Guess What Was Voted the Funniest Screenplay of All Time

Airplane? Nope. This is Spinal Tap? Good try. 

Woody Allen’s Annie Hall is one of the most iconic romantic comedies of all time, but is it really the funniest movie ever written?


According to the Writers Guild of America — yes, yes it is.

The WGA selected Allen’s and Marshall Brickman’s script as the funniest among 101 screenplays this week and made the announcement after a panel discussion hosted by Rob Reiner. It prevailed over arguably much funnier films like Groundhog Day, The Big Lebowski,Anchorman and Bridesmaids.

Here’s the top 20 list. Some of them make sense. Others don’t. 

Annie Hall


Some Like It Hot


Groundhog Day


Airplane!


Tootsie


Young Frankenstein


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


Blazing Saddles


Monty Python and the Holy Grail


National Lampoon’s Animal House


This is Spinal Tap


The Producers


The Big Lebowski


Ghostbusters


When Harry Met Sally


Bridesmaids


Duck Soup


There’s Something About Mary


The Jerk


A Fish Called Wanda

h/t Guardian

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