The best comedy movies of all time

TOPICAL scores 1,923 films listed as comedy; here are the top 250, best first. The top three are Pulp Fiction (1994), Forrest Gump (1994), Parasite (2019). A film can be in more than one genre. The last column is each film's rank among all 6,624 films.

Rank	Film	Year	Score	All-time rank
1	Pulp Fiction	1994	99.2	2
2	Forrest Gump	1994	96.9	13
3	Parasite	2019	95.6	24
4	Toy Story	1995	95.4	26
5	The Apartment	1960	94.8	32
6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	1964	94.2	38
7	Some Like It Hot	1959	93.8	43
8	The Grand Budapest Hotel	2014	93.3	49
9	The Sting	1973	93.0	54
10	Back to the Future	1985	92.7	58
11	One Battle After Another	2025	92.5	60
12	La La Land	2016	91.9	69
13	Annie Hall	1977	91.8	71
14	The Graduate	1967	91.2	80
15	The Truman Show	1998	91.0	84
16	Shrek	2001	90.9	85
17	Toy Story 3	2010	90.9	86
18	It Happened One Night	1934	90.3	96
19	The Philadelphia Story	1940	90.3	97
20	Modern Times	1936	89.6	109
21	Roman Holiday	1953	89.4	112
22	The Great Dictator	1940	89.3	114
23	My Fair Lady	1964	89.1	118
24	Up	2009	89.1	119
25	Singin' in the Rain	1952	88.8	125
26	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	2014	88.7	127
27	The Wolf of Wall Street	2013	88.5	130
28	City Lights	1931	88.2	138
29	La Dolce Vita	1960	87.9	143
30	Life Is Beautiful	1997	87.5	152
31	Mary Poppins	1964	87.5	153
32	Ratatouille	2007	87.4	155
33	Poor Things	2023	86.9	166
34	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	1939	86.6	172
35	Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge	1995	86.6	173
36	Toy Story 2	1999	86.5	174
37	Lost in Translation	2003	86.2	183
38	The Favourite	2018	86.0	186
39	The Big Lebowski	1998	85.9	188
40	Inside Out	2015	85.8	192
41	The Artist	2011	85.7	193
42	Silver Linings Playbook	2012	85.5	199
43	Anora	2024	85.0	212
44	The Big Short	2015	84.8	217
45	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	84.7	218
46	Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood	2019	84.4	228
47	Tootsie	1982	84.2	233
48	Zootopia	2016	83.9	241
49	The Gold Rush	1925	83.8	242
50	Manhattan	1979	83.7	245
51	Sabrina	1954	83.6	248
52	Adaptation.	2002	83.5	251
53	Green Book	2018	83.5	252
54	Monsters, Inc.	2001	83.4	253
55	Hannah and Her Sisters	1986	82.9	267
56	Shakespeare in Love	1998	82.8	271
57	The Quiet Man	1952	82.8	272
58	Fantastic Mr. Fox	2009	82.7	274
59	Being There	1979	82.5	280
60	The Kid	1921	82.1	292
61	Amélie	2001	82.0	293
62	Toy Story 4	2019	82.0	295
63	Breakfast at Tiffany's	1961	81.0	325
64	Young Frankenstein	1974	80.7	334
65	All About My Mother	1999	80.4	342
66	Being John Malkovich	1999	80.3	346
67	Nashville	1975	80.3	348
68	American Graffiti	1973	80.2	351
69	Little Miss Sunshine	2006	80.1	352
70	Chicago	2002	79.9	359
71	Nights of Cabiria	1957	79.9	360
72	As Good as It Gets	1997	79.2	381
73	The Lady Eve	1941	79.1	384
74	The Awful Truth	1937	79.1	387
75	Terms of Endearment	1983	79.0	388
76	Midnight in Paris	2011	78.8	397
77	Brazil	1985	78.7	400
78	KPop Demon Hunters	2025	78.4	408
79	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	2022	78.4	411
