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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. 24,307 films · Page 672.

Under Your Hat (1940)

Comedy, musical film, spy film

The film is set in pre-Second World War England where a leading film star Jack Millett and his wife Kay attempt to recover a secret carburettor stolen by enemy agents. Suspicious that Jack may be embarking on an affair with his glamorous co-star Carole Markoff, Kay follows him to the South of France, where in fact he is due to receive the carburettor from a contact at a night club, as he has actually been recruited as an undercover man for the government. (There is a literary pun when the secret agent bringing the parcel, assuming Kay knows all about the identification code and is due to meet him, says dramatically "You are She", and Kay…

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Stalking Santa (2006)

Comedy

Shot in the mockumentary style, the film follows Lloyd Darrow (Chris Clark) a self-proclaimed "Santologist," who has made it his life's mission - and obsession - to scientifically prove the existence of Santa Claus. It's an obsession that takes him from the hieroglyphics of Egypt to a Midwestern shopping mall at Christmastime, as his friends and family wonder whether he has lost his mind. Throughout this journey Darrow must also deal with his wife Barb (Lisa Clark), who supports him both emotionally and financially, the dysfunctional devotion from his intern Clarence (Daryn Tufts), and a growing resentment from his 12-year-old son Keith…

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The Little Clown (1921)

Comedy, silent film

thumb|Mary Miles Minter in "The Little Clown" (1921) As described in various film magazine reviews, Pat has been born and brought up in a travelling circus. Her parents died when she was young, and Toto the clown, who acted as her adoptive father when she was younger, now hopes to marry her as she has come of age. When the circus stops in a Southern town, Dick Beverly, a young man from an aristocratic family, falls in love with Pat.

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Hold That Kiss (1938)

romantic comedy

Travel agency clerk Tommy Bradford (Dennis O'Keefe) delivers tickets to wealthy J. Westley Piermont (George Barbier) at the lavish wedding of his daughter. Piermont introduces him to model June Evans (Maureen O'Sullivan), but neglects to mention neither one is a guest.

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The Cost of Love (2010)

LGBTQ-related film

Told mostly in first person, it is the story of Dale (Christopher Kelham), in which reality and fantasy intermingle so that the viewer is left to wonder at all times if a scene (or all scenes) are actual or Dale's imagination. Dale is a hustler who from the onset of the film says he likes engaging in all forms of sex, including S&M. He spends his days cruising parks and saunas for casual sex or prostituting to high-paying clients.

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Bachelor Bait (1934)

romantic comedy

Mr. William Watts, a kindhearted man who, after losing his job as a civil servant in a marriage license office, opens his own business, Romance Inc., which becomes a successful matrimonial agency. When he sets up his secretary with a wealthy client, he realizes just in time that he is really in love with her.

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Bowery Buckaroos (1947)

musical comedy

Louie is singing the song "Louie the Lout" about his days in the old west to the boys in the Sweet Shop. All of a sudden a man arrives on horseback and Louie hides from him in the back of the store. The man identifies himself as a sheriff of Hangman's Hollow, a town out west where Louie is wanted for a murder that took place 20 years before.

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Butch Minds the Baby (1942)

Comedy

Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan is known for being involved with crime. He is motivated to continue being a criminal, in order to provide Susie O'Neill with the money so she can support herself and raise her son. Butch joins a gang of safe crackers as a lookout, but one of them brings his baby son along with him on the job.

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Desire Street (2011)

Comedy, Comedy drama, Dark Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Melodrama

The story follows a Mexican immigrant family's life in the United States following a tragic accident. The family's matriarch, Carmen, is a widowed single mother of two, who wants to "fix" her teenage son's "confusion" about his sexuality, and seeks solace through her religious beliefs. Her daughter Bess is a curious but sheltered young girl who hides from the world by the clothes she wears and by her behavior, so the world sees her as odd and unusual.

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Rose Bowl (1936)

Comedy

"Cheers" Reynolds has a pair of suitors, Paddy O'Riley and Ossie Merrill, both football stars. As the boys leave their hometown for separate colleges, Cheers makes it clear Ossie is the one she prefers. Ossie neglects writing to her, and when Paddy returns to town, his friend and teammate Dutch Schultz tries to let Cheers know how much Paddy misses her.

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Champagne for Breakfast (1935)

Comedy drama

When struggling attorney Bob Bentley is forced to take a job as a process server, he meets Vivian and Natalie Morton at their father's house when he goes to serve some papers to the elder Morton. While there, he learns that the family has fallen on hard times, and in the course of his visit he and the two daughters discover the Bradley Morton's dead body, who has committed suicide. The only asset they have remaining is an avocado farm in California.

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The Home Teachers (2004)

Greg Blazer (Michael Birkeland) is a lackadaisical Latter-day Saint father who is determined to get him and his family home quickly after Sunday services so he can watch the football game but meets recent ward move-in and freshly assigned home teaching companion, Nelson Parker (Jeff Birk). Despite Greg's excuses, Nelson insists that they need to complete their monthly home teaching assignment that day, the last day of the month. Greg reluctantly agrees with the expectation of quick visits and a fast return home, but what ensues is a journey of chaos.

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Love Rules (2004)

romantic comedy

When Kelly and Michael decide to get married, they want to have an off-beat wedding without all the traditional glitz. But when their friends and Kelly's mother introduce them to the rules of engagement, a simple, intimate wedding becomes a huge production.

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