The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

A broadly beloved slapstick machine that critics welcomed warmly on release and audiences have only grown fonder of over time, cementing its place as a touchstone of American comedy. The film piles gag upon gag at a relentless pace, and the consistent complaint — if it can be called that — is simply that not every joke lands, though few comedies of its era land as many. Its reputation has, if anything, outgrown its initial reception.