+1 Brain of Randomness

I started out writing up my favorite movies of all time, but that task is very daunting.  I truly love a very large number of movies and it might be easier to break it down into some sections and then combine them.

The biggest problem is going to be that I'm going to forget a ton of my favorites that I haven't watched in a while and have to come back to fix the list.  I guess that's a cross I can bear, though.

Caddyshack - A brilliant cast, great writing, fun raunchy humor.  I love it!  I'm a huge Bill Murray fan (as you will  notice from this list) and this is one of his best.  His "sub-plot" steals the show.  Ted Knight is amazing as the "villian."  It's easily my favorite performance by Chevy Chase (although Vacation comes close.)

Ghostbusters - This movie often trades places with Caddyshack as my favorite.  Again, a brilliant cast with great writing.  The most quotable movie of all time, as well.

LA Story - As I said in another blog post, this movie is so amazingly under-rated by people.  It's one of the most intelligent comedies of all time.  There are layers and layers of meaning to the entire thing, and yet you can ignore it all and just enjoy all of the funny stuff that's going on constantly.

Groundhog Day - Look.  Bill Murray again!  And again.  And again.  Etc.  Another intelligent comedy with a lot of subtext and a great heart.

Blazing Saddles - My favorite Mel Brooks movie.  It's just funny and fun.  Gene Wilder steals the show, but everyone is at the top of their game.

Young Frankenstein - Much like Caddyshack and Ghostbusters, this movie and Blazing Saddles war for top position as Mel Brooks comedies.  This one is more intelligent (wittier, if you will) but Blazing Saddles is more fun (plus we've already established that I like some raunchiness.)

This is Spinal Tap - The best of Christopher Guest's productions.  The cast is great, the situations are brilliant, the fun never stops.  For a real treat, watch it with the commentary on.  The cast does it all in character.

Best in Show - My second favorite of Guest's work, and it's a close second.  Fred Willard steals the show as the announcer, but all the characters are ridiculous and fun.

Airplane - My favorite spoof movie (although a different kind of spoof than Spinal Tap.)  The surprises and laughs just keep coming.  It recently got a boost when I discovered that it was really a spoof of a specific movie that no one had every heard of, and not just a general spoof.

The Princess Bride - So many great scenes and lines.  A classic!  The cast is amazing, even though so many of them were not (and are not) huge names.  I can't recommend reading the book enough.  Go do it.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail - I love all of their movies, but this one is just too good to not stand out.  Like Young Frankenstein, Life of Brian is wittier, but Holy Grail is more fun.

Beverly Hills Cop - My favorite Eddie Murphy movie.  It's funny, and very quotable, but also has a good mystery story to it and some action.

Galaxy Quest - I'm a sucker for Tim Allen and Tony Shalhoub in this movie, plus the Trek geek in me gets fed.

The list goes on and on.  Here are some others that I love, but don't necessarily make the top slots, although some of them are very close.  A few of them will be written up as underrated hits soon, too.

Tape Heads

American Pie

Office Space

Fish Called Wanda -

Better Off Dead

National Lampoon's Vacation

Animal House

Smokey and the Bandit

Cannonball Run

PSU

Dazed and Confused

UHF

Raising Arizona -

Big Lebowski -

The Wedding Singer

Revenge of the Nerds

Coming to America

Super Troopers

Zack and Miri make a Porno

Men in Black

The Blues Brothers

Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

Austin Powers

Anchorman

Porky's

Happy Gilmore

The Hangover

Superbad

Shaun of the Dead

Talladega Nights

Silver Streak