Film Index
American cinema: Comedy
Babes in Toyland (1934)
Gus Meins
Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are a pair of happy-go-lucky apprentice toy-makers in Toyland. They live in a giant shoe with kind Mother Peep and her daughter Bo, who is forever mislaying her sheep...
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Gus Meins
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Garson Kanin
Polly Parrish works as a shop assistant in a New York department store. On the day she learns she is to be dismissed she manages to get herself mistaken for the mother of a baby that has been abandoned on the steps of an orphanage...
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Garson Kanin
Bananas (1971)
Woody Allen
Fielding Mellish is leading a humdrum and nauseatingly safe life as a products tester when social activist Nancy suddenly enters his world...
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Woody Allen
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Gene Saks
Paul and Corie Bratter are a pair of young newlyweds who can hardly wait to set up home together. Unfortunately, the home that Corie has chosen, a tiny fifth floor apartment in Greenwich Village, isn't quite what Paul, a straitlaced trainee attorney, had in mind...
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Gene Saks
Battling Butler (1926)
Buster Keaton
Alfred Butler is an effeminate aristocrat who, at his father's prompting, goes off on a hunting trip in the mountains, in the hope that this will make a man of him...
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Buster Keaton
Beat the Devil (1953)
John Huston
Billy Dannreuther and his wife Maria are on their way to make their fortune in Africa, but are held up in an Italian port whilst their steamboat undergoes some repair work... [More...]
John Huston
Billy Dannreuther and his wife Maria are on their way to make their fortune in Africa, but are held up in an Italian port whilst their steamboat undergoes some repair work... [More...]
Bedtime Story (1964)
Ralph Levy
Lawrence Jameson makes a comfortable living on the French Riviera as a high class con man. By passing himself off as a deposed prince, he gains the confidence of wealthy women, who cannot resist giving him their jewels and money so that he may be restored to the throne that was so unjustly taken from him... [More...]
Ralph Levy
Lawrence Jameson makes a comfortable living on the French Riviera as a high class con man. By passing himself off as a deposed prince, he gains the confidence of wealthy women, who cannot resist giving him their jewels and money so that he may be restored to the throne that was so unjustly taken from him... [More...]
Beetlejuice (1988)
Tim Burton
Barbara and Adam Maitland are the owners of a large country house in New England, which they plan to decorate during their summer holidays... [More...]
Tim Burton
Barbara and Adam Maitland are the owners of a large country house in New England, which they plan to decorate during their summer holidays... [More...]
Bell Book and Candle (1958)
Richard Quine
One Christmas Eve in New York, Gillian Holroyd suddenly discovers that she is attracted to her neighbour, Shepherd Henderson... [More...]
Richard Quine
One Christmas Eve in New York, Gillian Holroyd suddenly discovers that she is attracted to her neighbour, Shepherd Henderson... [More...]
The Big Noise (1944)
Malcolm St. Clair
Alva P. Hartley believes that with his new invention, the most powerful bomb in history, he can shorten the length of the war by years... [More...]
Malcolm St. Clair
Alva P. Hartley believes that with his new invention, the most powerful bomb in history, he can shorten the length of the war by years... [More...]
The Big Store (1941)
Charles Reisner
Singer Tommy Rogers intends to sell his share in Phelps Department Store so that he can open a music school in a poor area of New York... [More...]
Charles Reisner
Singer Tommy Rogers intends to sell his share in Phelps Department Store so that he can open a music school in a poor area of New York... [More...]
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Charles Walters
Kitty Wonder manages a travelling circus with her father, their main attraction being a performing elephant named Jumbo. With the circus heavily in debt, Kitty struggles to keep the show on the road, not an easy task when her father keeps gambling away their earnings... [More...]
Charles Walters
Kitty Wonder manages a travelling circus with her father, their main attraction being a performing elephant named Jumbo. With the circus heavily in debt, Kitty struggles to keep the show on the road, not an easy task when her father keeps gambling away their earnings... [More...]
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
Mark Herman
Three men with virtually identical surnames check into the Hotel Gabrielli in Venice. Melvyn Orton is a timid estate agent from the UK who has come to purchase a house for a client, and risks losing his job if the deal falls through... [More...]
Mark Herman
Three men with virtually identical surnames check into the Hotel Gabrielli in Venice. Melvyn Orton is a timid estate agent from the UK who has come to purchase a house for a client, and risks losing his job if the deal falls through... [More...]
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Mel Brooks
In 1874, construction work on a new U.S. railroad is halted when it runs into an area of quicksand. The State Attorney General, Hedley Lamarr, persuades Governor LePetomane to authorise a change of route that will see the railroad redirected through the town of Ridge Rock... [More...]
Mel Brooks
In 1874, construction work on a new U.S. railroad is halted when it runs into an area of quicksand. The State Attorney General, Hedley Lamarr, persuades Governor LePetomane to authorise a change of route that will see the railroad redirected through the town of Ridge Rock... [More...]
The Blob (1958)
Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Teenagers from a small town in Pennsylvania in the late 1950s, Steve Andrews and Jane Martin are courting one hot summer's evening when they see a shooting star... [More...]
Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Teenagers from a small town in Pennsylvania in the late 1950s, Steve Andrews and Jane Martin are courting one hot summer's evening when they see a shooting star... [More...]
Block-Heads (1938)
John G. Blystone
During WWI, Stan and Ollie bid a fond farewell just before Ollie goes over the top, leaving his friend to guard the trench... [More...]
