只有悲劇才有震撼人心的力量？在評判電影時，我們常常忽視喜劇的藝術價值。BBC今年邀請來自6大洲的數百名影評人評選出史上百部最偉大的喜劇，至少你可以從中找出能博你一笑的電影。

“Why so serious?”
“干嘛這么嚴肅呢？”

The Joker’s catchphrase was the most common response to BBC Culture’s poll of 177 critics last year to determine the 100 greatest films of the 21st Century. Very few comedies made that list, apart from Wes Anderson’s confections and a few Pixar romps. That canon of modern classics showed how very often ‘what makes us laugh’ is neglected when assessing cinematic greatness. Is shedding a tear while watching a film a more valuable emotional response than a chuckle?
2016年，BBC文化板塊召集了177名評論家票選21世紀最偉大的100部電影，而這句小丑（美國DC漫畫旗下超級反派）的經典臺詞成為了公眾的普遍反應。除了維斯?安德森的幾部精品和皮克斯的幾部喜劇動畫，幾乎沒有喜劇入圍2016年的這份榜單。現代經典的標準表明，我們經常忽視“讓我們笑”其實也是評判電影偉大與否的標準之一。觀影時，流淚就一定是比歡笑更有價值的情緒反饋嗎？

It’s certainly true that the Academy Awards have routinely overlooked comedy. Of the 89 winners for best picture, only seven can really be called comedies: It Happened One Night, You Can’t Take It With You, Around the World in 80 Days, The Apartment, Tom Jones, Annie Hall, and Birdman.
顯而易見的是，奧斯卡金像獎經常忽視喜劇。89部最佳影片中，只有7部可以真正被稱為喜劇：《一夜風流》、《浮生若夢》、《環游世界八十天》、《公寓春光》、《湯姆?瓊斯》、《安妮?霍爾》和《鳥人》。

So this year BBC Culture decided to get serious about comedy. We asked 253 film critics – 118 women and 135 men – from 52 countries and six continents a simple: “What do you think are the 10 best comedies of all time?” Films from any country made since cinema was invented were eligible, and BBC Culture did nothing to define in advance what a comedy is; we left that to each of the critics to decide. As always, we urged the experts to go with their heart and pick personal favourites, films that are part of their lives, not just the ones that meet some ideal of greatness.
所以今年BBC文化版塊決定對喜劇嚴肅一些。我們收集了來自6大洲52個國家共計253名影評人（118名女性，135名男性）關于“你心目中最偉大的10部喜劇”的意見。自電影發明以來的任何國家的電影都可以，BBC文化也從未事先定義何為喜劇；我們將此自由留給每一個影評人。我們一如既往地主張影評人追隨內心，選擇個人最愛的、已成為他們生活中一部分的電影，而非僅僅符合“偉大”理念的電影。

And guess what? Only three of those best picture-winning comedies made the top 100. But, in a surprise, quite a few comedies made since 2000 made the cut, even if they had been overlooked in our 100 greatest films of the 21st Century list last year. The highest-ranked film of this century is Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy at number 33. Toni Erdmann is the most recent film to make the top 100, while Safety Last! is the oldest.
你猜怎么著？在曾獲得奧斯卡最佳影片獎的喜劇中，只有三部入圍本次榜單的前100。不過，令人意外的是，很多本世紀制作的喜劇進入了榜單，盡管它們去年并未入圍21世紀100部最偉大電影。本世紀制作的喜劇中排名最高的是《王牌播音員》，位列33名。《顛父人生》是榜單中最“年輕”的電影，最“老”的則是《安全至下》。

The results are illuminating in other ways. They show that men and women have very similar comedic tastes, with a few key points of divergence – women were much more inclined to vote for Clueless while guys stumped for Animal House. And there’s evidence that comedy is not universal, that what’s considered a joke in English dialogue may not survive translation, and certain regions of the world find some films funnier than critics in other regions do. In fact, if the results had just been confined to critics from the US and Canada an entirely different film would have topped the list. It was largely because of the critics from Europe, East Asia and Latin America that Some Like It Hot was ultimately crowned number one. We hope this list will help comedy receive the artistic consideration it deserves. Or at the very least, that it will inspire you to discover films to put a smile on your face.
從其他角度看，這份榜單也頗具啟示意義。男性和女性的喜劇口味基本類似，只有少量不同點：女性傾向于《獨領風騷》，而男性更偏愛《動物屋》。有證據表明，喜劇并不具有普世性，把英語中的笑話翻譯成其他語言可能就失去了笑點，不同地區對電影的逗樂程度也有不同的評價。事實上，如果只讓美國和加拿大的影評人來評價的話，就可能是其他電影在榜單中名列前茅了。而在本次評選中，有很多來自歐洲、東亞和拉丁美洲的影評人，因此《熱情似火》最終摘得桂冠。我們希望這份榜單能夠引起人們對喜劇藝術價值的足夠關注，或者至少幫你找到一些能博你一笑的電影。

100.（并列）《喜劇之王》The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1982)

100. 《獵艷高手》 The Ladies Man (Jerry Lewis, 1961)

99. 《大笨蛋》 The Jerk (Carl Reiner, 1979)

98. 《宿醉》 The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009)

97. 《音樂盒》The Music Box (James Parrott, 1932)

96. 《絳帳海堂春》Born Yesterday (George Cukor, 1950)

95. 《捉鬼敢死隊》Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984)

94. 《青春年少》Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)

