List of British comedy films
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This is a list of British comedy films.
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[edit] 1930s
- Ask A Policeman (1938)
- Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
- Dandy Dick (1935)
- The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
- The Ghost Goes West (1935)
- Good Morning, Boys (1936)
- It's in the Air (1938)
- Keep Fit (1937)
- Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
- Old Bones of the River (1938)
- Pygmalion (1938)
- Trouble Brewing (1939)
- Where's That Fire? (1939)
[edit] 1940s
- Back-Room Boy (1942)
- The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1941)
- Blithe Spirit (1941)
- Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
- Crook's Tour (1941)
- The Frozen Limits (1940)
- Gasbags (1940)
- The Ghost of St Michaels (1941)
- The Goose Steps Out (1942)
- Hue and Cry (1946)
- It's Not Cricket (1948)
- ITMA (1943)
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- Let George Do It (1941)
- Major Barbara (1941)
- My Learned Friend (1943)
- On Approval (1943)
- Passport to Pimlico (1949)
- Somewhere in England (1940) (and subsequent series)
- Whisky Galore! (1948)
[edit] 1950s
- An Alligator Named Daisy (1956)
- Barnacle Bill (1956)
- The Belles of St. Trinians (1957)
- Blue Murder at St. Trinians (1954)
- The Bridal Path (1957)
- Brothers in Law (1957)
- The Card (1952)
- Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1958)
- Carry On Admiral (1958) (not part of the Carry On series)
- Carry On Nurse (1959)
- Carry On Sergeant (1958)
- Carry On Teacher (1959)
- The Captain's Paradise (1953)
- The Captain's Table (1958)
- The Case of the Mukkinese Battlehorn (1955)
- Curtain Up (1952)
- Doctor at Large (1957)
- Doctor at Sea (1955)
- Doctor in the House (1954)
- Follow a Star (1959)
- Folly to be Wise (1953)
- Further up the Creek (1959)
- Genevieve (1953)
- Geordie (1955)
- The Green Man (1956)
- The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
- Happy Ever After (1954)
- Hobson's Choice (1953)
- The Horse's Mouth (1958)
- I Only Arsked (1958)
- I'm All Right Jack (1959)
- Idol on Parade (1959)
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
- Indiscreet (1958)
- Innocents in Paris (1953)
- Just My Luck (1957)
- Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
- The Ladykillers (1955)
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
- Laughter in Paradise (1951)
- Left, Right and Centre (1959)
- Lucky Jim (1957)
- The Maggie (1953)
- The Man in the White Suit (1951)
- The Mouse That Roared (1959)
- The Naked Truth (1957)
- The Navy Lark (1958)
- The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959)
- Operation Bullshine (1959)
- The Oracle (1952)
- Orders Are Orders (1954)
- Our Girl Friday (1953)
- Our Man in Havana (1959)
- Private's Progress (1956)
- Rockets Galore (1958)
- Runaway Bus (1954)
- The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
- The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
- True as a Turtle (1956)
- To Paris with Love (1955)
- Too Many Crooks (1958)
- Trouble in Store (1953)
- Trouble in the Glen (1955)
- Up in the World (1957)
- Up the Creek (1958)
- You Know What Sailors Are (1955)
[edit] 1960s
- Alfie (1966)
- The Assassination Bureau (1969)
- Battle of the Sexes (1960)
- Bedazzled (1967)
- The Best House in London (1969)
- The Big Job (1965)
- Billy Liar (1963)
- Carry On Cleo (1965)
- Carry On Up the Khyber (1968)
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Crooks in Cloisters (1963)
- Dentist in the Chair (1960)
- Dentist on the Job (1961)
- The Dock Brief (1962)
- Doctor in Clover (1966)
- Doctor in Love (1960)
- Dr Strangelove (1964)
- Don't Panic, Chaps! (1960)
- The Grass is Greener (1960)
- The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
- Hot Enough for June (1963)
- In the Doghouse (1962)
- Invasion Quartet (1961)
- The Italian Job (1969)
- Ladies Who Do (1961)
- Light up the Sky (1960)
- The Magic Christian (1969)
- Make Mine Mink (1960)
- The Millionairess (1960)
- Morgan! (1966)
- Mouse on the Moon (1963)
- Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961)
- Nothing But the Best (1964)
- Nurse on Wheels (1963)
- Only Two Can Play (1962)
- Otley (1969)
- A Pair of Briefs (1961)
- The Plank (1967)
- The Punch and Judy Man (1962)
- The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960)
- The Rebel (1961)
- The Sandwich Man (1966)
- School for Scoundrels (1960)
