Moviefone Ranks the 25 Best Raunchy R-Rated Comedies of All Time
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It takes cojones to make an R-rated movie these days, when the proven money-makers are PG and PG-13 movies that can attract a wider audience and thus rake in the big bucks. Still, there is a great tradition of hard-R classics in Hollywood, dating back to the likes of Kentucky Fried Movie, Animal House and Vacation in the late '70s and early '80s, and continuing down through the ages. But while these flicks continued to be produced, they rarely took off at the box office. All that is changing now, thanks to the one-two money-making punch of Wedding Crashers and The 40-Year-Old Virgin in the summer of 2005. This summer has already seen one hard-R smash-hit in Knocked Up and will hopefully see another one in Superbad.
To salute those filmmakers and studios that still have the stones to make hard-R flicks, Moviefone has ranked the 25 Best Raunchy Comedies of all time, celebrating those R-rated movies that contain a cornucopia of cursing, drinking and gratuitous nudity and generally blow straight by the line between good taste and off-the-charts offensive. Check out the list, then hit us with your two cents: What do you think are the best raunchy R-rated comedies ever made?
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8-15-2007 @ 8:11PM
br777bs said...
God! I am so sick of hearing about Animal House. to tell you the truth, i didnt like it. ITS NOT THAT GREAT A MOVIE.
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8-15-2007 @ 8:20PM
Yowza said...
uh, where is the undisputed greatest comedy of all time: Not Another Teen Movie?
Borat and Caddyshack both extremely overrated.
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8-15-2007 @ 8:23PM
Mark said...
No way Borat should be rated that high, if at all
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8-15-2007 @ 8:24PM
David Sykes said...
First, Animal House ROCKS! It should be number 1!
Second, I am not dissing Superbad, but how can a movie that has not even been released yet be considered one of the greatest of all time?
Third, American Pie, Stripes and South Park need to be higher on the list.
Lastly, Borat number 2? Are you f*&^ing kidding me?!?! If you think Borat is the second best raunchy comedy of all time, you definitely need help. SERIOUS HELP!
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8-15-2007 @ 8:26PM
TriSpi said...
Animal House does belong at or near the top but I don't know how Porky's does not make this list. Must be a bunch of 20-somethings in charge.
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8-15-2007 @ 8:34PM
Kelli said...
OK, where is Airplane??? That is, in my opinion, one of the best funny movies ever. I watch it now and still laugh at all the same parts. And to leave Airplane off for Borat???? Ugh the only good thing I could say about Borat was thank goodness it was only like 70 minutes long. Because even that seemed to drag on and on.
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8-15-2007 @ 8:36PM
Ralph said...
How can a movie that just came out make the list? Who are the geniuses that made the list.....Obviously it was done on a whim, no thought at all put into it.
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8-15-2007 @ 8:39PM
Robin said...
Borat, as much as I love Sascha Baron Cohen and Da Ali G Show, was not that hilarious of a movie. We enjoyed it and I smiled and chuckled but I didn't laugh out loud once, I don't think.
Animal House and Wedding Crashers are vastly overrated.
Best ever I'd say are 40YOV and Knocked Up, but I'll admit I haven't seen all the ones on the list :)
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8-15-2007 @ 8:41PM
BIG JOE said...
MAYBE IT"S BECAUSE THE "SMOKE" WAS BETTER WHEN I WAS YOUNG OR MY SENSE OF HUMOR HAS LESSENED AS I AGED - BUT THE UNDISPUTABLE ASS BUSTING SCREAM LAUGHING FUNNIEST "R" MOVIE OF ALL MY LIFETIME ISN'T EVEN ON THE LIST - ANYONE WHO COULD PUT "BORAT" AT NO.2 AND NOT EVEN INCLUDE MY FAVORITE IS BRAINLESS MORORN AND THIS POLL IS BOGUS - MY NO.1 "P O R K Y'S"
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8-15-2007 @ 8:51PM
jeff said...
Great top 25 but you forgot to put Porky's in your top 10. An early 80's Canadian raunchy comedy. It truly belongs in your Best25.
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8-15-2007 @ 9:36PM
Denise said...
Surely "Airplane!" should be higher on the list, as should "Blazing Saddles".And why didn't any of the Austin Powers movies even make the list at all? They are definitely "pee your pants" LMAO funny.Let the AOL readers decide next time,(and don't call me Shirley.)
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8-15-2007 @ 8:56PM
jeff said...
You also forgot Cheech and Chong "Up in Smoke". You need to do a better job of research.
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8-15-2007 @ 8:59PM
mitch said...
i agree with Animal House #1. Where is Porky's?. No scene in any movie funnier than Ballbreaker in the shower. and maybe i'm too old school but i just didn't get Borat: i was bored to tears in 20 minutes
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8-15-2007 @ 9:01PM
michael sharpe said...
Why is Kingpin not on the list?
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8-15-2007 @ 9:02PM
Steve said...
There are some movies not on this list that should be. First off, where is Porky's? That's one of the classic R-rated comedies, and it didn't even make the list. How about Van Wilder? Or Not Another Teen Movie?
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8-15-2007 @ 9:12PM
Jeff said...
How could they leave "Trading Places" off the list?
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8-15-2007 @ 9:04PM
Steve said...
I just had another thought. How does a movie that JUST CAME OUT make this list?
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8-15-2007 @ 9:16PM
robert said...
Here's to the first person to post: opinions are like A-holes... everybody's got one, and they all stink. Yours is a Class-A example.
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8-15-2007 @ 9:13PM
Erica said...
I can't believe they didn't mention "Porky's". That should have been in the top 5.
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8-15-2007 @ 9:14PM
Illini K. said...
Four words: Revenge of the Nerds.
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