Released in 1979, this film tells the story of Brian Cohen - a Jew that just so happened to be born on the same day and right next door to Jesus Christ and hence forth is frequently mistaken for him. Due to it's content being heavily based on religious and political jokes (but mostly due to the large amount of religious satire) the film was banned from Norway for a year, Ireland until 1987, the Torbay Council in Devon refused to show it until 2008, and Aberystwyth only lifted the ban in 2009 when cast member Sue Jones-Davies was elected mayor of the town.
While the banning of the film due to religious purposes is hilarious in itself, the film is still considered one of the biggest contenders for the title of 'Greatest Comedy film of all time', with an astoundingly versatile cast (with 6 of the key cast members playing a total of 40 characters) and having one of the lines being considered one of the funniest in film history to date, and another two coming elsewhere in the top 10 (the lines in question being "He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!" spoken by Brian's mother Mandy to the crowd outside her house being number one, and "What have the Romans ever done for us?" and "I'm Brian and so's my wife" also in the top 10) makes it the must comedy film - well, so long as you aren't highly religious that is.
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