The Seven Best Comedies: #5

5. The Graduate (1967)
Directed by Mike Nichols
Starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft
Winner of the Best Director Academy Award. Nominated for 7, Including Best Picture.

Before I write this, let me just say that The Graduate is one of the best movies of all time. The reason it's on here is not because the four movies that will come after this are BETTER than this, it's just that they work better as comedies than The Graduate, which is a dramadey. Now, onto the film. The performances in this are simply breathtaking. Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross are simply divine. And so is the film. This is one of the few films that works so incredibly well as both a drama and a comedy. Most films fail at acheiving such a goal, but The Graudate meets it and excells.