1964 Classic Ranked 'Best Comedy Movie of All Time' - And It's Still Hilarious
It takes a truly special comedy to make enough of an impact that it could still be celebrated decades after it was released. One funny 1964 film left behind such a huge mark on viewers and pop culture that it has garnered laughs even from people who haven't seen it. That movie, which is still strangely relevant and hilarious today, has been ranked as the greatest comedy ever made.
Why ‘Dr. Strangelove' Was Ranked the ‘Best Comedy Movie of All Time'
In May 2026, Collider published its list of the "70 Best Comedy Movies of All Time." The fascinating ranking named the Stanley Kubrick masterpiece Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb at No. 1. A political satire that is equal parts silly and smart, the film focuses on the drama that unfolds amid tensions between the United States and Soviet governments.
Collider's list celebrated Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as the "best and most daring film the genre has ever seen." The outlet also noted that the film contains "numerous laugh-out-loud moments" and "great quotes." Ultimately, Collider argued that, "Dr. Strangelove is not only the greatest comedy of all time but a ceaselessly relevant masterpiece of mankind's self-destructive belligerence."
While topping that ranking is notable, it is far from the only accolade Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb has earned. For example, the movie was nominated for four Oscars in the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay categories.
Years later, in 1989, it was chosen for preservation in the Library of Congress's National Film Registry, which is designed to ensure culturally significant movies survive forever. Notably, the movie is so historically significant that it was one of the first 25 films chosen for the Film Registry. Then, in 2007, it was included in the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movies – 10th Anniversary Edition list of the 100 greatest movies made in American history to that point.
Also beloved by many film fans, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb currently holds a 94% Popcornmeter rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It received that extremely positive rating based on an average of more than 100,000 user reviews. Given that the movie is visually stunning and features Peter Sellers as three fantastic characters, it is easy to see why. Also, the film's bomb-dropping visual is so famous that it has been referenced in countless other shows and movies, including The Simpsons. As a result, even people who've never seen Kubrick's film have felt its influence.
The Top 25: Collider's "Best Comedy Movies of All Time"
- No. 25 The Graduate (1967)
- No. 24 Raising Arizona (1987)
- No. 23 Coming to America (1988)
- No. 22 Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
- No. 21 The Intouchables (2011)
- No. 20 The Gold Rush (1925)
- No. 19 When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
- No. 18 Duck Soup (1933)
- No. 17 It Happened One Night (1934)
- No. 16 Annie Hall (1977)
- No. 15 Tropic Thunder (2008)
- No. 14 Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- No. 13 Bridesmaids (2011)
- No. 12 His Girl Friday (1940)
- No. 11 The Great Dictator (1940)
- No. 10 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
- No. 9 The Apartment (1960)
- No. 8 Young Frankenstein (1974)
- No. 7 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- No. 6 The General (1926)
- No. 5 Some Like It Hot (1959)
- No. 4 City Lights (1931)
- No. 3 Airplane! (1980)
- No. 2 Blazing Saddles (1974)
- No. 1 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
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This story was originally published June 27, 2026 at 7:45 AM.