We should add a caveat that it's not our list, but that of the Writers Guild of America, the trade union which represents screenplay writers in TV and film.

The list, which tops out at 101 entries, sees old classics like Some Like It Hot reach near the very top whilst more modern comedies, such as Anchorman or The Hangover,  are further down the list.

Compiled and voted on by members of the WGA, it's a pretty interesting snapshot of how comedy scripts are viewed by their own and what writers think is funny as opposed to what audiences think is funny.

Case in point, we can't see a single Adam Sandler entry anywhere. At all. Anywhere. Yet we all know and get extremely depressed over how well Adam Sandler films generally tend to do at the box office.

But that's another day's arguing. In the meantime, here's the WGA's Top 20:

 

1. Annie Hall

 

2. Some Like It Hot


 

3. Groundhog Day


 

4. Airplane!

 

 

5. Tootsie


 

6. Young Frankenstein


 

7. Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb


 

8. Blazing Saddles


 

9. Monty Python and the Holy Grail


 

10. National Lampoon’s Animal House 

 

11. This is Spinal Tap

 

12. The Producers

 

13. The Big Lebowski

 

14. Ghostbusters

 

15. When Harry Met Sally

 

16. Bridesmaids

 

17. Duck Soup

 

18. There’s Something About Mary

 

19. The Jerk

 

20. A Fish Called Wanda

 

 

Via WGA.org