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I'm after some inspiration of what to watch over the winter. You can go as far back as you want.

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

Top Secret.

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Going back a long way, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday. Classic film if you haven't seen it.

In reply to The Lemming: Any of the Ealing comedies......jeeze I'm getting old!!!

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Not exactly "classic", but I found Nurse Betty very funny. It's dark, it's strange and it's probably not what you expect (unless you're already a fan of Neil LaBute).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171580/

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O Brother Where Art Thou
Dr Strangelove.

Neither are typical comedies but both are excellent films.

In reply to Mooncat: o brother is a great film with a great soundtrack.

In reply to The Lemming: THE PLANK, stupid but funny

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Some like it hot

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The Party. Peter Sellers.

In reply to The Lemming: The Family Way has always been one of my favourites.

In reply to The Lemming: cant beat Monty Python and the Holy GraIL and Life of Brian!

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How could I forget the Peter Sellers Pink Panther films?

In reply to The Lemming: The Marx Bros, (not all of them are classic.)

In reply to stroppygob:

Really old style -School for Scoundrels (the Terry-Thomas original and not the awful remake)

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Clerks, though its not exactly slapstick.

or Cliffhanger is starting on "Dave" just now...

In reply to stroppygob:

And in a a similar vein, Abbot and Costello movies were a staple of saturday afternoons for me. (plus Laurel and hardy).

In reply to estivoautumnal:
+1 TOP SECRET is a brilliant film.

In reply to The Lemming: The Blues Brothers.

In reply to Reach>Talent: Top secret, Crime wave, Into the night ,and let it ride, are good
But for old school classics all the Ealing films are brilliant, passport to pimlico, kind hearts, man in the white suite, etc.. Still brilliant.

Whisky Galore

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/series/the-comedy-25

(Annie Hall's at #1 incidentally)

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brit flicks are the best!

Brassed off
East is East
Rita, Sue and Bob too
Lock, stock and 2 smoking...
Snatch <do ya wanna buy a dag?>

Although not a comedy i really enjoyed Among Giants <Pete Postlethwaite> about a painting gang painting pylons. They are climbers and some Peak Grit action in the film too.

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Used cars

In reply to gd303uk:

Good calls (remind me what Let it Ride is though, not sure that I know it)
I used to be addicted to watching Let it Ride.
I think there are an awful lot of dull moments within the Ealing classics, and some forgotten ones which can put the lie to "any Ealing comedy is great", but your examples are grand (though The Man in the White Suit is as much downbeat conspiracy as it is comedy)

I think The Lemming would do well to watch Condorman and Mystery Science Theatre 3000: THe Movie

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Airplane cant be left of the list , low brow gags so thick and fast you cant resist

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. "

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/

Delicatessen - Dig this one out - bit different from the norm!!

In reply to Daithi O Murchu:

Blazing saddles for many of the same reasons but in typing that i think also of Young Frankenstien or is that Frankenstein?.

who mentioned Annie Hall? for Woody Allen id go for Take the money and Run or maybe Love and Death

In reply to The Lemming: Airplane, Sleeper, Blazing saddles

In reply to Daithi O Murchu:

Support your local sheriff

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The Producers (Zero)

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Were no angels,

the older one with Peter Ustinov & humphrey bogart in it

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The Lemming doesn't do subtitled films (dyslexia)

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in bruges
sir henry at rawlinson end
this is spinal tap
best in show
the big lebowski
the life aquatic with steve zissou
the royal tenenbaums

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The Castle - Budget aussie comedy about a family who live right next to an international airport

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another budget Aussie film from the 80s

"Malcolm"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091464/

In reply to aultguish:

I was just desperately trying to remember the name of that film! Thanks!