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25 FUNNIEST FILMS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE

25. AFTER HOURS (1985)
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Griffin Dunne and Rosanna Arquette

This farcical fever dream of a movie centers on Paul (Griffin Dunne), a hapless working stiff who ventures to Soho hoping to hook up with the comely yet unstable Marcy (Rosanna Arquette). When that fizzles, Paul finds himself marooned downtown with a dead-eyed bondage and domination maven named Horst, a vengeful Monkees enthusiast, and an angry mob that’s trying to kill him. Intense, dark, and frequently gut-bustingly funny, it is, in short, what you’d expect in a comedy directed by the guy who did “Taxi Driver.” --Jonathan Crow

Oct 18, 2012