100 best comedy movies - contributors T-V

Discover our contributors’ favourite comedy movies, including Tim Vine’s top ten

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Charlie Talbot

Charlie Talbot is a comedy circuit regular and one half of 'North vs South' with Northerner Dave Gibson.

Charlie Talbot's top ten

  1. Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
  2. Old School (Todd Phillips, 2003)
  3. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes, 1986)
  4. Monty Python's Life Of Brian (Jones, 1979)
  5. Team America: World Police (Trey Parker, 2004)
  6. Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994)
  7. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)
  8. The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin, 1940)
  9. BASEketball (David Zucker, 1998)
  10. Good Bye, Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker, 2003)

Gabriel Tate

Gabriel Tate is the TV editor at Time Out.

Gabriel Tate's top ten

  1. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, 1980)
  2. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
  3. Team America: World Police (Trey Parker, 2004)
  4. Monty Python's Life Of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
  5. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)
  6. Music Box (James Parrott, 1932)
  7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam and Jones, 1975)
  8. In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009)
  9. The Naked Gun (David Zucker, 1988)
  10. Hercules in New York (Arthur Allan Seidelman, 1969)

Daniel Taylor

Daniel Taylor is half of deadpan musical comedy duo Ginger & Black. He has had a regular acting role in BBC3’s ‘How Not to Live Your Life’ and has appeared in ‘The Inbetweeners’.

Daniel Taylor's top ten

  1. Coming to America (John Landis, 1988)
  2. Anchorman (Adam McKay, 2004)
  3. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974)
  4. Trading Places (John Landis, 1983)
  5. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Trey Parker, 1999)
  6. Four Lions (Christopher Morris, 2010)
  7. The Jerk (Carl Reiner, 1979)
  8. Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (Paris Barclay, 1996)
  9. Uncle Buck (John Hughes, 1989)
  10. Sister Act (Emile Ardolino, 1992)

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Luke Toulson

Luke Toulson is a stand-up, writer and actor who, with Stephen Harvey as duo Toulson & Harvey, was nominated for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award in 2005.

Luke Toulson's top ten

  1. The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)
  2. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
  3. Borat (Larry Charles, 2006)
  4. Team America: World Police (Trey Parker, 2004)
  5. Monty Python's Life Of Brian (Jones, 1979)
  6. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
  7. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Jay Roach, 1997)
  8. Ace Ventura – When Nature Calls (Steve Oedekerk, 1995)
  9. Spaceballs (Mel Brooks, 1987)
  10. Trading Places (John Landis, 1983)

Thom Tuck

Thom Tuck is a stand-up comic and one third of highly-acclaimed sketch troupe The Penny Dreadfuls. As a group they have written and performed several series for BBC Radio 7 and 4.

Thom Tuck's top ten

  1. Monty Python's Life Of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
  2. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (John Cameron Mitchell, 2001)
  3. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Trey Parker, 1999)
  4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2000)
  5. Best in Show (Christopher Guest, 2000)
  6. There's Something About Mary (Bobby and Peter Farrelly, 1998)
  7. The Jerk (Carl Reiner, 1979)
  8. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
  9. Napoleon Dynamite (Jared Hess, 2004)
  10. Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)

Ben Van der Velde

Ben Van der Velde is a regular on the London comedy circuit and regular MC of the Really Lovely Comedy Show. He’s also performed with improv group The Oxford Imps.

Ben Van der Velde's top ten

  1. Four Lions (Christopher Morris, 2010)
  2. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974)
  3. Monty Python's Life Of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
  4. Dr Strangelove: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
  5. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)
  6. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
  7. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)
  8. The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
  9. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Trey Parker, 1999)
  10. National Lampoon's Animal House (John Landis, 1978)

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Andre Vincent

Andre Vincent is a well established stand-up and MC on the comedy circuit. He also co-hosts live topical show ‘The Early Show’ with Marcus Brigstocke.

Andre Vincent's top ten

  1. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)
  2. Love and Death (Woody Allen, 1975)
  3. A Chump at Oxford (Alfred J. Goulding, 1940)
  4. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
  5. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)
  6. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
  7. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974)
  8. Man Bites Dog (Remy Belvaux, 1992)
  9. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953)
  10. Richard Lester's Musketeer films

Tim Vine

One-liner comic Tim Vine is punmeister general. He has released two live DVDs, headlined ‘Dave’s One Night Stand’, and toured the UK multiple times.

Tim Vine's top ten

  1. Top Secret! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, 1984)
  2. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, 1980)
  3. A Shot in the Dark (Blake Edwards, 1964)
  4. Love and Death (Woody Allen, 1975)
  5. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (John Hughes, 1987)
  6. The Jerk (Carl Reiner, 1979)
  7. Parenthood (Ron Howard, 1989)
  8. Pillowtalk (Michael Gordon, 1959)
  9. Heaven Can Wait (Ernst Lubitsch, 1943)
  10. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)

Richard Vranch

Richard Vranch is one of the core members of long-running improv group The Comedy Store Players. They perform at the Comedy Store twice each week, every Wednesday and Sunday.

Richard Vranch's top ten

  1. The Magic Christian (Joseph McGrath, 1969)
  2. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)
  3. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (Terry Jones, 1983)
  4. Team America: World Police (Trey Parker, 2004)
  5. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Jay Roach, 1997)
  6. Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
  7. The Producers (Mel Brooks, 1968)
  8. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
  9. Monty Python's Life Of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
  10. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask (Woody Allen, 1972)
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