Comedy films

769–816 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 Never Weaken Short · 28 min I have added a sound track to an earlier archive film with the caption form Wikopedia..Never Weaken is a 1921 silent comedy film starring Harold Lloyd and… Internet Archive Mysterious Castle In The Carpathians, The 1981 1981 · Feature In the 1800s, a baron, who is the owner of a castle known as The Devil's Castle and who is also an obsessed opera fan, keeps the body of his favorite diva… Internet Archive Hot Curves 1930 · Feature · 1 h 3 min Title: Hot Curves Summary: Revolving around a baseball team, one player lets his ego run his life, and in turn looses the girl he is dating (who happens to be… Internet Archive Gangway ( 1937) 1937 · Feature · 1 h 30 min Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster. Internet Archive Midnight Manhunt - Weirdness Bad Movie Feature · 1 h 37 min · Subtitles Public Access TV show "Weirdness Really Bad Movie" hosts public domain movies and ads clean comedy sketches enjoyable for the whole family. Today's film is… Internet Archive Just My Luck 1957 · Feature Sebahattin is known around town as a magnet for misfortune. But to win over the woman of his dreams, he changes his ways to change his luck. Internet Archive You Don't Know What You're Doin'! 1931 · Feature Title: You Don't Know What You're Doin'! Summary: Piggy was the Harmon/Ising studio's second attempt to create a star for the Merrie Melodies cartoon series.… Internet Archive Peliculas de Chaplin - 1915 Short Peliculas de charles chaplin de 1915 Internet Archive The Love Nest / Blu-ray / H.264 / MKV / 1080p / Remux / Buster Keaton Short Films Collection (2011) 1923 · Feature Buster bids goodbye to Virginia and all women, sailing away in his "Cupid." Later, without food or water, he is taken on board "The Love Nest" which has a… Internet Archive Queen of the Jungle 1935 · Feature A 12-chapter serial built around stock footage from a 1922 silent serial, "The Jungle Goddess",young David Worth and Joan Lawrence are children with a group… Internet Archive The Ghost Camera 1933 · Feature Title: The Ghost Camera Summary: When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and… Internet Archive The Ninth Guest Feature · 1 h 7 min Eight strangers are invited by a mysterious unknown host to spend the night in a penthouse apartment. The eight (5 men, 3 women) are wined, dined, then… Internet Archive Speedy Feature · Subtitles silent Internet Archive Danger on the Air 1938 · Feature · 1 h 6 min The sponsor of a radio program is murdered at the station during a broadcast. Internet Archive Boarding House Blues 1948 ★★★ CC: Musical/Comedy [1:26:35] 1948 · Feature · 1 h 30 min · Subtitles Boarding House Blues is a 1948 American musical race film directed by Josh Binney which featured the first starring film role by Moms Mabley. It was the… Internet Archive Max Linder in: A Farm-house Romance (Idylle a la ferme), 1912 1912 · Short · 9 min Pathe comedy by Max Linder. Premiered in Vienna June 14, 1912 and released in the US Dec. 20, 1912. "Max, who has sponged upon a wealthy uncle, is told by… Internet Archive Our Gang Silent Boys will be Joys Short · 18 min Our Gang Silent Boys will be Joys 1925: The gang has big plans to create an amusement park of their own, but when a surveyor shows up, he lets them know that… Internet Archive I Spy 1933 · Feature In a mix-up following a drunken night out, a wisecracking American is mistaken for an international spy! Internet Archive Her Secret 1933 · Feature · 52 min Title: Her Secret Summary: In "Her Secret" (aka "The Girl from Georgia" in the UK in 1934 when shown there)Johnny, the son of a rich-man, is an idling,… Internet Archive You're Only Young Twice 1952 · Feature Title: You're Only Young Twice Summary: Ada Shore is mistaken for a new secretary, she brings a breath of fresh air to the traditional university. Directed… Internet Archive Alexandra 1934 · Feature Title: Alexandra Summary: Revolution breaks out in a small European kingdom, and a young princess is forced to flee for her life. She heads for the… Internet Archive The Huggetts Abroad 1949 · Feature Title: The Huggetts Abroad Summary: Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he… Internet Archive The Stolen Jools 1931 · Feature · 57 min Title: The Stolen Jools Summary: Star-packed promotional short subject intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists tuberculosis sanatorium,… Internet Archive Inspector Hornleigh 1939 · Feature Title: Inspector Hornleigh Summary: Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant Sergeant Bingham are called in to investigate a murder that involves the theft of… Internet Archive Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round 1934 · Feature Title: Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round Summary: Underworld king Lee Lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner, several people could have been the murderer.