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" (1957)
*"Blue Murder at St Trinian's" (1954)
*"The Belles of St. Trinians" (1957)
*"The Bridal Path" (1957)
*"Brothers in Law" (1957)
*"The Captain's Paradise" (1953)
*"The Captain's Table" (1958)
*"Carlton-Browne of the F.O." (1958)
*"The Card" (1952)
*"Carry On Admiral" (1958) (not part of the Carry On series)
*"Carry On Nurse" (1959)
*"Carry On Sergeant" (1958)
*"Carry On Teacher" (1959)
*"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)
*"Laughter in Paradise" (1951)
*"The Lavender Hill Mob" (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" (1959)
*"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)
*"To Paris with Love" (1955)
*"Too Many Crooks" (1958)
*"Trouble in Store" (1953)
*"Trouble in the Glen" (1955)
*"True as a Turtle" (1956)
*"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)
*"The Plank" (1979) — remake of the 1967 film
*"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)
*"The Commitments" (1991)
*"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)
*"Death at a Funeral" (2007)
*"Grow Your Own" (2007)
*"Fishtales" (2007)
*"Hello Friend" (2003)
*"Hot Fuzz" (2007)
*"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)
*"Magicians" (2007)
*"Mrs Henderson Presents" (2005)
*"The Parole Officer" (2001)
*"Relative Values" (2000)
*" (2002)
*"Sex Lives of the Potato Men" (2004)
*"Shaun of the Dead" (2004)
*"Snatch" (2000)
*"" (2005)
*"Wimbledon" (2005)

Saving Grace (2002)

ee also

* List of United States comedy films
* List of films based on British sitcoms
* Film genre

External links

* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tours/merton/tourmerton1.html "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.