93. 《南方公園》 South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Trey Parker, 1999)

92. 《泯滅天使》The Exterminating Angel (Luis Bu?uel, 1962)

91. 《愛的大追蹤》 What's Up, Doc? (Peter Bogdanovich, 1972)

90. 《求婚妙術》A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)

89. 《雛菊》Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

88. 《超級名模》Zoolander (Ben Stiller, 2001)

87. 《紳士愛美人》Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawks, 1953)

86. 《仁心與冠冕》Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949)

85. 《阿瑪柯德》Amarcord (Federico Fellini, 1973)

84. 《等待古夫曼》Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, 1996)

83. 《安全至下》Safety Last! (Fred C Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, 1923)

82. 《笑破鐵幕》Top Secret! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, 1984)

81. 《我為瑪麗狂》There's Something About Mary (Bobby and Peter Farrelly, 1998)

80. 《上班一條蟲》Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999)

79. 《晚餐游戲》The Dinner Game (Francis Veber, 1998)

78. 《公主新娘》The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)

77. 《意大利式離婚》Divorce Italian Style (Pietro Germi, 1961)

76. 《愛情無計》Design for Living (Ernst Lubitsch, 1933)

75. 《棕櫚灘的故事》The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942)

74. 《顛倒乾坤》Trading Places (John Landis, 1983)

73. 《肥佬教授》The Nutty Professor (Jerry Lewis, 1963)

72. 《白頭神探》The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (David Zucker, 1988)

71. 《天才一族》The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)

70. 《靈通人士》In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009)

69. 《愛與死》Love and Death (Woody Allen, 1975)

68. 《妮諾奇嘉》Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch, 1939)

67. 《老瑞和哈迪之沙漠王子》Sons of the Desert (William A Seiter, 1933)

66. 《熱血警探》Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007)

65. 《瘋狂高爾夫》Caddyshack (Harold Ramis, 1980)

64. 《非親兄弟》Step Brothers (Adam McKay, 2008)

63. 《毒藥與老婦》Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra, 1944)

62. 《吸血鬼生活》What We Do in the Shadows (Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, 2014)

61. 《美國戰隊:世界警察》Team America: World Police (Trey Parker, 2004)

60. 《僵尸肖恩》Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)

59. 《顛父人生》Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

58. 《西力傳》Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983)

57. 《賤女孩》Mean Girls (Mark Waters, 2004)

56. 《廣播新聞》Broadcast News (James L Brooks, 1987)

55. 《人狗對對碰》Best in Show (Christopher Guest, 2000)

54. 《哈洛與慕德》Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)

53. 《福祿雙霸天》The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)

52. 《我的高德弗里》My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936)

51. 《七次機會》Seven Chances (Buster Keaton, 1925)

50. 《崩潰邊緣的女人》Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodóvar, 1988)

49. 《資產階級的審慎魅力》The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Bu?uel, 1972)

48. 《天堂里的煩惱》Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch, 1932)

47. 《動物屋》Animal House (John Landis, 1978)

46. 《低俗小說》Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)

45. 《曼哈頓的大人物》Big Deal on Madonna Street (Mario Monicelli, 1958)

44. 《最爆伴娘團》Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, 2011)

43. 《陸軍野戰醫院》M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, 1970)

42. 《春閨風月》The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, 1937)

41. 《波拉特》Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles, 2006)

40. 《金牌制作人》The Producers (Mel Brooks, 1967)

39. 《歌聲儷影》A Night at the Opera (Sam Wood and Edmund Goulding, 1935)

38. 《費城故事》The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940)

37. 《蘇利文的旅行》Sullivan’s Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)

36. 《一條叫旺達的魚》A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton and John Cleese, 1988)

35. 《雨中曲》Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1952)

34. 《獨領風騷》Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

33. 《王牌播音員》Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Adam McKay, 2004)

32. 《撫養亞歷桑納》Raising Arizona (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1987)

31. 《窈窕淑男》Tootsie (Sydney Pollack, 1982)

30. 《于洛先生的假期》Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953)

29. 《當哈利碰上莎莉》When Harry Met Sally... (Rob Reiner, 1989)

28. 《一夜風流》It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)

27. 《公寓春光》The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)

26. 《我的舅舅》Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958)

25. 《淘金記》The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1925)

24. 《我與長指甲》Withnail and I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)

23. 《狂歡宴》The Party (Blake Edwards, 1968)

22. 《新科學怪人》Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974)

21. 《城市之光》City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931)

20. 《灼熱的馬鞍》Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974)

19. 《淑女伊芙》The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)

18. 《福爾摩斯二世》Sherlock Jr (Buster Keaton, 1924)

17. 《育嬰奇譚》Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938)

16. 《大獨裁者》The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin, 1940)

15. 《巨蟒與圣杯》Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, 1975)

14. 《女友禮拜五》His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)

13. 《你逃我也逃》To Be or Not To Be (Ernst Lubitsch, 1942)

12. 《摩登時代》 Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936)

11. 《謀殺綠腳趾》The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)

10. 《將軍號》The General (Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton, 1926)

9. 《搖滾萬萬歲》This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)

8. 《玩樂時間》Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967)

7. 《空前絕后滿天飛》 Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, 1980)

6. 《布萊恩的一生》Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)

5. 《鴨羹》Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)

4. 《土撥鼠之日》Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)

3. 《安妮?霍爾》Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)

2. 《奇愛博士》Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)

1. 《熱情似火》Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)

英文來源：BBC
翻譯：劉博學（中國日報網愛新聞iNews譯者）
編審：yaning