The Dominant Sex (1937)
Comedy
Comedy movies
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The Matinee Idol (1928)
Tragicomedy
thumb|upright=1.2|alt=The Matinee Idol (1928), directed by Frank Capra|Surviving film Don Wilson, a famous blackface comedian, is preparing to headline a new show. Arnold Wingate, his manager, persuades him to take a weekend off in the country. When their car breaks down, they go off in search of a mechanic.
How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate (1998)
teen film
Upon being caught cheating in his Leaving Certificate exam and being banned from sitting the exam for another three years, a young man commits suicide. A close friend of his subsequently plots to cheat in his own Leaving Certificate in order to get revenge against the system. With the help of a rag-tag group of friends this young man organizes a complex scheme to steal copies of the test papers from the Department of Education and, upon winning, show the world he has beaten the system.
Lambchops (1929)
Comedy
The Pooch and the Pauper (2000)
Comedy
The film is an adaptation of the Mark Twain classic 1881 novel, The Prince and the Pauper. But now the story is set in the present time and have dogs as the protagonists. Liberty, "The First Dog" and Moocher, a street dog, have their lives turned upside down when they change places by mistake.
Two 4 One (2014)
Comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film
Grief (1993)
Comedy
Guns a Poppin! (1957)
Comedy
Moe stands trial for assaulting his comrades Larry and Joe, pleading with Judge (Vernon Dent) that he was under medical advice to maintain tranquility. However, the serenity is shattered by Larry and Joe's raucous rehearsal of their musical act, exacerbating Moe's fragile condition. Losing control, Moe ensnares Larry's trombone apparatus around their collective neck.
English Without Tears (1944)
romantic comedy
In July 1939, the top-hatted deliveryman from a Fortune and Weedon carriage takes a basket of quail to the tradesman's entrance of Beauclerk House. An elaborate process brings the birds to the dinner plates of Lady Christabel Beauclerk and her nephew, Sir Cosmo Brandon, a British delegate to the League of Nations in Geneva. A fanatical bird expert, Lady Christobel identifies the "quail" as a thrush and sends the "tortured friend" away in horror.
Fling in the Ring (1955)
boxing film, Comedy
The Stooges work as trainers for boxer Chopper Kane, under the shady oversight of Big Mike, a crooked figure tied to boxing and organized crime. Though they back Chopper, Big Mike secretly bets on his rival, Gorilla Watson, and pressures the Stooges to sabotage Chopper or face serious consequences. To ensure Chopper loses, the Stooges try to slow him down by making him gain weight.
Man in the Chair (2007)
Drama, Tragicomedy
The drama stars Christopher Plummer as Flash, a man who longs for the days when he worked as a crew member on such cinematic masterpieces as Citizen Kane. When Flash meets teenage film fanatic Cameron Kincaid (played by Michael Angarano), he becomes an unlikely mentor and agrees to help Cameron make a film to compete in a student competition where the top prize is a film school scholarship and, for Cameron, a ticket out of his difficult home life. Flash, who sees his own life drawing to a close recruits the support of his eccentric friends at the Motion Picture home and helps Cameron make his film and chase his dream.
Afrodite Superstar (2006)
hood film, musical film, pornographic film, romantic comedy
The satirical film spoofs several recent pop cultural It Girl moments such as Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction and Ashlee Simpson's lip synching fiasco.
Hold Everything (1929)
boxing film, musical film, musical comedy
Gink Schiner (Joe E. Brown) is a third-rate fighter who is at the same training camp as Georges La Verne (Georges Carpentier), a contender for the heavyweight championship. Although he needs to be concentrating all of his energies on the upcoming bout, Georges keeps getting distracted: Norine Lloyd (Dorothy Revier), a society dame, has a distinct interest in him, but the interest is strictly one-sided.
Chicken Rice War (2000)
Chicken Rice War is loosely based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In this movie the Montagues and Capulets are represented by the families Wong and Chan. Both families run Chicken Rice stalls side by side in the same market, something that the authorities say is impossible, since it is not allowed.
Kiki (1931)
romantic comedy
Kiki is a hapless French chorus girl who has just been fired from her job. She doesn't accept it and goes to see producer Victor Randall. He, however, is really busy and is annoyed by her presence.
Pals and Gals (1954)
Comedy, Western
Shemp's ailment, an enlarged vein in his leg, triggers concerns about potential amputation. Following medical advice, he embarks on a therapeutic journey to the Old West. Arriving in a frontier town characterized by its lawlessness, the trio forms an unlikely bond with the notorious outlaw Doc Barker.
The Goodbye People (1984)
Comedy drama
Arthur Korman is a 40-year old man stuck in a job he hates and visits Coney Island every morning to view the sunrise. There he meets Max Silverman, the former owner of a hot dog stand at the beach, and his daughter Shirley, who dreams of re-opening the stand since his heart attack.
My Life with Caroline (1941)
romantic comedy
Ditsy socialite Caroline, is married to wealthy publisher Anthony Mason. While alone at a charity ball in Alpine Lodge, Idaho, Caroline flirts with Paco Del Valle, who wants to marry her. Paco asks her father Mr.
Meeting Spencer (2010)
Comedy
Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
Comedy, musical film
Agent Russell Edward "Rush" Blake is able to promote the singing tenor waiter Buddy Clayton as a major radio star, while Buddy's wife Peggy Cornell loses out. In the end, Peggy does not lose Buddy to his "twenty million sweethearts" – his female fans.
2 Rats (2003)
Comedy
The Ghost and the Guest (1943)
Comedy horror
Webster Frye is looking forward to honeymooning with his new wife Jackie in California, but Jackie has her own ideas. She cancels their airplane tickets and arranges for Harmony, their chauffeur, to drive them to an old house in the country which her father has purchased for her. Outside the rundown property they meet Ben Bowron, a professional hangman who says the last criminal he executed, a jewel thief named Honeyboy, willed this house to him.
Bridal Suite (1939)
Comedy
Neil McGill, a wealthy and spoiled American playboy, who is engaged to his fiancée, Abbie, becomes attracted to Luise Anzengruber, a poor innkeeper, at a Swiss chalet, which he is visiting with his mother. Neil and his mother conspire to meet renown psychiatrist Dr. Grauer to obtain a medical certificate explaining why Neil jilted Abbie after oversleeping after his bachelor party.
Tanks a Million (1941)
Comedy
Dorian Doubleday, "Dodo" to his friends, works as a clerk at a railway station but he has the ability of photographic memory. When he is drafted in the Army, he memorizes all the manuals for Army procedure immediately before starting his service. Because of his extensive knowledge of procedure, he is quickly known as a know-it-all at the basic training in Camp Carver.