The Man I Love (1929)
Comedy
thumb|The film A prizefighter (Arlen) is struggling to be a champ and is in love with a good girl (Brian) but also involved with a society beauty (Baclanova) at the same time.
Comedy movies
Explore comic situations, funny characters and humorous storytelling.
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Hot Ice (1955)
Comedy
The Stooges are aspiring detectives who find themselves inadvertently immersed in a case concerning the theft of the esteemed Punjab diamond by the notorious Dapper, prompting a departure for Scotland to investigate. Driven by aspirations of professional validation, the trio embarks on a quest for intelligence at Squid McGuffy's cafe, masquerading as law enforcement officials to elicit cooperation. Their investigative endeavors yield a fortuitous discovery within the premises, as they chance upon Dapper's accomplice concealing the purloined jewel within a candy receptacle.
The Happy Family (1952)
Comedy
In 1951, the House of Lords is a grocery shop that sits on the South Bank of the river Thames close to the site of Festival Hall, which is noisily under construction. It is owned by the Lord family, a husband and wife with several children. Lillian Lord runs the shop, while Henry is a British Railways train driver who has worked on the railways for over 30 years and who is just about to retire.
The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
Comedy, mystery film
Two murders are committed and a $50,000 Chinese Mandarin stamp is stolen, tossed around and eventually recovered as an aggregation of costly-stamp counterfeiters are uncovered through the mastermind investigation by Ellery Queen.
Wham Bam Slam (1955)
Comedy
Shemp's prolonged ailment, stemming from a persistent toothache, prompts the Stooges' acquaintance Claude to impart a set of precise instructions for alleviating the discomfort. However, Moe and Larry's misinterpretation of Claude's guidance leads to a series of missteps in their attempts to resolve Shemp's dental predicament. Eventually, after a tumultuous endeavor, they successfully extract the troublesome tooth.
The Great Diamond Robbery (1953)
Comedy
A diamond potentially worth $2 million, the "Blue Goddess," must be cut. A New York City jeweler, Bainbridge Gibbons, has an expert lined up, but his own diamond cutter, Ambrose C. Park, strongly urges Gibbons to let him do the cutting.
Dutch Treat (1987)
Comedy
Jerry Morgan appears in the court. He has to answer for more than 250 parking violations that were actually committed by his friend Norm with Jerry’s car. On Norm's advice Jerry pleads guilty to receive a minor penalty, but now he has to go to jail for several weeks.
Love in Bloom (1935)
Comedy
Colonel Downey, a carnival owner, goes bankrupt and lands in jail. His daughter-in-law Gracie Downey decides to travel to New York City to find George's sister Violet and ask for financial aid. George goes along with Gracie, and together they find Vi dining with songwriter Larry Deane, unaware that both Vi and Larry don't have a dollar left between them.
That Way with Women (1947)
Comedy
James P. Alden, an automobile tycoon who's being pushed to retire, assumes the identity of family gardener Herman Brinker and, hoping to prove he's still vital, buys a corner gas station with Greg Wilson, who doesn't know his true identity. This complicates matter when he falls for Alden's daughter Marcia.
The Nitwits (1935)
Comedy
Cigar-stand attendants Johnny and Newton get mixed up in a murder investigation at a radio station.
The Captain Is a Lady (1940)
Comedy
Captain Peabody and his wife Angie are kicked out of their home, Angie finds a place at a retirement home. Unfortunately, only single women are allowed to stay, so the captain has to find a place of his own and say goodbye to Angie. But then, the ladies from the retirement home feel bad for the couple and let them both in.
Young Ideas (1943)
romantic comedy
Josephine Evans and Professor Michael Kingsley are in a romantic relationship, something not approved of by Evan's two children. They try to disrupt the relationship with salacious incidents taken from their mother's fiction books, presenting them as true things their mother has done, hoping Kingsley would be displeased.
