List of American comedy films

1890s

1894

• Fred Ott's Sneeze

1895

• Chinese Laundry Scene, also known as Robetta and Doretto, No. 2^[1]
• Robetta and Doretto, No. 1^[2]
• Robetta and Doretto, No. 3^[3]

1896

• Gardener Watering Plants^[4]
• Interrupted Lover^[5]

1897

• In a Chinese Laundry^[6]
• The Milker's Mishap
• New Pillow Fight
• Young America

1898

• The Dude's Experience with a Girl on a Tandem
• The Inquisitive Girls^[7]
• Little Willie and the Minister^[8]
• The Minister's Wooing^[9]
• A Narrow Escape^[10]
• The Nearsighted School Teacher
• The Old Maid and the Burglar^[11]

1899

• Armor vs. Armour^[12]
• An Exciting Finish^[13]

1900s

1900

• Above the Limit
• The Burglar-Proof Bed^[14]
• Clowns Spinning Hats
• The Enchanted Drawing
• I Had to Leave a Happy Home for You^[15]

1901

• Another Job for the Undertaker
• Boxing in Barrels
• A Joke on Grandma^[16]
• What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City

1903

• I Want My Dinner^[17]
• The Magical Tramp^[18]

1905

• Everybody Works but Father
• The Little Train Robbery
• Raffles the Dog^[19]

1906

• Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium^[20]
• Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

1907

• College Chums^[21]

1908

• Balked at the Altar
• A Calamitous Elopement^[22]
• The Painter's Revenge^[23]
• The Taming of the Shrew
• The Thieving Hand

1909

• Ben's Kid
• Cohen at Coney Island^[24]
• The Curtain Pole
• Making It Pleasant for Him
• Mr. Flip
• Mrs. Jones' Birthday
• The New Cop^[25]
• Tag Day^[26]
• Those Awful Hats

1910s

1910

• Davy Jones and Captain Bragg, directed by George D. Baker^[27]
• Making a Man of Him^[28]

1911

• Money to Burn, by Edwin S. Porter^[29]

1912

• Making a Man of Her, directed by Al Christie^[30]
• A Near-Tragedy, directed by Mack Sennett^[31]
• The New Neighbor, directed by Mack Sennett^[32]
• O'Brien's Busy Day, directed by Otis Turner^[33]

1913

• Nursery Favorites^[34]

1914

• Between Showers
• A Busy Day
• Kid Auto Races at Venice
• "Cruel, Cruel Love"
• "A Film Johnnie"
• "The Good for Nothing"
• "Recreation (film)"
• "The Knockout"
• "Between Showers"
• Making a Living
• The New Janitor
• Twenty Minutes of Love

1915

• "Work (1915)"
• "A Night Out (1915 film)"
• "Hot Finish"
• Fatty's Tintype Tangle
• A Night in the Show
• Ragtime Snap Shots
• The Tramp
• A Woman

1916

• American Aristocracy
• Behind the Screen
• The Fireman
• The Floorwalker
• The Pawnshop
• The Vagabond

1917

• The Adventurer
• Back Stage
• Easy Street
• The Immigrant

1918

• "Triple Trouble"
• The Cook
• Fireman Save My Child
• Good Night, Nurse!
• O, It's Great to Be Crazy^[35]

1919

• "A Day's Pleasure"
• "Sunnyside"
• Back Stage
• The Hayseed
• Hoot Mon!, directed by Hal Roach, starring Stan Laurel^[36]
• Hustling for Health

1920s

1920

• The Garage
• One Week

1921

• Among Those Present
• The Goat
• The Idle Class
• The Lucky Dog
• Never Weaken
• Now or Never

1922

• Cops
• Glad Bags
• Mixed Nuts
• Mud and Sand
• Our Gang - a long-running series of short films which began that year
• Pay Day

1923

• The Balloonatic
• Dogs of War
• Gas and Air
• Kill or Cure
• The Love Nest
• The Pilgrim
• A Powder Romance

1924

• Mother, Mother, Mother Pin a Rose on Me
• Portage Due
• Sherlock, Jr.
• Why Men Work

1925

• Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
• His Wooden Wedding
• Seven Chances

1926

• Bromo and Juliet
• Crazy like a Fox
• Dog Shy
• Mighty Like a Moose
• My Old Kentucky Home
• The Strong Man
• Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

1927

• Do Detectives Think?
• Fluttering Hearts
• Hats Off
• His First Flame
• Long Pants
• Love 'em and Weep

1928

• The Gallopin' Gaucho
• Limousine Love
• Pass the Gravy
• Plane Crazy
• Steamboat Willie
• Two Tars
• You're Darn Tootin'

