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Sales > Classics > Comedy: 53 films to Buy on DVD
- When Harry Met Sally (1990)
- Thirtysomething favourite that amicably flirts with the subject of platonic relationships between men and women. Meg Ryan's priceless 'fake orgasm'…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
- Average teaming of Wilder and Pryor as a deaf man and a blind man on the lam. The high obscene–language level doesn't yield much comic results.
- Weekend at Bernies (1989)
- A tacky but highly inventive comedy about two young execs who must ensure their deceased boss at least appears that way in order to enjoy his luxury…
- DVD $14.95
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
- Robin Williams tour–de–force performance as an irreverant, rebel radio–jock stationed in Saigon during the Vietnam War. The funny…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
- Exceptional comic fantasy about a depression–era housewife (Mia Farrow) whose solace in the movies blossoms into a romance with a screen…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Tootsie (1982)
- Much–loved classic, with unemployed actor Dustin Hoffman donning a dress to pay the bills. Unfortunately, his TV–soap character, Dorothy…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
- Blues Brothers, The (1980)
- Smash comedy with great soul music and epic sight–gags.
- DVD
$25 $18.75
- Stir Crazy (1980)
- The first and best of the Pryor/Wilder comedies, about a pair of clumsy crooks who land in jail. Plenty of laughs – though fairly predictable…
- Meatballs (1979)
- A laidback Bill Murray injects some meat into the summer camp cliche, here playing a trainee counselor in charge of a group of misfit stereotypes:…
- DVD $19.95
- Potter (TV Series) (1979)
- Memorable British sitcom of a busybody retiree who occupies his time by meddling in other people's business – much to the chagrin of his…
- DVD $39.95
- Flying High (Airplane!) (1978)
- Side–splittingly funny lampoon of the Airport / Disaster movie genre, voted the best comedy of all time in 1999 by EMPIRE magazine.
- DVD
$15 $11.25
- Bad News Bears (1976)
- Delightfully cynical baseball comedy starring Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex–baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team…
- Laverne & Shirley (TV Series) (1976)
- From the golden age of sitcoms, this HAPPY DAYS spin–off followed the fortunes of two salty, life–long friends (Penny Marshall and Cindy…
- DVD $24.95, $24.95, $24.95, $24.95
- Rich Little Show, The (TV Series) (1976)
- World famous impressionist Rich Little attempted to forge his own persona in this well–remembered sketch series, though invariably, reverted…
- DVD $49.95
- Love Thy Neighbour - The Movie (1973)
- Card–carrying unionist Eddie Booth, a socialistic avowed racial discriminator who maintains a constant barrage of abuse at his neighbor, a…
- DVD $14.95
- No Sex Please We're British (1973)
- "Riotous" British sex farce based on the long–running stageplay about a swell of "adult literature" that floods a prudish small town by the way…
- DVD $19.95
- Love Thy Neighbour (TV Series) (1972)
- Devised to defuse some of the racial tension of the day, this controversial 70s Brit sitcom hilariously pits black and white neighbours…
- DVD $99.95
- Pulp (1972)
- After completing the phenomenal GET CARTER Caine and dir. Hodges reteamed for this lightweight, yet highly watchable comedy thriller.
Caine plays…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
- Steptoe and Son / Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1972-1973)
- Two spinoff feature films starring the same rag–and–bone men from the classic TV Series. In STEPTOE AND SON, Harold disastrously marries…
- DVD $14.95, $14.95
- Up the Chastity Belt (1972)
- More Howerd led malarkey, set in the middle ages, with Frankie as a servant comically defending his master's daughter.
- DVD $14.95
- Up the Front (1972)
- One of Frankie Howerd's bigscreen starring roles in a spinoff of the 'Up Pompeii' TV Series. Here he plays an WWII soldier who has invasion plans…
- DVD $14.95
- Up Pompeii (1971)
- Frankie Howerd's bawdy comedy with a Roman slave inadvertently becoming the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero.
- DVD $14.95
- Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (TV Series) (1970-1974)
- A highly polished, somewhat revolutionary sitcom following the career path and domestic life of a determinedly single newsroom journalist, this made…
- DVD $29.95, $29.95, $29.95, $29.95
- Odd Couple, The (TV Series) (1970)
- Spinning off from the feature film based on Neil Simon's Broadway play, this small screen version winningly supplants the Lemmon–Matthau double…
- DVD $29.95, $29.95, $29.95, $29.95
- Out-of-Towners, The (1970)
- Playing on the prejudices of 'ordinary folk' towards the Big Bad City of New York, writer Neil Simon cranks out a series of escalating indignities…
- Things of Life, The (Les Choses De La Vie) (1970)
- Golden Palm nominated French comedy focusing on the life of a fatally injured man who upon seeing his life flash before his eyes realizes he must…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
- Assassination Bureau, The (1969)
- Spirited crime caper which translates Jack London's novel of the same name to Europe on the cusp of WWI.