- The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
- Twice Round the Daffodils (1962)
- Two-Way Stretch (1960)
- Very Important Person (1961)
- Watch Your Stern (1960)
- What a Carve Up! (1961)
- What a Whopper! (1961)
- The Wrong Arm of the Law (1962)
- The Wrong Box (1966)
- You Must be Joking! (1965)
[edit] 1970s
- And Now For Something Completely Different (1971)
- Bless This House (1972)
- Confessions of a Window Cleaner and other sex comedies supported by the Eady levy
- Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
- Confessions of a Pop Performer (1976)
- Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)
- Dad's Army (1971)
- Doctor in Trouble (1970)
- Hoffman (1970)
- The House in Nightmare Park (1973)
- Jabberwocky (1977)
- Keep it up Downstairs (1976)
- The Likely Lads (1976)
- Man About the House (1974)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
- On the Buses (1972) (and two sequels)
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
- Porridge (1979)
- Pulp (1972)
- The Return of the Pink Panther (1974)
- Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1973)
- Steptoe and Son (1972) and sequel Steptoe and Son Ride Again
- There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
- Up Pompeii (1971)
- Up the Chastity Belt (1972)
- Up the Front (1972)
[edit] 1980s
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- Brazil (1985)
- Bullshot (1983)
- Clockwise (1986)
- Comfort and Joy (1984)
- Consuming Passions (1988)
- Educating Rita (1983)
- Erik the Viking (1989)
- A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- George and Mildred (1980)
- Gregory's Girl (1980)
- High Hopes (1988)
- Invitation to the Wedding (1983)
- Jane and the Lost City (1988)
- Local Hero (1983)
- Loose Connections (1983)
- The Missionary (1983)
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
- Morons from Outer Space (1985)
- Personal Services (1987)
- A Private Function (1984)
- Privates on Parade (1982)
- Restless Natives (1985)
- Rising Damp (1980)
- Shirley Valentine (1989)
- The Tall Guy (1989)
- Time Bandits (1981)
- Victor/Victoria (1982)
- Water (1985)
- Wish You Were Here (1987)
- Withnail and I (1987)
[edit] 1990s
- Bean (1997)
- Brassed Off (1996)
- Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997)
- East is East (1999)
- The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
- The Full Monty (1997)
- Funny Bones (1995)
- Life Is Sweet (1990)
- Gregory's Two Girls (1999)
- Guest House Paradiso (1999)
- Hear My Song (1991)
- Hour of the Pig (1993)
- An Ideal Husband (1999)
- Jack and Sarah (1995)
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
- Leon the Pig Farmer (1992)
- A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
- Little Voice (1998)
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
- Mad Cows (1999)
- The Madness of King George (1995)
- Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
- Notting Hill (1999)
- Nuns on the Run (1990)
- Peter's Friends (1992)
- Plunkett and MacLeane (1999)
- Princess Caraboo (1994)
- Rebecca's Daughters (1992)
- Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- Shooting Fish (1997)
- Sliding Doors (1998)
- Still Crazy (1998)
- Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991)
- Waking Ned (1998)
[edit] 2000s
- About a Boy (2002)
- Ali G Indahouse (2002)
- Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
- Billy Elliot (2000)
- Birthday Girl (2001)
- Blackball (2003)
- Bridget Jones' Diary (2001)
- Bridget Jones' Diary 2 (2004)
- Calendar Girls (2003)
- Chicken Run (2000)
- A Cock and Bull Story (2006)
- It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
- Kinky Boots (2005)
- Johnny English (2003)
- Keeping Mum (2005)
- Kevin and Perry Go Large (2000)
- The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
- Love Actually (2003)
- Lucky Break (2001)
- Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
- The Parole Officer (2001)
- Relative Values (2000)
- S Club: Seeing Double (2002)
- Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004)
- Shaun of the Dead (2003)
- Snatch (2000)
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
- Wimbledon (2005)
[edit] See also
- List of United States comedy films
- List of comedy films in languages other than English
- List of British sitcoms turned into films
- List of movie genres
- List of lists
[edit] External links
- Archive Interactive: Paul Merton on Early British Comedy
- The British Film Institute in association with BT present a guide to early British comedy film by Paul Merton.
