Peck's Bad Boy (1921)
Comedy, silent film
Comedy movies
Explore comic situations, funny characters and humorous storytelling.
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Dorf and the First Games of Mount Olympus (1988)
Comedy, sport film
Set in A.D. 1 during the days of the Roman Empire, Emperor Dorf announces the first Olympic Games as a way to promote peace between the nations. Each competition either includes only Dorf as a competitor, or Dorf sparring with Leonard: shot put, fencing, discus, pole vault, relay race, javelin, weightlifting, hurdles, balance beam, hammer throw and boxing.
Potato Potahto (2017)
Comedy
Potato Potahto chronicles the chaotic events that unfold when a divorced couple continues to live together in their matrimonial home, each hiring a young, attractive helper of the opposite sex.
Unexpected Father (1939)
Comedy drama
When a former dancing partner is killed, an entertainer looks after his baby son with the help of his girlfriend and roommate.
Dad Rudd, MP (1940)
Comedy
Dad Rudd wants the size of a local dam increased for the benefit of local farmers but faces opposition from a wealthy grazier, Henry Webster. When the local Member of Parliament dies, Webster runs for his seat, and Rudd decides to oppose him. Webster and his team use dirty tricks to defeat Rudd, so he calls in his old friend from the city, Entwistle to help.
Madame Louise (1951)
Comedy
In order to settle her debts, the owner of a dress shop transfers control to a bookmaker, Mr Trout. Trout is wanted by a gang of criminals and much mayhem follows, causing the usual stunts by Mr Pastry. He has patented a dress, modelled by the resourceful assistant Miss Penny, which can be transformed from a day dress to an evening dress and other modes by the removal of the sleeves and part of the skirt.
You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
Comedy
Three British naval officers out on a drunken spree attach a pram and a pawnbroker's sign to the stern of a foreign naval ship. The next morning, an officer misinterprets the pram and sign as state of the art, top-secret radar equipment. Instantly, the British navy decrees that their ships be fitted with the same device.
Los gringos (1999)
Comedy
Three Is a Family (1944)
Comedy
The extended family of Sam Whitaker and his wife Frances all come to live in a crowded apartment in New York City during World War II. A series of chaotic events then ensues.
Better Living (1998)
Comedy
Free for All (1949)
Comedy
A young man invents a pill that can turn water into gasoline. While staying in Washington DC to register his patent, he falls in love with his host's daughter. However, she works for a major oil company and after she lets slip to her employers about the magical new formula, they desperately try to get their hands on it.
Reaching for the Sun (1941)
Comedy
Backwoods boy Russ Elliott goes to the big city of Detroit, hoping to earn enough money to buy an outboard motor for his boat. He meets waitress Rita at a diner, after which, In the unemployment line, he befriends Benny Hogan as both land jobs on a factory's assembly line. Russ and Rita begin a romance and get married.
Cardboard Cavalier (1949)
Comedy
In an England under the rule of Oliver Cromwell, London barrow boy Sidcup Buttermeadow is unwittingly used as a spy for the exiled Charles II to deliver messages to his royalist supporters, and is aided by the object of his affection, Nell Gwynn. Dressed as a Cavalier, Sidcup is pursued by Roundhead troops, but evades them with the help of a variety of people and a ghost. When Charles is eventually restored as king, Sid is knighted and gets to kiss Nell Gwynn.
No Time for Flowers (1952)
romantic comedy
A young girl's loyalty to the Communist Party is tested in Prague when she falls in love with an attaché who has just arrived from the United States.
Olsen-banden på spanden (1969)
Caper-Movie, Criminal Comedy Film
After a tremendously daring or at least badly planned and utterly unsuccessful attempt to rob a savings bank, Egon is jailed. When released, he has now been rehabilitated by the pretty social worker Bodil. He gets a steady job at a toy factory and hopes to impress by being a lawful citizen.
The Big Empty (2005)
A young woman, Alice, goes to the gynecologist with a mysterious ache inside her. When one doctor can't figure out just what the problem is, she sees another, and still more, until finally one specialist finds that she has an enormous, empty tundra inside of her, the opening of which is her vagina. She is forced into a media parade, brought onto talk shows so that the specialist can talk about his discovery.
Up the MacGregors! (1967)
Comedy, Italo-Western, Spaghetti Western, Western
On the eve of one of his sons' marriage, the elder MacGregor, worried that the bride might be after his family's fortune, wakes up in the middle of the night to take out a chest of gold ingots and coins and bury it outside their house. Unbeknown to him, he is being secretly watched by bandits. On the day of the engagement party between his son Gregor and Rosita Carson, the bandit Maldonado, along with his gang, rob the MacGregors of the gold that the elder MacGregor buried.
Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road (2006)
stand-up comedy
Bill Engvall was the first performer, covering a variety of anecdotes including incidents with his son's trampoline, nearly being thrown off an airplane, his stressful time at a massage parlor, his addiction to Sky Mall Magazine, and an incident involving two of the family dogs and a coyote. Ron White, with trademark drink and cigar in hand, followed Engvall. His routine included dieting tips that he'd received, his solution to the problems with the DHS's "state of awareness scale," his ill fortune with Texas Hold'em, being stranded in Fairbanks, Alaska, and the pet concierge at the Don Cesar resort in Florida.
The Deadlier Sex (1920)
Comedy drama, silent film
Mary Willard, who has taken control of her father's interests after his death, has become so exasperated at the unscrupulous business practices of her competitor Harvey Judson that she has him kidnapped to teach him a lesson and protect her shareholders against him. When Harvey wakes up in the middle of a forest, he initially believes that robbery was the motive until he discovers that no money was taken. He tries to bribe his guide to take him to the nearest settlement but to no avail, and, after two fistfights with a Frenchman who is also in love with Mary, eventually comes up with a scheme which leads to his being rescued by his friends.
Hatley High (2003)
romantic comedy, teen film
Tommy Linklater is an 18-year-old whose magic is often minor (re-directing croquet balls, making cards appear in closed purses, etc.) but is always genuine since he actually does the impossible. He soon learns that his hobby for playing chess while his mother was alive is another gift that she left him. His father, Herman Linklater, is a physicist who believes that all the universes mysteries will eventually be explained away.
The Honourable Wally Norman (2003)
Comedy
The story begins with a corrupt Member of Parliament (Micallef) shutting down a country town's main source of employment in the local meatworks. This leaves Wally Norman (Harrington) out of a job, until drunk politician Willy Norman accidentally writes the wrong name on the parliamentary nomination form. Wally is at first apprehensive about running, until he realises it is the only way to save the meatworks.
Ali G, Aiii (2000)
Comedy
Please (1933)
musical film, musical comedy
Elmer Smoot and Bing Crosby both have a crush on vocal teacher Beth Sawyer, who is sponsoring an upcoming music recital. Smoot is an aspiring singer who hopes to run Bing Crosby off the radio, though he doesn't realize Crosby's identity when he meets him. They become bitter rivals for Sawyer's affection.
I Thank You (1941)
propaganda film
In London during the Second World War at the time of the Blitz, Arthur and Stinker are a couple of out-of-work variety entertainers who use great ingenuity in their efforts to get financial assistance to "put on a show". Hoping to put their proposal to the formidable Lady Randall, a former music hall star, they infiltrate her house, with Stinker in the guise of a servant and Arthur (in drag) as a cook. After some farcical events, they achieve their aim when Lady Randall is persuaded to sing an old music hall favourite "Waiting at the Church" at an impromptu show located underground at Aldwych tube station, being used during the war as an…