List of British comedy films

This is a list of British comedy films.

1930s

• Ask A Policeman (1938)
• Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
• Dandy Dick (1935)
• The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
• The Ghost Goes West (1935)
• Good Morning, Boys (1936)
• It's in the Air (1938)
• Keep Fit (1937)
• Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
• Old Bones of the River (1938)
• Pygmalion (1938)
• Trouble Brewing (1939)
• Where's That Fire? (1939)

1940s

• Back-Room Boy (1942)
• The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1941)
• Blithe Spirit (1941)
• 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)
• Hue and Cry (1946)
• It's Not Cricket (1948)
• ITMA (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)

1950s

• An Alligator Named Daisy (1956)
• Barnacle Bill (1956)
• The Belles of St. Trinians (1957)
• Blue Murder at St. Trinians (1954)
• The Bridal Path (1957)
• Brothers in Law (1957)
• The Card (1952)
• Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1958)
• Carry On Admiral (1958) (not part of the Carry On series)
• Carry On Nurse (1959)
• Carry On Sergeant (1958)
• Carry On Teacher (1959)
• The Captain's Paradise (1953)
• The Captain's Table (1958)
• The Case of the Mukkinese Battlehorn (1955)
• Curtain Up (1952)
• Doctor at Large (1957)
• Doctor at Sea (1955)
• Doctor in the House (1954)
• Follow a Star (1959)
• Folly to be Wise (1953)
• Further up the Creek (1959)
• Genevieve (1953)
• Geordie (1955)
• The Green Man (1956)
• The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
• Happy Ever After (1954)
• Hobson's Choice (1953)
• The Horse's Mouth (1958)
• I Only Arsked (1958)
• I'm All Right Jack (1959)
• Idol on Parade (1959)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
• Indiscreet (1958)
• Innocents in Paris (1953)
• Just My Luck (1957)
• Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
• The Ladykillers (1955)
• The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
• Laughter in Paradise (1951)
• Left, Right and Centre (1959)
• Lucky Jim (1957)
• The Maggie (1953)
• The Man in the White Suit (1951)
• The Mouse That Roared (1959)
• The Naked Truth (1957)
• The Navy Lark (1958)
• The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959)
• Operation Bullshine (1959)
• The Oracle (1952)
• Orders Are Orders (1954)
• Our Girl Friday (1953)
• Our Man in Havana (1959)
• Private's Progress (1956)
• Rockets Galore (1958)
• Runaway Bus (1954)
• The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
• The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
• True as a Turtle (1956)
• To Paris with Love (1955)
• Too Many Crooks (1958)
• Trouble in Store (1953)
• Trouble in the Glen (1955)
• Up in the World (1957)
• Up the Creek (1958)
• You Know What Sailors Are (1955)

1960s

• Alfie (1966)
• The Assassination Bureau (1969)
• Battle of the Sexes (1960)
• Bedazzled (1967)
• The Best House in London (1969)
• The Big Job (1965)
• Billy Liar (1963)
• Carry On Cleo (1965)
• Carry On Up the Khyber (1968)
• Casino Royale (1967)
• Crooks in Cloisters (1963)
• Dentist in the Chair (1960)
• Dentist on the Job (1961)
• The Dock Brief (1962)
• Doctor in Clover (1966)
• Doctor in Love (1960)
• Dr Strangelove (1964)
• Don't Panic, Chaps! (1960)
• The Grass is Greener (1960)
• The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
• Hot Enough for June (1963)
• In the Doghouse (1962)
• Invasion Quartet (1961)
• The Italian Job (1969)
• Ladies Who Do (1961)
• Light up the Sky (1960)
• The Magic Christian (1969)
• Make Mine Mink (1960)
• The Millionairess (1960)
• Morgan! (1966)
• Mouse on the Moon (1963)
• Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961)
• Nothing But the Best (1964)
• Nurse on Wheels (1963)
• Only Two Can Play (1962)
• Otley (1969)
• A Pair of Briefs (1961)
• The Plank (1967)
• The Punch and Judy Man (1962)
• The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960)
• The Rebel (1961)
• The Sandwich Man (1966)
• School for Scoundrels (1960)
• The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
• Twice Round the Daffodils (1962)
• Two-Way Stretch (1960)
• Very Important Person (1961)
• Watch Your Stern (1960)
• What a Carve Up! (1961)
• What a Whopper! (1961)
• The Wrong Arm of the Law (1962)
• The Wrong Box (1966)
• You Must be Joking! (1965)

1970s

• And Now For Something Completely Different (1971)
• Bless This House (1972)
• Confessions of a Window Cleaner and other sex comedies supported by the Eady levy
• Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
• Confessions of a Pop Performer (1976)
• Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)
• Dad's Army (1971)
• Doctor in Trouble (1970)
• Hoffman (1970)
• The House in Nightmare Park (1973)
• Jabberwocky (1977)
• Keep it up Downstairs (1976)
• The Likely Lads (1976)
• Man About the House (1974)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
• On the Buses (1972) (and two sequels)
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
• Porridge (1979)
• Pulp (1972)
• The Return of the Pink Panther (1974)
• Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1973)
• Steptoe and Son (1972) and sequel Steptoe and Son Ride Again
• There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
• Up Pompeii (1971)
• Up the Chastity Belt (1972)
• Up the Front (1972)

1980s

• An American Werewolf in London (1981)
• Brazil (1985)
• Bullshot (1983)
• Clockwise (1986)
• Comfort and Joy (1984)
• Consuming Passions (1988)
• Educating Rita (1983)
• Erik the Viking (1989)
• A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
• George and Mildred (1980)
• Gregory's Girl (1980)
• High Hopes (1988)
• Invitation to the Wedding (1983)
• Jane and the Lost City (1988)
• Local Hero (1983)
• Loose Connections (1983)
• The Missionary (1983)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
• Morons from Outer Space (1985)
• Personal Services (1987)
• A Private Function (1984)
• Privates on Parade (1982)
• Restless Natives (1985)
• Rising Damp (1980)
• Shirley Valentine (1989)
• The Tall Guy (1989)
• Time Bandits (1981)
• Victor/Victoria (1982)
• Water (1985)
• Wish You Were Here (1987)
• Withnail and I (1987)

1990s

• Bean (1997)
• Beautiful People (1999)
• Brassed Off (1996)
• Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997)
• East is East (1999)
• The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
• Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
• The Full Monty (1997)
• Funny Bones (1995)
• Life Is Sweet (1990)
• Gregory's Two Girls (1999)
• Guest House Paradiso (1999)
• Hear My Song (1991)
• Hour of the Pig (1993)
• An Ideal Husband (1999)
• Jack and Sarah (1995)
• Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
• Leon the Pig Farmer (1992)
• A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
• Little Voice (1998)
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
• Mad Cows (1999)
• The Madness of King George (1995)
• Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
• Notting Hill (1999)
• Nuns on the Run (1990)
• Peter's Friends (1992)
• Plunkett and MacLeane (1999)
• Princess Caraboo (1994)
• Rebecca's Daughters (1992)
• Shakespeare in Love (1998)
• Shooting Fish (1997)
• Sliding Doors (1998)
• Still Crazy (1998)
• Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991)
• Waking Ned (1998)

2000s

• About a Boy (2002)
• Ali G Indahouse (2002)
• Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
• Billy Elliot (2000)
• Birthday Girl (2001)
• Blackball (2003)
• Bridget Jones' Diary (2001)
• Bridget Jones' Diary 2 (2004)
• Calendar Girls (2003)
• Chicken Run (2000)
• A Cock and Bull Story (2006)
• Confetti (2006)
• It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
• Kinky Boots (2005)
• Johnny English (2003)
• Keeping Mum (2005)
• Kevin and Perry Go Large (2000)
• The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
• Love Actually (2003)
• Lucky Break (2001)
• Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
• The Parole Officer (2001)
• Relative Values (2000)
• S Club: Seeing Double (2002)
• Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004)
• Shaun of the Dead (2003)
• Snatch (2000)
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
• Wimbledon (2005)

See also

• List of United States comedy films
• List of comedy films in languages other than English
• List of British sitcoms turned into films
• List of movie genres
• List of lists

External links

• Archive Interactive: Paul Merton on Early British Comedy
  • The British Film Institute in association with BT present a guide to early British comedy film by Paul Merton.