Live Life Team
Classic comedy is far different from today’s lewd and sometimes downright disgusting comedy. Classic comedies focused more on intellectual wit and physical humour. Here are the ten best classic comedies.
10. The Great Dictator
This one was received differently around the world because of its political content and mockery, but if you find it funny you really love it. Chaplin mocks Hitler and Nazi Germany in this satirical film. For history buffs this one is a must see.
9. It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
One of the longest titles ever and one that has been made fun of numerous times in spoofs. A cross country race to find treasure makes a bunch of people do a variety of crazy and insane things in order to get the treasure first.
8. You Can’t Take it With You
We can all relate to this one when two families meet and are all completely different and then one thing leads to another and well, it’s just not the meeting you had hoped for. The comedy of how people from different backgrounds can make you think twice about yourself and your loved ones.
7. Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The oddest comedy ever! It’s funny, quirky and darkly comedic!
6. The Odd Couple
Classic laws of opposites attracting and what happens when they are forced to come together. Walter and Jack at their best. Full of belly laughs, you’ll be looking at your own life and thinking back on the film’s most comedic moments.
5. Modern Times
The beginning of a modern society, run by the great Charlie Chaplin. His physical humour is hard to top.
4. The Palm Beach Story
What people will do for love….divorce your husband and marry a millionaire, A great set up but what about the consequences, what if she falls for him instead, Lots of funny and awkward moments in this love triangle revolving around money and inventions.
3. It Happened One Night
It won five Oscars and for a good reason. Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert were brilliant as people both trying to escape their own worlds and taking advantage of each other in the process.
2. Some Like It Hot
Tale of role reversal and all the slapstick antics that come with someone pretending to be someone else. This one will make you laugh out loud!
1. Bringing Up Baby
It’s smart, absolutely funny and stars some of the best actors of the classical film era. The silly antics are only part of the humour; the dialogue is crisp and perfectly riddled with intellectual wit.
