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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The Big Job (1965)
6.5/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Dick Emery, Joan Sims, Sylvia Syms, Lance Percival, Sid James
AKA 'What a Carry On: The Big Job'. Sid James gives an unforgettable performance in this witty crime caper as a member of a group of crooks who robbed... Read more
Viva Maria! (1965)
6.4/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau, George Hamilton
Who doesn't want to see Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot costarring as turn-of-the-century vaudevillians who get mixed up with Mexican revolutionarie... Read more
The Family Jewels (1965)
6.2/10
Director: Jerry Lewis
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Donna Butterworth, Sebastian Cabot
Jerry Lewis plays seven different roles in this comedy about a little girl with a big inheritance. Donna Butter-worth is the little charmer who needs... Read more
That Darn Cat! (1965)
6.7/10
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Roddy McDowall, Dorothy Provine, Frank Gorshin, Ed Wyn...
The fur flies when a smart Siamese cat goes undercover and Hayley Mills and Dean Jones team up for mystery, adventure, and wild comedy in ths Disney c... Read more
Kimberley Jim (1965)
7.3/10
Director: Emil Nofal
Starring: Jim Reeves
AKA 'Strike It Rich' stars country and western singer Jim Reeves in his first (and only) feature film, as a carefree, guitar-strumming con artist from... Read more
The Intelligence Men (1965)
6/10
Director: Robert Asher
Starring: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, William Franklyn
Morecambe and Wise play bungling spies in their big screen debut, who attempt to infiltrate an enemy organisation to prevent the assassination of a Ru... Read more
The Great Race (1965)
7.3/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Denver Pyle
Follows a pack of wacky racers including capital fellow Tony Curtis, dastardly villain Jack Lemmon, and femme fatale Natalie Wood, on a 22.000-mile ro... Read more
Beach Blanket Bingo / How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Director: William Asher
Starring: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck, John Ashley,...
The best of the long-running 'Beach Party' series, this surfin' singin' sandfest has Frankie (Frankie Avalon) and Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) riding h... Read more
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
7/10
Director: Ken Annakin
Starring: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Robert Morley, Gert Frobe...
...or How I Flew From London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes. From the opening prologue by Red Skelton, who gives a hysterical aviatic history les... Read more
What's New Pussycat? (1965)
6.2/10
Director: Clive Donner
Starring: Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Woody Allen
Disturbed fashion editor Peter O'Toole goes to psychiatrist Peter Sellers for help with his romantic problems, but Sellers is even crazier than he. Th... Read more