Comedy films

97–144 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 Chasing Trouble 1940 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : A delivery boy for a flower shop, who thinks of himself as an amateur detective, finds out that his boss is mixed up with a foreign… Internet Archive Ask Dad 1929 · Short · 22 min · Subtitles Comedic short starring Edward Everett Horton. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Six-Gun Rhythm 1939 · Feature · 57 min · Subtitles When football player Tex Fletcher arrives home he finds his father missing. Jim Davis has killed the father and learning of Tex's identity, sends his men to… Internet Archive The Front Page 1931 · Feature · 1 h 39 min http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021890/ There's nothing like an original !!! Hildy Johnson (Pat O'Brien), newspaper reporter, is engaged to Peggy Grant and… Internet Archive Half Shot at Sunrse 1930 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey are privates in WWI France who chase girls, trade bad jokes and win battles. Internet Archive That Uncertain Feeling 1941 · Feature · 1 h 24 min Against her better judgement, happily married Jill Baker (Merle Oberon) is persuaded to see a popular psychoanalyst about her psychosomatic hiccups Internet Archive The Sin of Harold Diddlebock 1947 · Feature · 1 h 29 min This final film by silent screen star Harold Lloyd comes nine years after his previous feature. In this film, that reprises a character portrayed by Lloyd in… Internet Archive Mud and Sand 1922 · Short · 40 min 'Mud and Sand' is a satire on the Rudolph Valentino Classic Blood and Sand .. Stan Laurel plays the Bullfighter (Rubharb Vaseline) who wants to make it to the… Internet Archive Rhythm and Blues Revue 1955 · Feature · 1 h 11 min Musical variety show filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York City featuring a cast of popular African-American performers: Willie Bryant, Freddie… Internet Archive Disorder in the Court 1936 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "The Immigrant" 1917 · Short Charlie Chaplin's 61st Film Released June 17 1917. The Immigrant (also called Broke) starring the Charlie Chaplin Tramp character as an immigrant coming to… Internet Archive Lady Says No 1952 · Feature · 1 h 22 min · Subtitles Features David Niven. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Fit for a King 1937 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles Newspaper go-fer Joe E. Brown gets mixed up with assassins and a princess. With Helen Mack. Internet Archive Hook Line and Sinker 1930 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB :Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she… Internet Archive Hi De Ho 1947 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles Cab Calloway plays himself in a plot about jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters. Internet Archive Wake Me Up When the War Is Over 1969 · Feature · 1 h 14 min http://imdb.com/title/tt0065194/ During the latter days of WW2 an American Lieutenant (Ken Berry), accidentally falls out of an airplane that he was on and… Internet Archive Earthworm Tractors 1936 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Joe E. Brown as Andrew H. Botts, wreaks havok on a small town after coning his way into a salesman position for the Earthworm Tractor company. Internet Archive Private Snuffy Smith 1942 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Police Patrol 1933 · Feature · Subtitles Also known as "Riot Squad". You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Brideless Groom 1947 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Spooks Run Wild 1941 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles Bela Lugosi You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "A Fair Exchange" 1914 · Short Charlie Chaplins 34th Film Released Dec. 05 1914. This Film was released as Getting Acquainted. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004011/ Charlie Chaplin In The… Internet Archive Life with Father 1947 · Feature · 1 h 58 min This film's excellent cast brings interest to a story of otherwise routine family events. Almost all of the performers are nicely matched with their… Internet Archive Phantom of Chinatown 1940 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles From IMDb : Detective James Lee Wong is on the scene as archeologist Dr. John Benton, recently returned from an expedition in China where a valuable ancient… Internet Archive My Favorite Burnette iPod Version 1947 · Feature · 1 h 26 min · Subtitles Bob Hope comedy with Dorothy Lamour. | You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Speak Easily 1932 · Feature · 1 h 20 min · Subtitles Naive, bookish Professor Post (Buster Keaton) inherits a huge amount of money and decides that now he can afford to go out and enjoy life Internet Archive Lost in the Wash 2006 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles CAUTION: I recommend downloading, not streaming. When I tried to stream, the dialogue went out-of-sync. It might work well with faster broadband. Lost in the… Internet Archive Thunder in the City 1937 · Feature · 1 h 27 min In this satire of British-American relations, Edward G. Robinson stars as Dan Armstrong, a hard-sell American salesman whose company sends him to England to… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "Mabels Strange Predicament" 1914 · Short Charlie Chaplins 3rd Film Released Feb. 09 1914 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004284/ Charlie Chaplin In The Internet Archive… Internet Archive Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 · Feature · 1 h 9 min Steamboat Bill, Jr. is the story of a naive, college-educated dandy who must prove himself to his working-class father, a hot-headed riverboat captain, while… Internet Archive Where There's a Will 1936 · Feature · 1 h 17 min Will Hay plays Benjamin Stubbins a penniless seedy solicitor cum jack of all trades who happens to have rich relations in the country, and a cluttered office… Internet Archive The Milky Way 1936 · Feature · 1 h 27 min · Subtitles After the champion middle-weight boxer is knocked out in a scuffle with milkman Harold Lloyd, Harold gets the chance to fight the champ in the ring. Adolphe… Internet Archive The Fatal Hour 1940 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb : When Captain Street's best friend Dan O'Grady is murdered, Street enlists the help of Chinese detective James Lee Wong. Mr. Wong uncovers a… Internet Archive The Electric House 1922 · Short · 19 min The Electric House starts with Buster's graduation ceremony as the first of his comic misfortunes, including a mix-up of diplomas so Buster receives a diploma… Internet Archive Boy! What a Girl! 1947 · Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles Two musical producers are trying to scrape enough money together to finance their show. When one of their backers doesn't show. They convince transvistie Tim… Internet Archive One Rainy Afternoon 1936 · Feature · 1 h 18 min Actor Philippe Martin (Francis Lederer) and his married date Yvonne (Liev De Maigret) plan to neck in a darkened cinema, but he gets the wrong seat and… Internet Archive Love Laughs at Andy Hardy 1946 · Feature · 1 h 33 min · Subtitles This film starts with Andy Hardy returning home after serving in the army. And it's not too long before he's caught up in the usual Hardy capers. Stars Mickey… Internet Archive Affairs of Cappy Ricks 1938 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles Cappy Ricks and his family are stranded on a south sea island, and there his daughters learn that their choice of future husbands is faulty. Based on a story… Internet Archive That Gang of Mine 1940 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles Title: That Gang of Mine Summary: A street kid has dreams of becoming a jockey. He gets his chance when he and his gang discover a poor old man who has a… Internet Archive Lost Honeymoon 1947 · Feature · 1 h 8 min When an Englishwoman dies, leaving behind two children, her devoted friend (Ann Richards) decides to take the children to find the woman's husband (Franchot… Internet Archive One Week 1920 · Short · 22 min Buster and Sybil exit a chapel as newlyweds. Among the gifts is a portable house you easily put together in one week Internet Archive Father's Little Dividend 1941 · Feature Starring Spencer Tracy, Elizibeth Taylor, Billie Burke, this entertaining movie tells the tale of a grumpy, soon-to-be grandfather who does not look forward… Internet Archive Manhattan Love Song 1934 · Feature · 1 h 10 min A couple rich sisters Geraldine and Carol Stewart (Dixie Lee and Helen Flint) have just found out that their financial planner has stolen all their money.… Internet Archive Private Buckaroo 1942 · Feature · 1 h 7 min WWII era Musical starring Dick Foran, the Andrew Sisters, Harry James, and Joe E Lewis. Dick Foran play a western style crooner who's anxious to join the… Internet Archive A Night in the Show 1915 · Short · 18 min Charlie plays two roles as two spectators at a music-hall show. It has a few good laughs and also provides an interesting look at old-fashioned theater… Internet Archive Speak Easily 1932 · Feature · 1 h 20 min Taken from IMDB: Naive, bookish Professor Post (of Potts College) inherits a huge amount of money and decides that now he can afford to go out and enjoy life.… Internet Archive Unforgotten Crime 1942 · Feature · 54 min AKA The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine Mike Jason (Dennis O'Keefe), idea man for the Bullard Advertising Agency, and Cleo Arden (Gloria Dickson), director of the… Internet Archive Malice in the Palace 1949 · Short · 15 min Title: Malice in the Palace Summary: Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys set out to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond…