Pretty straightforward; not in any order

Naked Gun Movies: Any one will do. They all bring about fits of laughter. Comic genius twisted

Manos: the Hands of Fate (MST3K): Nothing beats mockery. And this dog deserves all the scorn heaped upon it. God help the unwary.

Giant Spider Invasion (MST3K): Another junkyard dog. More straightforward then the previous, but equally drawn and quartered by the boy and bots.

The Incredibles: Very adult, very funny, an animated laughfest.

Beavis and Butthead Do America: Not for everyone, this rowdy road picture disgusts at every turn. Beyond the pale, but funny.

Dumb and Dumber: Another road picture with a pair of buffons. Another Carrey classic with able assist from Jeff Daniels playing very dumb.

Shaun of the Dead: A zombie comedy from the British Isles. Gets funnier with repeated viewing.

Life of Brian: A classic, biblical humor, done by the Monty Python team. Perhaps one of the most intelligent comedy ever made.

What’s Up Doc: Randy Quaid, Austin Pendleton, and Madeline Khan to name a few. A movie about travel bags. Made in the 1970s, still funny, oh with funny girl Barbara Streisand

Winners and Sinners: One of a series from Hong Kong, with an ensemble cast of talented actors. Not known outside the orient, but well worth finding. Dumb ex-con criminals run afoul of the asian mafia. Thoughtful comedy with plenty of gags and kung-funny fighting.

Others that did not make the cut: Caddyshack, Young Frankenstein, Hill Haflon Does Not Answer, Blazing Saddles, A Night at the Opera, and Stripes.

1. Star Wars:  Guns, girls, and guys with light sabers.  Great music, action, and universal appeal.

2. The Great Escape:  Great cast, inspiring story, and all around cool. Getting out is half the fun.

3. Zulu:  One of the first movies I watched. Dated by today’s standards.  But like the Beatles, timeless.

4. Flame Over India: Another movie from The Other Empire.  Eminently watchable, again and again. Lauren Becall and Kenneth More and those pesky Muslim extremists.

5. What’s Up Doc?: Daffy yes, but a good way to flip a bad day. Early Randy Quaid and a real primer on hotel room destruction.

6. The Troupe: An Isreali army musical, sounds ungainly given the Golan & Globus shoot-em-up movies that prevail (Arabs who can’t shoot straight and their fellow Semites who can’t miss).  This one is catchy 70’s folk music and the interactions of the Troupe.  No complex geopolitical guilt or smelly propaganda, just humans being humans, humanely.

7. Cuckoo:  World War II in Lappland, three very different people make peace (and love) not knowing the other’s languages, by-passed by war and going native.

8. A Night to Remember:  Another J Arthur Rank gem, you know the boat drill–ship hits ice, ice sinks ship, ship makes people foolish, dead, propeller salad.  Bring your own lifeboat.  But truly a finely crafted flick that again can be viewed again and again.

9. The Sound of Music:  Glitzy, showy, but a classic and a genuine tear-jerker with first class music and Nazis get the stick.  Many a memorable character and top notch actors. Kid friendly.

10. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India:  Perhaps underrated because of length or subject matter, but a quaint story of under dogs, the game of cricket, honor, gambling, sibling rivalry, and a music score that shows since India is no longer making Taj Mahals, movies are a very respectable showplace for India’s magical telents.