List of comedy films of the 1940s explained

This is a list of comedy films released in the 1940s.

American films

1940

• The Bank Dick
• The Ghost Breakers
• The Great Dictator
• The Great McGinty
• His Girl Friday
• My Favorite Wife
• My Little Chickadee
• One Night in the Tropics

1941

• Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
• Ball of Fire
• The Big Store
• The Bride Came C.O.D.
• Buck Privates
• The Devil and Miss Jones
• The Flame of New Orleans
• Great Guns
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan
• The Lady Eve
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
• Nine Lives Are Not Enough
• That Night in Rio
• Topper Returns

1942

• The Man Who Came to Dinner
• The Major and the Minor
• My Sister Eileen
• The Palm Beach Story
• Rio Rita
• Road to Morocco
• Ship Ahoy
• Tales of Manhattan
• The Talk of the Town
• There's One Born Every Minute
• To Be or Not to Be
• Woman of the Year
• You Were Never Lovelier

1943

• Crazy House
• Du Barry Was a Lady
• Government Girl
• Heaven Can Wait
• Hello Frisco, Hello
• Hit the Ice
• I Dood It
• Jitterbugs
• A Lady Takes a Chance
• Mr. Lucky
• The More the Merrier
• A Night to Remember
• Slightly Dangerous
• They Got Me Covered
• Thousands Cheer
• Two Weeks to Live
• Whistling in Brooklyn

1944

• Arsenic and Old Lace
• Hail the Conquering Hero
• Lady in the Dark
• The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
• See Here, Private Hargrove
• Sensations of 1945
• Standing Room Only
• The Princess and the Pirate

1945

• Along Came Jones
• The Bullfighters
• Eadie Was a Lady
• The Horn Blows at Midnight
• Lady on a Train

1946

• Angel on My Shoulder
• The Great Morgan
• Little Giant
• Lover Come Back
• Monsieur Beaucaire
• A Night in Casablanca
• The Time of Their Lives
• Vacation in Reno
• Without Reservations

1947

• The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (aka Bachelor Knight)
• Buck Privates Come Home
• Christmas Eve
• The Egg and I
• The Farmer's Daughter
• Miracle on 34th Street
• Monsieur Verdoux
• Road to Rio
• The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
• Suddenly, It's Spring
• The Voice of the Turtle
• Where There's Life

1948

• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
• The Emperor Waltz
• A Foreign Affair
• June Bride
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
• The Noose Hangs High
• One Touch of Venus
• The Paleface
• Sitting Pretty
• Variety Time

1949

• Adam's Rib
• Africa Screams
• Holiday Affair
• John Loves Mary
• I Was a Male War Bride
• It's a Great Feeling
• My Friend Irma

British films

• Back-Room Boy (1942)
• The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1941)
• Blithe Spirit (1945)
• 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)
• He Snoops to Conquer (1944)
• Hoots Mon! (1940)
• Hue and Cry (1946)
• I Didn't Do It (1945)
• It's Not Cricket (1948)
• It's That Man Again (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)

Comedy horror

1940

• The Ghost Breakers

1941

• The Smiling Ghost

1944

• Zombies on Broadway

1948

• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

1949

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Comedy drama

• Seven Gibbers (1940)
• That Gang of Mine (1940)
• Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940)
• The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
• Salute to the Marines (1943)
• Three Wise Fools (1946)
• To Live in Peace (1947)