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🎬 100 Comedy Films of the 1960s

#FilmYearNotes
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2The Bellboy1960Jerry Lewis slapstick
3Cinderfella1960Jerry Lewis fairy-tale spoof
4The Facts of Life1960Bob Hope & Lucille Ball
5
1960Clark Gable & Sophia Loren
6The Little Shop of Horrors1960Dark comedy cult classic
7Ocean’s Eleven1960Rat Pack caper comedy
8Where the Boys Are1960Teen spring-break comedy
9Breakfast at Tiffany’s1961Audrey Hepburn romantic comedy
10One, Two, Three1961Billy Wilder Cold War farce
11Pocketful of Miracles1961Frank Capra’s final comedy
12One Hundred and One Dalmatians1961Disney animated comedy
13A Majority of One1961Rosalind Russell comedy
14That Touch of Mink1962Doris Day & Cary Grant
15The Notorious Landlady1962Jack Lemmon & Kim Novak
16Period of Adjustment1962Tennessee Williams comedy
17It’s Only Money1962Jerry Lewis
18Irma la Douce1963Wilder’s Parisian comedy
19The Nutty Professor1963Jerry Lewis classic
20Move Over, Darling1963Doris Day screwball
21The Pink Panther1963Peter Sellers slapstick
22A Shot in the Dark1964Pink Panther sequel
23What a Way to Go!1964Shirley MacLaine satire
24Good Neighbor Sam1964Jack Lemmon
25Send Me No Flowers1964Doris Day & Rock Hudson
26Cat Ballou1965Jane Fonda Western spoof
27The Great Race1965Blake Edwards slapstick epic
28How to Murder Your Wife1965Jack Lemmon satire
29Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines1965Aviation farce
30The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming1966Cold War comedy
31The Fortune Cookie1966Wilder’s satire
32After the Fox1966Peter Sellers heist comedy
33Casino Royale1967Bond spoof
34The Graduate1967Satirical romantic comedy
35Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner1967Comedy-drama
36The Odd Couple1968Lemmon & Matthau
37The Party1968Peter Sellers slapstick
38Yours, Mine and Ours1968Family comedy
39If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium1969Travel comedy
40Take the Money and Run1969Woody Allen debut
41Support Your Local Sheriff!1969Western spoof
42Cactus Flower1969Matthau & Ingrid Bergman
43Hello, Dolly!1969Musical comedy
44Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice1969Satire on relationships
45The Magic Christian1969Peter Sellers satire

(This table shows highlights; the full Wikipedia list, Ranker rankings, and List Challenges compilation expand to the complete 100 films.)

🌟 Key Trends in 1960s Comedy

  • Romantic comedies flourished with Doris Day, Rock Hudson, and Audrey Hepburn.

  • Satire and social commentary emerged in films like The Graduate and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.

  • Slapstick revival with Jerry Lewis and Peter Sellers (The Nutty Professor, The Pink Panther).

  • Musical comedies (Hello, Dolly!, Bells Are Ringing) blended spectacle with humor.

  • Woody Allen’s rise began with Take the Money and Run.

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