The tirelessly joke-packed 1980 film might have dated in some ways but its relentless desire to amuse still makes it an undeniable winner
May 2020
How we made
How We Made: Airplane!
‘Leslie Nielsen had this machine that made fart noises. He’d let rip while you were filming dialogue with him’
July 2019
Chance the Rapper was The Lion King's 'nostalgia consultant'. That's not the oddest movie credit
From roach wrangler to orgy adviser, here are six surreal jobs you didn’t know the movies required
November 2015
Woody Allen's Annie Hall voted funniest screenplay ever written
The Guardian's Film Weekly
The Dailies podcast: ageing Indy, die hard Die Hard fan and the funniest film ever
September 2014
The 10 best ...
The 10 best quotable films
… to mark the return of Withnail and I to the big screen. By Kathryn Bromwich
October 2013
Film blog
Top 10 comedy movies
You want funny? We got funny! From Airplane to Duck Soup, here are the Guardian and Observer critics' pick of the 10 best rib-ticklers
February 2011
Academy awards 2011: Leslie Nielsen remembered by Oscar
Academy pays tribute to star of Airplane! and the Naked Gun series Leslie Nielsen who died in November aged 84
December 2010
The Empire Strikes Back and The Pink Panther saved for future generations
US National Film Registry's latest additions to their vault run the gamut from a controversial war documentary from John Huston to the screwball antics of Airplane!, writes Ben Child
Celebrity squares
Jerry Zucker: I'd get a kick out of owning a Virgin Galactic plane
Celebrity squares: The co-creator of Airplane! likes 35mm projectors as well as the latest Apple products and suborbital spaceflights
Trailer trash
Trailer Trash
Jason Solomons on David Lynch's foray into dance music, 30 years of Airplane! and getting hammered with the Queen
November 2010
Leslie Nielsen obituary
Leslie Nielsen, star of The Naked Gun, dies aged 84
October 2010
The 25 best comedy films of all time
Airplane!: No 11 best comedy film of all time
Film blog
Watch Mulholland Drive with David Thomson and Steve Rose this Sunday
September 2010
Film blog
An Airplane! group watch? Shirley you can't be serious
The guidelines
30 Airplane! facts
August 2010
Airplane at 30! The ride of their lives
Is Airplane! the funniest film ever? John Patterson talks to the three nobodies from Milwaukee whose movie sparked a comedy revolution