80	Lady Bird	2017	77.9	425
81	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	2005	77.7	433
82	The King of Comedy	1982	77.3	448
83	The Banshees of Inisherin	2022	77.2	450
84	Kung Fu Panda	2008	76.7	468
85	Boogie Nights	1997	76.7	470
86	Groundhog Day	1993	76.4	481
87	Miracle on 34th Street	1947	76.3	483
88	The General	1926	76.3	485
89	Monty Python and the Holy Grail	1975	76.2	488
90	MAS*H	1970	76.0	496
91	Sideways	2004	75.8	503
92	Charade	1963	75.8	504
93	Ghostbusters	1984	75.6	509
94	The Producers	1967	75.5	514
95	Ed Wood	1994	75.2	526
96	Short Cuts	1993	75.0	532
97	Funny Girl	1968	75.0	534
98	Moana	2016	74.8	540
99	Ninotchka	1939	74.8	543
100	Jerry Maguire	1996	74.6	549
101	Klaus	2019	74.6	551
102	Day for Night	1973	74.5	553
103	Mary and Max	2009	74.5	555
104	The Lego Movie	2014	74.2	567
105	The Descendants	2011	74.1	568
106	Sentimental Value	2025	73.6	590
107	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie	1972	73.5	592
108	The Postman	1994	73.1	608
109	An American in Paris	1951	73.1	609
110	When Harry Met Sally...	1989	73.0	613
111	Thor: Ragnarok	2017	72.9	616
112	3 Idiots	2009	72.9	618
113	The Thin Man	1934	72.8	624
114	Amarcord	1973	72.7	626
115	Meet Me in St. Louis	1944	72.6	630
116	Isle of Dogs	2018	72.5	633
117	Barton Fink	1991	72.5	636
118	Jojo Rabbit	2019	72.1	651
119	Top Hat	1935	72.1	653
120	The Shop Around the Corner	1940	72.0	656
121	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	2021	71.7	667
122	Divorce Italian Style	1961	71.6	671
123	Big Hero 6	2014	71.6	673
124	Bringing Up Baby	1938	71.5	678
125	Little Big Man	1970	71.3	686
126	Paper Moon	1973	71.2	690
127	A Fish Called Wanda	1988	71.1	694
128	Born Yesterday	1950	70.7	714
129	Moonstruck	1987	70.6	717
130	Encanto	2021	70.4	723
131	Knives Out	2019	70.4	727
132	Limelight	1952	70.3	729
133	You Can't Take It with You	1938	70.3	731
134	Moonrise Kingdom	2012	70.0	741
135	Wag the Dog	1997	69.8	751
136	The Lobster	2015	69.7	756
137	Broadcast News	1987	69.6	760
138	Volver	2006	69.5	764
139	Home Alone	1990	69.4	770
140	Chungking Express	1994	69.4	772
141	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	1975	69.3	777
142	Underground	1995	69.2	778
143	This Is Spinal Tap	1984	69.2	780
144	The Triplets of Belleville	2003	69.2	781
145	Shrek 2	2004	69.1	783
146	The Devil Wears Prada	2006	69.1	784
147	Cruella	2021	69.1	786
148	Lilies of the Field	1963	69.0	787
149	Four Weddings and a Funeral	1994	69.0	790
150	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	1961	68.9	791
151	The Last Detail	1973	68.8	796
152	My Man Godfrey	1936	68.6	809
153	BlacKkKlansman	2018	68.2	825
154	I, Tonya	2017	68.2	828
155	Galaxy Quest	1999	68.1	829
156	Going My Way	1944	68.1	830
157	Billy Elliot	2000	68.1	832
158	My Life as a Zucchini	2016	68.1	833
159	Life of Brian	1979	68.0	834
160	Barbie	2023	68.0	836
161	The Worst Person in the World	2021	67.9	838
162	The Purple Rose of Cairo	1985	67.9	841
163	Airplane!	1980	67.6	853
164	His Girl Friday	1940	67.6	856
165	Don't Look Up	2021	67.5	861
166	Wild Tales	2014	67.3	867
