Comedy, Not Action (Sorted by Number of Votes Ascending)
1. His Wife's Mother (1909)
6 min | Short, Comedy
Jones's mother-in-law prohibits his smoking and drinking, so he takes her out for the evening and gets her drunk.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: John R. Cumpson, Florence Lawrence, Dorothy West, Anita Hendrie
Votes: 5
2. His Wife's Visitor (1909)
6 min | Comedy, Short
Harry leaves his new wife at home while he goes out to play poker. Angry, his wife fakes evidence that she has had a male caller while he was gone.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Billy Quirk, Mary Pickford, Frank Powell, William J. Butler
Votes: 5
3. Jones and His New Neighbors (1909)
5 min | Short, Comedy
Jones' new house looks like all the others on the street. One night Jones enters the wrong house and finds himself in a precarious situation.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: John R. Cumpson, Florence Lawrence, Anita Hendrie, Mack Sennett
Votes: 5
4. A Sound Sleeper (1909)
2 min | Short, Comedy
A tramp manages to sleep through a street riot and having hot ashes dumped on him.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Anthony O'Sullivan, Mack Sennett, Flora Finch, Robert Harron
Votes: 5
5. A Troublesome Satchel (1909)
2 min | Short, Comedy
Sight unseen, a man buys a bag that turns out to contain burglar tools. He can't get rid of the bag, even when he's robbed. The thieves assume he's a colleague and return the bag and tools.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: John R. Cumpson, Clara T. Bracy, Robert Harron, Anita Hendrie
Votes: 5
6. A Wreath in Time (1909)
9 min | Comedy, Short
A few of us have had the chance to read our own obituary notice, but it fell to the lot of John Goodhusband the rare privilege of viewing his own elegiac cinerary floral offerings, and at ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mack Sennett, Florence Lawrence, Linda Arvidson, Charles Avery
Votes: 5
7. A Knight of the Road (1911)
18 min | Short, Comedy
A tramp overhears a rancher's plans to go to town for the ranch's payroll. He tries to enlist another loafer (the Knight) to help with a robbery. Instead, the Knight helps thwart the robbery.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Dell Henderson, George Nichols, Dorothy West, John T. Dillon
Votes: 5
8. An Elephant on His Hands (1913)
Comedy, Short
Ramona is fond of pets. Her hubby, Eddie, has a horror of all animals and particularly her pets. The parrots bite him and the monkeys show their teeth. Ramona receives a wire from Eddie's ... See full summary »
Director: Al Christie | Stars: Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran, Ramona Langley, Lon Chaney
Votes: 5
9. Ambrose's Little Hatchet (1915)
Comedy, Short
Director: David Kirkland | Stars: Mack Swain, Louise Fazenda, Dave Morris, Bobby Dunn
Votes: 5
10. Cursed by His Beauty (1914)
Comedy, Short
Stars: Charley Chase, Charles Murray, Alice Davenport, Alice Howell
Votes: 5
11. Cactus Jim's Shop Girl (1915)
Comedy, Short, Western
Cactus Jim is tired of being a bachelor. He advertises in a newspaper for a wife and in response receives a telegram from Nell Morton, a shopgirl in the city, who bids him come at once, as ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Mix | Stars: Tom Mix, Ed Brady, Goldie Colwell, Sid Jordan
Votes: 5
12. A Girl of Yesterday (1915)
Comedy
A girl with old-fashioned values becomes a modern sophisticate.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Mary Pickford, Jack Pickford, Gertrude Norman, Donald Crisp
Votes: 5
13. Hogan Out West (1915)
Comedy, Short
Director: Charles Avery | Stars: Charles Murray, Billie Brockwell, Bobby Dunn, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 5
14. Az egymillió fontos bankó (1917)
Comedy
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Lajos Ujváry, Gyula Nagy, Marcsa Simon, Aladár Ihász
Votes: 5
15. Spaghetti (1916)
Short, Comedy
All the workers at Runt's restaurant are distracted by the pretty cashier, and neglect their jobs. Runt hires Plump as a new chef, but soon discovers he's a better flirt than he is a cook.
