Comedy films

433–480 of 1,543 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

Where these films come from, and who sees what

Every film here plays from the archive that keeps it: the Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons, the NASA Image and Video Library, the Library of Congress and Open Images (the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). Nothing is copied to this site. Each film's page names its archive, links to its page there, and states its licence or status as the archive does.

Archive films carry no age ratings, so each is placed from the collections it sits in and the subjects the archive gives it, cautiously. Sexual content and nudity are left out altogether.

Little OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive Murder in Harlem Feature A black night watchman in a chemical factory finds the body of a young white woman in the basement. Blamed for the murder, the man is tried but the real… Internet Archive Tanned Legs 1929 Colorized 1929 · Feature This movie became Public Domain on 1 January 2025. Endearing comedy with some musical numbers, about a group of vacationers at a beach resort and their… Internet Archive "Playhouse 90" Forbidden Area 1956 · Feature Title: "Playhouse 90" Forbidden Area Summary: Why are so many B-99 bombers from Hibiscus Air Base crashing or simply disappearing? Colonel Price comes up with… Internet Archive Million Dollar Weekend 1948 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Bowery Blitzkrieg 1941 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Tacos Al Carbón (1972) 1972 · Feature Plot: A lucky man wins the latest model car in a raffle and his luck brings him romantic entanglements as well. Internet Archive Storm in a Teacup 1937 · Feature · 1 h 26 min You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Supernatural 1933 · Feature Brand New 2K Master! In a departure from her usual comedy roles, screen legend Carole Lombard (Nothing Sacred, Hands Across the Table) co-stars with western… Internet Archive Three_of_a_Kind 1936 · Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles From IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028375/ Barbara "Babs" Penfield is trying to convince her father, laundry-magnate F. Thorndyke Penfield, to invest… Internet Archive His First Flame 1927 · Feature · 46 min You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Crooked Circle 1932 · Feature · 59 min A group secret society of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists. Internet Archive Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man 1951 · Feature Two bumbling private eyes help a man wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible to help clear his name. Internet Archive Tanks a Million 1941 · Feature · 50 min The movie starts with William Tracy as Dodo Doubleday, proving his incredible memory on a radio talk show. He joins the army after memorizing the regulations,… Internet Archive Lieutenant Kizhe restored 1934 · Feature · 1 h 23 min · Subtitles Poruchik Kizhe - Пору́чик Киже́ ( Lieutenant Kijé ) (1934) Aka: The Czar Wants to Sleep With subtitles Revised 2018 – frames edited, better flicker removal To… Internet Archive Two Plus Fours 1930 · Short · 20 min A Campus Comedies short film by Pathé with Bing Crosby, Harry Barris, Al Rinker (The Rhythm Boys), Nat Carr, Thelma Hill, Ed Dearing, Spec O'Donnell Internet Archive Captured in Chinatown 1935 · Feature · 53 min A feud between two gangs in Chinatown breaks out into a tong war. Internet Archive Carry On and Don't Lose Your Head 1967 · Feature The `Carry On' team have an irreverent poke at the French Revolution. In Paris in 1789, two English noblemen rescue their French counterparts from the… Internet Archive The Three Ages - Buster Keaton 2006 · Feature The First 'production' of Buster Keaton VERY comic!!! =D I Love this film. ¬¬ Please, click in 'MPEG4' and save the film!! I'm so stupid =P Runtime: 63 min /… Internet Archive Kind Hearts And Coronets 1949 · Feature A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession. Internet Archive 23 - Zatoichi At Large 1972 · Feature Zatoichi comes across a pregnant woman dying from sword wounds and helps deliver her baby. Her final request to him: take the boy to see his father. From… Internet Archive The Devil's Disciple 1959 · Feature Title: The Devil's Disciple Summary: The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War. Directed… Internet Archive The White Sheik 1952 · Feature Federico Fellini drew upon his background as a cartoonist for his first solo feature, a charming comic fable about the lure of fantasy and the pitfalls of… Internet Archive Late Autumn 1960 · Feature The great actress and Ozu regular Setsuko Hara plays a mother gently trying to persuade her daughter to marry in