1929

• Big Business
• Lambchops
• Unaccustomed As We Are

1930s

1930

• One Way Out
• Shivering Shakespeare
• Teacher's Pet

1931

• Beau Hunks
• Chickens Come Home
• Helpmates
• The House That Shadows Built
• Our Wife

1932

• County Hospital
• The Hollywood Handicap
• The Music Box
• Running Hollywood
• The Voice of Hollywood No, 13

1933

• Busy Bodies
• The Midnight Patrol
• Twice Two

1934

• Going Bye-Bye!
• Odor in the Court
• Punch Drunks
• Woman Haters

1935

• Pop Goes the Easel
• Thicker than Water
• Tit for Tat

1936

• Movie Maniacs

1937

1938

• Termites of 1938

1939

1940

• The Heckler
• The New Pupil

1910s

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

• Brewster's Millions
• A Golf Insect
• Tillie's Punctured Romance

1915

• A Black Sheep
• The Earl of Pawtucket

1916

• The Habit of Happiness

1917

• An Aerial Joy Ride
• The Poor Little Rich Girl
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1918

• All Night
• Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
• Fair Enough
• Shoulder Arms

1919

• The Adventure Shop
• After His Own Heart
• Daddy-Long-Legs
• The Hoodlum

1920s

1920

• Easy to Get
• Life of the Party
• Pollyanna
• The Round-Up
• The Saphead
• Suds

1921

• Brewster's Millions
• Crazy to Marry
• The Dollar-a-Year Man
• Eden and Return
• The Fast Freight or Freight Prepaid or Via Fast Freight
• Gasoline Gus
• The Girl in the Taxi
• Humor Risk
• Keeping up with Lizzie
• The Kid
• Leap Year
• A Sailor-Made Man
• The Traveling Salesman

1922

• Don't Get Personal
• Dr. Jack
• Gay and Devilish
• Grandma's Boy
• The Ladder Jinx
• Red Hot Romance
• Up and at 'Em

1923

• The Near Lady
• Our Hospitality
• Safety Last!
• Souls for Sale
• Three Ages
• Why Worry?

1924

• Girl Shy
• Happiness
• Hot Water
• The Last Man on Earth
• Lover's Lane
• The Navigator

1925

• The Eagle
• The Freshman
• The Gold Rush

1926

• For Heaven's Sake
• The General
• The Strong Man
• Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

1927

• Fireman, Save My Child
• His First Flame
• The Kid Brother
• Long Pants
• Three's a Crowd

1928

• The Chaser
• The Circus
• A Girl in Every Port
• The Matinee Idol
• Show People
• Speedy
• Steamboat Bill, Jr.

1929

• The Cocoanuts
• The Hollywood Revue of 1929
• Jazz Heaven
• Navy Blues
• Rio Rita
• Street Girl
• Tanned Legs
• The Vagabond Lover
• The Very Idea
• Welcome Danger
• The Wild Party
• Words and Music

1930s

1930

• Animal Crackers
• Check and Double Check
• The Cuckoos
• Dixiana
• Feet First
• Half Shot at Sunrise
• He Knew Women
• Hook, Line & Sinker
• Leathernecking
• Lovin' the Ladies
• Queen High
• The Rogue Song
• The Runaway Bride
• She's My Weakness
• Sin Takes a Holiday
• Whoopee!
• A Woman Commands

1931

• Bachelor Apartment
• The Big Shot
• Caught Plastered
• City Lights
• Cracked Nuts
• Ever Since Eve
• Everything's Rosie
• Fanny Foley Herself
• The Front Page
• Girls Demand Excitement
• High Stakes
• Laugh and Get Rich
• Lonely Wives
• Monkey Business
• Peach O'Reno
• Platinum Blonde
• The Royal Bed
• The Runaround
• Sweepstakes
• The Tip-Off
• Too Many Cooks
• White Shoulders

1932

• The Animal Kingdom
• Fireman, Save My Child
• Girl Crazy
• The Half-Naked Truth
• Hold 'Em Jail
• Horse Feathers
• Ladies of the Jury
• Lady with a Past
• Little Orphan Annie
• Love Me Tonight
• Million Dollar Legs
• Movie Crazy
• The Penguin Pool Murder
• That's My Boy
• This Is the Night

1933

• Bed of Roses
• Blind Adventure
• Bombshell
• Christopher Bean
• Dinner at Eight
• Diplomaniacs
• Duck Soup
• Flying Down to Rio
• Goldie Gets Along
• Goodbye Love
• His Private Secretary
• I'm No Angel
• International House
• It's Great to Be Alive
• Melody Cruise
• Our Betters
• Professional Sweetheart
• Rafter Romance
• Sailor Be Good
• She Done Him Wrong
• So this is Africa
• Sons of the Desert
• Topaze

