People (2004)
Comedy
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 673.
Unexpected Uncle (1941)
Comedy drama
The Lottery Lover (1935)
Comedy
A crew of young military-school cadets are enjoying their first weekend in Paris. Frank Harrington, a girl-shy cadet, wins the lottery which "They" have organized, and Frank wins the right to woo the star of the Folies Bergere, Gaby Aimee, with her garter serving as proof of conquest. Meanwhile, Frank has found the one girl-of-his-heart, Patty, which complicates matters.
Know Your History: Jesus Is Black; So Was Cleopatra (2007)
stand-up comedy
Rascals (1938)
Comedy
A group of Gypsy thieves with Robin Hood-like morals take in an amnesiac socialite named Margaret Adams. They try to raise money to cover an operation to restore Adams's memories.
Silver Case (2011)
Comedy
Thieves Fall Out (1941)
Comedy
Eddie Barnes is employed by his father, Rodney, owner of the prosperous Barnes Slumber Accessories Company, at a menial, low-paying position. Eddie, who still lives at home with his parents, is deeply in love with Mary Matthews, the daughter of Charles Matthews, Rodney's chief but unfriendly (and even wealthier) competitor. Lacking the financial means to marry, and fearing that Mary will leave him for a rich, annoying, and disrespectful rival, Eddie implores his father for a pay raise, but is denied.
The Big Show-Off (1945)
Comedy drama, musical film
Nightclub pianist Sandy Elliott is madly in love with nightclub singer June Mayfield, who ignores his existence, preferring the obnoxious Wally Porter, the nightclub emcee. Sandy follows June to discover to his disgust that she is a big fan of professional wrestling. Sandy's friend Joe the night club owner decides to make the shy Sandy attractive to June by paying a thug to disrupt June's singing, then being thrown out by Sandy.
Fighting Trouble (1956)
Comedy
Gangster Frankie Arbo has imported a master engraver to produce counterfeit money. Arbo buys a nightclub, The Hula Hut, as a front for his criminal activities. A newspaper editor wants a photo of the elusive Arbo, and hires Sach and Duke to produce it.
She's My Weakness (1930)
romantic comedy
Tommy Mills wants to marry his girlfriend, Marie Thurber, but cannot afford it. When he inherits a piece of property, he plans on selling it in order to facilitate the marriage. However, Marie is also being pursued by Bernard Norton, who is not as seemingly dull as Tommy.
The Loud Mouth (1932)
Comedy
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation: DVD Premiere (2010)
Adventure, Comedy, family film
Cornman: American Vegetable Hero (2001)
Comedy, Superhero
Cornman is a superhero whose powers include the ability to communicate with corn. He must face the evil Dr. Hoe who is trying to take control of all the corn in the world.
Hold That Woman! (1940)
Comedy
Bill Lannigan (John Dilson), boss of Skip Tracers Ltd., a skiptrace agency which tracks down people who have not kept up payments on their purchases, gives his agent Jimmy Parker (James Dunn) an ultimatum: he has thirty days to become as successful as his competitor, Miles Hanover (Dave O'Brien), or he will be fired. Jimmy and his girlfriend Mary Mulvaney (Frances Gifford), the daughter of a policeman, try to repossess a radio from Lulu Driscoll (Rita La Roy), who has not kept up her payments. Jimmy is unaware that stolen jewels have been hidden inside the radio.
Escape to Paradise (1939)
musical film, romantic comedy
Jaded playboy Richard Fleming travels to the South American nation of Rosarita. Through his motorcycle riding guide Roberto he discovers true love and a career as a Yerba mate exporter.
Fun on a Weekend (1947)
Comedy
Pete and Nancy, both destitute, find that they have been sleeping on the same Florida beach, and decide to work together to make some money. While at a beachfront cafe trying to get the most from their pooled resources, 15 cents, much to the frustration of the cafe's owner, they vow to be staying at the ritzy nearby Villa Riviera hotel by that night. Calling themselves Mr and Mrs Peterson Price Porterhouse III, they inveigle their way into the local smart set.
The Lady Escapes (1937)
Comedy
A newly married couple argue constantly leading to her fleeing to France in the company of a glamorous French writer, where she is pursued by her husband.
I Adore You (1933)
musical comedy
Norman Young wants to marry Margot Grahame but her contract with a producer prohibits her from marrying during a five-year period. Norman spends millions to take over the contact.
Dangerous Number (1937)
Comedy
A clothing manufacturer, Hank (Robert Young) returns from a year in Japan, learning about a new formula for synthetic silk, to discover that his girlfriend Eleanor (Ann Sothern) is engaged to marry another man. Hank persuades her to jilt the new man at the altar. After he and Eleanor get married, Hank comes to dislike the show-business friends of his wife and mother-in-law Gypsy (Cora Witherspoon) who pop up at all hours.
Grand Ole Opry (1940)
Comedy
The film starts with the governor wandering into a duck hunt and getting killed. The plot then revolves around a campaign to elect a new governor, candidates focussing upon a proposed Farmer's Bill. The campaign speeches (and songs) are broadcast on the XYZ radio channel.
I Spit on Your Rave (2009)
Comedy horror, Post-apocalyptic, zombie comedy
During the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, a virus was released which causes a zombie uprising which decimates humanity. In the year 2018, six years after civilization is destroyed and with few humans left, the King of the Zombies (Noel Fielding) organizes a music festival to keep the zombie horde entertained after the zombie apocalypse.
Private Eyes (1953)
Comedy
Sach is punched in the nose by Herbie, a local kid who the boys know, and acquires the ability to read people's minds. Slip sees this as an opportunity to buy a detective agency, and their first client is a beautiful blonde who is trying to escape from her connections with mobsters. She leaves behind a stolen mink coat and an envelope that would incriminate the mobsters.
Theresa is a Mother (2012)
Comedy drama
Theresa McDermott has chased her “ideal” life as an urban-dwelling, punk(ish) singer-songwriter to the very end of its possible existence. She is broke, options have run out and she happens to have a few kids she is raising on her own since their dad split a year ago. Facing eviction and nowhere to go, Theresa packs up her children and what is left of her life and moves back to the small rural town, childhood home and parents she deliberately ran from a decade ago.
Footskating 101 (2007)
independent film
In order to save his grandmother, his town, and his own skin, Vince, a poor miner's son, takes part in a skateboarding competition without a skateboard. He invents the extreme sport of footskating.