The Comedy Masterpiece

Returning home from watching the decent Superbad, I was struck with a thought. Have their been any true comedy masterpieces? I’m talking the Shawshank of comedy. And not just a fantastic movie that has comedy elements, but a movie that is memorably and timelessly funny.

There haven’t even been that many contenders. You could make a strong argument for the Monty Python movies, but they tend to be more of movie-length skit collections. IMDb’s list of top comedy movies includes Forrest Gump and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Neither is that funny.

Here are a small handful of contenders for comedy masterpiece: Office Space, The Princess Bride, Airplane, The Naked Gun. These movies are nothing without their funny, and funny they are. Do you have any more suggestions?

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