comedy 1950s

 

🎬 100 Comedy Films of the 1950s

#	Film	Year	Notes
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2	Father of the Bride	1950	Spencer Tracy classic
3		1950	James Stewart & his invisible rabbit
4	Cheaper by the Dozen	1950	Family comedy
5	The Jackpot	1950	James Stewart satire
6	Love Happy	1950	Marx Brothers
7	Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion	1950	Slapstick duo
8	The Happiest Days of Your Life	1950	British school comedy
9	Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man	1951	Horror-comedy
10	An American in Paris	1951	Musical comedy
11	Angels in the Outfield	1951	Baseball comedy
12	Bedtime for Bonzo	1951	Ronald Reagan & a chimp
13	Father’s Little Dividend	1951	Sequel to Father of the Bride
14	The Lavender Hill Mob	1951	Alec Guinness heist comedy
15	The Man in the White Suit	1951	Satire on industry
16	Singin’ in the Rain	1952	Musical comedy masterpiece
17	Monkey Business	1952	Cary Grant screwball
18	Pat and Mike	1952	Hepburn & Tracy
19	The Importance of Being Earnest	1952	Oscar Wilde adaptation
20		1953	Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck
21	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	1953	Marilyn Monroe musical comedy
22		1953	Monroe, Bacall, Grable
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24	The Seven Year Itch	1955	Monroe’s iconic comedy
25	Mister Roberts	1955	Naval comedy
26	The Ladykillers	1955	Alec Guinness dark comedy
27	Guys and Dolls	1955	Musical comedy
2		1957	Hepburn & Tracy workplace comedy
29	Funny Face	1957	Audrey Hepburn musical
30	The Court Jester	1956	Danny Kaye medieval spoof
31	Houseboat	1958	Cary Grant & Sophia Loren
32	Bell, Book and Candle	1958	Romantic fantasy comedy
33	Operation Petticoat	1959	Cary Grant submarine comedy
34	Pillow Talk	1959	Doris Day & Rock Hudson
35	Some Like It Hot	1959	Billy Wilder’s cross-dressing farce
36	Carry On Nurse	1959	British comedy
37	A Hole in the Head	1959	Frank Sinatra comedy
38	The Mouse That Roared	1959	Satirical comedy
39	It Started with a Kiss	1959	Glenn Ford & Debbie Reynolds
40	Ask Any Girl