In-flight movies are rarely known for their box office prowess. We usually get the straight-to-video messes that include stunted performances by Jessica Simpson, or the feeble-plotted second-tier Disney movies, that disappoint even the toddlers. Give us the goods!

Very few people still enjoy the experience of flying, and many actually fear it. Laughter is not only the best medicine, it is a great stress reliever. The airlines should stock their video repertoire with comedies, comedies, and more comedies. And GOOD ones, at that. Not comedies that are only comedies in quotation marks - we're talking to you "Failure to Launch".

Our Top 10 Picks for In Flight Movies:

1) Sixteen Candles - we loathe the bus, but think the plane is okay. Here's hoping Jake Ryan is in the seat next to you.

2) Weird Science - AWESOME teenage fantasy fun. Why is this never shown on TBS on a rainy Sunday afternoon?

3) A Fish Called Wanda - it's a comedy AND a jewel heist flick. Kevin Kline's performance, as the idiot weapons expert, Otto, is reason enough to see this.

4) Superbad - Superbad is supergood, and we love Michael Cera in anything.

5) Austin Powers - Granted, they do show this on rainy Sunday afternoons on TBS, but it's still crazy, hilarious, spoofy movie excitement.

6) L.A. Story -wildly underrated early-90s satire covering Los Angeles culture. Is that an oxymoron?

7) Election - appropo of the current political climate , you must see Reese Witherspoon as a driven, clawing, conscience-free high school student running for student council.

8) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels -beautiful French Riviera as the backdrop, and absolutely hilarious Steve Martin and Michael Caine as morally bankrupt hustlers.

9) Flirting With Disaster -early Ben Stiller with an insane ensemble cast. Tea Leoni is even funnier in this than in Spanglish. Well, maybe just as funny - she's fantastic.