1934

• The Affairs of Cellini
• Babes in Toyland
• Bachelor Bait
• By Your Leave
• The Cat's-Paw
• Cockeyed Cavaliers
• The Dover Road
• Down to Their Last Yacht
• The Gay Divorcee
• Hips, Hips, Hooray!
• It Happened One Night
• It's a Gift
• Kentucky Kernels
• Lightning Strikes Twice
• The Meanest Gal in Town
• The Richest Girl in the World
• Sing and Like It
• Strictly Dynamite
• The Thin Man
• We're Rich Again

1935

• Another Face
• Captain Hurricane
• Enchanted April
• The Farmer Takes a Wife
• Hi, Gaucho!
• His Family Tree
• Hooray for Love
• Hot Tip
• I Dream Too Much
• In Person
• Laddie
• A Night at the Opera
• The Nitwits
• Paradise Canyon
• The Rainmakers
• Romance in Manhattan
• Ruggles of Red Gap
• Star of Midnight
• To Beat the Band
• Top Hat

1936

• The Bride Walks Out
• Bunker Bean
• Dancing Pirate
• The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
• The Farmer in the Dell
• Follow the Fleet
• Libeled Lady
• Love on a Bet
• Make Way for a Lady
• The Milky Way
• Modern Times
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
• Mummy's Boys
• My Man Godfrey
• Silly Billies
• Smartest Girl in Town
• Swing Time
• Sylvia Scarlett
• Theodora Goes Wild
• Walking on Air
• Wife vs. Secretary

1937

• All Over Town
• The Awful Truth
• The Big Shot
• Breakfast for Two
• A Damsel in Distress
• A Day at the Races
• Don't Tell the Wife
• Double Wedding
• Fight for Your Lady
• Fit for a King
• Forty Naughty Girls
• Hideaway
• High Flyers
• History Is Made At Night
• Hitting a New High
• The King and the Chorus Girl
• The Life of the Party
• Make a Wish
• Meet the Missus
• Music for Madame
• New Faces of 1937
• Nothing Sacred
• On Again, Off Again
• Quick Money
• Riding on Air
• Shall We Dance
• She's Got Everything
• Super-Sleuth
• That Girl from Paris
• There Goes the Groom
• There Goes My Girl
• They Wanted to Marry
• Too Many Wives
• Topper
• Way Out West
• We're on the Jury
• When's Your Birthday?
• Wise Girl
• You Can't Beat Love

1938

• The Affairs of Annabel
• The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
• Annabel Takes a Tour
• Blond Cheat
• Bringing Up Baby
• Carefree
• Crashing Hollywood
• Everybody's Doing It
• Go Chase Yourself
• Having Wonderful Time
• Joy of Living
• Love Finds Andy Hardy
• The Mad Miss Manton
• Maid's Night Out
• Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
• Next Time I Marry
• Night Spot
• Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
• Professor Beware
• Radio City Revels
• Room Service
• A Slight Case of Murder
• This Marriage Business
• Vivacious Lady
• You Can't Take It with You

1939

• At the Circus
• Bachelor Mother
• The Cowboy Quarterback
• Dancing Co-Ed
• East Side of Heaven
• Escape to Paradise
• Fifth Avenue Girl
• The Flying Deuces
• The Girl from Mexico
• Honolulu
• It's a Wonderful World
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Ninotchka
• Topper Takes a Trip
• The Women

1940s

1940

• The Bank Dick
• The Ghost Breakers
• Go West
• The Great Dictator
• The Great McGinty
• His Girl Friday
• The Invisible Woman
• My Favorite Wife
• My Little Chickadee
• One Night in the Tropics
• The Philadelphia Story
• The Shop Around the Corner

1941

• Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
• Ball of Fire
• The Big Store
• The Bride Came C.O.D.
• Buck Privates
• The Devil and Miss Jones
• The Flame of New Orleans
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan
• The Lady Eve
• Las Vegas Nights
• Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
• Topper Returns
• Two-Faced Woman

1942

• Highways by Night
• The Man Who Came to Dinner
• A Night to Remember
• The Palm Beach Story
• Rio Rita
• Road to Morocco
• Ship Ahoy
• Tales of Manhattan
• The Talk of the Town
• There's One Born Every Minute
• To Be or Not to Be
• Woman of the Year
• You Were Never Lovelier

