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Best Comedy Movies of All Time, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
3067 comedy films are in our catalog; the 100 best are ranked below. Top of the list is The Chaos Class ('1975), at 9.2 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 8.2. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Life Is Beautiful, 8.6 on IMDb against 58 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chaos Class '1975 | Comedy / Drama | 9.2 | - | - | 8.0 | Ertem Eğilmez |
| 2 | Forrest Gump '1994 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.8 | 75% | 82 | 8.5 | Robert Zemeckis |
| 3 | Pulp Fiction '1994 | Thriller / Crime / Comedy | 8.8 | 92% | 95 | 8.5 | Quentin Tarantino |
| 4 | Modern Times '1936 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.5 | 98% | 96 | 8.3 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 5 | City Lights '1931 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.5 | 95% | 99 | 8.2 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 6 | Back to the Future '1985 | Comedy / Sci-Fi | 8.5 | 93% | 88 | 8.3 | Robert Zemeckis |
| 7 | Life Is Beautiful '1997 | Comedy / Drama | 8.6 | 80% | 58 | 8.4 | Roberto Benigni |
| 8 | The Great Dictator '1940 | Comedy / War | 8.4 | 92% | - | 8.3 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 9 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb '1964 | Comedy / War | 8.3 | 98% | 97 | 8.1 | Stanley Kubrick |
| 10 | Singin' in the Rain '1952 | Comedy / Romance | 8.3 | 100% | 99 | 8.1 | Gene Kelly |
| 11 | The Apartment '1960 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.3 | 94% | 94 | 8.2 | Billy Wilder |
| 12 | Parasite '2019 | Comedy / Thriller / Drama | 8.5 | 99% | 97 | 8.5 | Bong Joon Ho |
| 13 | The Chaos Class Failed the Class '1976 | Comedy | 8.9 | - | - | 7.6 | Ertem Eğilmez |
| 14 | Tosun Pasha '1976 | Comedy | 8.9 | - | - | 8.0 | Kartal Tibet |
| 15 | Toy Story '1995 | Comedy / Animation | 8.3 | 100% | 96 | 8.0 | John Lasseter |
| 16 | The Kid '1921 | Comedy / Drama | 8.2 | 100% | - | 8.1 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 17 | Some Like It Hot '1959 | Comedy / Romance / Crime | 8.2 | 95% | 98 | 8.1 | Billy Wilder |
| 18 | The Sting '1973 | Comedy / Crime / Drama | 8.2 | 93% | 83 | 8.0 | George Roy Hill |
| 19 | The Intouchables '2011 | Drama / Comedy | 8.5 | 75% | 57 | 8.3 | Éric Toledano |
| 20 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! '1966 | Animation / Comedy | 8.3 | - | - | 7.5 | Chuck Jones |
| 21 | A Charlie Brown Christmas '1965 | Animation / Comedy | 8.3 | 94% | - | 7.7 | Bill Melendez |
| 22 | The Truman Show '1998 | Comedy / Drama | 8.2 | 94% | 90 | 8.2 | Peter Weir |
| 23 | Up '2009 | Animation / Comedy | 8.3 | 98% | 88 | 8.0 | Pete Docter |
| 24 | The General '1926 | Comedy / War / Romance | 8.1 | 92% | - | 7.9 | Clyde Bruckman |
| 25 | A Trip to the Moon '1902 | Sci-Fi / Comedy | 8.1 | 100% | - | 7.9 | Georges Méliès |
| 26 | The Gold Rush '1925 | Comedy / Drama | 8.1 | 98% | 90 | 8.0 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 27 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail '1975 | Comedy / Fantasy | 8.1 | 92% | 91 | 7.8 | Terry Jones |
| 28 | It Happened One Night '1934 | Comedy / Romance | 8.1 | 98% | 87 | 7.8 | Frank Capra |
| 29 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington '1939 | Comedy / Drama | 8.1 | 85% | 73 | 7.8 | Frank Capra |
| 30 | Sherlock Jr. '1924 | Action / Comedy / Mystery | 8.1 | 87% | - | 8.0 | Buster Keaton |
