Highest-Rated Movies about 'Gag Humor'

La grande vadrouille (1966), The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), Black Dynamite (2009), Micmacs à tire-larigot (2009), Better Off Dead... (1985), UHF (1989), Hot Shots! (1991), The Big Store (1941) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Gag Humor movies.

#2. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

Storyline: A rerun of many of the gags from the television series Police Squad! (1982). An Airplane! (1980)-type spoof, this time with the an incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin, who always "gets his man". Visual gags come thick and fast, and it's impossible to catch them all with one viewing. The plot: Queen Elizabeth II of England is coming to town, and Vincent Ludwig has plans to assassinate her using a brainwashed baseball player.

Plot Keywords: spoof, slapstick comedy, parody, assassin, terrorist, fish, pen ...

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#3. Black Dynamite (2009)

Storyline: This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House..

Plot Keywords: outnumbered, blaxploitation, eyeball, action hero, one man army, vengeance, mob execution ...

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#4. Micmacs à tire-larigot (2009)

Storyline: Avid movie-watcher and video store clerk Bazil has had his life all but ruined by weapons of war. His father was killed by a landmine in Morocco and one fateful night a stray bullet from a nearby shootout embeds itself in his skull, leaving him on the verge of instantaneous death. Losing his job and his home, Bazil wanders the streets until he meets Slammer, a pardoned convict who introduces him to a band of eccentric junkyard dealers including Calculator, a math expert and statistician, Buster, a record-holder in human cannonball feats, Tiny Pete, an artistic craftsman of automatons, and Elastic Girl, a sassy contortionist. When chance reveals to Bazil the two weapons manufacturers responsible for building the instruments of his destruction, he constructs a complex scheme for revenge that his newfound family is all too happy to help set in motion.

Plot Keywords: bullet, invention, arms dealer, tied to a chair, explosion, shot in the head, teamwork ...

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#5. Better Off Dead... (1985)

Storyline: The teenager Lane Meyer has a crush on his girlfriend Beth Truss. When Beth dumps him to stay with the successful skier Roy Stalin, Lane is depressed and decides to commit suicide. However he gives up and tries to improve his skill of skier to ski the dangerous K12 slope to impress Beth. Meanwhile his neighbor Mrs. Smith receives the exchange French student Monique Junot and her fat son Ricky Smith considers Monique his girlfriend; however, Monique has an unrequited crush on Lane that does not note her. When Lane stumbles upon Monique in a high-school party, he befriends her. The upset Lane challenges Roy in a competition on the K12 slope but then he regrets. However Monique is a great mechanic and skier, and fix Lane's Camaro and teaches him how to ski the K12 slope. What will happen to Lane?

Plot Keywords: father son relationship, nun, lighter, language barrier, explosion, dream sequence, poster ...

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#6. UHF (1989)

Storyline: George Newman is a daydreamer whose hyperactive imagination keeps him from holding a steady job. His uncle decides George would be the perfect man to manage Channel 62, a television station which is losing money and viewers fast. When George replaces the station's reruns with bizarre programs such as "Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse", "Wheel of Fish" and "Raul's Wild Kingdom", ratings begin to soar again. Mean-spirited and cynical mogul R.J. Fletcher becomes furious that the UHF station is getting better ratings than his network's programming. Because of gambling debts, the uncle is forced to consider selling the station to Fletcher, who would only too happily shut down (he cannot legally own two stations in the same town). George and his friends organize a 48-hour telethon to raise the money by selling investment stock from Channel 62 to save the town's new favorite station.

Plot Keywords: slapstick, midget, spoof, janitor, satire, tv show, cult film ...

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#7. Hot Shots! (1991)

Storyline: Topper Harley, a top gun fighter pilot, is recalled to serve on the SS Essess. Topper's mission is to destroy Saddam Hussein's nuclear plants. Unfortunately, Topper is psychologically imbalanced and is sure to crack under pressure.

Plot Keywords: 1990s, reference to jesus christ, reference to humphrey bogart, native american, fighter jet, parody, fighter pilot ...

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#8. The Big Store (1941)

Storyline: The Phelps Department Store is about to be sold by its new part owner, Tommy Rogers with the permission of Martha Phelps, the dowager co-owner. The current manager doesn't want this as the irregularities in the books will show up. When an attempt is made on Tommy's life, Martha enlists the worst private eye in the world to protect him, Wolf J. Flywheel.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

Plot Keywords: department store, crazy humor, private detective, roller skating, irreverence, murphy bed, musician ...

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#9. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)

Storyline: Jack Spade returns home from the army in his old ghetto neighborhood when his brother, Junebug dies from O.G. - over gold. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crime lord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the '70s.

Plot Keywords: blaxploitation, directed by star, african american, kung fu, spoof, mother son relationship, organized crime ...

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#10. The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

Storyline: Sherlock Holmes' younger brother is annoyed that he has had to live in Sherlock's shadow for so long. When Sherlock goes to the continent, he sends a case to his brother who constantly tries with varying success, to imitate Sherlock's deductive and observational tricks.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

Plot Keywords: slapstick comedy, sniper, revolver, pistol, violence, song, singing ...

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#11. Up the Creek (1984)

Storyline: Bob McGraw is in his 12th year of college, goofing his way through life. Bob the slacker, Irwin the alcoholic geek, Gonzer the human food disposal and Max the ne'er do well are the four losers forced and bribed to represent their university in an intercollegiate raft race., They make some friends like the lovely Heather Merriweather, but mostly enemies, among others a whole team of marines, and preppy IVY-leaguers determined to win.—Lars Skogan <si2_ls92362@debet.nhh.no>

Plot Keywords: sex comedy, breasts, female frontal nudity, public nudity, shot in the butt, blackmail, competition ...

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#12. The Nutty Professor (1996)

Storyline: Brilliant and obese scientist Sherman Klump invents a miraculous weight-loss solution. After a date with chemistry student Carla Purty goes badly, a depressed Klump tries the solution on himself. Though he instantly loses 250 pounds, the side effects include a second personality: an obnoxiously self-assertive braggart who calls himself Buddy Love. Buddy proves to be more popular than Sherman, but his arrogance and bad behavior quickly spiral out of control.

Plot Keywords: overweight, science, humiliation, actor playing multiple roles, alter ego, double life, split personality ...

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#13. The Big Bus (1976)

Storyline: The ultimate disaster movie parody. A nuclear powered bus is going non-stop from New York City, New York to Denver, Colorado, and is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. When the driver is injured, a washed up, down on his luck, but used to be great type, who as it happens, used to be engaged to the inventor's daughter is brought in to drive the giant bus which includes a one lane swimming pool and a one lane bowling alley.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

Plot Keywords: slapstick comedy, cannibalism, cemetery, champagne, gag humor, absurd humor, goofball ...

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#14. Volunteers (1985)

Storyline: Lawrence is a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out, Lawrence escapes his angry debtors by jumping on a Peace Corp flight to Southeast Asia, where is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.—Michael Silva <silvamd@cleo.bc.edu>

Plot Keywords: product placement, coca cola, village, wealth, yale university, parody, gag humor ...

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