1943

• Crazy House
• DuBarry Was a Lady
• Government Girl
• Heaven Can Wait
• Hello, Frisco, Hello
• Hit the Ice
• I Dood It
• A Lady Takes a Chance
• The More the Merrier
• Mr. Lucky
• Slightly Dangerous
• They Got Me Covered
• Thousands Cheer
• Two Weeks to Live
• Whistling in Brooklyn

1944

• Arsenic and Old Lace
• Hail the Conquering Hero
• Lady in the Dark
• The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
• Private Hargrove
• Sensations of 1945
• Standing Room Only

1945

• Along Came Jones
• The Bullfighters
• Eadie was A Lady
• The Horn Blows at Midnight
• Lady on a Train
• Scared Stiff

1946

• Angel on My Shoulder
• The Great Morgan
• Little Giant
• Lover Come Back
• Monsieur Beaucaire
• A Night in Casablanca
• The Time of Their Lives
• Vacation in Reno
• Without Reservations

1947

• The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (AKA Bachelor Knight)
• Buck Privates Come Home
• Christmas Eve
• The Egg and I
• The Farmer's Daughter
• Magic Town
• Miracle on 34th Street
• Monsieur Verdoux
• Road to Rio
• The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
• Suddenly, It's Spring
• The Voice of the Turtle
• Where There's Life

1948

• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
• The Emperor Waltz
• A Foreign Affair
• June Bride
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
• The Noose Hangs High
• The Paleface
• Sitting Pretty
• Variety Time

1949

• Adam's Rib
• Africa Screams
• Holiday Affair
• I Was a Male War Bride
• It's a Great Feeling
• My Friend Irma

1950s

1950

• Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
• Born Yesterday
• Champagne for Caesar
• Cheaper by the Dozen
• Duchess of Idaho
• Father of the Bride
• The Great Rupert
• Harvey
• The Jackpot
• Key to the City
• Love Happy
• My Friend Irma Goes West
• Two Weeks with Love
• The West Point Story

1951

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
• An American in Paris
• Angels in the Outfield
• Comin' Round the Mountain
• Double Dynamite
• Father's Little Dividend
• Half Angel
• My Favorite Spy

1952

• Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
• Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
• A Girl in Every Port
• Jumping Jacks
• Lost in Alaska
• Monkey Business
• Road to Bali
• Singin' in the Rain
• Son of Paleface

1953

• Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
• Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
• The Band Wagon
• The Caddy
• The Girls of Pleasure Island
• How to Marry a Millionaire
• It Happens Every Thursday
• The Moon Is Blue
• Roman Holiday
• Scared Stiff

1954

• Casanova's Big Night
• Fireman, Save My Child
• It Should Happen to You
• Knock on Wood
• Sabrina

1955

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
• Mister Roberts
• My Sister Eileen
• The Seven Year Itch
• The Trouble with Harry

1956

• Bus Stop
• The Court Jester
• Forever, Darling
• The Girl Can't Help It
• Hollywood or Bust
• Our Miss Brooks
• Pardners
• The Teahouse of the August Moon

1957

• The Delicate Delinquent
• Funny Face
• The Girl Most Likely
• Joe Butterfly
• Love in the Afternoon
• Sayonara
• Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

1958

• Auntie Mame
• Houseboat
• The Matchmaker
• Paris Holiday
• Teacher's Pet
• The Tunnel of Love

1959

• Alias Jesse James
• A Bucket of Blood
• Have Rocket, Will Travel
• Pillow Talk
• The Shaggy Dog
• Some Like It Hot

1960s

1960

• The Apartment
• The Bellboy
• Cinderfella
• It Started in Naples
• The Little Shop of Horrors
• North to Alaska
• Ocean's Eleven
• Where the Boys Are

1961

• The Absent-Minded Professor
• All Hands on Deck
• Bachelor in Paradise (film)
• Blue Hawaii
• Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Come September
• Cry for Happy
• The Errand Boy
• Everything's Ducky
• Gidget Goes Hawaiian
• The Happy Thieves
• The Ladies Man
• Lover Come Back
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians
• One, Two, Three
• The Parent Trap
• Pocketful of Miracles
• Snow White and the Three Stooges

1962

• Boy's Night Out
• Girls! Girls! Girls!
• Hatari!
• Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
• The Horizontal Lieutenant
• The Road to Hong Kong
• The Three Stooges in Orbit
• The Three Stooges Meet Hercules

1963

• The Courtship of Eddie's Father
• Donovan's Reef
• Fun in Acapulco
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
• McLintock!
• The Nutty Professor
• The Pink Panther
• Spencer's Mountain
• The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze

1964

• A Shot in the Dark
• The Americanization of Emily
• The Brass Bottle
• Dear Heart
• The Disorderly Orderly
• Ensign Pulver
• Good Neighbor Sam
• Kiss Me, Stupid
• Mary Poppins
• My Fair Lady
• The Patsy
• Send Me No Flowers
• The World of Henry Orient

1965

• Beach Blanket Bingo
• Boeing Boeing
• Cat Ballou
• Dear Brigitte
• The Family Jewels
• The Great Race
• The Hallelujah Trail
• Harum Scarum
• How to Murder Your Wife
• Love and Kisses
• The Outlaws IS Coming
• The Sound of Music
• Tickle Me
• What's New, Pussycat?