… Internet Archive Housemaster 1938 · Feature Three girls arrive at a stuffy English public school and cause all sorts of problems with both the staff and pupils. Internet Archive Miss Robin Hood 1952 · Feature Title: Miss Robin Hood Summary: Henry Wrigley is happy writing stories for a children's' comic. Then he meets Miss Honey, who encourages him to go into minor… Internet Archive Call of the South Seas 1944 · Feature Title: Call of the South Seas Summary: Princess Tahia, a beautiful French Polynesian idealist, falls in love with an American spy whose mission is to… Internet Archive I Lived with You 1933 · Feature · 1 h 35 min Title: I Lived with You Summary: In London a young lady meets a homeless and apparently penniless Russian prince. She introduces him to her middle-class… Internet Archive To See Such Fun 1977 · Feature · 1 h 29 min Title: To See Such Fun Summary: Excerpts from 80 years of the greatest British comedies. Directed by: Jon Scoffield Actors: Frank Muir, Chesney Allen, Arthur… Internet Archive Stop Press Girl 1949 · Feature Title: Stop Press Girl Summary: An attractive young girl has the power to stop all kinds of machinery. Directed by: Michael Barry Actors: Sally Ann Howes,… Internet Archive The Kid Sister 1945 · Feature · 53 min Confusion ensues after a "kid sister" poses as the maid. Internet Archive Cheer Boys Cheer 1939 · Feature Ironside, an inferior brewer, enlists his son John in a ruse to acquire venerable rival Greenleaf; but a romance between John and Greenleaf’s lovely daughter… Internet Archive The Love Nest / Blu-ray / x264 / MKV / 720p 1923 · Feature Buster bids goodbye to Virginia and all women, sailing away in his "Cupid." Later, without food or water, he is taken on board "The Love Nest" which has a… Internet Archive The Talk Of Hollywood 1929 Nat Carr, Fay Marbe, Hope Sutherland, Mark Sandrich 1929 · Feature The Talk Of Hollywood 1929 Nat Carr, Fay Marbe, Hope Sutherland, Mark Sandrich Internet Archive The Final Test 1953 · Feature Title: The Final Test Summary: Sam Palmer is a cricket player who is playing the last Test match of his career. His schoolboy son, Reggie, is a budding poet… Internet Archive The Right To Uncensor Feature · Subtitles The right to uncensor is my second student film and my first documentary film. This was a project that was made for a final to a film class I took. I… Internet Archive Sunset on the Desert 1942 · Feature · 52 min Title: Sunset on the Desert Summary: Roy is mistaken for a bad guy expected by the local outlaw gang. He goes undercover to pin the goods on the bad guys.… Internet Archive The Bulldog Breed 1960 · Feature Title: The Bulldog Breed Summary: When he is crossed in love, grocers assistant Norman Puckle joins the Navy, where he is recruited to man the first British… Internet Archive Along Came Love 1936 · Feature · 1 h 3 min Title: Along Came Love Summary: The shop girl Emmy Grant meets the handsome doorman John Patrick O'Ryan outside of a theater and she is convinced that he is… Internet Archive Buddy's Day Out 1933 · Feature Title: Buddy's Day Out Summary: Buddy prepare for his romantic picnic with Cookie but along the way she takes her baby little brother Elmer. Directed by: Tom… Internet Archive The Lady Says No 1951 · Feature Title: The Lady Says No Summary: A woman writes a best-selling book for women warning them about the "dangers" of men. A handsome photographer for a national… Internet Archive The Fatal Glass of Beer 1933 · Short · 18 min A short W.C. Fields film. Internet Archive The Count Of The Old Town 1935 · Feature Ingrid Bergman’s first speaking role was in this hugely charming knockabout comedy, filmed on location in the Monk’s Bridge district of Stockholm. Bergman… Internet Archive Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill 1950 · Feature · 50 min A Hal Roach comedy. Internet Archive Bromas S. A. ( 1967 ) 1967 · Feature THIS FILM IS A MEXICAN-PERUVIAN CO-PRODUCTION Plot: Eccentric millionaire hires a team of young people to help him stage practical jokes. Internet Archive Blind Date 1987 · Feature Title: Blind Date Summary: A workaholic needs a date for a dinner with new important clientele, but who his brother sets him up with could lead to disaster.… Internet Archive The Haunted House 1921 · Feature Keaton plays a teller at a successful bank. Unbeknownst to him, the manager at the bank and his gang are planning on pulling off a robbery and hiding in an…