Airplane!
At 46% across 193 matchups, Airplane! is losing more than it wins — but not by the kind of margin that suggests the audience has made up its mind. No round offers a foothold — below average at every stage. Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker packed more jokes per minute than any film before or since. On a ballot, density is its weapon — there's always one gag the voter just remembered and wants to reward.
Synopsis
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
47% opening, 43% semis, 48% finals. No round breaks above average, but the finals at 48% come closest — that's where Airplane! shows the most fight.
The Godfather is the nearest thing to a true rival at 47%. The margin is slim and the outcome still feels unsettled. Airplane! owns Pulp Fiction at 67% but Monty Python and the Holy Grail flips the script entirely: just 20%.
The Quote-Off: The Most Quotable Movie of All Time final — Airplane! vs. The Big Lebowski — lands at 60%. A clear but not overwhelming edge.
#6 of 8 in Quote-Off: The Most Quotable Movie of All Time.
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