Dumb And Dumber (1994)

Good intentions can take you surprisingly far, even when common sense is nowhere to be found. Peter Farrelly's comedy "Dumb and Dumber," co-written with his brother Bobby and Bennett Yellin, stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, two hopelessly dim-witted roommates from Providence, Rhode Island. Lloyd is a limo driver and Harry a dog groomer, and both manage to lose their jobs on the same day. Lloyd has fallen for Mary (Lauren Holly), a lovely passenger he drove to the airport, and when she leaves a briefcase behind in the terminal, he snatches it up, not realizing it's ransom money meant for the kidnappers holding her husband. Hoping to win Mary's heart, the pair set off across the country to Aspen, Colorado, in Harry's van, customized to look like a giant shaggy sheepdog, with a hit man (Mike Starr) close behind. Their road trip becomes a string of absurd misadventures, including a hilariously wrong turn that sends them hundreds of miles in the opposite direction. When they finally reach Aspen and discover what's inside the briefcase, they go on a wild spending spree, buying garish tuxedos and a flashy sports car and leaving IOUs in place of the money, while competing for Mary's affections and stumbling into the kidnappers' sinister scheme. Carrey's rubber-faced antics and Daniels' surprising gift for slapstick make them an unforgettable comic duo. A sequel followed in 2014.