The Funniest Classic Wacky Comedies, Ranked
Slapstick comedy can create the type of belly laughter that is all but impossible to hold back. The best wacky comedy films feature over-the-top characters endangering their physical well-being for a hilarious punchline. This is a list of the top classic comedy movies including everything from Blazing Saddles to The Pink Panther to Duck Soup.
What films will you find on this list of the funniest classic movies? Maybe you'll vote? Monty Python and the Holy Grail to the very top. The scene during which the Black Knight gets his arm cut off and declares it “just a flesh wound” has been tickling funny bones for generations. Young Frankenstein – starring Gene Wilder – is another one of the best classic comedies released before 1980. Jerry Lewis starred in several of the best slapstick films of all time, including the iconic 1963 version of The Nutty Professor. Other good movies featured on this list include Bananas, City Lights, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.
Which classic comedy deserves the top spot on this list? Give your favorites a thumbs up, and please add any great films that are missing.- 1Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman
- 2Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn
- 3Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam
- 4Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves
- Released: 1980
- Directed by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
This spoof comedy takes shots at the slew of disaster movies that were released in the 70s. When the passengers and crew of a jet are incapacitated due to food poisoning, a rogue pilot with a ...more - 5Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn
- 6Peter Sellers, David Niven, Robert Wagner
