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Comedies are one of the most beloved categories of film, with new projects releasing each year sharing a new take on the genre, whether they are tinged with romance, offer biting commentary on the world around us or simply give viewers a laugh-out-loud experience they will want to revisit again and again.
According to a list compiled by Variety of the 100 best comedy movies of all time, the funniest film to kick back and enjoy nonstop laughs is The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!. This "diabolically" funny, slapstick satire from 1988 even spawned two sequels starring Leslie Nielson as bumbling police lieutenant Frank Drebin as well as the 2025 legacy sequel The Naked Gun, starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson.
Here's what the site had to say about this satirical masterpiece:
"The glory of The Naked Gun is that it's a shamelessly uninhibited, anarchically observational drive-by comedy that will make fun of anything: global autocrats, stodgy film noir dialogue, safe sex, a professional baseball game, food left in the refrigerator for too long. The entire movie is staged with a bombs-away joy, a sense of exaggeration so clever it's nearly diabolical. At the same time, it's a loopy satire of po-faced TV cop thrillers, with a warped center of gravity in Leslie Nielson, who plays the L.A. police detective Frank Drebin as if he were channeling Jack Webb, Ronald Reagan and Moe Howard at the same time."
Check out Variety's full list to see more hilarious comedies to add to your watch list.