John G. Blystone
During WWI, Stan and Ollie bid a fond farewell just before Ollie goes over the top, leaving his friend to guard the trench... [More...]
Blotto (1930)
James Parrott
Stan and Ollie are planning to enjoy an evening of heavy drinking at a posh night club. This being prohibition era, they have to supply their own alcoholic refreshment, but luckily Stan's wife has a bottle hidden away... [More...]
James Parrott
Stan and Ollie are planning to enjoy an evening of heavy drinking at a posh night club. This being prohibition era, they have to supply their own alcoholic refreshment, but luckily Stan's wife has a bottle hidden away... [More...]
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
James W. Horne
When Count Arnheim learns that a party of gypsies have set up camp on his estate he orders that they be chased away. In revenge, one of the gypsy women kidnaps his daughter and leaves her with her husband, Oliver, just before she elopes with her lover... [More...]
James W. Horne
When Count Arnheim learns that a party of gypsies have set up camp on his estate he orders that they be chased away. In revenge, one of the gypsy women kidnaps his daughter and leaves her with her husband, Oliver, just before she elopes with her lover... [More...]
Borderline (1950)
William A. Seiter
Madeleine Haley, an officer in the Los Angeles Police Department, volunteers to go undercover in Mexico to expose a drugs smuggling operation orchestrated by Pete Ritchie... [More...]
William A. Seiter
Madeleine Haley, an officer in the Los Angeles Police Department, volunteers to go undercover in Mexico to expose a drugs smuggling operation orchestrated by Pete Ritchie... [More...]
Born Yesterday (1950)
George Cukor
Not content with having made a fortune through his scrap metal business, Harry Brock arrives in Washington DC intending to expand his empire with the help of one or two corruptible congressmen... [More...]
George Cukor
Not content with having made a fortune through his scrap metal business, Harry Brock arrives in Washington DC intending to expand his empire with the help of one or two corruptible congressmen... [More...]
Brazil (1985)
Terry Gilliam
Somewhere in the 20th century, Sam Lowry dutifully carries out his duties as a low-ranking government employee in the Department of Records at the Ministry of Information... [More...]
Terry Gilliam
Somewhere in the 20th century, Sam Lowry dutifully carries out his duties as a low-ranking government employee in the Department of Records at the Ministry of Information... [More...]
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
William Keighley
In the hope of landing himself a nationwide publicity coup, bandleader Alan Brice persuades his fiancée, the heiress Joan Winfield, to elope with him so that they can get married... [More...]
William Keighley
In the hope of landing himself a nationwide publicity coup, bandleader Alan Brice persuades his fiancée, the heiress Joan Winfield, to elope with him so that they can get married... [More...]
The Bride Walks Out (1936)
Leigh Jason
Ignoring his girlfriend Carolyn's protestations that they cannot possibly live on his paltry salary of thirty-five dollars a week, Michael Martin marries her in haste and soon lives to regret it... [More...]
Leigh Jason
Ignoring his girlfriend Carolyn's protestations that they cannot possibly live on his paltry salary of thirty-five dollars a week, Michael Martin marries her in haste and soon lives to regret it... [More...]
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Howard Hawks
To secure a million dollar donation for his natural history museum, palaeontologist David Huxley finds he has to play a round of golf with his donor's agent, Mr Peabody... [More...]
Howard Hawks
To secure a million dollar donation for his natural history museum, palaeontologist David Huxley finds he has to play a round of golf with his donor's agent, Mr Peabody... [More...]
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Woody Allen
Gathered around a table at the Carnegie Deli in New York are a group of comedians who delight in recounting their favourite anecdotes about Danny Rose, a spectacularly unsuccessful talent agent... [More...]
Woody Allen
Gathered around a table at the Carnegie Deli in New York are a group of comedians who delight in recounting their favourite anecdotes about Danny Rose, a spectacularly unsuccessful talent agent... [More...]
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Woody Allen
New York City, 1928. David Shayne is an aspiring young playwright who is determined to make a name for himself on Broadway without compromising his principles... [More...]
Woody Allen
New York City, 1928. David Shayne is an aspiring young playwright who is determined to make a name for himself on Broadway without compromising his principles... [More...]
Busy Bodies (1933)
Lloyd French
Stan and Ollie begin their first day's work at a sawmill with a spring in their step. But it isn't long before things start to go wrong... [More...]
Lloyd French
Stan and Ollie begin their first day's work at a sawmill with a spring in their step. But it isn't long before things start to go wrong... [More...]
Call Me Madam (1953)
Walter Lang
The United States needs to appoint a new ambassador to the European country of Lichtenburg and who better than the oil tycoon and society queen Sally Adams... [More...]
Walter Lang
The United States needs to appoint a new ambassador to the European country of Lichtenburg and who better than the oil tycoon and society queen Sally Adams... [More...]
Can-Can (1960)
Walter Lang
Paris, 1896. In Montmartre, Simone Pistache runs one of the hottest nightspots in town, a dancehall where the outlawed can-can is frequently performed... [More...]
Walter Lang
Paris, 1896. In Montmartre, Simone Pistache runs one of the hottest nightspots in town, a dancehall where the outlawed can-can is frequently performed... [More...]
Carefree (1938)
Mark Sandrich
In a desperate attempt to get his fiancée Amanda to agree to marry him, Stephen Arden asks his psychiatrist friend, Dr Tony Flagg, to analyse her... [More...]
Mark Sandrich
In a desperate attempt to get his fiancée Amanda to agree to marry him, Stephen Arden asks his psychiatrist friend, Dr Tony Flagg, to analyse her... [More...]