Comedy films

193–240 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 12 Kid Dynamite 2015 · Feature · Subtitles Kid Dynamite is a 1943 American film directed by Wallace Fox and starring the East Side Kids . It was based on the 1942 short story The Old Gang by Paul Ernst… Internet Archive Malice in the Palace 1949 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "The Knockout" 1914 · Short Charlie Chaplins 17th Film Released June 11 1914 The Knockout was Charlie Chaplin's seventeenth film for Keystone Studios. Chaplin only has a small role, and… Internet Archive The Kid Auto Race in Venice 1914 · Short · 6 min Charlie the Tramp comes to a kid auto race, which a director just happens to be filming. Charlie constantly gets in the way, annoying the director, cameraman,… Internet Archive Manhattan Tower 1932 Restored 1932 · Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles Manhattan Tower 1932 This is a partially restored version of a public domain movie Manhattan Tower, an entertaining depression era film. The movie has several… Internet Archive Kiki 1931 · Feature · 1 h 25 min Mary Pickford plays a French chorus girl in New York trying to make good and survive. Internet Archive His Girl Friday 1940 · Feature · 1 h 28 min A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. - IMDB Description Internet Archive 11 Neath Brooklyn Bridge 2015 · Feature · Subtitles ' Neath Brooklyn Bridge is a 1942 film released by Monogram Pictures . The film is the eleventh installment in the East Side Kids series and one of the more… Internet Archive It's A Joke, Son 1947 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Playhouse 1921 · Short · 22 min The opening scene, a dream sequence prior to the vaudeville routines which follow, is what makes this film famous. In it Keaton plays everyone in a theatre… Internet Archive American Aristocracy 1916 · Feature · 52 min A young man (Douglas Fairbanks) fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter. Internet Archive Midnight Manhunt 1945 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles Reporter Sue Gallagher (Ann Savage from Detour) finds an infamous gangster's corpse in a wax museum. Her desire for a scoop is hindered by a meddling rival… Internet Archive Something to Sing About 1937 · Feature · 1 h 26 min A New York bandleader journeys to Hollywood when he is offered a contract with a studio, but he is determined to do things his way and not theirs. Internet Archive King Arthur Was a Gentleman 1942 · Feature · 1 h 35 min World War II, the plot involves the diminutive Arthur (Arthur Askey) joining the army to prove himself to his girlfriend Susan (Evelyn Dall), who is in the… Internet Archive Three Broadway Girls Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles A trio of money hungry women who all have sugar daddies who keep them in the lap of luxury, even as they drive the men crazy. Each woman represents a… Internet Archive Beat the Devil (1953) Feature A group of crooks are headed to Africa in search of land with Uranium. Mystic Nights Videos Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's Triple Trouble 1918 · Short Charlie Chaplin's 50th Film released In 1918. (put together by Essanay from unfinished Chaplin films two years after he had left the company) Triple Trouble… Internet Archive My Man Godfrey (1936) Feature · 1 h 34 min A ditzy socialite finds a homeless man for a scavenger hunt and then hires him as their butler. Internet Archive Mr. Wise Guy 1942 · Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles The number eight in the East SIde Kids series. The kids are sent to reform school after being falsely accused of stealing a truck. Internet Archive Killer Dill 1947 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil. Internet Archive 01 East Side Kids 2015 · Feature · Subtitles Officially, this is the first entry in the East Side Kids franchise. Made in 1940, this Monogram programmer doesn't yet have the familiar chemistry of Leo… Internet Archive The Little Shop of Horrors 1960 · Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles Seymour Krelboin is a hapless sap working in a skid row flower shop. He loves coworker Audrey Fulquard, but is close to losing his job. Luckily, he discovers… Internet Archive Big Bad Mama ( 1974) 1974 · Feature A tough single mother and her two daughters are forced by circumstances into a life of crime, and quickly become outlaws on the run, picking up partners along… Internet Archive Let's Go Collegiate 1941 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles Frankie Darro, Mantan Moreland and Keye Luke in the tale of a college rowing team. It seems that the new guy and hope for the team to win the state… Internet Archive The Blacksmith 1922 · Short · 20 min Blacksmiths' assistant inadvertent clowning around in the shop, gets into fight with the smithy who is then arrested and placed in jail. In the meantime, the… Internet Archive Up in the Air Feature · 1 h 1 min Murder mystery at a radio station. Movie features Mantan Moreland and Frankie Darro along with Marjorie Reynolds and Lorna Gray. Internet Archive So's Your Aunt Emma 1942 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles Also known as "Meet the Mob". You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Boat 1921 · Short · 26 min Buster's handmade boat, The Damfino, is finished and is, of course, too large to get through the basement door. When he drives off with it in tow, the side of… Internet Archive Candy ( 1968) [ HD] 1968 · Feature Ringo Starr movie from 1968. Directed by Christian Marquand. Starring Ringo Starr, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, Charles Aznavour, James Coburn, John Astin… Internet Archive Horace Takes Over 1942 · Feature · Subtitles Also known as "One Thrilling Night." You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Roaring Road 1919 · Feature · 56 min Title: The Roaring Road Summary: A young man pursues a young lady with the same energy he applies to his other obsession in life, auto racing. Directed by:… Internet Archive Carson City Kid 1940 · Feature · 53 min Roy Rogers, posing as The Carson City Kid, is seeking vengeance on Morgan Reynolds (Bob Steele), the man who killed his brother. To find Reynolds in the gold… Internet Archive House 1977 · Feature How to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi’s indescribable 1977 movie House ( Hausu )? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode… Internet Archive Convict 13 1920 · Short · 20 min Buster is playing golf with Sybil when he gets knocked out. An escaped prisoner changes clothes with him. Buster goes to prison and learns that he is to be… Internet Archive One Frightened Night 1935 · Feature · 1 h 6 min In this film Charley Grapewin has the lead role as Jasper Whyte, a crotchety head of a family, who are planning how to spend his money before he is dead.… Internet Archive Pool Sharks 1915 · Short · Subtitles W.C. Fields first comedy short. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Sita_Sings_the_Blues 2008 · Feature · 1 h 21 min Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious… Internet Archive Boy! What a Girl! 1946 · Feature · 1 h 10 min Two musical producers are trying to scrape enough money together to finance their show. When one of their backers doesn't show. They convince female… Internet Archive 10 Smart Alecks 2015 · Feature · Subtitles Smart Alecks is a black and white 1942 American film directed by Wallace Fox and produced by Sam Katzman for Monogram Pictues. It features an early… Internet Archive The Bashful Bachelor 1942 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles The second film in the movie adaptation of Lum and Abner radio program. Internet Archive Girl o' My Dreams 1934 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Miracle Kid, The 1941 · Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : A third-rate boxer who loses most of his fights suddenly finds himself knocking out almost every one of his opponents. His sleazy manager… Internet Archive King Arthur Was a Gentleman 1942 · Feature · 1 h 34 min · Subtitles Taken from wikipedia : Set during World War II, the diminutive Arthur joining the army to prove himself to his girlfriend Susan (Evelyn Dall), who is in the… Internet Archive Popcorn And Ice Cream, Popcorn Und Himbeereis 1978 1978 · Feature On the way to cash a check for her boss, Vivi run into her friend Bea who has two dates at the same time. Asked to take over one of the dates Vivi accepts,… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplins "A Film Johnnie" 1914 · Short Charlie Chaplins 5th Film Released. March 02 1914 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0003961/ Charlie Chaplin In The Internet Archive… Internet Archive The Mandarin Mystery 1936 · Feature · 53 min This adaptation of an Ellery Queen mystery concerns the theft of a rare Chinese stamp (the Mandarin of the title), which takes place in a hotel with several… Internet Archive Bulldog Drummond in Africa 1938 · Feature · 58 min · Subtitles From IMDb : As his wedding to Phyllis Clavering approaches, Hugh (Bulldog) Drummond has taken extreme precautions to avoid getting caught up in another… Internet Archive Me, Eu 1987 1987 · Feature · Subtitles Very good copy of the movie with optional English subtitles. The subtitles are included as a separate file for a movie that is 2:04:37 long. Our hero has…