Top Super Bowl Ads Ever: A Retrospective

Yay, football! Whether you're a die-hard fan who paints their face in team colors and splurges on $10,000 tickets, a casual viewer enjoying the game with some suds and wings, or even someone who once mistakenly called the uniforms "costumes" in front of friends, there's one thing we all eagerly await on Super Bowl Sunday: the commercials.

These insanely expensive ads give advertisers a golden opportunity to reach one of the year's largest TV audiences. As a result, Super Bowl commercials are often memorable, packed with celebrities, and nowadays, primed for meme culture. But in the grand history of the Big Game, which ads stand out as the cream of the crop? Which commercials have earned a spot in the pantheon of Super Bowl greatness on this sacred day in the American calendar?

Here are our selections for the best Super Bowl ads of all time.

The Best Super Bowl Commercials of All Time

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