Diana Rigg plays an aspiring journalist…
- Liver Birds, The (1969)
- Two very different single girls share a flat in the age of glam–rock, the pill and women's lib in this hugely popular BBC sitcom that was the…
- DVD $29.95
- Magic Christian, The (1969)
- From Terry Southern's novel, a wildly loopy satire about an eccentric multi–millionaire (Peter Sellers) who adopts a destitute son (Ringo…
- DVD $19.95
- Me, Natalie (1969)
- Thoughtful, though occasionally mawkish coming–of–age tale with Patty Duke as a young woman struggling with low self esteem and fighting…
- DVD $29.95
- Mister Jerico (1969)
- Cheesy 60s crime caper stars AVENGERS actor Patrick Macnee as a conman set out to rob a diamond from a millionaire, only to have his plans disrupted…
- DVD $14.95
- Here's Lucy (TV Series) (1968)
- Audiences still loved Lucy in this swansong sitcom for the beloved comedian. Ball plays a zany widow; her real–life son and daughter play her…
- DVD $29.95, $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
- Sure–footed, entertaining chain–gang yarn with a famously repulsive egg–eating contest.
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Graduate, The (1967)
- An endearing Dustin Hoffman in his first leading role, is seduced by a middle–aged woman and then falls in love with her daughter. A brilliant…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- President's Analyst, The (1967)
- Madcap comedy suspense tracking a hapless guy awarded the task of being the president's assistant, who then must deal with bribes and death threats…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
- Get Smart (TV Series) (1965-1968)
- Iconic 60's spy spoof series following the enduringly hilarious adventures of an enthusiastic but incompetent secret agent and his loyal, glamorous…
- DVD
$29.95 $20
- That Funny Feeling (1965)
- Third of the Darin and Dee comedies is a comic misadventure in which a New York publisher humors an actress/maid who tries to pass off his apartment…
- DVD $14.95
- Yellow Rolls-Royce, The (1964)
- Star–studded omnibus following three consecutive owners of a cute Rolls Royce Pantom II. An English aristocrat, a Chicago gangster and a…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Marriage Lines (TV Series) (1963-1965)
- A classic domestic comedy with Richard Briers and Prunella Scales as a newly married couple jumping hurdles both at home and at work. Included here…
- DVD $39.95
- Nutty Professor, The (1963)
- Jerry Lewis' most hilarious, certainly most personal work uses the Jekyll–and–Hyde device to exploit his comic genius as both awkward…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
- 2000 Year Old Man, The - The Complete History (1961-1998)
- Mel Brooks, playing the 'oldest man in the world' in conversation with Carl Reiner, fronts this all–time classic comedy sketch, much of which…
- Great Impostor, The (1961)
- Tony Curtis bluffs his way though society in this comic caper based on the true story of Ferdinand Demara who successfully passed himself off as a…
- DVD $14.95
- Too Many Crooks (1959)
- Four incompetent, would–be criminals make a meal of a kidnapping–ransom plot in this farcical crime caper from the Rank Organisation.
- DVD $14.95
- A King in New York (1957)
- Mild satire, in which Chaplin plays the leader of 'Estrovia' whose visit to NYC is beset by witchhunts, noise, and 1950s conservatism.
Has often…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Leave It to Beaver (TV Series) (1957)
- One of the most beloved family sitcoms of its time set around the mischief–making exploits of young Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver.
- DVD $49.95
- Bus Stop (1956)
- Marilyn Monroe excels in this comedy/drama as a distraught southern showgirl who becomes the object of desire and marriage for an obsessive and naive…
- DVD
$20 $15
- Artists and Models (1955)
- Bubbly, brain–addled comedy with comic–artist Dean Martin getting his ideas from roommate Jerry Lewis’ wild nocturnal mutterings. Rated…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Father Knows Best (TV Series) (1954-1960)
- Cloying sitcom bathed in the idealised glow of 50's apple–pie America, centred on a suburban family and their typically patriarchal upbringing.…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95
- Norman Wisdom Collection, The (Trouble in Store, Up in the World, On the Beat.) (1953-1962)
- Collection of three comedies – Trouble in Store, Up in the World and On the Beat – from admired British slapstick comedian Norman Wisdom,…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
- Pygmalion (1938)
- Leslie Howard trains Wendy Hiller to be a lady, in an excellent version of the G B Shaw play.
- DVD $19.95
- Storm in a Teacup (1937)
- Capra–lite comedy set in Scotland with Harrison as a journalist falling for a local politicians daughter.
- DVD $34.95
- Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
- One of Buster Keaton's best films begins as sly farce, with his wimpish city–slicker meekly tussling with a thuggish steamboat–captain…
- DVD
$29.95 $19.95
- Britain's Greatest Comedy Heroes
- Healthy tribute to Britain's late kings of comedy relives some of their funniest skits, spoofs and sketches, with added commentary from friends and…
- DVD $34.95, $49.95