Herlihy
Billy Madison (1995)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Wedding Singer, The (1998)
Kevin Smith
Clerks (1994)
Chasing Amy (1997)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Peter Sellers:
I’m All Right Jack (1959)
Lolita (1962)
Pink Panther, The (1963)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Shot in the Dark, A (1964)
Party, The (1968) (certain scenes)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1974)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
John Schlesinger/Stella Gibbons (novel):
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
Kevin Smith
Clerks (1994)
Chasing Amy (1997)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Shari Springer Berman/
Robert Pulcini/Harvey Pekar:
American Splendor (2003)
Neil Simon:
Odd Couple, The (1968)
Out-of-Towners, The (1970)
Heartbreak Kid, The (1972)
Goodbye Girl, The (1977)
Lonely Guy, The (1984)
Terry Southern:
Easy Rider (1969)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Whit Stillman:
Metropolitan (1990)
Barcelona (1994)
Last Days of Disco, The (1998)
Ben Stiller
Reality Bites (1994)
The Cable Guy (1996)
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
There’s Something About Mary (1998) .
Zero Effect (1998)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Zoolander (2001) (certain scenes)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) (certain scenes)
Barry Sonnenfeld/Elmore Leonard (novel):
Get Shorty (1995)
Preston Sturges:
Easy Living (1937)
Christmas in July (1940)
Great McGinty, The (1940)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)
Unfaithfully Yours (1948) (certain scenes)
W.S. Van Dyke (director)/ Albert Hackett Frances Goodrich/(screenplay), Dashiell Hammett (novel)/William Powell/Myrna Loy:
Thin Man, The (1934)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Vince Vaughn
Swingers (1996)
Old School (2003)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Paul Weitz/Adam Herz:
American Pie (1999)
Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz (director)/Peter Hedges (screenplay):
About a Boy (2002)
Billy Wilder:
Ninotchka (1939)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Apartment, The (1960)
Fortune Cookie, The (1966)
Gene Wilder:
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (though not a comedy, his cameo is hilarious)
The Producers (1968)
Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Owen Wilson
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Rushmore (1998)
Meet the Parents (2000)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Zoolander (2001) (certain scenes)
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Bud Yorkin (director)/Gene Wilder:
Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
Robert Zemeckis
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) (certain scenes)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Back to the Future (1985)
David Zucker/Jerry Zucker/Jim Abrahams:
Kentucky Fried Movie, The (1977)
Airplane! (1980)
Top Secret! (1984)
Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The (1988)
Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, The (1991) (certain scenes)
Hot Shots! (1991)
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Terry Zwigoff:
Crumb (1994)
Ghost World (2000)
American Splendor (2003)