Director: Will Louis | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Billy Ruge, Ray Godfrey, Bert Tracy
Votes: 5
16. The Butcher's Nightmare (1917)
Comedy, Short
Ben, the butcher, is in love with a girl who does not reciprocate his affections. He falls asleep and has a dream in which he threatens to foreclose the mortgage on the home of the girl he ... See full summary »
Director: Robin Williamson | Stars: Ben Turpin, Margaret Templeton, Edward J. Laurie, Gypsy Abbott
Votes: 5
17. Spliced and Iced (1917)
Short, Comedy
In the spring a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of matrimony, and Musty is no exception. In spite of all the warnings voiced by his married friends. Musty takes the leap. The results ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Myll | Stars: Harry Watson, H.H. McCullum, Della Connor, Maxfield Moree
Votes: 5
18. Arizona (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not love her, so she contrives to marry his commanding officer, who is also his best friend.
Directors: Douglas Fairbanks, Albert Parker | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Theodore Roberts, Kate Price, Frederick Burton
Votes: 5
19. Bobby Bumps on the Doughnut Trail (1918)
Animation, Comedy, Short
A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief.
Director: Earl Hurd
Votes: 5
20. Headin' South (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Directors: Allan Dwan, Arthur Rosson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Frank Campeau, Katherine MacDonald, Jim Mason
Votes: 5
21. No Place Like Jail (1918)
10 min | Comedy, Short
Director: Frank Terry | Stars: Stan Laurel, Dan Albert, Margaret Hansen, Estelle Harrison
Votes: 5
22. Playmates (1918)
Comedy, Short
A comedy inspired by Charles Chaplin's "Easy Street" (1917).
Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Billy West, Bud Ross, Fay Holderness
Votes: 5
23. Who's Zoo? (1918)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Craig Hutchinson | Stars: Stan Laurel, Kathleen O'Connor, Rube Miller, Eddie the Ellfa-Nut
Votes: 5
24. Count the Votes (1919)
Comedy, Short
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, 'Snub' Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Sammy Brooks
Votes: 5
26. La casa de la Troya (1925)
162 min | Comedy
Directors: Manuel Noriega, Alejandro Pérez Lugín | Stars: Carmen Viance, Dolores Valero, Luis Peña padre, Pedro Elviro
Votes: 5
27. Little Robinson Crusoe (1924)
70 min | Comedy
A boy struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Jackie Coogan, Daniel J. O'Brien, Will Walling, Tom Santschi
Votes: 5
28. Cyclone Cavalier (1925)
Comedy
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Reed Howes, Carmelita Geraghty, Wilfred Lucas, Eric Mayne
Votes: 5
29. Gigantes y cabezudos (1926)
72 min | Comedy
Director: Florián Rey | Stars: Manuel Alares, Miguel Fleta, Flores Galán, José María Jimeno
Votes: 5
30. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925)
66 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Douglas MacLean, Edith Roberts, Anders Randolf, Crauford Kent
Votes: 5
31. Time Flies (1926)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Jess Robbins | Stars: Lupino Lane, Wallace Lupino, Virginia Vance, Gwen Lee
Votes: 5
32. Dinky Doodle in Egypt (1926)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The artist, Walter Lantz, goes to a masquerade ball and Dinky and his dog take a nap. Dinky dreams he is a cartoon character in Egypt where he falls in love with a princess. He goes to her ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lantz | Star: Walter Lantz
Votes: 5
34. All Aboard (1927)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
Finding himself discharged from a shoe store job and the girl of his affections, May, Johnny gets away from it all by becoming a tour guide for a group of travelers visiting Eygpt. Once ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Hines | Stars: Johnny Hines, Edna Murphy, Dot Farley, Henry A. Barrows
Votes: 5
35. The Swim Princess (1928)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Daphne Pollard, Andy Clyde, Carole Lombard, Jim Hallett
Votes: 5
36. Telling the World (1928)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
