Comedy DVDs
Genre-Defying
Parodies
Classics
Best in Show (2000) PG-13
The Big Lebowski (1998) R
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) R
Mean Girls (2004) PG-13
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
PG
The Princess Bride (1987) PG
Austin Powers (1997) PG-13
Blazing Saddles (1974) R
The Naked Gun (1988) PG-13
Tropic Thunder (2008) R
This is Spinal Tap (1984) R
Young Frankenstein (1974)
PG
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) NR
Broadcast News (1987) R
Caddyshack (1980) R
The Graduate (1967) PG
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(1974) PG
National Lampoon’s Animal
House (1978) R
The Philadelphia Story (1940) NR
Raising Arizona (1987) PG-13
The Three Stooges Collection NR
Tootsie (1982) PG
Genre Leaders
Representative Movie
Steve Carell
Jim Carrey
Ethan & Joel Coen
Billy Crystal
Will Ferrell
Whoopi Goldberg
Goldie Hawn
Queen Latifah
Melissa McCarthy
Bill Murray
Eddie Murphy
Tyler Perry
Seth Rogen
Ben Stiller
Lily Tomlin
Robin Williams
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) R
Bruce Almighty (2003) PG-13
Fargo (1996) R
City Slickers (1991) PG-13
Anchorman 2 (2013) PG-13
Sister Act (1992) PG
The First Wives Club (1996) PG
Hairspray (2007) PG
Tammy (2014) R
Ghostbusters (1984) PG
The Nutty Professor (1996) PG
Madea’s Big Happy Family (2011) PG-13
Knocked Up (2007) R
Meet the Parents (2000) PG-13
9 to 5 (1980) PG
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) PG-13
Recommended Websites
http://www.afi.com/100years/laughs.aspx
www.imdb.com/genre/comedy
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Gross-out or Silly
Bridesmaids (2011) R
The Hangover (2009) R
Old School (2003) R
Romantic Comedies
Annie Hall (1977) PG
Four Weddings and a Funeral
(1993) R
Hitch (2005) PG-13
The Holiday (2006) PG-13
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
(2002) PG
Pretty Woman (1990) R
The Proposal (2009) PG-13
When Harry Met Sally (1989) R