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Airplane!

Coin Flip Wins almost exactly half the time
1980 · Comedy · Jerry Zucker, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams

No consensus on Airplane!. Across 45 matchups it sits at 49% — exactly where 50% puts you, winning and losing in equal measure. 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.

Round 1
68%
Where it thrives
Semifinals
17.6%
The ceiling
Finals
66.7%
2/3

Airplane! owns The Godfather at 68% but The Princess Bride flips the script entirely: just 9%.

Quote-Off: The Most Quotable Movie of All Time typically ends in the semifinals for Airplane!: dominates The Godfather (68%) in round one, loses to The Princess Bride (9%) in the semifinals.

BingeBracket Record
49%
Win Rate
#20 of 48 in Comedy #7 of 20 from the 1980s
Scores based on real fan votes in head-to-head brackets. 50% = wins as often as it loses — perfectly average.
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#4 of 8 in Quote-Off: The Most Quotable Movie of All Time.

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The Princess Bride #1
Monty Python and the Holy Grail #2
The Big Lebowski #3
Airplane! #4
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy #5
The Godfather #6
Pulp Fiction #7
A Few Good Men #8
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