Comedy films

529–576 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 Little Big Man (1970) 1970 · Feature Little Big Man is a film released in 1970 , directed by Arthur Penn . It is a satirical Western that follows the story of Jack Crabbe , who claims to have… Internet Archive Throw Mamma From The Train (1987) 1987 · Feature Throw Momma From The Train is a dark comedy film released in 1987 , directed by Danny DeVito . The movie stars Billy Crystal and Danny DeVito , with Anne… Internet Archive Scared Stiff 1945 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles Title: Scared Stiff Summary: The jumpy chess editor at a newspaper accidentally gets involved in some murders at a sleazy tavern run by a pair of bizarre… Internet Archive And Then There Were None (1945) 1945 · Feature · Subtitles And Then There Were None is a 1945 film adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1939 mystery novel of the same name, directed by René Clair. In the film, ten… Internet Archive Father Came Too! 1964 · Feature Title: Father Came Too! Summary: A young married couple experience difficulties doing up a cottage, and are hindered by the wife's father. Directed by: Peter… Internet Archive "The Jack Benny Program" Christmas Shopping Show 1957 · Feature Title: "The Jack Benny Program" Christmas Shopping Show Summary: Jack is determined to finish his Christmas shopping in one visit and tortures a wallet… Internet Archive Crazy House ( 1943) 1943 · Feature Crazy House is a 1943 comedy film starring Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson as Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere… Internet Archive Brideless Groom 1947 · Short · 16 min Title: Brideless Groom Summary: To inherit a fortune, voice teacher Shemp must marry before six o'clock, but no girl will accept his proposal. Finally one of… Internet Archive Keeping Up Appearances (Supplementary Material) Feature · Subtitles The collection here is meant to supplement this page (now removed). If you find another upload of the series, please link it in a review on this page. Thanks!… Internet Archive Caesar and Cleopatra 1945 · Feature · 2 h 2 min Title: Caesar and Cleopatra Summary: At the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar, who teaches her how to rule… Internet Archive International Crime 1938 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Addams Family (Season 2) Feature English Русский NOTICE! The source files have two language tracks embedded in them: Russian and English. Most likely these files were encoded by a native… Internet Archive Koko in 1999 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Borrowed Wives 1930 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles A Tiffany comedy. Internet Archive 'Their Purple Moment (excerpt, 1928) Short · 12 min · Subtitles 'Their Purple Moment'(excerpt, 1928) Starring Laurel & Oliver Hardy Directed by James Parrott (with Leo McCarey) The Beau Hunks/Jurjen Hempel, conductor Score… Internet Archive Carry On Constable 1960 · Feature A flu epidemic decimates the ranks of a local police force. With no other options, the powers-that-be bring in raw green recruits to tackle crime. Internet Archive A Kiss for Corliss 1949 · Feature · 1 h 24 min Title: A Kiss for Corliss Summary: A teenage girl who has a crush on an older, more sophisticated man tells all her friends that the man is her boyfriend.… Internet Archive Hello Down There (1969) 1969 · Feature Underwater house is tested by its creator (Tony Randall) and his wife (Janet Leigh). Internet Archive Swing It, Sailor! 1938 · Feature · 1 h 2 min Husky Stone (Ray Mayer), strongest man in the Navy, and as short on brains as he is as long on muscle, has an urge to get married, as his enlistment is up.… Internet Archive The Show 1922 · Short · 21 min A harried propman (Larry Semon) backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning… Internet Archive Escape to Paradise 1939 · Feature · 1 h You can find more information regarding this film on it's IMDB page. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031278/ Internet Archive Broadway Limited 1941 · Feature IMDB movie information A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited creates problems because of an unknown baby that was part of the stunt. Internet Archive The Little Shop of Horrors 1960 · Feature · 1 h 13 min Title: The Little Shop of Horrors Summary: A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's carnivorous, forcing him to kill to feed it. Directed… Internet Archive Rim of the Canyon 1949 · Feature · 1 h 9 min Title: Rim of the Canyon Summary: Gene Autry's stolen horse turns up in a ghost town where Gene goes after he is left stranded during a stagecoach race.