De Niro, like you've never seen him before, brilliant as Rupert Pupkin (ambition vs talent + sheer bloody nerve). Astonishing black humour from Scorcese and an all-time classic comedy

Bill Murray is spot-on as the egotistic weatherman destined to repeat the same day forever - that is, until an important life-lesson has been learned. Superb family film

original version far superior to the remake, with Jack Lemmon on an hilariously short fuse from start to finish. Essential viewing if you've only seen Steve Martin hamming up the rehashed antics

fantastic dialogue and character interplay from two top-flight actor/comedians. Check out the "little notes on my pillow" routine. Simple but hilarious

quite shocking when you're not laughing. Even if only 50% of this is accuarate, the guy was still a crazed genius. Carrey's best film

Almost any film by Tim Burton is fine by me. Here, he's brought the schlocky, 50's Hollywood B-movie atmoshere beautifully to life. Great cast, including the ever-versatile Johnny Depp

sublime stuff...all these movies feature an excellent ensemble cast and, at times, the hilarious documentary-style tecnique seems incredibly real

from the days when Woody Allen's neuroses were genuinely hilarious. The deadpan acting of all around him make the fish-out-of-water situation even more funny

the way events just spiral out of control is key to the enjoyment of this excellent British comedy. Cleese does the right thing by playing it a notch or two down from Basil Fawlty

another great send-up - this time of the old Universal Horror genre - with a clutch of great/terrible gags and slapstick from Mel Brooks

Walter Matthau is always good value, especially with good dialogue and in this movie we get both

Mel Brooks and his infectious chutzpah. He gets away with it because you can't dislike him, despite the Hitchcockian gags being groan-out-loud at times

the purest example of comedy genius...a legacy of brilliance that will never, ever be equalled