167	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory	1971	67.3	871
168	Juno	2007	67.2	872
169	That Obscure Object of Desire	1977	67.2	873
170	Saving Mr. Banks	2013	67.2	876
171	Beetlejuice	1988	67.1	880
172	Wreck-It Ralph	2012	67.0	882
173	Good Morning, Vietnam	1987	66.9	886
174	Gigi	1958	66.8	893
175	Kung Fu Hustle	2004	66.8	894
176	Chicken Run	2000	66.7	897
177	Paddington 2	2017	66.6	903
178	In Bruges	2008	66.5	906
179	The Royal Tenenbaums	2001	66.5	909
180	The Circus	1928	66.4	912
181	Safety Last!	1923	66.4	914
182	The Intouchables	2011	66.3	919
183	Toni Erdmann	2016	66.2	921
184	Robot Dreams	2023	66.1	930
185	Clerks	1994	65.9	937
186	The Blues Brothers	1980	65.9	938
187	Marriage Italian Style	1964	65.9	940
188	Cyrano de Bergerac	1990	65.8	942
189	Crimes and Misdemeanors	1989	65.8	944
190	Lolita	1962	65.8	945
191	Rushmore	1998	65.7	946
192	Babette's Feast	1987	65.7	949
193	Licorice Pizza	2021	65.6	953
194	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	2000	65.6	955
195	A Hard Day's Night	1964	65.3	967
196	Zootopia 2	2025	65.3	968
197	Ball of Fire	1941	65.1	976
198	Breaking Away	1979	65.1	979
199	Big	1988	65.0	981
200	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	1936	64.7	996
201	Blazing Saddles	1974	64.6	1,002
202	A Serious Man	2009	64.6	1,004
203	Men in Black	1997	64.6	1,006
204	I Vitelloni	1953	64.5	1,008
205	Beverly Hills Cop	1984	64.4	1,016
206	Cars	2006	64.3	1,018
207	PlayTime	1967	64.2	1,022
208	The Full Monty	1997	64.1	1,030
209	The Breakfast Club	1985	64.1	1,031
210	Good Bye, Lenin!	2003	64.0	1,033
211	Toy Story 5	2026	64.0	1,034
212	The Kids Are All Right	2010	63.9	1,042
213	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	2006	63.7	1,051
214	Snatch	2000	63.7	1,053
215	Adam's Rib	1949	63.6	1,056
216	Crazy, Stupid, Love.	2011	63.6	1,057
217	The Croods	2013	63.6	1,058
218	The Lavender Hill Mob	1951	63.5	1,061
219	Broken Flowers	2005	63.4	1,066
220	Shaun the Sheep Movie	2015	63.2	1,075
221	Duck Soup	1933	63.2	1,076
222	Kung Fu Panda 2	2011	63.1	1,080
223	Ghost World	2001	63.1	1,082
224	Mister Roberts	1955	63.1	1,084
225	Lady and the Tramp	1955	63.0	1,085
226	Triangle of Sadness	2022	63.0	1,086
227	Rango	2011	63.0	1,088
228	Dangal	2016	62.9	1,095
229	Taxi	2015	62.8	1,097
230	The Madness of King George	1994	62.8	1,098
231	A Bug's Life	1998	62.8	1,099
232	Onward	2020	62.7	1,102
233	Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl	2024	62.7	1,105
234	Mon Oncle	1958	62.6	1,108
235	Woman of the Year	1942	62.6	1,110
236	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	1954	62.5	1,112
237	Turning Red	2022	62.4	1,119
238	Barfi!	2012	62.3	1,123
239	(500) Days of Summer	2009	62.3	1,127
240	The Birdcage	1996	62.2	1,129
241	Memoir of a Snail	2024	62.2	1,130
242	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	1994	62.2	1,131
243	The Fisher King	1991	62.2	1,133
244	Harvey	1950	62.1	1,135
245	Stalag 17	1953	62.1	1,138
246	The Emperor's New Groove	2000	62.0	1,142
247	A Night at the Opera	1935	61.9	1,145
248	Anomalisa	2015	61.9	1,146
249	10 Things I Hate About You	1999	61.8	1,150
250	Working Girl	1988	61.8	1,152