BBC's The 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time
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So this year BBC Culture decided to get serious about comedy. We asked 253 film critics – 118 women and 135 men – from 52 countries and six continents a simple: “What do you think are the 10 best comedies of all time?” Films from any country made since cinema was invented were eligible, and BBC Culture did nothing to define in advance what a comedy is; we left that to each of the critics to decide. As always, we urged the experts to go with their heart and pick personal favourites, films that are part of their lives, not just the ones that meet some ideal of greatness.
List added August 2017
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Safety Last!
1923, in 16 top lists Check -
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Sherlock Jr.
1924, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
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Seven Chances
1925, in 12 top lists Check -
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The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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The Music Box
1932, in 9 top lists Check -
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Trouble in Paradise
1932, in 17 top lists Check -
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Design for Living
1933, in 6 top lists Check -
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Duck Soup
1933, in 24 top lists Check -
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Sons of the Desert
1933, in 8 top lists Check -
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It Happened One Night
1934, in 29 top lists Check -
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A Night at the Opera
1935, in 17 top lists Check -
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Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
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My Man Godfrey
1936, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Awful Truth
1937, in 15 top lists Check -
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Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
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Ninotchka
1939, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
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His Girl Friday
1940, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Philadelphia Story
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Lady Eve
1941, in 20 top lists Check -
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Sullivan's Travels
1941, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Palm Beach Story
1942, in 14 top lists Check -
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To Be or Not to Be
1942, in 24 top lists Check -
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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944, in 9 top lists Check -
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Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949, in 21 top lists Check -
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Born Yesterday
1950, in 10 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953, in 11 top lists Check -
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Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot
1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check -
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I soliti ignoti
1958 — a.k.a. Big Deal on Madonna Street, in 9 top lists Check -
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Mon oncle
1958 — a.k.a. My Uncle, in 17 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Apartment
1960, in 28 top lists Check -
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Divorzio all'italiana
1961 — a.k.a. Divorce Italian Style, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Ladies Man
1961, in 5 top lists Check -
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El ángel exterminador
1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Nutty Professor
1963, in 11 top lists Check -
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
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Sedmikrásky
1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check -
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Playtime
1967, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Producers
1967, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Party
1968, in 4 top lists Check -
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M*A*S*H
1970, in 21 top lists Check -
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Harold and Maude
1971, in 22 top lists Check -
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A New Leaf
1971, in 8 top lists Check -
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Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie
1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check -
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What's Up, Doc?
1972, in 9 top lists Check -
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Amarcord
1973, in 17 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 22, 2017; source