1966

• Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
• Follow Me, Boys!
• The Fortune Cookie
• Frankie and Johnny
• The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
• Murderers' Row
• Our Man Flint
• Paradise, Hawaiian Style
• The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
• The Silencers
• Spinout
• The Trouble with Angels (film)
• Walk Don't Run
• Way...Way Out
• What's Up, Tiger Lily?

1967

• The Ambushers
• Barefoot in the Park
• The Big Mouth
• David Holzman's Diary
• Don't Make Waves
• The Graduate
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
• The Happening
• The Jungle Book
• Luv
• Mars Needs Women
• The President's Analyst
• The Reluctant Astronaut

1968

• Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
• Funny Girl
• Greetings
• Inspector Clouseau
• Live a Little, Love a Little
• The Odd Couple
• The Party
• The Producers
• The Secret War of Harry Frigg
• The Shakiest Gun in the West
• Skidoo
• Stay Away, Joe
• Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

1969

• Angel in My Pocket
• The April Fools
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
• Cactus Flower
• Change of Habit
• Don't Drink the Water
• Hello, Dolly!
• Putney Swope
• The Reivers
• Support Your Local Sheriff!
• Take the Money and Run
• The Trouble with Girls
• The Wrecking Crew

1970s

1970

• The Aristocats
• Catch-22
• The Cheyenne Social Club
• The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
• Hi, Mom!
• MASH
• Myra Breckinridge
• The Out-of-Towners
• Start the Revolution Without Me
• There Was a Crooked Man...
• Which Way to the Front?

1971

• 200 Motels
• B.S. I Love You
• Bananas
• The Barefoot Executive
• Carnal Knowledge
• Happy Birthday, Wanda June
• Harold and Maude
• The Hospital
• They Might Be Giants (film)
• A New Leaf
• Support Your Local Gunfighter!
• Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

1972

• Another Nice Mess
• Avanti!
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
• Fritz the Cat
• The Heartbreak Kid
• Now You See Him, Now You Don't
• Pink Flamingos
• Play It Again, Sam
• What's Up, Doc?

1973

• American Graffiti
• Cops and Robbers
• Five on the Black Hand Side
• The Last Detail
• Paper Moon
• Sleeper
• The Sting

1974

• Blazing Saddles
• Dark Star
• Down and Dirty Duck
• Flesh Gordon
• Ginger in the Morning
• The Groove Tube
• Harry and Tonto
• Herbie Rides Again
• The Longest Yard
• The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
• Phantom of the Paradise
• The Thorn
• Uptown Saturday Night
• Young Frankenstein

1975

• The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
• The Apple Dumpling Gang
• The Fortune
• Love and Death
• Rooster Cogburn
• Shampoo
• The Strongest Man in the World
• The Sunshine Boys

1976

• The Bad News Bears
• The Big Bus
• Cannonball
• Car Wash
• Chesty Anderson, USN
• Family Plot
• The Gumball Rally
• Gus
• Murder by Death
• Nickelodeon
• The Shaggy D.A.
• Silent Movie
• Silver Streak
• Tunnel Vision

1977

• Annie Hall
• The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
• Candleshoe
• Grand Theft Auto
• Handle With Care
• Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
• Heroes
• High Anxiety
• The Kentucky Fried Movie
• The Last Remake of Beau Geste
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• Oh, God!
• A Piece of the Action
• Smokey and the Bandit

1978

• Animal House
• The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
• California Suite
• The Cat from Outer Space
• Corvette Summer
• The End
• Every Which Way But Loose
• Girlfriends
• Goin' South
• Heaven Can Wait
• Hooper
• Hot Lead and Cold Feet
• National Lampoon's Animal House
• Rabbit Test
• Sextette
• Up in Smoke
• A Wedding

1979

• 10
• 1941
• Americathon
• The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
• Being There
• Breaking Away
• The Frisco Kid
• The In-Laws
• The Jerk
• The Main Event
• Manhattan
• The Muppet Movie
• The North Avenue Irregulars
• Real Life
• Rock 'n' Roll High School
• Starting Over
• The Villain

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s