| 31 | The Circus '1928 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.1 | 97% | 90 | 7.9 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 32 | The Wolf of Wall Street '2013 | Crime / Drama / Comedy | 8.2 | 79% | 75 | 8.0 | Martin Scorsese |
| 33 | To Be or Not to Be '1942 | Comedy / War / Romance | 8.1 | 96% | 86 | 7.8 | Ernst Lubitsch |
| 34 | The Chaos Class Is Waking Up '1976 | Comedy | 8.7 | - | - | 7.8 | Ertem Eğilmez |
| 35 | Nights of Cabiria '1957 | Drama / Comedy | 8.1 | 100% | - | 8.0 | Federico Fellini |
| 36 | Snatch '2000 | Crime / Comedy | 8.2 | 74% | 55 | 7.8 | Guy Ritchie |
| 37 | Toy Story 3 '2010 | Animation / Comedy | 8.3 | 98% | 92 | 7.8 | Lee Unkrich |
| 38 | Duck Amuck '1953 | Animation / Comedy | 8.6 | - | - | 8.1 | Chuck Jones |
| 39 | The Graduate '1967 | Drama / Romance / Comedy | 8.0 | 87% | 83 | 7.6 | Mike Nichols |
| 40 | Safety Last! '1923 | Comedy / Romance / Thriller | 8.1 | 97% | - | 7.7 | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| 41 | The Big Lebowski '1998 | Comedy / Crime | 8.1 | 79% | 71 | 7.8 | Joel Coen |
| 42 | Life of Brian '1979 | Comedy | 8.0 | 96% | 77 | 7.8 | Terry Jones |
| 43 | Roman Holiday '1953 | Romance / Comedy / Drama | 8.0 | 97% | 78 | 7.9 | William Wyler |
| 44 | Young Frankenstein '1974 | Comedy | 8.0 | 95% | 83 | 7.9 | Mel Brooks |
| 45 | Kind Hearts and Coronets '1949 | Comedy / Crime | 8.0 | 100% | - | 7.6 | Robert Hamer |
| 46 | La Dolce Vita '1960 | Comedy / Drama | 8.0 | 95% | 95 | 8.0 | Federico Fellini |
| 47 | Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures '1965 | Comedy | 8.4 | - | - | 7.5 | Leonid Gaidai |
| 48 | 3 Idiots '2009 | Drama / Comedy | 8.4 | 94% | 67 | 8.0 | Rajkumar Hirani |
| 49 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels '1998 | Comedy / Crime | 8.1 | 75% | 67 | 8.1 | Guy Ritchie |
| 50 | One Week '1920 | Comedy | 8.1 | 100% | - | 7.9 | Buster Keaton |
| 51 | The Diamond Arm '1969 | Comedy / Crime | 8.3 | - | - | 7.7 | Leonid Gaidai |
| 52 | The Shop Around the Corner '1940 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 99% | 96 | 8.1 | Ernst Lubitsch |
| 53 | Groundhog Day '1993 | Romance / Fantasy / Comedy | 8.0 | 93% | 72 | 7.6 | Harold Ramis |
| 54 | The Princess Bride '1987 | Fantasy / Comedy / Romance | 8.0 | 93% | 78 | 7.7 | Rob Reiner |
| 55 | The Cameraman '1928 | Comedy / Romance / Drama | 8.0 | 100% | - | 7.8 | Edward Sedgwick |
| 56 | Amélie '2001 | Comedy / Romance | 8.2 | 90% | 70 | 7.9 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| 57 | Paper Moon '1973 | Comedy / Crime / Drama | 8.1 | 91% | 77 | 7.9 | Peter Bogdanovich |
| 58 | Green Book '2018 | Drama / Comedy | 8.2 | 77% | 69 | 8.2 | Peter Farrelly |
| 59 | The Red Balloon '1956 | Comedy / Drama / Fantasy | 8.1 | 96% | - | 7.7 | Albert Lamorisse |
| 60 | Sanjuro '1962 | Drama / Action / Comedy | 8.0 | 100% | 83 | 7.9 | Akira Kurosawa |
| 61 | Limelight '1952 | Romance / Drama / Comedy | 8.0 | 88% | 84 | 7.9 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 62 | Ratatouille '2007 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 8.1 | 96% | 96 | 7.8 | Brad Bird |
| 63 | Monsters, Inc. '2001 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 8.1 | 96% | 79 | 7.9 | Pete Docter |
| 64 | Miracle on 34th Street '1947 | Comedy / Drama | 7.9 | 96% | 88 | 7.4 | George Seaton |
| 65 | Arsenic and Old Lace '1944 | Comedy / Crime | 7.9 | 86% | - | 7.6 | Frank Capra |
