Funniest Screenplays of All Time. Types of Comedies Comedies usually come in two general formats comedian led. Both comedy elements may appear together andor overlap. Comedy hybrids commonly exist with other major genres, such as musical comedy. Comedies have also been classified in. There. are also many different kinds, types, or forms of comedy, including Slapstick was predominant in the earliest silent films, since they. English. speaking audiences in metropolitan areas. The term slapstick was. This. is primitive and universal comedy with broad, aggressive, physical, and visual action, including harmless or painless cruelty and violence. Slapstick often required exquisite timing. It was typical. of the films of Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, W. C. Fields, The. Three Stooges, the stunts of Harold Lloyd in Safety. Last 1. 92. 3, and Mack Sennetts silent era shorts for example. Keystone Kops. Slapstick evolved and was reborn in the screwball comedies. More. recent feature film examples include the comedic mad chase for treasure. Stanley Kramers Its a Mad, Mad, Mad. Mad World 1. 96. French actordirector Jacques Tatis mostly dialogue free Mr. Hulots Holiday 1. Fr., and Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura, Pet. Detective 1. 99. The Mask 1. The Blake Edwards series of Pink. Panther films with Peter Sellers as bumbling Inspector Clouseau especially. A Shot in the Dark 1. Herbert Lom as Clouseaus slow burning boss and Burt Kwouk as his valet. Cartoons are the quintessential. Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote, and others. This form of comedy was best exemplified by the expression less face. Buster Keaton. This was classically typified by the cruel verbal wit of W. C. Fields, the. sexual innuendo of Mae West, or the verbal absurdity of dialogues in the. Marx Brothers films, or later by the self effacing, thoughtful humor of. Woody Allens literate comedies. Screwball comedies, a sub genre of romantic comedy films, was predominant. The word screwball denotes lunacy. These. films combine farce, slapstick, and the witty dialogue of more sophisticated. In general, they are light hearted, frothy, often sophisticated. They usually include. The. Awful Truth 1. Some of the stars often present in screwball. Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert. Jean Arthur, Irene Dunne, Myrna Loy, Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, William. Powell, and Carole Lombard. The couple is often a fairly eccentric, but well to do female. Bringing Up Baby 1. Howard Hawks farce I. Was a Male War Bride 1. The zany but glamorous characters often. Preston Sturges classic screwball comedy and battle of the. The Lady Eve 1. 94. However, after a twisting. See more discussion. These. are dark, sarcastic, humorous, or sardonic stories that help us examine. Two of the greatest black comedies ever made include the following. Stanley Kubricks Cold War classic satire from a script by co writer Terry. Southern,Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Peter Sellers in a triple role as a Nazi scientist, a British major. US President, and Robert Altmans MAH 1. Korean War. Another more recent classic. Coen Brothers violent and quirky story Fargo. Midwestern police chief Oscar winning Frances. Mc. Dormand who solves a perfect crime that went seriously wrong. Hal Ashbys eccentric cult film Harold and Maude 1. Bud. Cort and a quirky, widowed octogenarian Ruth Gordon, with a great soundtrack. Cat Stevens. See examples of other feature. John Hustons satirical black comedy Prizzis. Honor 1. 98. 5 starred Jack Nicholson as dimwitted Mafia hit man Charley. Partanna for the East Coast Prizzi family, who fell in love with West Coaster. Irene Walker Kathleen Turner another mobs hitwoman. The film included. Oscar winning performance from Anjelica Huston as the vengeful granddaughter. Nicholsons Don. Tim Burtons dark and imaginative haunted house comedy Beetlejuice 1. Michael Keaton as the title character. Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin. The shocking but watchable first film of Peter Berg, Very Bad Things. Las. Vegas gone bad for five guys when their hired stripperprostitute was accidentally. Parody or Spoof also Satire, Lampoon and Farce. These specific types of comedy also called put ons, send ups, charades. Marx Brothers satiric anti war masterpiece Duck Soup 1. Cat Ballou 1. 96. Woody Allens Japanese monster film parody Whats. Up, Tiger Lily 1. Mel Brooks the quasi western Blazing. Saddles 1. 97. 4, the quasi horror film Young. Frankenstein 1. 97. Hitchcock spoofrip off High. Anxiety 1. 97. 7, the Star Wars 1. Spaceballs 1. 98. Robin. Hood Men in Tights 1. Herbert Ross Play It Again. Sam 1. 97. 2 poked fun at Woody Allen as an insecure nebbish hero. Humphrey BogartSilver Streak 1. Alfred Hitchcocks train pictures, with Gene. Wilder and Richard Pryor their best film together onboard the Silver. Streak from LA to Chicago. Neil Simons scripts for The Cheap Detective 1. Murder By Death 1. Agatha Christie detective films. Jim Abrahams and the Zuckers revolutionary comedy Airplane Airport. Zero Hour 1. The. Naked Gun 1. TV cop shows, and Top Secret Cold War agents and espionage spy films and Elvis. Presley films Abrahams military comedy Hot Shots Top Gun 1. Hot Shots Part. Deux 1. Rambo First Blood Part II 1. The Freshman 1. 99. Marlon Brando as Carmine. Sabatini poked fun with brilliant parody at his own characterization. Don Corleone in The Godfather 1. Carl Reiners Fatal Instinct 1. Basic Instinct. 1. Gene Quintanos Loaded Weapon I 1. Lethal Weapon 1. The Silence. Lambs 1. Basic Instinct 1. Waynes World 1. Austin Powers films 1. James Bond 0. 07 filmsthe Scream films 1. Barry Sonnenfelds Men in Black 1. Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as government agents with. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in the Lethal Weapon series battling about 1. Earth dwelling, other worldly extra terrestrials. New York area a sequel appeared in 2. Galaxy Quest 1. 99. Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, and Sigourney Weaver of a 7. TV series. in reruns, this was a parody of sci fi TV, Star Trek itself, and. Trekkie activitiesdirector Nora Ephrons romantic comedy Youve Got. Mail 1. 99. 8 updated and paid homage to Ernst Lubitschs classic The. Shop Around the Corner 1. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in. Ephron Sleepless. Seattle 1. 99. 3, replacing James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. Manhattan bookstore owners. Last Action Hero 1. This category may also include these widely diverse forms. Billy Wilders sex farce The Seven. Year Itch 1. 95. Hollywood romance. Terry Gilliams tasteless but hilarious Monty Pythons. The Meaning of Life 1. The Life of Brian 1. Monty Pythonesque A Fish Called Wanda 1. John Cleese with the character name of Archie. Leach named after Cary Grants real name and directed by veteran Charles. Crichton whose film career was responsible for such classics as The. Lavender Hill Mob 1. 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