Comedy Movies

Operation Mad Ball (1957)

Operation Mad Ball (1957)

Operation Mad Ball (1957)
IMDb: N/A
105

In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obnoxious…

Genre: Comedy, War
The Rising of the Moon (1957)

The Rising of the Moon (1957)

The Rising of the Moon (1957)
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81

Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In “The Majesty of the Law,” a police officer must arrest an old-fashioned, traditional fellow for…

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Genre: Comedy
Desk Set (1957)

Desk Set (1957)

Desk Set (1957)
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103

A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network’s research staff.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
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93

To save his career, an ad man wants a sex symbol to endorse a lipstick but in exchange, she wants him to pretend to be her lover.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)

The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)

The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)
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123

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.

Genre: Comedy
Silk Stockings (1957)

Silk Stockings (1957)

Silk Stockings (1957)
IMDb: N/A
117

After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Happy Road (1957)

The Happy Road (1957)

The Happy Road (1957)
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100

Two children run away from a Swiss boarding school and set out for Paris, with their frantic parents in hot pursuit.

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Genre: Comedy
Spree Lunch (1957)

Spree Lunch (1957)

Spree Lunch (1957)
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6

Popeye opens a diner; Bluto pulls one up right across the street. Wimpy comes along, and they compete for his business. The competition escalates, until finally they are throwing things…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)

Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)

Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
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89

An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
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115

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Admirable Crichton (1957)

The Admirable Crichton (1957)

The Admirable Crichton (1957)
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94

Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals – at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the…

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Second Fiddle (1957)

Second Fiddle (1957)

Second Fiddle (1957)
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78

Deborah and Charles, young executives at the thriving Pontifex Advertising Agency, are very much in love. Deborah is recognised by her employers as the most brilliant TV executive in the…

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)

The Delicate Delinquent (1957)

The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
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101

Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon’s help, Sidney works his way through the…

Genre: Comedy
Spook Chasers (1957)

Spook Chasers (1957)

Spook Chasers (1957)
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62

Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) find stashed cash in an old farmhouse apparently haunted.

Genre: Comedy
Invasion of the Saucer-Men (1957)

Invasion of the Saucer-Men (1957)

Invasion of the Saucer-Men (1957)
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69

Aliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town, but the town’s teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace.

Love in the Afternoon (1957)

Love in the Afternoon (1957)

Love in the Afternoon (1957)
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130

Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the worldly mature Frank Flannagan hoping that l’amour will take hold.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
A Toothful Smile (1957)

A Toothful Smile (1957)

A Toothful Smile (1957)
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2

A man walks down the exterior staircase of building of flats; he’s dressed to go out, taking care to wrap a scarf around his neck. He pauses as he passes…

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Genre: Comedy
Designing Woman (1957)

Designing Woman (1957)

Designing Woman (1957)
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118

A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
This Could Be the Night (1957)

This Could Be the Night (1957)

This Could Be the Night (1957)
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103

To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)

The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)

The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
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83

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill’s long-lost uncle has died and left them…

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Genre: Comedy
It Happened in Rome (1957)

It Happened in Rome (1957)

It Happened in Rome (1957)
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109

Three girls are on a hitchhiking trip through northern Italy, the riviera, Venice, Pisa and Rome.

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Severed Heads (1957)

The Severed Heads (1957)

The Severed Heads (1957)
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21

A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads. Lost for nearly 50 years, the movie was found in…

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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Guendalina (1957)

Guendalina (1957)

Guendalina (1957)
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103

Wealthy teenager Guendalina is a child of divorce. Oberdan, likewise a teenager, is a boy from a blue-collar family. Escaping from the tribulations of her home life, Guendalina creates a…

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Genre: Comedy
Brothers in Law (1957)

Brothers in Law (1957)

Brothers in Law (1957)
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94

Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge…

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Genre: Comedy
The Passionate Stranger (1957)

The Passionate Stranger (1957)

The Passionate Stranger (1957)
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97

Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italian chauffeur, arrives to work for Judith…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hold That Hypnotist (1957)

Hold That Hypnotist (1957)

Hold That Hypnotist (1957)
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61

When one of the Boys agrees to be hypnotized, he discovers he led a past life in the 1600s as a British tax collector.

Funny Face (1957)

Funny Face (1957)

Funny Face (1957)
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103

A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
True as a Turtle (1957)

True as a Turtle (1957)

True as a Turtle (1957)
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96

Tony Hudson offers his young wife Jane a cruise on a yacht as a honeymoon trip. Although Jane suffers from chronic seasickness, she accepts and one day they go on…

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Genre: Comedy
Top Secret Affair (1957)

Top Secret Affair (1957)

Top Secret Affair (1957)
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100

A publisher uses her magazine and charm to derail a general on the Washington fast track.

Genre: Comedy
Poor But Beautiful (1957)

Poor But Beautiful (1957)

Poor But Beautiful (1957)
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97

Salvatore and Romolo are two young and poor young men that are neighbours and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona, Rome. They are poor but handsome, and…

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Genre: Comedy
It’s Great to be Young! (1956)

It’s Great to be Young! (1956)

It’s Great to be Young! (1956)
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94

IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins imposing all sorts of repressive rules, Dingle…

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Genre: Comedy, Music
Rock Rock Rock! (1956)

Rock Rock Rock! (1956)

Rock Rock Rock! (1956)
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86

Teenage Dori can’t convince her father to buy her a gown so she decides to get the money together herself in time for the prom.

Genre: Comedy
Full of Life (1956)

Full of Life (1956)

Full of Life (1956)
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91

A father-in-law’s visit makes life even more complicated for a struggling writer and his pregnant wife. Director Richard Quine’s 1956 film stars Judy Holliday, Richard Conte and Salvatore Baccaloni.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Three Men in a Boat (1956)

Three Men in a Boat (1956)

Three Men in a Boat (1956)
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84

Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.

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Genre: Comedy
The King and Four Queens (1956)

The King and Four Queens (1956)

The King and Four Queens (1956)
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86

Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold.

The Green Man (1956)

The Green Man (1956)

The Green Man (1956)
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80

Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime
The Monte Carlo Story (1956)

The Monte Carlo Story (1956)

The Monte Carlo Story (1956)
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102

Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino and Maria pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the gold diggers to turn their attention to…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Bundle of Joy (1956)

Bundle of Joy (1956)

Bundle of Joy (1956)
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98

Kitschy musical remake of “Bachelor Mother”. Debbie Reynolds plays an over-eager clerk in a large department store and Eddie Fisher plays the boss’ son. After getting fired from her job,…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Stars in Your Eyes (1956)

Stars in Your Eyes (1956)

Stars in Your Eyes (1956)
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97

A group of feisty, talented young performers pool their resources and buy a dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts – but unscrupulous property developers also want the theatre and resort…

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Genre: Comedy, Music
Hollywood or Bust (1956)

Hollywood or Bust (1956)

Hollywood or Bust (1956)
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95

The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins…

Genre: Comedy