this glowing portrait of family love and… Internet Archive Carry On Cabby 1963 · Feature A neglected wife, fed up of playing second fiddle to her husband's taxi business, decides to teach him a lesson by setting up a glamorous rival cab firm… Internet Archive "The Sultan's Wife" [1917] Short · 24 min This two reel comedy is not a great film but does feature a young Gloria Swanson, Teddy the Keystone Dog and historically significant "being the very last… Internet Archive His Double Life 1933 (re-uploaded-trimmed to 1hr8min ) Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles His Double Life 1933 (re-uploaded-trimmed to 1hr8min ) the other post on this site had approx 1/2 hour of dead air and I trimmed it off using real player plus… Internet Archive Carry On at Your Convenience 1971 · Feature A somewhat work shy shop steward finds himself at loggerheads with the management at a lavatory factory. Much to his horror, his daughter is dating the boss's… Internet Archive Riders of the Rockies 1937 · Feature · 53 min Title: Riders of the Rockies Summary: Tex and his pals join the Rangers to fight rustlers along the border. When Doc and Pee Wee get framed for rustling and… Internet Archive The Stork Club 1945 · Feature Title: The Stork Club Summary: A hat-check girl at the Stork Club (Hutton) saves the life of a drowning man (Fitzgerald). A rich man, he decides to repay her… Internet Archive Heart of the Golden West 1942 · Feature · 53 min Title: Heart of the Golden West Summary: Lambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides to ship the cattle… Internet Archive The Inspector General 1949 · Feature · 1 h 41 min An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him… Internet Archive Heartbeat 1946 · Feature · 1 h 40 min A young female escapee from a reform school (Ginger Rogers) joins a pickpocket academy in Paris. Internet Archive Joey Breaker (1993) - Richard Edson Film 1993 · Feature Steven Starr was an agent at William Morris Agency, heading the New York Motion Picture department under legendary talent agent Sue Mengers. His clients over… Internet Archive O Saci (1953) 1953 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles O Saci : O filme mostra as aventuras de Narizinho e Emília no Sítio do Picapau Amarelo, junto de Pedrinho que quer capturar um Saci em uma garrafa, seguindo… Internet Archive Jack and the Beanstalk 1952 · Feature Abbot and Costello musical, based on the fairytale You can read more about this movie on it's IMDB page Internet Archive Western Mail 1942 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven 1948 · Feature · 1 h 16 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Kept Husbands 1931 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles * Released 1931-02-22 * Comedy/Romance (Eng US) * 1930s Pre-Code B&W Film * RKO Radio Pictures * RCA Photophone System * PRODUCER: William LeBaron; Louis… Internet Archive Lady Behave 1937 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Penny Princess 1952 · Feature Title: Penny Princess Summary: A ordinary young American woman learns that she has become the owner of a tiny European country. Comedy and romance ensue.… Internet Archive Desire 1936 · Feature Title: Desire Summary: An automotive engineer bound for a holiday in Spain meets a sultry jewel thief. Directed by: Frank Borzage Actors: Marlene Dietrich,… Internet Archive Pot o Gold (Vostfr) Feature · 1 h 25 min http://laprochaineseance.free.fr./ George Marshall James Stewart Paulette Goddard Genre:Comedy Musical Romance 1945 Internet Archive Manhattan Merry-Go-Round 1937 · Feature · 1 h 26 min Leo Carrillo turns in a hilarious performance as mob boss Tony Gordoni, who takes over a New York record company and proceeds to strong-arm singing stars into… Internet Archive 24 - Zatoichi In Desperation 1972 · Feature Star Shintaro Katsu sits in the director’s chair for this psychedelic and unremittingly bleak entry in the Zatoichi series, which is unlike any other in its… Internet Archive Blind Rage(1976) 1976 · Feature THIS IS A CO-PRODUCTION BETWEEN THE USA AND THE PHILIPPINES The Americans are planning to send five million dollars to Southeast Asia for relief work. They… Internet Archive The Time of Your Life 1948 · Feature · 1 h 40 min Title: The Time of Your Life Summary: A wide variety of persons come into Nick's Pacific Street Saloon, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.… Internet Archive Sunday Calm 1923 Our Gang Silent Film Short · 25 min Sunday Calm is a 1923 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 20th Our Gang short subject released. The gang travels by wagon to go… Internet Archive Rich Relations 1937 · Feature · 1 h 5 min A secretary finds herself being romanced by a "ladies man". What she doesn't know is that it's her boss who really loves her.