From the canonical to the controversial, and in no particular order, we asked 10 standups to pick 50 movies that make them giggle. They made some surprising choices…
October 2016
New Yorkers left in a pickle by news famous Carnegie Deli to close
Restaurant in shadow of Billionaires Row was setting for a Woody Allen masterpiece but legal beefs and business pressures grew too much for owner
November 2015
Woody Allen's Annie Hall voted funniest screenplay ever written
Director’s 1977 comedy about neurotic New York couple tops Writers Guild of America’s list of 101 funniest scripts
November 2011
My favourite film
My favourite film: Readers' comments - week one
Here's what you had to say when we championed Raging Bull, A Canterbury Tale, Swingers, Ghostbusters and Broadway Danny Rose
October 2011
My favourite film
My favourite film: Broadway Danny Rose
In our writers' favourite films series, Andrew Pulver remains eternally loyal – and bound – to Woody Allen's lovable loser
January 2000
Derek Malcolm's century of film
Woody Allen: Broadway Danny Rose
It is one of Allen's most perfect films... perhaps I like it so much because it lacks the ambition that besets Allen from time to time
