Film Rankings

For the curious, and to get a sense of exactly what you're dealing with, here are our current rankings of the Marx Brothers’ thirteen films, in order of decreasing preference. We reserve the right to revise our rankings at any moment, quotes, unquotes, and quotes.

Matthew’s list

  1. Animal Crackers

  2. The Cocoanuts

  3. Monkey Business / Horse Feathers

  4. Monkey Business / Horse Feathers

  5. A Night at the Opera

  6. Duck Soup

  7. A Night in Casablanca

  8. A Day at the Races

  9. Room Service

  10. The Big Store

  11. At the Circus

  12. Love Happy

  13. Go West

Bob’s list

  1. Animal Crackers

  2. Duck Soup

  3. Horse Feathers

  4. The Cocoanuts

  5. Monkey Business

  6. A Night at the Opera

  7. A Day at the Races

  8. A Night in Casablanca

  9. At The Circus

  10. The Big Store

  11. Room Service

  12. Love Happy

  13. Go West

Noah’s list

  1. Animal Crackers

  2. Horse Feathers

  3. The Cocoanuts

  4. Duck Soup

  5. Monkey Business

  6. A Night at the Opera

  7. A Day at the Races

  8. A Night in Casablanca

  9. The Big Store

  10. Room Service

  11. At the Circus

  12. Love Happy

  13. Go West

Note: For the purposes of these rankings, we're considering only the thirteen canonical Marx Brothers movies. If we were widening the scope, of course, the lists would look quite different, as we all consider The Story of Mankind to be the greatest film ever made, with the possible exception of Skidoo.

Bob notes: "I really don't like having to include Room Service and Love Happy at all. They shouldn't be compared to the others..."