This Is the Funniest American Movie of All Time

“Harold and Maude” attracted a cult following after its release. The story is about a 20-year-old man weighing suiсide who develops a relationship with a zany 80-year-old woman at a funeral.

William Powell took time out from the “Thin Man” franchise to star in this 1930s screwball comedy about a down-and-out gentleman hired by a socialite to be her servant. The satire about the privileged class has a Freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes of 97%.

A coming-of-age film set in the early 1960s that, because it cast Ron Howard, drew comparisons to the 1950s-themed situation comedy “Happy Days.” George Lucas directed the film and Francis Ford Coppola produced it.

Tom Hanks plays a boy whose wish to be a grownup comes true and he lands a job as a toy-tester at a company in New York City. Hanks’ natural boyishness infuses the movie with charm, and the film is remembered for the scene in which he and actor Robert Loggia tap dance to the songs “Heart and Soul” and “Chopsticks” on piano keys on a floor.

Cher won an Oscar for her role as an Italian-American woman who falls in love with the brother of the man she’s supposed to marry. The film won two other Academy Awards and holds a 94% Freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes.