Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Comedy: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Mon Oncle (1958)
- Dir. Jacques Tati
Feat. Jacques Tati
- Monsieur Hulot returns in another gag–laden adventure. His whimsical ways endear him to his nephew, but leave the boy's trendy parents cold.…
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
- Dir. Leo McCarey
Feat. Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins…
- None too funny surburban satire is kept afloat by Woodward and Newman – despite the latter's lack of comedic flair. The two stars play husband…
Rock-A-Bye-Baby (1958)
- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell
- A stooging Jerry Lewis must babysit the triplets of starlet Marilyn Maxwell, who wants to keep them a secret from her public.
Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, The (1958)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Jayne Mansfield, Kenneth More, Henry Hull…
- In this goofy western, Jayne Mansfield plays a buxom saloon proprietor who lassos a clueless Englishman when he becomes the sheriff of the titular…
Teacher's Pet (1958)
- Dir. George Seaton
Feat. Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young…
- Self–taught newspaper–man Clark Gable is cynical about journalism school, but becomes enchanted with a teacher (Doris Day) and decides to…
Tunnel of Love, The (1958)
- Dir. Gene Kelly
Feat. Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young…
- Romantic comedy starring Doris Day and Richard Widmark as a couple who are unable to conceive, and try to adopt a baby. When they find one, its…
A King in New York (1957)
- Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Dawn Addams
- Mild satire, in which Chaplin plays the leader of 'Estrovia' whose visit to NYC is beset by witchhunts, noise, and 1950s conservatism.
Has often…
Admirable Crichton, The (1957)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Sally Ann Howes
- Comedy about an impeccable butler (Kenneth More) who becomes the ruler of an aristocratic family when social order is flipped after they all become…
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)
- Dir. Frank Launder
Feat. Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Alastair Sim…
- Particularly raucous installment of the popular naughty schoolgirl series; this time their behaviour gets the headmistress thrown in jail and the…
Delicate Delinquent, The (1957)
- Dir. Don McGuire
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Darren McGavin, Martha Hyer…
- Comedian Lewis plays a janitor who is mistakenly picked–up by police as a juvenile delinquent and forced into the police training himself. This…