Wait, this isn’t a comedy?
When talking to one of my friends the other day they asked me what I thought was the funniest movie of all time. I gave my answer and they had a look of shock on their face. They told me that my answer wasn’t a comedy and in fact they were slightly disgusted that I found it funny.
There are plenty of movies that try to be taken seriously that end up cracking me up. Here is a list of three of the funniest movies of all time that were never meant to be funny.
3) Cliffhanger

This might be one of the worst action movies ever. The opening sequence sets the tone as Sly can’t hold onto the hand of a love one and they plummet to their death. While the idea maybe tragic but the execution is so bad that it is funny.
My favorite scene: When Sly decides to swim for like 5 minutes under the ice and then gets out fighting the bad guys. Apparently hypothermia is just a rumor.
2) Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg

I can’t even tell you anything about this movie. I know Jennie Garth was in it and I only remember one scene. Let me give you some background on how I came to watch it. My friend Mark lived in a house with two sisters and his mother. They pretty much video taped every single drama type movie and watched it. One day after school we were waiting to go to baseball practice and his mom or sister was watching this movie. It was then where I saw the funniest scene in any movie, EVER.
My favorite scene: It is kind of garbled in my mind about how everything went but Jennie Garth was pregnant and her boyfriend didn’t want to have the baby. While at a park one day by a picnic table she was assaulted by a guy with a baseball bad. He hit her in the stomach and she fell onto the picnic table screaming, “I’m hemorrhaging.”
This to me was hilarious. Because first of all the acting was probably the worst I had ever seen. Even worse than Dante’s girlfriend in the first Clerks movie, this is the benchmark of shitty acting performances followed by Sophia Copolla in the third Godfather. After you get past that you need to deal with the line. Who the hell would drop a line of “I’m hemorrhaging” after being assaulted? She was playing like a 16 year old runaway, hemorrhaging isn’t in her vocabulary.
1) Leaving Las Vegas

An alcoholic goes to Vegas to drink himself to death in a month. He meets up with an abused hooker that gets anally raped by a bunch of college guys and falls in love with the alcoholic. I know it sounds like a comedy but really isn’t.
The movie is about self destruction, love, pain, angst… But I think of it more as watching Nicolas Cage act over the top and a lame attempt to pull on my non-existent heart strings.
My favorite scene: Then one where Nicolas Cage was drunk…
Other movies receiving votes: Beaches, Old Yeller, Schindler’s List (I am kidding), The Cooler, Terms of Endearment
So what movies do you find funny that you shouldn’t?










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On 08/11/06 at 6:06 am
Kevin said:
First bitches
On 08/11/06 at 6:08 am
Zach said:
There’s comedy. High comedy. And Unintentional comedy, which sometimes trumps all. There you have it.
Air Force One. I bust it when the President says, “Get off my plane.”
On 08/11/06 at 6:08 am
Nancy said:
I have to agree with cliffhanger. I laughed the whole movie. The drugs helped…….
On 08/11/06 at 6:10 am
Kevin said:
Ohhh Air Force one is a good one….
Drugs help everything
On 08/11/06 at 6:10 am
Sarah said:
Any movie on the Lifetime Network, Lifetime Movie Network or We. For that matter any movie that is dramatic and is made to allow for commercials.
They are all about murder, teen age runaways, abuse, etc. But the bad acting has me rolling. And I am a bit twisted anyway… That doesn’t hurt.
On 08/11/06 at 6:14 am
Tiffany said:
“Steel Magnolias”
While it is supposed to be a little funny, the part that makes me laugh is Julia Roberts with that gosh awful helmet hair having diabetic seizures and using that southern accent that makes her sound, as you say, unintelligent.
On 08/11/06 at 6:16 am
Anywhere But Here said:
Did you ever see the movie the 13th Floor. Here’s a story of where people created a digital universe and they would go inside it and possess their “double” while they were inside the world. Great idea huh?
The best scene was where they find out that the world they live in is a fake world as well and people have been possessing them from the “real-world.” Man that was funny.
On 08/11/06 at 6:24 am
ckay said:
i laughed at all the dialogue in spideman 2 except the jokes
On 08/11/06 at 6:28 am
Debbie said:
‘Twister’ or damned near any movie Bill Paxton is in, save for U-571 because his character died withiin the first 15 minutes. My favorite BP line as they’re seeing this massive F-5 hand of God twister coming their way….”it’s already here.” Really Bill? Was it the blustery wind that gave it away or the background music? I laughed my ass off!
