Bill Hader's 200 Essential Movies Every Comedy Writer Should See
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List compiled by actor Bill Hader and published in "Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers" by Mike Sacks.
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Nine to Five
1980 — a.k.a. 9 to 5, in 2 top lists Check -
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1941
1979, in 1 top list Check -
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 — a.k.a. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ace in the Hole
1951, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988, in 2 top lists Check -
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After Hours
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
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Airplane!
1980, in 14 top lists Check -
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Amarcord
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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American Graffiti
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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An American in Paris
1951, in 18 top lists Check -
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Animal Crackers
1930, in 2 top lists Check -
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Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
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The Apartment
1960, in 28 top lists Check -
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Army of Darkness
1992, in 6 top lists Check -
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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944, in 9 top lists Check -
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Back to the Future
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Bad News Bears
1976, in 2 top lists Check -
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Bananas
1971, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Band Wagon
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Bank Dick
1940, in 8 top lists Check -
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Barton Fink
1991, in 8 top lists Check -
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Beetlejuice
1988, in 5 top lists Check -
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Being There
1979, in 15 top lists Check -
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Best in Show
2000, in 3 top lists Check -
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Better Off Dead...
1985, in 1 top list Check -
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I soliti ignoti
1958 — a.k.a. Big Deal on Madonna Street, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Big Lebowski
1998, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Birdcage
1996 — a.k.a. Birds of a Feather, in 3 top lists Check -
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Blazing Saddles
1974, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Blues Brothers
1980, in 11 top lists Check -
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Boogie Nights
1997, in 12 top lists Check -
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Born Yesterday
1950, in 10 top lists Check -
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Bottle Rocket
1996, in 3 top lists Check -
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Boudu sauvé des eaux
1932 — a.k.a. Boudu Saved from Drowning, in 9 top lists Check -
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Brazil
1985, in 23 top lists Check -
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Broadway Danny Rose
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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Bullets Over Broadway
1994, in 0 top lists Check -
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The 'Burbs
1989, in 1 top list Check -
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Cabin in the Sky
1943, in 3 top lists Check -
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Caddyshack
1980, in 5 top lists Check -
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Catch-22
1970, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Circus
1928, in 10 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
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Ostre sledované vlaky
1966 — a.k.a. Closely Watched Trains, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Cocoanuts
1929, in 1 top list Check -
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Coming to America
1988, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Court Jester
1955, in 5 top lists Check -
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989, in 12 top lists Check -
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Dames
1934, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Sep 10, 2014;