Top 20 British Comedy Films
This page lists in alphabetical order the top 20 British film comedies, as determined by a combination of the results of previous polls, award wins, and BCG's visitor data. We'll soon begin ordering this list with data from our new Like buttons, so get clicking the shows you love!
A Fish Called Wanda
A black comedy film starring John Cleese and Michael Palin. A con artist uses her female charms to steal a stash of jewels.
Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie
Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) finds himself in Los Angeles, masquerading as the National Gallery's top art expert and destroying everything in his wake.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Film based on Helen Fielding's novel about an unlucky-in-love Londoner who decides to take control of her life and start a diary.
Carry On Camping
Sid James and Bernard Bresslaw are a pair of likely lads who trick their prudish girlfriends into accompanying them to a nudist colony.
Carry On... Up The Khyber
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond is in charge of the motley kilted crew of the Third Foot and Mouth regiment at a British outpost in the Khyber Pass.
Fierce Creatures
John Cleese leads the staff (and animals!) of an English zoo under threat from a heartless global corporation. A sort-of sequel to A Fish Called Wanda.
Holiday On The Buses
Third film spin-off from On The Buses. There is mayhem at a holiday camp when Stan, Jack and Blakey go to work there during the summer.
Kind Hearts And Coronets
Black Ealing comedy with eight classic characterisations by Alec Guinness as the noble victims of vengeance-seeking relative Dennis Price.
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
The Monty Python team put their own spin on the Arthurian legends.
Monty Python's Life Of Brian
Biblical movie satire focusing on the life of Brian Cohen, a man born into Roman-occupied Judea who reluctantly finds himself mistaken for the Messiah.
Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life
The Monty Python team present a series of outrageous vignettes in this film which takes an irreverent look at the various stages of human life.
Mutiny On The Buses
Second spin-off from the popular sitcom. Stan wants to get married, but his family are not impressed by the idea.
Notting Hill
Romantic comedy film about the relationship between a famous American movie actress and an unassuming British book shop owner.
On The Buses
Feature-length film spin-off from the popular 1970s sitcom. Stan and the rest of the lads are horrified when the company decides to hire women drivers.
Shaun Of The Dead
Zombie-filled romantic comedy. When zombies start to roam London, Shaun must kickstart himself into action to save those closest to him.
The Iron Maiden
An aircraft designer's love of traction engines gets in the way of his job when an American airline owner visits England on a buying mission.
The Ladykillers
Classic Ealing comedy film starring Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers. A gang of robbers meet their match in a little old lady.
Trouble In Store
Norman Wisdom is a humble department-store stock clerk with an ambition to become a window dresser.
Withnail & I
Film following the drink-and drug-fuelled misadventures of two struggling actors in a squalid London flat and an isolated Lake District cottage.