OR ‘Titanic’ and yes, I know, it’s a disaster flick that earned billions and won awards, but the Kate Winslet line when she and Jack are supposedly holding on for dear life, a priest is mumbling out, ‘the Lord is my shephered…’ as they’re slowly plummeting into the icy waters to their death…’Jack, this is where we first met!’ Bitch Please!
On 08/11/06 at 6:30 am
Katie said:
I third “Air Force One” for the funniest non-funny movie. I was just having this conversation on Sunday with a friend. I mean Glenn Close as the VP, come on. Didn’t they know that Geena Davis was going to be President one day.
On 08/11/06 at 6:30 am
Flaming Moe's said:
I would say Titanic!
On 08/11/06 at 6:31 am
Debbie said:
Yeah, I can spell today! That would be ‘within’ and ’shepherd’!
Where the hell’s my editor!
Oh, I am the editor!
Damnit!
On 08/11/06 at 6:32 am
Angie© said:
NOT first, bitches!
On 08/11/06 at 6:35 am
Beaker said:
I loved the after school specials. Or the 50’s propaganda movies. Maraguana the gate way drug!!!
On 08/11/06 at 6:36 am
Wendy said:
I always laugh at the Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, halloween movies and I actually have had discussions with people about why their genre should be moved from horror to comedy.
On 08/11/06 at 6:37 am
Sarah said:
Wow, I was actually 3rd. I never want to be first. If I am ever first I will never get on myspace again. Ever… Unless of course Joker gives me his nuts wrapped in saran wrap. Then it is ok.
On 08/11/06 at 6:44 am
Randy said:
Um does Dallas of the Projectionists approve of this?
On 08/11/06 at 6:59 am
El Supremo said:
Things not to do:
Invite a cadre of rock climbers and alpinists to see your cool new mountaineering movie called Cliffhanger, give them the VIP treatment at a private screening, then ask afterwards what they thought of the movie.
True story. That happened right here in Dallas when I used to climb. We brutalized the movie afterwards. It was great fun.
On 08/11/06 at 7:26 am
Toni said:
Oh my god!!! My comment is going to be under EL SUPREMO’S!!!!!!! This is the greatest day of my life!!!!
Oh yeah… funny non-comedies…
Anything with Kelly Martin. There’s a specific lifetime movie (surprise surprise) that I’m thinking of, but I can’t remember the name. The acting is beyond horrible. Anyway, I think she plays an alcoholic and then an addiction counselor.
Yeah, I got like 3 calls while I was trying to type this so I completely lost track of what I was saying. So..
GERIATRICIDE!!!!!!
On 08/11/06 at 7:27 am
wideeyed said:
What are movies?
Oh, right, those things I used to pay money to go watch BC.
Thank you. I was just reminded that I needed to write a blog about children’s tv and toys that have way too many double entendres.
On 08/11/06 at 7:53 am
Charlii j. said:
The funniest movie I ever saw was the Atomic Cafe. It’s all about how evil the A bomb is. I had to watch it in high school. It’s filled with little kids hiding under there desk to avoid getting hit by the shock waves, tons of inacurate advice in case of attack, but what really got me was the scene were they expose a pin full of pigs to radiation, it’s disgusting to see but the narrators comentary is just hysterical. Needless to I laughed the whole way through it much to my teachers dismay.
On 08/11/06 at 7:58 am
alex HOMEWRECKER said:
silent hill when the dead nurses with their heads wrapped start moving toward the person. they are like dancing and it looks soo silly. i laugh everytime i see that.
On 08/11/06 at 8:02 am
Kopesetik said:
Many years ago my friends and I went to rent the classic ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. However, the video store screwed up and put the wrong movie inside the case. When we got home, we opened the case and inside was ‘Teenage Bonnie and Clepto Clyde.’ Our first thought was that maybe it was a porn so of course we put it in right away. This hilarous movie stars Scott Wolf before he became a huge hit on “Party of Five” and Maureen Flannigan. Who? Right. I had to look up her name. Remember that show from the late 80s where the girl had an alien dad and could stop time. It was called ‘Out of this World.’ If you don’t remember consider yourself lucky. It was an awful show. But my vote for funniest unintentional comedy is Teenage Bonnie and Clepto Clyde. Favorite line: “Let’s vamanos!”
