Comedy films

817–864 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 The Square Peg 1958 · Feature A British road repairman gets into a feud with the Army, gets drafted and is mistakenly parachuted into Nazi occupied France where his physical resemblance to… Internet Archive Joy Ride 1935 · Feature Two cousins invite their girlfriends on a joy-ride, but car trouble leads to catastrophe! Internet Archive Happy Go Lovely 1951 · Feature Title: Happy Go Lovely Summary: B.G. Bruno, a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but… Internet Archive Shocker Internet Drive In - Week 55: "Bela Claus" Triple Feature Feature · 3 h 42 min · Subtitles Ho-Ho-Ho's and Ba-Ba-Bela's can only equal one thing: It's Bela Claus! Yes Kiddies, everyone's favorite haunted drive-in is happy to present our Xmas… Internet Archive Max Linder in: Max and his Mother-in-law (Max et sa belle-mere), 1914 Short · 24 min · Subtitles Pathe comedy by Max Linder, "the Motion Picture's first truly international Star" (Jack Spears, 1965), who wrote, directed and starred in this film, alongside… Internet Archive Made in Heaven 1952 · Feature Title: Made in Heaven Summary: A young couple enter the Dunmow Flitch Trial, in which a side of bacon can be won if a couple do not regret their marriage… Internet Archive Make Mine a Double 1959 · Feature Title: Make Mine a Double Summary: A WWII British secret agent has a desperate mission in occupied France. An airman who is his double is enlisted in the… Internet Archive Coney Island Short · 25 min Fatty Arbuckle visits the famous amusement park with the assistance of Buster Keaton and Al St john. Arbuckle wrote and directed this comedy in 1917 Internet Archive Tell It To The Marines 1927 Colorized 1927 · Feature From IMDB: A gruff Marine sergeant and a handsome new recruit compete for the affection of a nurse.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018471 Silent comedy-drama… Internet Archive On the Front Page 1926 · Feature Title: On the Front Page Summary: After being beaten to a story of scandal involving Countess Polasky, James W. Hornby assigns his son 24 hours to find an… Internet Archive Max Linder in: Max takes tonics (Victime du quinquina), 1911 Short · 16 min · Subtitles Another Pathe-comedy with Max Linder. This is one of his best and one of his better known comedies. It was written by Maurice Delamare and and has Gabrielle… Internet Archive Love At First Bite (FULL MOVIE) (1979) 1979 · Feature Dracula (George Hamilton) falls in love with a model and wants to meet her. Internet Archive The House Of The Spaniard 1936 · Feature A mild-mannered young British man finds himself caught up in a web of smuggling, counterfeiting and political chicanery, and falls for a beautiful Spanish… Internet Archive Things Happen at Night 1947 · Feature · 56 min A young girl finds herself possessed by the spirit of a mischievous demon. Internet Archive Between Showers 1914 · Short info: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0003679/ http://www.csfd.cz/film.php?top=&id=19032 Between Showers czech title name: Chaplin a deštník nebo také Chaplin jako… Internet Archive Broadway Limited 1941 · Feature · 1 h 14 min Title: Broadway Limited Summary: A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited creates problems because of an unknown baby that was part… Internet Archive Live Now - Pay Later 1962 · Feature Title: Live Now - Pay Later Summary: Albert is a cheerful, unscrupulous "tally-man", a door-to-door salesman who cons housewives into buying things they don't… Internet Archive Dixiana 1930 · Feature Comedy Musical Information about this movie can be found on it's IMDB page . Internet Archive Inside the Law 1942 · Feature · 56 min A silly poverty-row farce about a gang of pickpockets that decides to run a bank. Update: I removed most of the crackle from the audio. Internet Archive Once Upon a Dream 1949 · Feature Title: Once Upon a Dream Summary: Chaos ensues when a woman wakes up believing that a romantic dream about her new servant is reality. Directed by: Ralph… Internet Archive Ed Gardner's DUFFY' S TAVERN (1945 All Star Cast, Tavern) 1945 · Feature · 1 h 32 min TAGLINES : 01) Biggest Star Party in Hollywood History 02) Radio Riot Show Screened by Paramount 03) Meet Archie and the Gang at DUFFY'S TAVERN (print ad -… Internet Archive The Sun Shines Bright 1953 · Feature Title: The Sun Shines Bright Summary: John Ford weaves three "Judge Priest" stories together to form a good- natured exploration of honour and small-town… Internet Archive The Love Nest / Blu-ray / x264 / MKV / 720p / 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 The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon 1907 · Short · 9 min Title: The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon Summary: As the clock strikes twelve, a weary astronomer attempts to answer the impertinent enquiries of his… Internet Archive Buddy's Circus 1934 · Feature Title: Buddy's Circus Summary: Buddy is a owner of a circus; he must save a baby who fell from the seats and performs with the circus acts. Directed by: Jack… Internet Archive The Scarecrow 1920 · Feature Two inventive farmhands compete for the hand of the same girl. But she's not impressed with either of them. Internet Archive Human Cargo 1936 · Feature Title: Human Cargo Summary: Bonnie Brewster and Packy Campbell are rival reporters who board a ship in Vancouver to go after a smuggling ring which brings in… Internet Archive Home Town Story 1951 · Feature · 1 h Title: Home Town Story Summary: After failing to be re-elected, politician Blake Washburn returns home and becomes editor of the local newspaper. When he… Internet Archive Spring Fever 1927 Colorized 1927 · Feature Young shipping clerk turns out to have extraordinary golfing skills that impress his boss so much that he gets the clerk admitted to the local ritzy country… Internet Archive A Pair of Briefs 1962 · Feature Title: A Pair of Briefs Summary: She's new in chambers, and he's a troublemaker. But what *is* the true status of the old lady's wartime marriage, and can the… Internet Archive Dear Mr. Wonderful ( Ruby's Dream) 1982 Crime Drama Joe Pesci ( 1) Feature The owner (Joe Pesci) of a New Jersey bowling alley and bar dreams of being a singer in a place like Las Vegas. Internet Archive The Awful Goof 1939 · Feature Title: The Awful Goof Summary: A girl keeps meeting Charley the wrong moments, including losing her dress in his car, and later he finds himself in her… Internet Archive Strangers of the Evening 1932 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Zasu Pitts in a comedy-mystery. Internet Archive Happy Anniversary 1962 · Feature A woman is preparing a romantic dinner for two for her and her husband to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Her husband is out running a series of errands,… Internet Archive HARD KNOX comedy Feature A retired fighter pilot becomes the head of his alma matter military high school for two weeks with hilarious consequences. He shapes up the school and raises… Internet Archive Ticket to Paradise 1936 · Feature · 1 h 6 min Title: Ticket to Paradise Summary: Janes Forbes (Barrie) decides to help amnesiac Jack Doe (Pryor) to find the details of his true identity. She doesn't tell… Internet Archive Escape By Night 1937 - Colorized 1937 · Feature From IMDB: "Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028836/reference… Internet Archive Love in Waiting 1948 · Feature Title: Love in Waiting Summary: Set in England, post-World War II; three young women attempt to balance their waitress jobs and their respective love-lives… Internet Archive Bloodlust - Weirdness Bad Movie Feature · 1 h 57 min 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 Spider Baby: or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967) 1967 · Feature "Spider Baby: or, the Maddest Story Ever Told" is a 1967 American comedy horror film directed by Jack Hill. Spider Baby follows the story of the Merrye… Internet Archive The Playhouse 1921 · Feature The film is set up as a series of humorous tricks on the audience, with constant doubling, and in which things are rarely what they at first seem to be. It… Internet Archive Sinister Hands 1932 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Murder at a seance. Internet Archive The Remarkable Mr. Kipps 1941 · Feature Title: The Remarkable Mr. Kipps Summary: Kipps the draper's apprentice falls in love with a girl above his station. When he unexpectedly inherits a fortune,… Internet Archive Trouble in Store 1953 · Feature Norman (Norman Wisdom) is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays.… Internet Archive Feeling Good 1971 · Feature This short was originally one of the sequences of As Long as You're Healthy, in its 1965 version. In 1971, Pierre Étaix re-edited it to a short feature :… Internet Archive Wolves of the Range 1943 · Feature · 56 min Title: Wolves of the Range Summary: Dorn is after the rancher's land and is trying to stop Banker Brady from helping them. When his man Hammond kills Brady,… Internet Archive Take a Chance 1933 · Feature https://web.archive.org/web/20221012170509/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_a_Chance_(1933_film) https://web.archive.org/web/20230306182928/http://web.archiv… Internet Archive The Mystery of the Leaping Fish 1916 · Short · 26 min Before gaining fame as an action hero, Douglas Fairbanks appeared in this oddity of a film from 1916, supposedly co-written by the star himself, D.W. Griffith…