… Internet Archive Double Deal 1939 · Feature · 58 min Tommy McCoy (Freddie Jackson) and "Dude" Markey (Monte Hawley) are both in love with Harlem singer/dancer Nita (Jeni Le Gon). Markey robs a jewelry store and… Internet Archive Le Grand Amour 1969 · Feature Despite having a loving and patient wife at home, a good-natured suit-and-tie man, played by writer-director Pierre Etaix, finds himself hopelessly attracted… Internet Archive Thirteenth Guest 1932 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive A Flawed Family Flick - The Gorilla (2006) - Windows Media Version Feature · Subtitles This is another in our series of Flawed Family Flicks. Join cousins Harrigan, Garrity & Mulligan as they try to keep the Gorilla from claiming another victim.… Internet Archive Just Imagine 1930 · Feature · Subtitles https://web.archive.org/web/20230307171549/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Imagine Internet Archive Cops (Buster Keaton) Short · 18 min This is the Internet Archives copy of the Buster Keaton silent classsic, Cops to which I have added a music track. Internet Archive Run, Man, Run (1968) 1968 · Feature · Subtitles Corri Uomo Corri (1968), also known as Run, Man, Run , is a Spaghetti Western directed by Sergio Sollima. The film revolves around a character named Tomas… Internet Archive Hue and Cry 1947 · Feature A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and… Internet Archive Let's Get Tough! 1942 · Feature · 54 min · Subtitles Title: Let's Get Tough! Summary: The East Side Kids take on a gang of Japanese spies. Directed by: Wallace Fox Actors: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall… Internet Archive The Flaming Urge 1953 · Feature · 1 h 7 min Harold Lloyd, Jr. plays a young man who has a compulsion to watch burning buildings. Byron Foulger plays the man who hires him. Internet Archive Frozen Limits_The 1939 · Feature · 1 h 20 min · Subtitles From IMDb; The Crazy Gang join the 1898 gold rush. Unfortunately it's now 1939 and they're a bit late. Stars: Jimmy Nervo, Bud Flanagan and Teddy Knox Internet Archive I Was Born But,... 1932 · Feature One of Ozu's most popular films, I Was Born, But . . . is a blithe portrait of the financial and psychological toils of one family, as told from the rascally… Internet Archive Bride for Henry 1937 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Mysterious Rider 1942 · Feature · 54 min Escaping from the Marshal, Billy (Buster Crabbe) and Fuzzy (Al St. John) ride to Laramy only to find it a ghost town. Sykes (John Merton) and his gang have… Internet Archive The Dark Hour 1936 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles * Released: 1936-02-18 * Mystery/Suspense/Comedy (Eng USA) * Cert. #1899 * Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corp. * If you have read "The Last Trap" (by Sinclair… Internet Archive Dump Dicks 1931 · Short · 19 min Two incompetent private detectives (Benny Rubin and Harry Gribbon) pose as swamis in order to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers. Internet Archive Breakfast in Hollywood Feature · 1 h 27 min A comedy about many women in Hollywood who try to get noticed at Tom Breneman's popular radio show Breakfast in Hollywood. - Release Date: 02/26/1946 Mystic… Internet Archive Oh, Mr. Porter! 1937 · Feature · 1 h 20 min Will Hay's most highly rated film. Internet Archive West of the Badlands 1940 · Feature · 53 min AKA The Border Legion Wanted by the law in New York, Dr. Steve Kells (Roy Rogers) heads west and arrives in an area controlled by an outlaw gang known as the… Internet Archive The Golf Specialist 1930 · Short · 20 min An early, short W.C. Fields film. Internet Archive Passport To Pimlico 1949 · Feature When an unexploded World War II bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, London, England, it reveals a treasure trove. They find documents proving that the… Internet Archive Murder by Invitation 1941 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles Murders in an old dark house. Internet Archive Carry On Again Doctor 1969 · Feature Dr Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back… Internet Archive Folks! (1992) Tom Selleck, Don Ameche 1992 · Feature A slightly self absorbed yuppie takes in his parents including his senile father, after their home burns down. But his personal and professional life fall…