Comedy, Some Favorites

By: Randal Gist

Everybody’s tastes are different, but most people like comedy (except for a few like a friend I have who says that he doesn’t care for comedy and HATES silent films—go figure) even if we like different ones for different reasons. This is the beginning of an on going list that will grow as I remember films—or they get added to the data base. Again the order is not necessesarily indicative of preference.

• 01
  The General
  Buster Keaton
• 02
  City Lights
  Charlie Chaplin
• 03
  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  Stanley Kubrick
• 04
  Bringing Up Baby
  Howard Hawks
• 05
  Duck Soup
  Leo McCarey
• 06
  The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
  Preston Sturges
• 07
  It's a Gift
  Norman Z. McLeod
• 08
  Adam's Rib
  George Cukor
• 09
  A Shot in the Dark
  Blake Edwards
• 10
  The Court Jester
  Melvin Frank
• 11
  Some Like It Hot
  Billy Wilder
• 12
  Sherlock Jr.
  Buster Keaton
• 13
  The Kid Brother
  Ted Wilde
• 14
  The Lady Eve
  Preston Sturges
• 15
  The Awful Truth
  Leo McCarey
• 16
  Holiday
  George Cukor
• 17
  Monkey Business
  Norman Z. McLeod
• 18
  The Gold Rush
  Charlie Chaplin
• 19
  Steamboat Bill Jr.
  Buster Keaton
• 20
  The Apartment
  Billy Wilder
• 21
  To Be or Not to Be
  Ernst Lubitsch
• 22
  The Shop Around the Corner
  Ernst Lubitsch
• 23
  The Bank Dick
  Edward F. Cline
• 24
  Sabrina
  Billy Wilder
• 25
  The Quiet Man
  John Ford
• 26
  The Philadelphia Story
  George Cukor
• 27
  Twentieth Century
  Howard Hawks
• 28
  Hail the Conquering Hero
  Preston Sturges
• 29
  Sullivan’s Travels
  Preston Sturges
• 30
  Stalag 17
  Billy Wilder
• 31
  Safety Last!
  Fred C. Newmeyer
• 32
  A Night at the Opera
  Sam Wood
• 33
  Ball of Fire
  Howard Hawks
• 34
  Son of Paleface
  Frank Tashlin
• 35
  Woman of the Year
  George Stevens
• 36
  Annie Hall
  Woody Allen
• 37
  Manhattan
  Woody Allen
• 38
  Hannah and Her Sisters
  Woody Allen
• 39
  Sleeper
  Woody Allen
• 40
  Young Frankenstein
  Mel Brooks
• 41
  Modern Times
  Charlie Chaplin
• 42
  The Freshman
  Fred C. Newmeyer
• 43
  The Palm Beach Story
  Preston Sturges
• 44
  Harvey
  Henry Koster
• 45
  Our Hospitality
  John G. Blystone
• 46
  Monty Python's Life of Brian
  Terry Jones
• 47
  Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  Terry Gilliam
• 48
  Mon oncle
  Jacques Tati
• 49
  PlayTime
  Jacques Tati
• 50
  One Week
  Buster Keaton
• 51
  Easy Street
  Charlie Chaplin
• 52
  The Immigrant
  Charlie Chaplin
• 53
  The Pawnshop
  Charlie Chaplin
• 54
  The Balloonatic
  Buster Keaton
• 55
  The Pilgrim
  Charlie Chaplin
• 56
  Shoulder Arms
  Charlie Chaplin
• 57
  The Man in the White Suit
  Alexander Mackendrick
• 58
  The Ladykillers
  Alexander Mackendrick
• 59
  Girl Shy
  Fred C. Newmeyer
• 60
  Two Tars
  James Parrott
• 61
  Big Business
  James W. Horne
• 62
  Sons of the Desert
  William A. Seiter
• 63
  The Music Box
  James Parrott
• 64
  The Kid
  Charlie Chaplin
• 65
  M. Hulot's Holiday
  Jacques Tati