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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Doctor in Trouble (1970)
5.4/10
Director: Ralph Thomas
Starring: Leslie Phillips, Harry Secombe, James Robertson Justice, Robert Morley
Our hero, Dr Burke, greatly resents the success of the heart-throb television doctor, Basil Beauchamp (alias Dr Dare). When Basil is admitted to hospi... Read more
Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice (1969)
Director: Paul Mazursky
Starring: Natalie Wood, Elliott Gould, Robert Culp, Dyan Cannon
Paul Mazursky made his directing debut with this landmark Swingin' Sixties satire, about a sexually liberated couple (Robert Culp and Natalie Wood) wh... Read more
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
7.5/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Hardy Kruger, Virna Lisi
When German soldiers approaching a small Italian town during World War II threaten to rob the village of its cache of vintage wine, ineffectual mayor... Read more
M*A*S*H ( Blu-ray ) (1969)
8.4/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Rene Auberjonois, Robert Duvall, Sally Kellerm...
Director Robert Altman's innovative dark comedy about the everyday escapades of an Army medical unit during the Korean War stars Elliott Gould, Donald... Read more
M*A*S*H (1969)
8.4/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Gary Burghoff,...
Director Robert Altman's innovative dark comedy about the everyday escapades of an Army medical unit during the Korean War stars Elliott Gould, Donald... Read more
Carry On Christmas (1969)
6.4/10
Director: Ronald Fouracre
Starring: Sid James, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Bresslaw, Peter Butterworth, Kenn...
A truly wonderful addition to the "Carry On" Collection that can be enjoyed at any time of the year. Its main claim to fame is the ballerina sequence... Read more
The Reivers (1969)
6.9/10
Director: Mark Rydell
Starring: Steve McQueen
An episodic jaunt from rural Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee, provides laughs and adventure for a young boy, a scampish farmhand (Steve McQueen) and... Read more
On the Buses: Series 1 and 2 (1969)
7.1/10
Starring: Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, Doris Hare
The classic BBC comedy with Reg Varney as bus driver Stan, and Bob Grant as conductor Jack - a couple of middle-aged Jack-the-lads always on the looko... Read more
Carry On Camping (1969)
6.6/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw,...
Things get campy when the crew head towards the woods in the hopes of finding a nudist colony. But when they arrive in the great outdoors, there's no... Read more
The Out Of Towners (1969)
7.1/10
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis are perfectly matched as the hapless Kellermans of Twin Oaks, Ohio, in Neil Simon's tumultuous comedy hit. The top candid... Read more