On 08/11/06 at 8:16 am
KathyShmathy said:
I’m sorry but, hands down funniest movie that they claim is not a comedy….MOMMY DEAREST! To this day everytime she says “Nooo morrrre wire hangerrrrs EVVVVAAAAA!” cracks me the hell up. Or the scene when Christine the daughter yells at Mommy…”Because I’m not one of your FAAAAAAAAANS!” brings me to tears! My Mom was an actress so you have no idea how many times my brothers and I lay that last line on her while we were growing up. Actually I can’t even count how many hilarious over the top lines come from that movie. Mommy Dearest…best comedy EVER!
On 08/11/06 at 8:39 am
Becka said:
Cool As Ice.
Anything with Vanilla Ice trying to act is hiiilarious. “Drop the zero and get with the hero” Best line ever.
On 08/11/06 at 8:42 am
Island Princess said:
Swimfan and The Village. My girlfriend and I went to go see these two movies in the theatre, and promptly offended everyone there with our outbursts of laughter. C’mon, how could you NOT laugh at those movies!! They were hilarious!!
On 08/11/06 at 9:46 am
yahkam said:
one of the funniest movies for me has to be the updated version of war of the worlds, just because of everything that had been going on with “crazy” tom cruise. my friends and i were the only ones in the theater laughing our asses off because we kept on making cracks at key points in the movie about scientology and why was he running from his fellow aliens.
On 08/11/06 at 9:48 am
Sunny...She is Everywhere you want to be!! said:
Oh man Leaving Las Vegas…Hilarious! I love that scene when he is drunk. But I also love the one where he is drinking. Oh yeah, and the one where is intoxicated. Good Shit!
Love & Squishies!
On 08/11/06 at 10:51 am
Jenboba said:
POINT BREAK!! Oh my lord. Patrick Swazye is a friggen surfing bank robber and Keanu Reeves is an FBI agent. I laugh the whole way through the movie!!
On 08/11/06 at 12:34 pm
Don for Prez said:
Well since Patrick Swayze was brought up, you can’t forget Roadhouse! That shit cracks everyone up. But I think one of the most hilarious movies I’ve ever seen is Bloodrayne. Its based on a video game, and the acting & action in the movies is horrible. Look it up. There is one awsome scene about 54 minutes in though, so it is kind of worth watching for that little tidbit.
On 08/11/06 at 12:40 pm
Scott said:
Any and all Friday the 13th movies. I remember watching them as a kid and just laughing at all the ways people would get there heads cut off, or leg broken. It was also fun guessing which two actors where going to be killed while having sex.
On 08/11/06 at 3:05 pm
Goodness Gracie said:
I love Leaving Las Vegas. It is my goal in life to drink myself to death…could there possibly be a better way to die?
On 08/11/06 at 3:28 pm
Your Mom Goes to College said:
The Cooler really was funny because it was just so damn pathetic. Man that movie sucked. Maybe I’m just telling myself it was funny to justify wasting 2 hours of my life.
On 08/11/06 at 4:24 pm
Starless Blue said:
Final Destination.
All the death scenes were funny but the end where the guy gets taken out by the falling sign had me howling so hard I got slapped.
On 08/11/06 at 8:20 pm
Emily said:
I had the misfortune of watching Castaway when a friend rented it, and I laughed hysterically through it. My god, what if it had been a Voit volleyball instead of a Wilson? My little brother votes for Patrick Swayze’s City of God. He believes it the worst movie ever made and will not stop trying to get me to watch it.
On 08/12/06 at 4:07 am
Howard Roark™! said:
Bro…I’m with you on movies that are funny, that aren’t really supposed to be funny. I will have to say that “Leaving Las Vegas” should have won an Academy Award…Elisabeth Shue was in it. And was smoking hot…word.
On 08/12/06 at 12:43 pm
RealNewYork said:
Any and all Dolph Lundgren movies. Like this one move Blood of Dragons or Serpents or something retarded like that. He is in an Asian country as a trained killer. He doesnt even have a real name. they call him “warchylde”. And he kills like 30 duds with one magazine in a luger pistol. he even killed the same 4 dudes after he killed them earlier.
If a Dolph Lundgren movie doesnt make you laugh, you have no soul
On 08/13/06 at 8:57 am
Anonymous said:
I fucking HATED leaving Los Vegas too. what a shit piece of over acting stupid melodrama. HA! You are my soul mate fuck knuckle.
On 08/14/06 at 8:57 am
Girl_wonder said:
We had to watch a suicide awareness “afterschool special” in high school that had everyone in my class rolling on the ground it was so bad, and so over the top.
For the rest of the year, we all kept asking “if you’d seen Phil?”…and laughing hysterically.