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1. Modern Times (1936)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford
Votes: 259,856 | Gross: $0.16M
2. City Lights (1931)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers
Votes: 196,303 | Gross: $0.02M
3. The General (1926)
Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley
Votes: 98,278 | Gross: $1.03M
4. The Gold Rush (1925)
Passed | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman
Votes: 118,793 | Gross: $5.45M
5. Zig & Sharko (2010– )
TV-Y | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Zig, a famished hyena comes up with the craziest plans to make a meal out of Marina, the carefree mermaid. But that's forgetting all about Sharko, the muscly shark who will do anything to protect her.
Stars: Zack Sage, Vernon Dew, Luca Bottale, Elizabeth Maxwell
Votes: 942
6. Silent Movie (1976)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar
Votes: 18,504 | Gross: $36.15M
7. Safety Last! (1923)
Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.
Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young
Votes: 22,960 | Gross: $1.36M
8. Oggy and the Cockroaches (1997–2018)
TV-Y7 | 8 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Oggy would be the happiest of cats if three cockroaches hadn't decided to settle inside his comfortable home.
Stars: Hugues Le Bars, Michel Elias, Maurice LaMarche
Votes: 5,081
9. Pushpaka Vimana (1987)
125 min | Comedy, Drama
An unemployed graduate who coincidentally encounters a rich unconscious man, and takes over his lifestyle by keeping him a prisoner. However, he is in for a twist as a contract killer is after him, assuming him to be the affluent man.
Director: Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Amala Akkineni, Tinnu Anand, Narayana P.L.
Votes: 3,820
10. Bernard (1998–2012)
TV-Y | 3 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Meet this curious polar bear that travels around the world learning about us. If anything can go wrong for him - it will go from bad to worse.
Stars: Max Normica, Ken-Sheun Nai
Votes: 1,430
11. Yoyo (1965)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A man has everything: dozens of servants, a palace, vast woods, gardens, a lake, mechanical toys, private entertainment troupes of musicians and dancers. He has it all - but love. When ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Étaix | Stars: Pierre Étaix, Claudine Auger, Philippe Dionnet, Luce Klein
Votes: 1,686
12. The Pilgrim (1923)
TV-G | 47 min | Comedy, Western
Disguised as a priest, an escaped convict makes his way to Texas. He ends up in a small rural town where the townsfolk mistake him for their new church minister.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Mai Wells
Votes: 5,689 | Gross: $0.28M
13. Why Worry? (1923)
TV-G | 63 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, John Aasen, Wally Howe
Votes: 2,062 | Gross: $0.45M
14. Big Business (1929)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Ollie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual-destruction fights with a disgruntled homeowner.
Directors: James W. Horne, Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Charlie Hall
Votes: 3,398
15. Grandma's Boy (1922)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Family
A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his home town.
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend, Charles Stevenson
Votes: 2,056 | Gross: $0.26M
16. For Heaven's Sake (1926)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.
Director: Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young, Jim Mason
Votes: 1,967 | Gross: $5.67M
17. The Railrodder (1965)
Not Rated | 24 min | Comedy, Short
After literally walking to Canada from England, Buster takes a cross-country trip across Canada on a railway motorcar (speeder).
Directors: Gerald Potterton, Buster Keaton, John Spotton | Star: Buster Keaton
Votes: 1,734
18. The Birth of the Tramp (2013 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular "Little Tramp" character.
Directors: Serge Bromberg, Eric Lange | Stars: Peter Hudson, Kate Guyonvarch, Kevin Brownlow, David Robinson
Votes: 354
19. Harry Hill's Lonely Island (2021–2022)
4 min | Comedy
Four, 4-minute, black-and-white, silent, slapstick comedy shorts starring, written and directed by the comedian. Each set within a different historical setting but set on the same island.
Star: Harry Hill
Votes: 27
20. When Comedy Was King (1960)
81 min | Comedy, Documentary
A feature-length documentary devoted to the great clowns of silent comedy.
Director: Robert Youngson | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel
Votes: 351
21. The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Documentary
A compilation of scenes featuring some of the best-known comics from the silent era in their best films.
Director: Robert Youngson | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Will Rogers, Carole Lombard
Votes: 494
22. The Rough House (1917)
19 min | Comedy, Short
Roscoe, his wife and his mother-in-law run a seaside resort. Buster plays a gardener who puts out a fire started by Roscoe, then a delivery boy who fights with the cook St. John, then a cop.
Directors: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake
Votes: 1,575
23. Merton of the Movies (1947)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Romance
A Kansas bumpkin goes to Hollywood to become a movie star and gets a job burlesquing his favorite actor - only he thinks the role is serious.
Director: Robert Alton | Stars: Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien, Gloria Grahame, Leon Ames
Votes: 503
24. Just for Laughs (2007– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Hidden camera prank series
Stars: Rick Miller, Ruth Chiang, Nick Bateman, Marie Pierre Bouchard
Votes: 483
25. Spring Fever (1927)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy
To impress a wealthy young woman, a clerk pretends he is a pro-golfer.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: William Haines, Joan Crawford, George K. Arthur, George Fawcett
Votes: 1,078 | Gross: $0.41M
26. Dogs of War! (1923)
Passed | 24 min | Short, Comedy, Family
The gang wages war using old vegetables as munitions. Later, they ruin a movie in progress when they double-expose the film.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Hal Roach's Rascals, Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels
Votes: 346
27. Too Many Kisses (1925)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Richard Gaylord, Jr. is a modern Lothario who has so many sweethearts that his father does not know what to do with him. Tired of paying to get his son out of one romantic entanglement ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Richard Dix, Frank Currier, Albert Tavernier, Frances Howard
Votes: 251
28. Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Documentary
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s. It starts with a 1905 look at French comedy, goes through the 1910s with ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Youngson | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Charley Chase, Stan Laurel
Votes: 214
29. Derby Day (I) (1923)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
After the gang goes to the horse races, they decide to have a derby of their own.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Jack Davis
Votes: 121
30. Chaplin's Art of Comedy (1966)
G | 85 min | Documentary, Comedy
A survey of Charles Chaplin's early career using re-edited footage from his classic silent shorts.
