Best comedies of all time filmaffinity

In the following page, you will see a ranking of the bests comedies of all time. We have gathered the ratings of Imdb, Metacritic, Filmaffinity and crafted our own algorithm and generated the following ratings.

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1. Modern Times (1936)

The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman. read more

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family

Filmaffinity Rating 8.6 /10 Metacritic Rating 96 /100 IMDB Rating 8.5 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.9 /10

2. City Lights (1931)

With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically. read more

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 8.6 /10 Metacritic Rating 99 /100 IMDB Rating 8.5 /10 Bmoat Rating 9.0 /10

3. The Great Dictator (1940)

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime. read more

Genres: Comedy, Drama, War

Filmaffinity Rating 8.6 /10 IMDB Rating 8.4 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.5 /10

4. Life Is Beautiful (1997)

When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp. read more

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 8.5 /10 Metacritic Rating 59 /100 IMDB Rating 8.6 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.7 /10

5. The Sting (1973)

Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con. read more

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 8.5 /10 Metacritic Rating 83 /100 IMDB Rating 8.3 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.4 /10

6. The Apartment (1960)

A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. read more

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 8.4 /10 Metacritic Rating 94 /100 IMDB Rating 8.3 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.7 /10

7. The Kid (1921)

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy. read more

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family

Filmaffinity Rating 8.4 /10 IMDB Rating 8.2 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.3 /10

8. The Gold Rush (1925)

A prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall. read more

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 8.4 /10 IMDB Rating 8.1 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.2 /10

9. Some Like It Hot (1959)

After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. read more

Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 8.3 /10 Metacritic Rating 98 /100 IMDB Rating 8.2 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.8 /10

10. The General (1926)

After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines. read more

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Filmaffinity Rating 8.3 /10 IMDB Rating 8.1 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.2 /10

11. Sherlock Jr. (1924)

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch. read more

Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 8.2 /10 IMDB Rating 8.2 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.2 /10

12. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood. read more

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 8.1 /10 Metacritic Rating 99 /100 IMDB Rating 8.3 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.8 /10

13. Mary and Max (2009)

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. read more

Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 8.1 /10 IMDB Rating 8.1 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.1 /10

14. Manhattan (1979)

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress. read more

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 8.1 /10 Metacritic Rating 83 /100 IMDB Rating 7.8 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.1 /10

15. Duck Soup (1933)

Rufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on. read more

Genres: Comedy, Musical

Filmaffinity Rating 8.1 /10 Metacritic Rating 93 /100 IMDB Rating 7.7 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.4 /10

16. The Intouchables (2011)

After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver. read more

Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 8.0 /10 Metacritic Rating 57 /100 IMDB Rating 8.5 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.4 /10

17. Coco (2017)

Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer. read more

Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Filmaffinity Rating 8.0 /10 Metacritic Rating 81 /100 IMDB Rating 8.4 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.2 /10

18. Annie Hall (1977)

Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages. read more

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 8.0 /10 Metacritic Rating 92 /100 IMDB Rating 8.0 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.4 /10

19. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. read more

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 8.0 /10 Metacritic Rating 96 /100 IMDB Rating 7.9 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.5 /10

20. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby. read more

Genres: Comedy, Family, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 8.0 /10 Metacritic Rating 91 /100 IMDB Rating 7.8 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.3 /10

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