The Most Rewatchable Comedy Movies

Updated August 28, 2020 28.6k votes 1.5k voters 25.3k views142 items

List RulesComedy movies that you've watched multiple times and continue to enjoy

Comedy films are some of the best comfort movies and often the ones we end up quoting the most. This is a list of comedy movies we keep watching (and laughing at) even when there are newer, funnier, or overall better comedies to watch. Because it doesn't have to be good to be a rewatchable comedy movie, you just have to love it.

These are the funny movies we own multiple copies of, so if they're not available on streaming, we can still get our fix. Some of the greatest comedy movies, like The Hangover and Office Space, have obvious rewatch value. Or, you love Bill Murray so you end up watching Rushmore as often as Caddyshack. But then there are cult comedies like The Big Lebowski that you basically have memorized.

It doesn't matter why you like rewatching comedy movies, only that you love to watch them again and again. What comedies do you think are the best to rewatch?

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Groundhog Day
Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell
Released: 1993
Directed by: Harold Ramis
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Airplane!
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Leslie Nielsen
Released: 1980
Directed by: Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker
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Coming to America
Eddie Murphy, Samuel L. Jackson
Released: 1988
Directed by: John Landis
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Caddyshack
Bill Murray, Chevy Chase
Released: 1980
Directed by: Harold Ramis
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Office Space
Jennifer Aniston, John C. McGinley
Released: 1999
Directed by: Mike Judge
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Dumb and Dumber
Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels
Released: 1994
Directed by: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
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Deadpool
Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin
Released: 2016
Directed by: Tim MIller
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Tommy Boy
Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe
Released: 1995
Directed by: Peter Segal
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Elf
Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell
Released: 2003
Directed by: Jon Favreau
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Spaceballs
Joan Rivers, John Hurt
Released: 1987
Directed by: Mel Brooks
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The Hangover
Mike Tyson, Bradley Cooper
Released: 2009
Directed by: Todd Phillips
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Happy Gilmore
Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller
Released: 1996
Directed by: Dennis Dugan
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Wayne's World
Alice Cooper, Mike Myers
Released: 1992
Directed by: Penelope Spheeris
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Step Brothers
Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen
Released: 2008
Directed by: Adam McKay
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Trading Places
Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis
Released: 1983
Directed by: John Landis
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The Big Lebowski
Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges
Released: 1998
Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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Back to the Future
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
Released: 1985
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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Super Troopers
Lynda Carter, Brian Cox
Released: 2002
Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar
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My Cousin Vinny
Marisa Tomei, Joe Pesci
Released: 1992
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
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Wedding Crashers
Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn
Released: 2005
Directed by: David Dobkin
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Superbad
Emma Stone, Seth Rogen
Released: 2007
Directed by: Greg Mottola
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Clueless
Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy
Released: 1995
Directed by: Amy Heckerling
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Bridesmaids
Rose Byrne, Jon Hamm
Released: 2011
Directed by: Paul Feig
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The Princess Bride
Billy Crystal, Robin Wright
Released: 1987
Directed by: Rob Reiner
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Beverly Hills Cop
Eddie Murphy, Damon Wayans
Released: 1984
Directed by: Martin Brest
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