This is our listing of the Top Pop Comedy Movies since 1950. Our Pop Culture Criteria is based upon factors such as initial box office draw, spawning of prequel and/or sequel, crossover into other genres and overall impression on our society.
This list of movies is broken it into three subcategories, Drama, Comedy and Action & Adventure.
ComedyThe Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988
The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear 1991, The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 1994,
Airplane!
1980
Toy Story
1995
Toy Story 2 1999, Toy Story 3 2010 and Toy Story 4 2019
Animal House
1978
Home Alone
1990
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1992, Home Alone 3 1997, Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House 2002 and Home Alone: The Holiday Heist 2012
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
1986
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
2004
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
Best in Show
2000
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
2005
Superbad
2007
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
Caddyshack
1980
American Pie
1999
National Lampoons Vacation
1983
National Lampoon’s European Vacation 1985, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 1989, Vegas Vacation 1997 and Vacation 2015
Young Frankenstein
1974
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
Blazing Saddles
1974
Bridesmaids
2011
The Hangover
2009
The Hangover Part II 2011, and The Hangover Part III 2013
The Graduate
1967
Beverly Hills Cop
1984
Beverly Hills Cop II 1987 and Beverly Hills Cop III 1994
The Birdcage
1996
Ted
2012
Ted 2 2015
Office Space
1999
Men In Black
1997
Back to the Future
1985
Coming to America
1988
Groundhog Day
1993
This Is Spinal Tap
1984
The Blues Brothers
1980
Wayne’s World
1992
A Fish Called Wanda
1988
Arthur
1981, 2011 (remake)
Stripes
1981
Annie Hall
1977
The Pink Panther
1963, 2006 (remake)
Forrest Gump
1994
It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
1963
The Jerk
1979
The Sting
1973
When Harry Met Sally
1989
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
1979
