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Comedy movies

Explore comic situations, funny characters and humorous storytelling.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 24,306 films · Page 658.

Hitting a New High (1937)

Comedy, musical film

Corny Davis, a press agent of an American entertainment mogul based out of Paris, France is looking for a new work. After the mogul, Lucius B Blynn, faces a series of embrassments, his press agent tries to sign an opera singer for him. He finds an opera singer named Suzette (Lily Pons), Suzette is furious with her current agent and boyfriend (Jimmy James, played by John Howard) who wants her to sing cabaret instead of opera, so she walks out on him, where Corny is waiting.

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Yellow Card (2000)

Comedy, Drama, romance film, thriller film

Twelve years after the events of Consequences, seventeen-year-old Tiyane—an aspiring football player—engages in a casual sexual encounter with Linda, a childhood friend who has long harboured feelings for him. Shortly thereafter, he becomes enamoured with Juliet, a spirited girl from an affluent, mixed-race background, whose self-restraint contrasts sharply with Linda’s impulsiveness. Tiyane's feelings for Juliet are reciprocated, and he abruptly distances himself from Linda, leaving her exploited.

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Pepper (1936)

Comedy

Wealthy John Wilkes (Irvin S. Cobb) is perfectly happy to live a grumpy and unfulfilled existence with only his money for company. Little girl Pepper Jolly (Jane Withers) worms her way into his life to turn his life upside down with frightening carnival rides and other adventures, while conspiring to keep Wilkes' daughter from making the mistake of her life.

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Treasure Hunt (1952)

Comedy

On his death, the eccentric family of rakish Sir Roderick Lyall gathers at his ancestral Irish mansion, Ballyroden Hall, for the reading of the will. Everyone is shocked to hear that, once debts are paid, the only asset remaining will be the mansion. The family doctor, Mr.

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Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around the Dragon (2007)

Comedy horror, Martial arts

Johnny Dow struggles to make a living at his small town gas station by charging motorists to see the electric guitar used by his late father, who was a one-hit-rock and roll wonder. Legend has it the guitar was carved in the shape of a dragon's head and made in part from an ancient spear his father found in the crater of a shooting star. When Johnny's friend Eddie stumbles upon the other half of the spear he releases an ancient demon hungry for power and destruction.

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Campus Confessions (1938)

Comedy, musical film

Wayne Atterbury Sr. is president of Middleton College, where he tolerates no foolishness. So when his milquetoast son, Wayne Jr., enrolls as a freshman, the boy makes it clear to newspaper reporter Joyce Gilmore and to every student he meets that school must be all work and no play.

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Jam Session (1944)

musical film, musical comedy

Terry Baxter is a dancer from small town Kansas, trying desperately to break into movies after traveling to Hollywood. She does everything from sneaking onto sound stages and disguising herself but she doesn't have any luck. She then meets a screenwriter who is also new to Hollywood, and she poses as his private secretary, all in an act to have access to the studio and try and see studio mogul Raymond Stuart.

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Girls at Sea (1958)

Comedy

Officers throw an extravagant party on board the battleship HMS Scotia when it visits the French Riviera. At the end of the night, the final shore-boat is judged unseaworthy, and three attractive female guests, Mary, Jill and Antoinette, must spend the night on board ship. But before they can be escorted ashore the next day, the battleship is called out on manoeuvres off the coast of Italy.

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So This Is Paris (1955)

musical film, romantic comedy

Joe, Al and Davy are in Paris, three sailors on a furlough. They see the sights, but have their sights set on getting to know three girls, including Colette d'Avril, a nightclub singer, and Suzzane Sorrel, who has just had her purse snatched. Each is in for a surprise.

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Grand Slam (1933)

Comedy

A waiter named Peter Stanislavsky learns the game of bridge as a favor to his new bride Marcia, whose entire family plays the game. When he luckily defeats bridge champion Cedric Van Dorn, Peter jokingly claims that he won because of the "Stanislavsky method", and soon becomes world-famous as a bridge expert. Trouble ensues when Peter and Marcia form a team to play in bridge tournaments.

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