Comedy from the world's archives

289–336 of 10,478 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 Gorilla 1939 · Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles Upon receiving a death threat from the "Gorilla", a killer infamous for a string of murders, insurance broker Walter Stevens employs detectives Garrity,… Internet Archive Bees in Paradise 1944 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles Taken from Wikipedia Musical comedy set on a mysterious island where scantily clad warrior women hold all the power and men are regarded as disposable beings… Internet Archive The Last Three - ipod version 1943 · Feature · 43 min · Subtitles Frank Faylen and his buddies are merchant marines who's boat is sunk by a nazi sub. They later get there revenge by capturing the heads or the "new order".… Internet Archive 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge 1942 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles The East Side Kids protect a young girl from being framed for murder. Internet Archive The Three Stooges - Color Craziness! 2005 · Feature · 54 min · Subtitles The New Three Stooges" was produced in 1965. "The Three Stooges - Color Craziness" is an hour feature comprised of these rare color Stooge comedy bits. You'll… Internet Archive Daydreams 1922 · Short · 19 min Buster Keaton asks the father of the woman he loves for her hand in marriage, but the father wants to see Keaton make something of himself first. "I'll leave… Internet Archive Bikini Summer Trilogy (1991 - 1997) [worldmkv] Feature Bikini Summer: A group of friends are hired to redecorate a beach house while the elderly owners are out of town for the summer. Redecorating is the last… Internet Archive My Wifes Relations 1922 · Short · 22 min When a large Irish woman falsely accuses Buster of breaking a window he is hauled before a Polish judge who speaks no English and assumes they are there to be… Internet Archive Baby Face Morgan 1942 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles From IMDb : A young man's father, who lives in the big city, dies and his business associates bring his son to the city to take over his father's business.… Internet Archive Let's Get Tough 1942 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles The East Side Kids take on Japanese and German saboteurs. Internet Archive 04 Pride Of The Bowery 2015 · Feature · Subtitles Hopefully this file represents a quality upgrade from other versions appearing here on the Internet Archive. from Wikipedia; Pride of the Bowery is a… Internet Archive Gulliver's Travels 1939 · Feature · 1 h 16 min · Subtitles Title: Gulliver's Travels Summary: A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people. Directed by: Dave Fleischer Actors: Jessica Dragonette,… Internet Archive Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It 1941 · Feature · 1 h 23 min · Subtitles Inspector Hornleigh and Sgt. Bingham join the military to go undercover to catch 5th columnists. Internet Archive Neighbors 1920 · Short · 17 min Neighbors / Frigo a soused (1920) info: http://www.csfd.cz/film.php?5119 http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0011508/ Internet Archive Bowery Blitzkrieg 1941 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles The East Side Kids discover that one of their own, Danny, is torn between staying and school and becoming a boxer, and is getting mixed up with gangsters. Internet Archive Good Morning 1959 · Feature A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "Cruel Cruel Love" 1914 · Short · 8 min Charlie Chaplin's 8th Film released March 26 1914 This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become… Internet Archive Boys of the City Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house. Internet Archive Harvey 1950 colorized (James Stewart) 1950 · Feature Adaptation of the classic Pulitzer Prize winning play about a man whose best friend is an invisible six foot-tall rabbit, which causes his sister to try to… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "Behind The Screen" 1916 · Short Charlie Chaplin's 57th Film released November 13 1916. Behind the Screen, a short film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin also starring Eric Campbell and… Internet Archive Panther's Claw, The 1942 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Too Many Women 1942 · Feature · 1 h 6 min Richard Sutton (Neil Hamilton) and Linda Pearson (Barbara Read) are secretly engaged but unable to marry because of financial problems. Crooked promoter… Internet Archive His Double Life 1933 · Feature · 1 h 32 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Baby Face Morgan 1942 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles When crime boss Big Mike Morgan is killed, his lieutenant, "Doc" Rogers, learns that Morgan has a son named Edward living it the country with his mother.