Director: Samuel M. Sherman | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Ben Turpin, Edna Purviance, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
Votes: 17
31. Brilliantman! (2015 TV Short)
18 min | Short, Comedy
Ian Hedge is a very ordinary man who sees himself as a secret super hero with a mission to protect the distressed and vulnerable. Single and living in a rented room with his sour-tempered ... See full summary »
Director: John Henderson | Stars: Neil Edmond, Kevin Eldon, Iestyn Evans, Andy Heath
Votes: 24
32. The Pawnshop (2021)
4 min | Short, Comedy
A customer brings in an alarm clock to a local pawnshop in the hopes of pawning it for cash, but things get out of hand when his clock gets destroyed in the process of being inspected by an... See full summary »
Director: John Fericano | Stars: John Fericano, David Raufeisen
33. There Ain't No Santa Claus (1926)
22 min | Short, Comedy
Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family. He wants to get an expensive wristwatch for his wife, but his landlord... See full summary »
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Charley Chase, Eugenia Gilbert, Noah Young, Kay Deslys
Votes: 53
34. The Ballad of Betty & Joe (2009)
12 min | Short, Drama
Every morning Betty tramps alone through the city to join her fellow buskers in the pedestrian tunnel below, trying to earn a living. But her earnings are meager and to make things worse, ... See full summary »
Director: Martha Ansara | Stars: Alice Ansara, Tony Barry, Betty Lucas, Mic Conway
35. El Campamento de Robert Luis (2007–2013)
60 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Stars: Carlos Berg, Lewis Martí, Robert Luis Martí, Ronny Martí
37. The Whirlwind (1922)
Short, Comedy
A traveling salesman battles hurricane-force winds and a disapproving father in competing with a rube for a local beauty's hand in marriage.
Director: Joe Rock | Stars: Joe Rock, Max Asher, Charles Avery, Lillian Biron
Votes: 24
38. Making Comedy Beautiful: Our Hospitality and the Birth of Buster Keaton's Features (2011 Video)
26 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about Our Hospitality (1923).
Star: Courtney Patterson
Votes: 13
39. The Scapegoat (2003)
23 min | Short, Comedy
In this contemporary silent comedy, a college student's daily routine is interrupted when he accidentally runs into trouble with a quarreling couple. He becomes the target of frustration ... See full summary »
Director: Darren Ng | Stars: Darren Ng, Scott Honey, Cassandra Chan, Darryl Ng
40. Meet the Family and Come Home to Tea (1939)
7 min | Short, Comedy
Director: E. Jefferson Sabine | Stars: Max Lemon, Phyllis Bell, Ronald Berresford, Ralph Niemann
41. Love's Young Scream (1928)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Director: William Watson | Stars: Anne Cornwall, Jack Duffy, James Harrison, Cliff Lancaster
Votes: 26
42. You Need Them Chap (2023)
2 min | Short, Comedy
Tom Wilkins, playing himself, is stuck trying to learn his lines for his next role. Witness his hopelessness as he struggles - or is it incompetence.
Director: Tom Wilkins | Star: Tom Wilkins
43. The 'Dr Plonk' Score (2008 Video)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
Stars: Graham Tardif, Rolf de Heer, Hope Csuotoros, Judy Gunson
44. Whose Baby? (1929)
10 min | Comedy, Short
Horace meets Betty and she agrees to a date. While waiting for her to arrive, a woman asks Horace to mind her baby for a minute. Betty comes along, sees the infant and assumes he's married ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Arthur Lake, Gertrude Messinger, Glen Cavender, Budd Fine
Votes: 30
45. Dr Plonk: The Ball Crazy Dog (2008 Video)
8 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
Stars: Paul Blackwell, Rolf de Heer, Nigel Martin, Judd Overton
46. Cleaning Up (1939)
15 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Stanley A. Stevens | Stars: Doug Rosenthal, E. Jefferson Sabine, Noel Bartlett, Frederick A. White
47. Las Flores (2013)
15 min | Short, Biography
A modern take on Saint Francis of Assisi's origins, as he recruits his first disciples.
Director: Guido Segal | Star: Guido Segal
48. Juggling 'Dr Plonk' (2008 Video)
5 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
Stars: Nigel Martin, Paul Blackwell, Rolf de Heer, Magda Szubanski
49. Hochbetrieb (2003)
6 min | Musical, Action, Comedy
Take a loony with his pet frog and lunchtime atop a skyscraper will never be the same again.
Director: Andreas Krein | Stars: Roman Knizka, Martin Roth, Volker Metzger, Hans-Martin Stier
Votes: 67
50. Joe's First Day in Boston (2003)
Comedy, Short
A strong-willed pedestrian battles an equally strong-willed traffic light.
Director: Jacob Sager Weinstein | Stars: Carl Adams, Rachel L. Allison, Tanya M. Bartevyan, Alzhan Braliev
Votes: 10