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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  1. 162 -

    Short Cuts

    1993, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 106 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  3. 80 -

    The Great Race

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 130 -

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 63 -

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 31 -

    Boogie Nights

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  7. 142 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 108 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 44 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  10. 30 -

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 35 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  12. 23 -

    Being There

    1979, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 59 -

    Ed Wood

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  14. 5 -

    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 118 -

    Midnight Run

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 196 -

    You Can't Take It with You

    1938, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 13 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  18. 189 -

    A Wedding

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 140 -

    Parenthood

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 143 -

    The Player

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 8 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 138 -

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 41 -

    Catch-22

    1970, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 105 -

    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 2 -

    1941

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  26. 15 -

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 27 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  28. 28 -

    The Birdcage

    1996 — a.k.a. Birds of a Feather, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 47 -

    Coming to America

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 16 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  31. 21 -

    Barton Fink

    1991, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 121 -

    Mon oncle

    1958 — a.k.a. My Uncle, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 113 -

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 181 -

    Trading Places

    1983, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 91 -

    The Incredibles

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 10 -

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 77 -

    The Goonies

    1985, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 126 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  39. 79 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  40. 186 -

    Used Cars

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  41. 19 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 84 -

    Heaven Can Wait

    1943, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 109 -

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  44. 4 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 51 -

    A Day at the Races

    1937, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 87 -

    The Hudsucker Proxy

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 9 -

    American Graffiti

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 54 -

    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  49. 128 -

    Mystery Train

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 150 -

    The Royal Tenenbaums

    2001, in 8 top lists Check
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