| 66 | Harvey '1950 | Comedy / Fantasy | 7.9 | 88% | 79 | 7.7 | Henry Koster |
| 67 | The Grand Budapest Hotel '2014 | Comedy / Drama | 8.1 | 92% | 88 | 8.0 | Wes Anderson |
| 68 | The Chaos Class Is on Vacation '1977 | Comedy / Drama | 8.6 | - | - | 7.6 | Ertem Eğilmez |
| 69 | Annie Hall '1977 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.9 | 97% | 92 | 7.7 | Woody Allen |
| 70 | The King of the Street Cleaners '1977 | Comedy / Romance / Drama | 8.5 | - | - | 7.8 | Zeki Ökten |
| 71 | Il Sorpasso '1962 | Drama / Comedy | 8.2 | - | - | 8.2 | Dino Risi |
| 72 | The Thin Man '1934 | Comedy / Mystery / Crime | 7.9 | 98% | 86 | 7.5 | W.S. Van Dyke |
| 73 | Deadpool '2016 | Action / Comedy | 8.0 | 85% | 65 | 7.6 | Tim Miller |
| 74 | Inside Out '2015 | Animation / Drama / Comedy | 8.1 | 98% | 94 | 7.9 | Pete Docter |
| 75 | Rabbit of Seville '1950 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 8.3 | - | - | 7.6 | Chuck Jones |
| 76 | Stalag 17 '1953 | Comedy / Drama / War | 7.9 | 91% | 84 | 7.7 | Billy Wilder |
| 77 | My Man Godfrey '1936 | Comedy | 7.9 | 97% | 82 | 7.6 | Gregory La Cava |
| 78 | What's Opera, Doc? '1957 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 8.3 | - | - | 7.6 | Chuck Jones |
| 79 | The Rules of the Game '1939 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.9 | 97% | 99 | 7.5 | Jean Renoir |
| 80 | Sullivan's Travels '1941 | Comedy / Romance | 7.9 | 100% | 89 | 7.4 | Preston Sturges |
| 81 | Kidnapping, Caucasian Style '1967 | Comedy | 8.3 | - | - | 7.6 | Leonid Gaidai |
| 82 | It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown '1966 | Animation / Comedy | 8.1 | 90% | - | 7.5 | Bill Melendez |
| 83 | The Blues Brothers '1980 | Musical / Comedy / Crime | 7.9 | 72% | 60 | 7.7 | John Landis |
| 84 | The Exterminating Angel '1962 | Comedy / Drama / Fantasy | 7.9 | 94% | - | 7.9 | Luis Buñuel |
| 85 | Rabbit Seasoning '1952 | Animation / Comedy | 8.3 | - | - | 7.4 | Chuck Jones |
| 86 | Trouble in Paradise '1932 | Comedy / Crime / Romance | 7.9 | 90% | - | 7.4 | Ernst Lubitsch |
| 87 | The Cat Concerto '1947 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 8.2 | - | - | 7.6 | William Hanna |
| 88 | Bringing Up Baby '1938 | Comedy / Romance | 7.8 | 97% | 91 | 7.5 | Howard Hawks |
| 89 | Mary Poppins '1964 | Comedy / Fantasy | 7.8 | 95% | 88 | 7.5 | Robert Stevenson |
| 90 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory '1971 | Fantasy / Comedy | 7.8 | 84% | 67 | 7.5 | Mel Stuart |
| 91 | The Philadelphia Story '1940 | Comedy / Romance | 7.8 | 100% | 96 | 7.5 | George Cukor |
| 92 | Being There '1979 | Comedy / Drama | 7.9 | 95% | 83 | 7.6 | Hal Ashby |
| 93 | A Night at the Opera '1935 | Comedy / Musical | 7.8 | 97% | - | 7.4 | Sam Wood |
| 94 | His Girl Friday '1940 | Comedy / Romance / Crime | 7.8 | 99% | 94 | 7.4 | Howard Hawks |
| 95 | La La Land '2016 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 91% | 94 | 7.9 | Damien Chazelle |
| 96 | Toy Story 2 '1999 | Animation / Comedy | 7.9 | 100% | 88 | 7.6 | John Lasseter |
| 97 | Charade '1963 | Comedy / Mystery / Romance | 7.8 | 95% | 83 | 7.7 | Stanley Donen |
| 98 | You Can't Take It with You '1938 | Comedy / Romance | 7.8 | 94% | - | 7.5 | Frank Capra |
| 99 | Steamboat Bill, Jr. '1928 | Comedy / Romance | 7.8 | 96% | - | 7.6 | Charles Reisner |
| 100 | Ghostbusters '1984 | Comedy / Fantasy | 7.8 | 95% | 71 | 7.5 | Ivan Reitman |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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