A Girl Must Live (1939)
Comedy drama, romantic comedy, Tragicomedy
Running away from her finishing school in Switzerland, Leslie James (a false name taken from a musical star of the past) finds a room in a London boarding house. There she learns from two other lodgers, Gloria and Clytie, that there will be an audition for a new musical that day, at which all three win places in the chorus line. Gloria meanwhile, tipped off by her conman cousin Hugo who plans to make plenty of money out of the deal, has caught the eye of the bachelor Earl of Pangborough.
Tonight Is Ours (1933)
Drama, romantic comedy
It tells the story of a princess who had an affair with another handsome commoner before her marriage to a prince. thumb|Colbert as Princess Nadya
Angels (2007)
Angels is a trilogy. The three episodes featured in the film are: "Angel of Mine", "Daddy's Angel" and "Angel of Love". "Angel of Mine," directed by Gina Alajar, features a career woman forced to attend to a child left by this problematic mother.
Raising Waylon (2004)
romantic comedy
Reginald and Julia are obliged to raise the son of their friends who have died in an accident, because they are his godfather and godmother.
The Silken Affair (1956)
Comedy
Aan accountant is creative with his firm's books and uses the money to fund a romantic spree.
Misbehaving Husbands (1940)
romantic comedy
Absent-minded department store owner Henry Butler (Harry Langdon), forgetting his wedding anniversary, ends up working late and missing the surprise party thrown by his wife, Effie (Betty Blythe). He has to have a store mannequin repaired. On the street he is spotted, with the mannequin, by a friend of his wife who thinks Henry is escorting a strange blonde.
The Royal Bed (1931)
Comedy
thumb|left|Nance O'Neill and Lowell Sherman thumb|right|Mary Astor and Hugh Trevor Princess Anne plans to run away with Freddie Granton, the commoner secretary of her father, King Eric VIII, once her domineering mother, Queen Martha, has left for a vacation in America. Anne is therefore aghast when the Marquis of Birten brings news that he has negotiated her political marriage to Prince William of Grec, a man she has never even met. Dismissing Anne's vehement protests, the Queen is delighted, a feeling not shared by Anne's loving but ineffectual father.
Under One Roof (2002)
Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, romance film
Daniel Chang (Wong) is a twenty-something second-generation Chinese-American living at home in San Francisco with his widowed mother, who can speak broken English, and his grandmother (his father's mother), who cannot speak English. Ever since his father died, he has fulfilled his patriarchal duty as first and only son by managing the family business and looking after his mother. Being gay, he avoids the second major responsibility of carrying on the family line through heterosexual marriage and reproduction.
Helping Grandma (1931)
Comedy
thumb|thumbtime=10|Helping Grandma (1931) An elderly woman, Mrs. Margaret Mack, owns a small grocery store, and the gang helps her to run it by waiting on customers, delivering groceries and keeping her company. They call her Grandma, although she is not any one kid's grandmother.
Sonny Boy (1929)
Comedy
Mary and Hamilton, the quarreling parents of little Sonny Boy, find themselves on the brink of a custody battle when Hamilton decides to take the child with him to Europe. Desperate to keep her son, Mary telegraphs for help from her resourceful sister, Winifred Canfield. Winifred arrives at the house and, posing as the maid, devises a clever scheme to outwit the detective Mulcahy, hired by Hamilton to prevent any attempt at taking the boy.
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
romantic comedy
Maisie Ravier loses her job as an assistant in Horatio Curley's dog act as a result of a minor quarrel with test pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy gets Curley a job at the Victory Aircraft factory where he works and offers to use his influence on Maisie's behalf too. However, she insists she can get a job there on her own merits.
The Joy Girl (1927)
Comedy, silent film
Jewel Courage rejects a suitor, whom she thinks is a chauffeur, in favor of a man she thinks is a millionaire. It transpires that the roles were, in fact, reversed; Hamilton is the millionaire and the other man a chauffeur. Jewel is crushed, but manages to do well for herself in business, until the real millionaire and she find themselves reconciled.