Last week, Guardians of the Galaxy director, James Gunn, shared a list of ten films to fulfil your quaran-chill needs. But now, Edgar Wright has entered the chat, with a number ten times that of Gunn’s!
The Hot Fuzz and Baby Driver director recently shared his “100 Favourite Comedies” list on popular film social network, Letterboxd (via Indiewire). Before opening his parcel, Wright offered a little heartfelt message, jokingly stating that none of his own films are on the list.
To get you through these tough times, please enjoy a generous helping of some of my favourite screen comedies that I’ve enjoyed over the years. I could easily do another 100 so don’t say ‘Where’s so and so?’ Just sit back and enjoy the movies. Let us know below, which ones you raise a smile. (NB: No, I’m not so immodest to put my own on here. x).
Here’s Wright’s list in chronological order:
1. Safety Last (dir. Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor; 1923)
2. Our Hospitality (dir. Buster Keaton, John G. Blystone; 1923)
3. The Gold Rush (dir. Charlie Chaplin; 1925)
4. The Circus (dir. Charlie Chaplin; 1928)
5. Steamboat Bill Jr. (dir. Buster Keaton, Charles Reisner; 1928)
6. The Cameraman (dir. Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick; 1928)
7. City Lights (dir. Charlie Chaplin; 1931)
8. Monkey Business (dir. Norman Z. McLeod; 1931)
9. The Music Box (dir. James Parrott; 1932)
10. Duck Soup (dir. Leo McCarey; 1933)
11. Sons of the Desert (dir. William A. Seiter; 1933)
12. The Thin Man (dir. W.S. Van Dyke; 1934)
13. A Night at the Opera (dir. Sam Wood; 1935)
14. The Awful Truth (dir. Leo McCarey; 1937)
15. Bringing Up Baby (dir. Howard Hanks; 1938)
16. The Bank Dick (dir. Edward F. Cline; 1940)
17. Sullivan’s Travels (dir. Preston Sturges; 1941)
18. Road to Morocco (dir. David Butler; 1942)
19. Jour de Fete (dir. Jacques Tati; 1949)
20. Kind Hearts and Coronets (dir. Robert Hamer; 1949)
21. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (dir. Jacques Tati; 1953)
22. The Ladykillers (dir. Alexander Mackendrick; 1955)
23. The Court Jester (dir. Melvin Frank, Norman Panama; 1955)
24. Mon Oncle (dir. Jacques Tati; 1958)
25. Some Like It Hot (dir. Billy Wilder; 1959)
26. A Bucket of Blood (dir. Roger Corman; 1959)
27. The Apartment (dir. Billy Wilder; 1960)
28. Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (dir. Stanley Kubrick; 1964)
29. A Shot in the Dark (dir. Blake Edwards; 1964)
30. The Producers (dir. Mel Brooks; 1967)
31. The Firemen’s Ball (dir. Milos Forman; 1967)
32. The Graduate (dir. Mike Nichols; 1967)
33. Take the Money and Run (dir. Woody Allen; 1969)
34. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (dir. Paul Mazursky; 1969)
35. Where’s Poppa? (dir. Carl Reiner; 1970)
36. A New Leaf (dir. Elaine May; 1971)
37. Bananas (dir. Woody Allen; 1971)
38. Harold and Maude (dir. Hal Ashby; 1971)
39. What’s Up Doc? (dir. Peter Bogdanovich; 1972)
40. Play It Again, Sam (dir. Herbert Ross; 1972)
41. The Heartbreak Kid (dir. Elaine May; 1972)
42. Sleeper (dir. Woody Allen; 1973)
43. Blazing Saddles (dir. Mel Brooks; 1974)
44. Young Frankenstein (dir. Mel Brooks; 1974)
45. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (dir. Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones; 1975)
46. Nuts in May (dir. Mike Leigh; 1976)
47. Annie Hall (dir. Woody Allen; 1977)
48. Animal House (dir. John Landis; 1978)
49. Life of Brian (dir. Terry Jones; 1979)
50. The Jerk (dir. Carl Reiner; 1979)
51. Being There (dir. Hal Ashby; 1979)
52. The Blues Brothers (dir. John Landis; 1980)
53. Airplane! (dir. Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams; 1980)
54. Gregory’s Girl (dir. Bill Forsyth; 1981)
55. Tootsie (dir. Sydney Pollack; 1982)
56. Trading Places (dir. John Landis; 1983)
57. The Man with Two Brains (dir. Carl Reiner; 1983)
58. Risky Business (dir. Paul Brickman; 1983)
59. This Is Spinal Tap (dir. Rob Reiner; 1984)
60. Top Secret! (dir. Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams; 1984)
61. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (dir. Tim Burton; 1985)
62. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (dir. John Hughes; 1986)
63. Raising Arizona (dir. Joel Coen; 1987)
64. Evil Dead II (dir. Sam Raimi; 1987)
65. Withnail & I (dir. Bruce Robinson; 1987)
66. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (dir. John Hughes; 1987)
67. Beetlejuice (dir. Tim Burton; 1987)
68. Heathers (dir. Michael Lehmann; 1987)
69. The Naked Gun: From The Files of Police Squad! (dir. David Zucker; 1988)
70. L.A. Story (dir. Mick Jackson; 1991)
71. Delicatessen (dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro; 1991)
72. Groundhog Day (dir. Harold Ramis; 1993)
73. Citizen Ruth (dir. Alexander Payner; 1996)
74. Bottle Rocket (dir. Wes Anderson; 1996)
75. Waiting for Guffman (dir. Christopher Guest; 1996)
76. Rushmore (dir. Wes Anderson; 1998)
77. Election (dir. Alexander Payne; 1999)
78. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (dir. Trey Parker; 1999)
79. Being John Malkovich (dir. Spike Jonze; 1999)
80. Best in Show (dir. Christopher Guest; 2000)
81. Songs from the Second Floor (dir. Roy Andersson; 2000)
82. Shaolin Soccer (dir. Stephen Chow; 2001)
83. School of Rock (dir. Richard Linklater; 2003)
84. Windy City Heat (dir. Bobcat Goldthwait; 2003)
85. Kung Fu Hustle (dir. Stephen Chow; 2004)
86. Napoleon Dynamite (dir. Jared Hess; 2004)
87. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (dir. Adam McKay; 2004)
88. Team America: World Police (dir. Trey Parker; 2004)
89. Sideways (dir. Alexander Payne; 2004)
90. Idiocracy (dir. Mike Judge; 2006)
91. You, the Living (dir. Roy Andersson; 2007)
92. Superbad (dir. Greg Mottola; 2007)
93. Le Donk and Scor-Zay-Zee (dir. Shane Meadows; 2009)
94. The Trip (dir. Michael Winterbottom; 2010)
95. What We Do In The Shadows (dir. Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement; 2014)
96. The Grand Budapest Hotel (dir. Wes Anderson; 2014)
97. They Came Together (dir. David Wain; 2014)
98. Mistress America (dir. Noah Baumbach; 2015)
99. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (dir. Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone; 2016)
100. One Cut of the Dead (dir. Shinichiro Ueda; 2017)
Exhibits 34 and 100 both appear on Gunn’s list as well. So, if you have already watched them, why not throw in a twang of Scott Pilgrim in there? Feeling apocalyptic? Shaun of The Dead might be the way to go… Considering that we have an additional 14 days of restricted movement, a 100-comedy binge should be a big-mood-cheer-up. Anyway, crash, snack, and have fun!
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