The Best Boobs in Movies

Boob (noun): a foolish person. Ten of cinema's finest, ranked.

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  1. A detective's trench coat and hat on a hotel coat rack, a smashed vase and a magnifying glass on the floor, a pink diamond on a pedestal.

    10. The Pink Panther: Inspector Clouseau

    Blake Edwards · 1963

    A French detective who destroys every room he walks into and solves nothing, yet he was written as a supporting role. Peter Sellers took the movie away from its star, and the sequels were all about him. The original lovable boob.

  2. A plate of spaghetti covered in maple syrup, candy and marshmallows on a New York kitchen table, a striped elf hat beside it.

    09. Elf: Buddy

    Jon Favreau · 2003

    A human raised by elves walks to New York, tells a mall Santa he smells like beef and cheese, and puts maple syrup on spaghetti. Will Ferrell commits without one wink. The film made $220 million. The father sees the error of his ways and the rest of us see Buddy.

  3. A small blue hatchback with its windows down on a night street, a basement TV set and a drum kit visible in a house behind it.

    08. Wayne's World: Wayne and Garth

    Penelope Spheeris · 1992

    Two guys with a public-access show from a basement in Aurora, Illinois sell out, regret it, and still get the girl. The headbanging car scene sent Bohemian Rhapsody back to No. 2 in America, 17 years after its release. Not worthy, but grossed $183 million.

  4. A stock car on an oval race track, a pair of race gloves and a helmet on the infield grass, a red flame decal down the side.

    07. Talladega Nights: Ricky Bobby

    Adam McKay · 2006

    A NASCAR champion who lives by his dad's advice that if you're not first you're last, then learns his dad was drunk when he said it. Runs around the track in his underwear believing he is on fire. He is not on fire.

  5. A tiny brown suit coat with a split seam hanging on a car's open door, brake pads in a box on the seat, a deer in the road.

    06. Tommy Boy: Tommy Callahan

    Peter Segal · 1995

    Took seven years to finish college and now has to sell brake pads to save his late father's Ohio factory. Chris Farley wrecks a car, a deer and a tiny coat. David Spade plays the one who has to watch. A road trip measured in property damage.

  6. A red phone booth floating through a starry time tunnel, an electric guitar and a history textbook sticking out of the door.

    05. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: Bill and Ted

    Stephen Herek · 1989

    Two Californians who will fail history unless they collect Napoleon, Lincoln and Joan of Arc in a phone booth. The studio went bankrupt and the film sat on a shelf for over a year. Keanu Reeves recovered. Ted never fully did.

  7. A tiny shoebox-sized model building on a pedestal next to a road sign showing only a right-turn arrow.

    04. Zoolander: Derek Zoolander

    Ben Stiller · 2001

    A male model who cannot turn left, mistakes a scale model for the real building and is brainwashed to assassinate a world leader. His center for kids who cannot read good is the size of a shoebox. Really, really, really ridiculously dim.

  8. A 1970s TV station weather map with sun and cloud magnets, and a floor lamp standing next to it with a heart above it.

    03. Anchorman: Brick Tamland

    Adam McKay · 2004

    The weatherman with an IQ of 48 who loves lamp, brings a hand grenade to a news-team rumble and has no idea how he got there. Steve Carell improvised much of it and it made him a star. He was only supposed to stand next to the forecast.

  9. A phone book open on a porch step beside a lamp, an ashtray, a paddle game and a chair, as if carried out of a house.

    02. The Jerk: Navin R. Johnson

    Carl Reiner · 1979

    Raised by a family he does not realize he was adopted into, Navin heads out into the world, gets thrilled to find his name in the new phone book, and gets rich off an eyeglasses handle. Steve Martin's first starring role. He loses it all over the same handle.

  10. A shaggy-dog-shaped van parked on a mountain road, a red mini-bike strapped to the back and a briefcase on the roof.

    01. Dumb and Dumber: Lloyd Christmas

    Peter Farrelly · 1994

    Hears a one-in-a-million chance and takes it as a yes. Drives the wrong way across the country for days. Jim Carrey got $7 million, and the chipped tooth is real: he just removed the cap. The gold standard.

Honorable mentions

  • A guitar amplifier close up, its volume knob pointing to a dial number 11.

    This Is Spinal Tap: Nigel Tufnel

    Rob Reiner · 1984

    Explains, with great patience, that his amp goes to eleven, which is one more than ten. Ordered a stage prop in inches. Brilliant guitarist, one-way mind.

Dishonorable mentions

  • A shaggy-dog-shaped van with a cobweb on it and a calendar showing twenty years of crossed-off pages.

    Dumb and Dumber To

    Peter Farrelly · 2014

    Lloyd and Harry return 20 years later. The jokes were the same age. Some boobs should be left in 1994.

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