Classic Comedy
Classic Comedies in Alice's mind are those prior to 1965. All those great old movies that you may have grown up with are here for your discovery or re-discovery. Comedy Films made prior to 1926 are best found by scrolling "Silent Films". Contempory Comedies (post 1965) are best found scrolling "Comedy ". They don't make em' like they used to....
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A Countess from Hong Kong (1966)
6.1/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Margaret Rutherford
Charlie Chaplin's final directorial effort stars Marlon Brando as a wealthy American diplomat, en route to New York from the Far East on an ocean line... Read more
Monkey Business (1952)
7/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe
A romping screwball comedy about a genius chemist who invents a formula that delays the ageing process. A chimpanzee in the lab pours the formula in a... Read more
The Trouble With Harry (1955)
7.1/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine
The trouble with Harry is that he is dead. The trouble with his peers is that each one thinks they did it! The sharp Alfred Hitchcock humour and spect... Read more
Go West / The Big Store (1941)
Director: Charles Riesner, Edward Buzzell
Starring: The Marx Brothers, John Carroll, Diana Lewis, Virginia Grey, Margaret Dumont
Groucho, Chico, Harpo - all certifiably wacko in a double dip of comedies. The Marxmen "Go West" to where the sun always shines, the fun never sets an... Read more
The Apartment (1960)
8.3/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray
This Oscar-winning Best Picture stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine as they wheel and deal over a New York apartment in a comedy of morality. This... Read more
Genevieve (1953)
7.3/10
Director: Henry Cornelius
Starring: John Gregson, Kay Kendall, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More, Joyce Grenfell
A charming, gentle, car rally comedy, "Genevieve" was a huge box office hit in its day and perfectly captured the polite English romanticism of the ea... Read more
After the Fox (1966)
6.5/10
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Starring: Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland, Martin Balsam, Akim Tamiroff, Paolo...
This wildly funny farce gives the comic genius of Peter Sellers free reign as he assumes several wacky personalities, each one funnier than the last!... Read more
Alastair Sim Collection: The Green Man / Folly To Be Wise / Geordie / Left, Right and Centre / Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Director: Frank Launder, Mario Zampi, Robert Day, Sidney Gilliat
Starring: George Cole, Alastair Sim, Hugh Burden, Audrey Hepburn, Ian Carmichael, Bill Tra...
'The Green Man' (1956) - Alastair Sim stars in this entertaining black comedy as a timid clockmaker with a part-time job - International Assassination... Read more
Ohayo ( aka Good Morning ) (1959)
7.8/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Koji Shidara, Haruko Sugimura, Kuniko Miyake, Yoshiko Kuga, Masahiko...
Ozu's hilarious Technicolor reworking of his silent "I Was Born, But...", "Ohayo" ("Good Morning") is the story of two young boys in suburban Tokyo wh... Read more
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
5.4/10
Director: Graham Stark
Starring: Spike Milligan, Ronnie Barker, Harry Secombe
A true British comedy classic bringing to life the seven deadly sins in seven hilarious segments. Stars include Ronnie Barker, Spike Milligan, Leslie... Read more