The journalist Don Davis becomes involved in a murder case, where Chrystal Malone is part of it. Davis follows Chrystal to China. When Chrystal arrives in China, Davis has to save her from an execution.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: William Haines, Anita Page, Eileen Percy, Frank Currier
Votes: 5
37. Women They Talk About (1928)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A story of two closely-knit relationships, one of which involves John Harrison (Anders Randolph), the mayor of a city and his renewed friendship with a widow and former sweetheart Irene ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Irene Rich, Audrey Ferris, William Collier Jr., Anders Randolf
Votes: 5
38. Hot for Paris (1929)
Comedy, Musical
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Fifi D'Orsay, El Brendel, Polly Moran
Votes: 5
39. So This Is Marriage (1929)
20 min | Comedy, Musical, Short
A husband believes that love will fade and all marriages go downhill over the years. His wife and two other couples plot to make him think that she is about to run off with another man. ... See full summary »
Director: Bradley Barker | Stars: Guy Voyer, Norma Pallat, Earle S. Dewey, Maury Holland
Votes: 5
40. Bed and Breakfast (1930)
68 min | Comedy
A newlywed couple have a fight, and in order to get even with one another, each decides to take up with a lover but without actually going through with "the deed". Complications ensue.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Jane Baxter, Richard Cooper, Sari Maritza, Alf Goddard
Votes: 5
41. The Jaywalker (1930)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Chester Clute, Ralph Sanford, James Donnelly, Milt Francis
Votes: 5
42. Figaro e la sua gran giornata (1931)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Gianfranco Giachetti, Leda Gloria, Ugo Ceseri, Maurizio D'Ancora
Votes: 5
43. It's a Cinch (1932)
20 min | Comedy, Short
When a dance instructor is tricked into facing a prize fighter in the boxing ring, his girlfriend devises a plan to turn the odds in his favor.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Monte Collins, Phyllis Crane, Tom O'Brien, Jack Shaw
Votes: 5
44. Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath (1932)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Director: Harry Sweet | Stars: Edgar Kennedy, Florence Lake, Dot Farley, William Eugene
Votes: 5
45. Art in the Raw (1933)
19 min | Short, Comedy
Edgar turns artist and tries to paint his latest masterpiece in peace, but is constantly thwarted by a howling dog, freeloaders, his family, and a prissy fellow artist.
Director: Harry Sweet | Stars: Edgar Kennedy, Florence Lake, Dot Farley, William Eugene
Votes: 5
46. Flirting in the Park (1933)
20 min | Comedy, Short
A day at the park starts out well when two couples enter a boat race, but things start going south when the boys lose their shirts and one of the girls loses her dress.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: June Brewster, Carol Tevis, Grady Sutton, Edward J. Nugent
Votes: 5
47. The Girl from Maxim's (1933)
79 min | Comedy, Musical
Circumstances force a doctor to pass off a singer as his wife.
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Frances Day, Lady Tree, Leslie Henson, George Grossmith
48. Die Nacht der großen Liebe (1933)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
The story, set in Constantinople, of a young man who falls in love with a woman much older than he is, and her daughter falls in love with him also. An American critic was vastly impressed ... See full summary »
Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Jarmila Novotna, Gustav Fröhlich, Christiane Grautoff, Fritz Odemar
Votes: 5
49. Under the Tonto Rim (1933)
63 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
"Tonto" Daily fails as a cowpuncher for Weston, wealthy cattleman, and is demoted to chuck-wagon driver. He falls even lower, in Weston's estimation, when he loses the wagon in a river ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Fred Kohler, Raymond Hatton, Verna Hillie
Votes: 5
50. Iza néni (1933)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Sári Fedák, Pál Jávor, Ella Gombaszögi, Irén Ágay
Votes: 5