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51. March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Opposing the evil Barnaby, Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try and fail to pay-off Mother Peep's mortgage and mislead his attempts to marry Little Bo. Enraged, Barnaby's Bogeymen are set on Toyland.
Directors: Gus Meins, Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Virginia Karns, Charlotte Henry
Votes: 7,575
52. The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1994)
R | 84 min | Comedy
Les is making a film about his old neighborhood in Brooklyn. One-eye Jimmy goes missing and Les switches to making a film about Jimmy and the people searching.
Director: Sam Henry Kass | Stars: Holt McCallany, Michael Badalucco, Nicholas Turturro, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini
Votes: 1,858
53. The World of Henry Orient (1964)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Paula Prentiss
Votes: 3,856
54. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz
Votes: 6,115 | Gross: $3.38M
55. Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Two employees of a secluded hotel investigate a murder on the premises in which the goofy bellboy is the prime suspect.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Lenore Aubert
Votes: 4,237
56. Stingray (1978)
PG | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Lonigan and his partner Tony, two drug dealers, shoot two cops who attempt to set them up, and run away with a million bucks and the drugs, which they stash in a red Corvette Stingray in a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Taylor | Stars: Christopher Mitchum, Les Lannom, William Watson, Cliff Emmich
Votes: 325
57. The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Medical student Jerome Littlefield works as an orderly at a private clinic where he creates havoc due to his ineptitude.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Glenda Farrell, Susan Oliver, Everett Sloane
Votes: 3,363
58. It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
When a tycoon (Ernest Truex) is accused of murder, the private eye (James Stewart) tracking him finds himself roped in as an accessory and attempts to evade police, kidnapping a poetess (Claudette Colbert) along the way.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 3,440
59. Big Money Rustlas (2010)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Western
In the Wild West town of Mudbug, Sheriff Sugar Wolf arrives to confront an over-the-top villain, Big Baby Chips.
Director: Paul Andresen | Stars: Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, Tony Borcherding, Blaze Ya Dead Homie
Votes: 1,078
60. Thin Ice (2011)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
Director: Jill Sprecher | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Billy Crudup, Alan Arkin, Lea Thompson
Votes: 5,400 | Gross: $0.79M
61. The Family Tree (2011)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
A mother and wife stricken with memory loss allows a dysfunctional family a second chance at harmony and happiness.
Director: Vivi Friedman | Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Max Thieriot
Votes: 2,093 | Gross: $0.00M
62. How Sweet It Is! (1968)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
Photographer Grif Henderson is assigned a photo shoot in Paris. He decides to take his wife Jenny and his hippie son Davey with him on the shoot. Jenny unknowingly rents a house that ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: James Garner, Debbie Reynolds, Maurice Ronet, Terry-Thomas
Votes: 792
63. It Started with a Kiss (1959)
Unrated | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A U.S. sergeant serving in Spain creates envy among his Air Force superiors and the Spanish locals when his brand new futuristic sports car and pretty wife arrive at the base.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Eva Gabor, Gustavo Rojo
Votes: 1,077
64. The Flying Deuces (1939)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Family, War
Ollie has fallen in love with the innkeeper's daughter in Paris. The only problem - she's very much in love with her husband. To forget her he joins the Foreign Legion with Stan. Bad idea.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 5,755
65. Your Past Is Showing (1957)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy
A very British comedy about a blackmailer and his victims.
Director: Mario Zampi | Stars: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton
Votes: 2,050
66. The Big Store (1941)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Tony Martin
Votes: 5,474
67. Bombshell (1933)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, Franchot Tone
Votes: 3,157
68. Without Reservations (1946)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
En route to Hollywood, an author becomes smitten with a marine, though he is unaware of her celebrity status and is critical of her best-selling novel.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Claudette Colbert, John Wayne, Don DeFore, Anne Triola
Votes: 1,930 | Gross: $3.00M
69. The Wedding Party (1969)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
See Robert DeNiro in his first starring role in Brian DePalma's wildly comic first feature The Wedding Party!
Directors: Brian De Palma, Wilford Leach, Cynthia Munroe | Stars: Valda Setterfield, Raymond McNally, John Braswell, Charles Pfluger
Votes: 1,555
70. The Bellboy (1960)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy
Mute bellboy Stanley works at the luxurious Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. In spite of being a serviceable and friendly employee, the clumsy Stanley gets successively into trouble with his mistakes.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Alex Gerry, Bob Clayton, Sonnie Sands
Votes: 4,822
71. Having a Wild Weekend (1965)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Music
Dinah is a model whose face appears in an ad campaign for meat. While shooting a TV commercial, she and Steve, one of the stunt men, run off together. The advertising executives use their disappearance to generate more publicity for meat.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Dave Clark, The Dave Clark Five, Barbara Ferris, David Lodge
Votes: 852
72. Oddballs (1984)
PG | 91 min | Comedy
A Canadian sex comedy about saving a summer camp from becoming a shopping mall.
Director: Miklós Lente | Stars: Foster Brooks, Mike MacDonald, Konnie Krome, Milan Cheylov
Votes: 367
73. Popi (1969)
G | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
A Puerto Rican widower concocts an extraordinary plan for making a better life for his two motherless sons.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Alan Arkin, Rita Moreno, Reuben Figueroa, Miguel Alejandro
Votes: 1,004
74. The Patsy (1964)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy
An incompetent bellhop is recruited to fill in for a deceased comedian.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Ina Balin, Everett Sloane, Phil Harris
Votes: 2,573
75. Counsellor at Law (1933)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
A successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns that his wife has been unfaithful.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 1,513
76. Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966)
Approved | 119 min | Comedy, Romance
During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Panama | Stars: Tony Curtis, Virna Lisi, George C. Scott, Carroll O'Connor
Votes: 990
77. The Girl from Missouri (1934)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Chorus girl Eadie is determined to marry a millionaire without sacrificing her virtue.
Directors: Jack Conway, Sam Wood | Stars: Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
Votes: 1,373
78. Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
Not Rated | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A confused man with a gash on his head stumbles into the taxi cab of Patty Mitchell. He says that he can't recall his own name, any facts about his life or even what he was doing before he got in the cab.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, Richard Lane, Lester Matthews
Votes: 1,386
79. Only Two Can Play (1962)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
A frustrated librarian (Sellers) in Swansea, Wales is torn between his wife Jean (Markell) and a glamorous married woman, Liz (Zetterling), who wants to have an affair.
Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell, Kenneth Griffith
Votes: 1,419
80. Loose Ankles (1930)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Romance
In this light romantic comedy, 17-year old Loretta Young is cast as wealthy socialite Ann Harper, who has inherited a fortune provided that the family is involved in no scandals appearing ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Wilde | Stars: Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Louise Fazenda, Otis Harlan
Votes: 543
81. You Are a Widow, Sir! (1971)
97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be ... See full summary »
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Olga Schoberová, Eduard Cupák, Jirí Sovák
Votes: 860
82. Le Million (1931)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Musical
An impoverished painter and his rival engage in a race across Paris to recover a jacket concealing a winning lottery ticket.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Annabella, René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert, Paul Ollivier
Votes: 3,850
83. Hard to Get (1938)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Romance
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards (Olivia de Havilland) tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis (Dick Powell), he makes her work out her bill by making beds... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Dick Powell, Olivia de Havilland, Charles Winninger, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 712
84. The Wildcat (1921)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Pola Negri, Victor Janson, Paul Heidemann, Wilhelm Diegelmann
Votes: 1,318
85. Playmates (1941)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music
For the sake of a lucrative radio contract, John Barrymore agrees to turn bandleader Kay Kyser into a Shakespearian actor.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Kay Kyser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez, Ginny Simms
Votes: 358
86. Dog Eat Dog (2001)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
A kidnap caper of a dog to make some much needed cash to pay off some outstanding debts goes wrong...with not so hilarious consequences.
Director: Moody Shoaibi | Stars: Mark Tonderai, Nathan Constance, David Oyelowo, Crunski
Votes: 241
87. Duchess of Idaho (1950)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Ellen Hallet is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but too timid to do anything about it. Her roommate Chris devises a plan to help her: she follows Morrison on his trip to ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Esther Williams, Van Johnson, John Lund, Paula Raymond
Votes: 641
88. Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A high society Boston girl goes from the Bowery to the opera with the help of her sister.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, June Allyson, Lauritz Melchior, Jimmy Durante
Votes: 697
89. Let Yourself Go (2017)
99 min | Comedy
A psychoanalyst named Elia goes to the gym and meets a personal trainer who changes his life.
Director: Francesco Amato | Stars: Toni Servillo, Verónica Echegui, Carla Signoris, Luca Marinelli
Votes: 1,363 | Gross: $0.01M
90. The Doughgirls (1944)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy
While sharing a hotel suite during the World War II housing shortage in Washington, D.C., three friends discover that their respective marriages are not legally valid.
Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman
Votes: 776
91. Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A paroled embezzler skips town with his $100K loot and boards the Chicago-New York train, followed by an assortment of shady characters who want the money, but en-route to NYC the embezzler is murdered and his loot disappears.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Marjorie Main, James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak, Phyllis Kirk
Votes: 624
92. Dear Ruth (1947)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A family is befuddled when a World War II serviceman shows up to meet and marry his pen pal sweetheart. Everyone's in the dark about the romance by mail. Then they discover Ruth's younger sister was the culprit.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, Edward Arnold
Votes: 717
93. The Marshmallow Mystery Tour (2021)
85 min | Adventure, Comedy
After landing a gig at Mallowland, a marshmallow theme park, a cameraman uncovers the shocking truth about America's candy industry and his own sugarcoated childhood.
Directors: Jeff Beals, Matthew Beals | Stars: Jeremy Rishe, Ray Reynolds, Doug Farrell, Dale E. Turner
Votes: 30
94. Upgrade (2012 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
The aftermath of two quick-witted losers who won an "Extreme Home Makeover" in Small-Town USA.
Director: Daniella Alonso | Stars: Daniella Alonso, Jay Burke, Thomas Dagnino, Jesse Garcia
Votes: 22
95. Easy to Love (1934)
Passed | 61 min | Comedy, Romance
A middle-aged couple's (Genevieve Tobin, Adolphe Menjou) marital woes take a back seat to their daughter's intentions to run off with her beau.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Genevieve Tobin, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 503
96. Niagara Falls (1941)
Passed | 43 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Margie Blake, who wants to get married young and have two dozen kids, has a flat tire and traveling salesman Tom Wilson, who believes in "loving 'em and leaving 'em" stops to help.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Marjorie Woodworth, Tom Brown, Zasu Pitts, Slim Summerville
Votes: 301
97. Let My People Go! (2011)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
At Passover, Reuben, a French-Jewish man living in Finland with his Nordic boyfriend, finds himself back in Paris with his zany family after a lovers' quarrel.
Director: Mikael Buch | Stars: Nicolas Maury, Carmen Maura, Jean-François Stévenin, Amira Casar
Votes: 709 | Gross: $0.02M
98. The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
In 1902, medicine show con man Dan Thompson settles down with the daughter he hardly knows in a New York theatrical boarding house full of eccentric characters. Forced to take a job in an ... See full summary »
Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Frank Morgan, Mary Howard, Billie Burke, Donald Meek
Votes: 200
99. Fools for Scandal (1938)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
After meeting her in Paris, a penniless marquis relentlessly pursues a famous actress.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fernand Gravey, Ralph Bellamy, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 603
100. Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan, Eddie Albert
Votes: 359 | Gross: $0.12M