… Internet Archive The Death Kiss 1932 · Feature · 1 h 11 min The Death Kiss re-unites three of the stars of Dracula in a Hollywood movie-set murder mystery Internet Archive The Wild Party 1929 Colorized 1929 · Feature This movie became Public Domain on 1 January 2025. Clara Bow's first Talkie movie, in which she plays a party-loving college student who falls for her… Internet Archive "2 A.M. in the Subway" (1905) cinematographer Billy Bitzer 1905 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Bikini Summer III: South Beach Heat (1997) 1997 · Feature Jamie is a makeup artist for a local bikini contest on the beautiful South Beach of Miami. Her wild and gorgeous friends, Dev and Bink, convince her to be a… Internet Archive Dora's Dunkin Donuts 1933 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles Comedy short featuring Shirley Temple Internet Archive A Natural Born Gambler 1916 · Short · 23 min In 1916 the Biograph film company signed black comedian Bert Williams to write, produce, direct and star in two comedies. Williams created "A Natural Born… Internet Archive NOTHING SACRED video quality upgrade Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles This print is much sharper and cleaner than the existing IA copy, and it is in the correct aspect ratio. A telling spoof of instant celebrity culture and one… Internet Archive The Flapper 1920 · Feature · 1 h 25 min A small town girl attends boarding school, dreams of romantic adventures, and has some. Stars: Olive Thomas, Theodore Westman, Jr., William P. Carlton, Jr.,… Internet Archive The Terror of Tiny Town 1938 · Feature Comedy western with an all midget cast. You can read about it on its IMDb page . This film is already uploaded to the archives, but would not play when… Internet Archive Charade 1953 · Feature · Subtitles IMDb page A trio of stories starring James and Pamela Mason. Internet Archive A Bucket of Blood 1959 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Title: A Bucket of Blood Summary: A dim-witted busboy finds acclaim as an artist for a plaster-covered dead cat that is mistaken as a skillful statuette. The… Internet Archive Windbag the Sailor 1936 · Feature · 1 h 21 min Captain Ben Cutlet (Will Hay) likes to spin yarns about all of his {fake} seafaring adventures, one day his false past comes to bite him as he is bluffed into… Internet Archive Three Ages 1923 · Feature This gut busting comedy, starring Buster Keaton, charmingly explores love in the three ages of life - the prehistoric age, the roman age, and the modern age.… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "His New Job" 1915 · Short Charlie Chaplin's 36th Film released Feb. 01 1915 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0005489/ Charlie Chaplin In The Internet Archive… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "The Fireman" 1916 · Short Charlie Chaplins 52nd Film Released June 12 1916 The Fireman was the second film Charlie Chaplin created for Mutual Films in 1916. Released in June 1916, it… Internet Archive Jour de fête 1949 · Feature In his enchanting debut feature Jour de fête (Celebration Day), Jacques Tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair… Internet Archive Palooka 1934 · Feature · 1 h 26 min Palooka is a 1934 comedy film based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher. Joe Palooka (Stuart Erwin) is a naive young man whose father Pete (Robert Armstrong) was… Internet Archive HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) 1940 · Feature · 1 h 32 min · Subtitles hosted by The Cinemated Man Directed by Howard Hawks Written by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur Music by Sidney Cutner, Felix Mills… Internet Archive The Phantom 1931 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles The Phantom escapes from prison and menaces the residents of an old, dark house. Internet Archive The Balloonatic 1923 · Short · 22 min AKA Balloonatics Buster and Phyllis endure a number of outdoor adventures trying to prove to each other their survival skills. The balloon which lands Buster… Internet Archive Romance on the Run 1938 · Feature · 53 min The film begins with a super-valuable necklace being stolen and the owner of the insurance company is fretting about how to pay off his client's claim. When a… Internet Archive Why Change Your Wife? 1920 · Feature · 1 h 31 min From IMDb : Robert and Beth Gordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with… Internet Archive Heading for Heaven iPod 1947 · Feature · 1 h 5 min Stu Erwin is convinced he will die soon so crooks can buy his property. With Glenda Farrell. (This is one of the first movies I've encoded for the 5G ipod so… Internet Archive Bee's Buzz 1929 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .