List of comedy films of the 1950s

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A list of comedy films released in the 1950s.

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American films

1950s

1950

• Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
• Born Yesterday
• Champagne for Caesar
• Cheaper by the Dozen
• Duchess of Idaho
• Father of the Bride
• The Great Rupert
• Harvey
• The Jackpot
• Key to the City
• Love Happy
• My Friend Irma Goes West
• Two Weeks with Love

1951

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
• An American in Paris
• Angels in the Outfield
• Comin' Round the Mountain
• Double Dynamite
• Father's Little Dividend
• Half Angel
• My Favorite Spy

1952

• Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
• Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
• A Girl in Every Port
• Jumping Jacks
• Lost in Alaska
• Monkey Business
• Road to Bali
• Singin' in the Rain
• Son of Paleface

1953

• The Band Wagon
• The Caddy
• The Girls of Pleasure Island
• How to Marry a Millionaire
• It Happens Every Thursday
• The Moon Is Blue
• Roman Holiday
• Scared Stiff

1954

• Casanova's Big Night
• It Should Happen to You
• Knock on Wood
• Sabrina

1955

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
• The Seven Year Itch
• Mister Roberts
• My Sister Eileen
• The Trouble with Harry

1956

• Bus Stop
• The Court Jester
• Forever, Darling
• The Girl Can't Help It
• Hollywood or Bust
• Our Miss Brooks
• Pardners
• The Teahouse of the August Moon

1957

• The Delicate Delinquent
• Funny Face
• The Girl Most Likely
• Joe Butterfly
• Love in the Afternoon
• Sayonara
• Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

1958

• Auntie Mame
• Houseboat
• The Matchmaker
• Paris Holiday
• Teacher's Pet
• The Tunnel of Love

1959

• Alias Jesse James
• A Bucket of Blood
• Have Rocket, Will Travel
• Pillow Talk
• The Shaggy Dog
• Some Like It Hot
• Suddenly, Last Summer

British films

• An Alligator Named Daisy (1956)
• Barnacle Bill (1957)
• The Belles of St. Trinians (1957)
• Blue Murder at St. Trinians (1954)
• The Bridal Path (1959)
• 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 Battle Horn (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 (1953)
• 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 (1954)

Comedy-horror

1953

• Scared Stiff
• Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1955

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1958

• The Castle of the Monsters

Comedy drama

• The Quiet Man (1952)
• Trouble Along the Way (1953)
• Dragnet (1954)
• Jet Pilot (1957)