Comedy requires a mutual understanding, so older movies often have dated ... people's senses of humor also change over time. Only the funniest and most universal Old Hollywood comedies manage ...

So, what’s the criteria for our list of best comedy movies of all time? First, it means some great films that are also comedies may appear lower on the list than they would if we were weighing ...

They are only hurting themselves. Several old comedies are still worth watching. For the sake of this list, we included only movies released before 1984.