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100 Screwball Comedies (Classic & Modern Homages)

1930s–1940s: The Golden Age

  • It Happened One Night (1934)

  • Twentieth Century (1934)

  • The Thin Man (1934)

  • The Gay Divorcee (1934)

  • Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

  • Hands Across the Table (1935)

  • My Man Godfrey (1936)

  • Libeled Lady (1936)

  • Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

  • Nothing Sacred (1937)

  • The Awful Truth (1937)

  • Topper (1937)

  • Bringing Up Baby (1938)

  • Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938)

  • Holiday (1938)

  • You Can’t Take It With You (1938)

  • Midnight (1939)

  • Ninotchka (1939)

  • Bachelor Mother (1939)

  • The Women (1939)

  • His Girl Friday (1940)

  • The Philadelphia Story (1940)

  • My Favorite Wife (1940)

  • The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

  • Too Many Husbands (1940)

  • Ball of Fire (1941)

  • The Lady Eve (1941)

  • Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

  • Love Crazy (1941)

  • The Palm Beach Story (1942)

  • I Married a Witch (1942)

  • The Major and the Minor (1942)

  • Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)

  • Heaven Can Wait (1943)

  • The More the Merrier (1943)

  • Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

  • Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

  • The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)

  • It Happened Tomorrow (1944)

  • She Wouldn’t Say Yes (1945)

  • Without Reservations (1946)

  • The Bachelor and the Bobby‑Soxer (1947)

  • Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)

  • I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

1950s–1960s: Transitional Screwball Energy

  • Born Yesterday (1950)

  • Monkey Business (1952)

  • Pat and Mike (1952)

  • Roman Holiday (1953)

  • How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

  • It Should Happen to You (1954)

  • Sabrina (1954)

  • Desk Set (1957)

  • Some Like It Hot (1959)

  • Pillow Talk (1959)

  • Lover Come Back (1961)

  • That Touch of Mink (1962)

  • Charade (1963)

  • Move Over, Darling (1963)

  • What’s New Pussycat? (1965)

  • Barefoot in the Park (1967)

  • The Odd Couple (1968)

1970s–1990s: Neo‑Screwball & Homages

  • What’s Up, Doc? (1972)

  • A Touch of Class (1973)

  • Foul Play (1978)

  • Seems Like Old Times (1980)

  • Tootsie (1982)

  • Moonstruck (1987)

  • Roxanne (1987)

  • Overboard (1987)

  • The Princess Bride (1987)

  • When Harry Met Sally (1989)

  • Soapdish (1991)

  • Housesitter (1992)

  • French Kiss (1995)

  • While You Were Sleeping (1995)

  • The Birdcage (1996)

  • My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)

  • You’ve Got Mail (1998)

2000s–Present: Modern Screwball Spirit

  • Down with Love (2003)

  • Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

  • 13 Going on 30 (2004)

  • The Proposal (2009)

  • Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)

  • Hail, Caesar! (2016)

  • The Lovebirds (2020)

  • Ticket to Paradise (2022)

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