Comedy Movies

Tugboat Mickey (1940)

Tugboat Mickey (1940)

Tugboat Mickey (1940)
IMDb: N/A
7

Mickey is performing routine maintenance on his tugboat (with interference from a pelican) when a call comes on the radio that there’s a sinking ship needing assistance. Sadly, Mickey’s crew…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Porky’s Poor Fish (1940)

Porky’s Poor Fish (1940)

Porky’s Poor Fish (1940)
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7

Porky Pig owns a fish store and goes out to lunch. After a cat is not having much success with a mouse, he goes into the fish store when Porky…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Shooting High (1940)

Shooting High (1940)

Shooting High (1940)
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65

A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.

Irene (1940)

Irene (1940)

Irene (1940)
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101

Upholsterer’s assistant Irene O’Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by her, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy’s,…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Star Dust (1940)

Star Dust (1940)

Star Dust (1940)
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86

When Hollywood film studios reject her because she’s too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Donald’s Dog Laundry (1940)

Donald’s Dog Laundry (1940)

Donald’s Dog Laundry (1940)
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8

With a rubber bone as a lure, Donald Duck tries to entice Pluto to try his mechanical dog washer. When the bone gives Pluto trouble, Donald tries a toy cat…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Road to Singapore (1940)

Road to Singapore (1940)

Road to Singapore (1940)
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85

Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)

Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)

Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)
IMDb: N/A
99

Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He’s totally surprised when he’s asked to retire on his 25th anniversary with the force. He’s…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Ants in the Plants (1940)

Ants in the Plants (1940)

Ants in the Plants (1940)
IMDb: N/A
7

A classic about an anteater who makes life rough for a colony of ants. In the ant community, the queen spreads warnings of their greatest enemy, the Anteater. “He’s a…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Return to Yesterday (1940)

Return to Yesterday (1940)

Return to Yesterday (1940)
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69

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)

Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)

Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
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66

Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the…

Blondie on a Budget (1940)

Blondie on a Budget (1940)

Blondie on a Budget (1940)
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72

Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag’s old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at…

Genre: Comedy
Little Old New York (1940)

Little Old New York (1940)

Little Old New York (1940)
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100

Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize his dream of a high-powered steamboat.

My Little Chickadee (1940)

My Little Chickadee (1940)

My Little Chickadee (1940)
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83

While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach’s shipment of gold. When…

Genre: Comedy, Western
High School (1940)

High School (1940)

High School (1940)
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74

A teenager who’s been raised and home-schooled at her father’s Texas ranch must adjust to her new surroundings and being with other students when she’s sent to a San Antonio…

Genre: Comedy
A Chump at Oxford (1940)

A Chump at Oxford (1940)

A Chump at Oxford (1940)
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61

The boys get jobs as a butler and maid– Stan in drag– for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a…

Genre: Comedy
You Nazty Spy! (1940)

You Nazty Spy! (1940)

You Nazty Spy! (1940)
IMDb: N/A
18

In this satire of the Nazis the Stooges are wallpaper hangers in the country of Moronica. When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the King, they decide to make Moe the new…

Genre: Comedy
Remember the Night (1940)

Remember the Night (1940)

Remember the Night (1940)
IMDb: N/A
94

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn’t have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
His Girl Friday (1940)

His Girl Friday (1940)

His Girl Friday (1940)
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92

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Blue Bird (1940)

The Blue Bird (1940)

The Blue Bird (1940)
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88

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they’re accompanied by the anthropomorphized…

The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
IMDb: N/A
99

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other’s anonymous pen pal.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mexican Spitfire (1940)

Mexican Spitfire (1940)

Mexican Spitfire (1940)
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67

Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita’s fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who’s determined to break up…

Genre: Comedy
Music in My Heart (1940)

Music in My Heart (1940)

Music in My Heart (1940)
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70

A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Film Fan (1939)

The Film Fan (1939)

The Film Fan (1939)
IMDb: N/A
7

Porky Pig is on his way to the store to pick up some groceries for his mother when he walks by a sign saying that the local movie theater is…

Come on George! (1939)

Come on George! (1939)

Come on George! (1939)
IMDb: N/A
88

George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse and wins

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Genre: Comedy
Three Sappy People (1939)

Three Sappy People (1939)

Three Sappy People (1939)
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17

The stooges are phone repairmen who are mistaken for the psychiatrists in whose office they are working. A rich man hires them to treat his impetuous young wife who is…

Genre: Comedy
Destry Rides Again (1939)

Destry Rides Again (1939)

Destry Rides Again (1939)
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94

Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the…

Genre: Comedy, Western
Day-time Wife (1939)

Day-time Wife (1939)

Day-time Wife (1939)
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72

When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary, she applies for a job as secretary to a business rival.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Ninotchka (1939)

Ninotchka (1939)

Ninotchka (1939)
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110

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Another Thin Man (1939)

Another Thin Man (1939)

Another Thin Man (1939)
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103

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Raffles (1939)

Raffles (1939)

Raffles (1939)
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72

Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the…

First Love (1939)

First Love (1939)

First Love (1939)
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84

In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She’s hardly received with open arms, especially…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)

Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)

Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
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72

Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his first day at school. While Dagwood frantically combs the city in search of the boy,…

Genre: Comedy
The Flying Deuces (1939)

The Flying Deuces (1939)

The Flying Deuces (1939)
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69

Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she’s already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get…

Genre: Comedy, War
The Cat and the Canary (1939)

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

The Cat and the Canary (1939)
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73

Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman and Wally Campbell. Organized by Norman’s lawyer,…

The Body Vanished (1939)

The Body Vanished (1939)

The Body Vanished (1939)
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46

A Scotland Yard inspector and his reporter friend arrive on vacation in a small village and are immediately involved in what is claimed to be a murder but the body…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Beware Spooks! (1939)

Beware Spooks! (1939)

Beware Spooks! (1939)
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65

A bumbling detective chases an escaped convict in an amusement park haunted house in Coney Island.

Genre: Comedy
At the Circus (1939)

At the Circus (1939)

At the Circus (1939)
IMDb: N/A
87

Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter’s accomplices steal the money so he can take over the circus. Antonio…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
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129

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
IMDb: N/A
97

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History