1940s Comedy Movies
The 40 most popular 1940s comedy movies on Flickfolio, ranked by popularity. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

The Great Dictator
1940 · 2h 5m
country: United States
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Miracle on 34th Street
1947 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

Bécassine
1940 · 1h 33m
country: France
A little Breton tries to save her boss's daughter an unhappy marriage.

Holiday Inn
1942 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.

Könnyű múzsa
1947
country: Unknown
No overview available

Argentine Symphony
1942 · 1h 26m
country: Argentina
A group of artists loses a contest, but then they succeed in the theater.

Falta Alguém no Manicômio
1948
country: Brazil
No overview available

Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
1943
country: Brazil
No overview available

Gala-Suit
1949 · 1h 31m
country: Hungary
The only jacket owned by Rédey Lajos, a university student majoring in Italian language and literature, is pawned by his room-mate. The bracelet of Kitty, the daughter of general Gohrmann, which in the middle of a kiss during a lesson in Italian got accidentally unfastened, has been left in the pocket of the jacket. As a result of a still further incident, Rédey, - endeavouring to return the bracelet to Kitty - embarks upon getting the jacket back while wearing the Hungarian gala-suit owned by his landlady's elder brother. The station to which he finds his way while looking for the jacket is visited by the King of Italy, and he takes Lajos, dressed as he is in a Hungarian gala-suit, to be a Hungarian aristocrat, and Lajos must but receive His Majesty in Italian.

Wenn Männer verreisen
1940 · 1h 29m
country: Germany
Ludwig Gruber, the director of a spa café, is a good man. Now and again, he makes little adventure-trips to Berlin to find business for his company. The women he is traveling with have an accident on the highway. Gruber is traveling incognito as “Mr. Rabbit” with Lotte, the leader of the group. Because of the accident, they’ll have to overnight together in a hotel. Since Mr. and Mrs. Rabbit are a “couple”, they’ll be getting a double-room, where they can … mmm … do what rabbits do. Since they both insist on climbing into bed with the lights out, it isn’t until the next morning that they notice they’ve been in the same bed the whole night. In the ensuing chaos, Grube loses his wedding ring, which is later sent to the address of Lotte’s mother, who now insists repeatedly, that he marry her daughter.

Sacred Fire
1942 · 1h 43m
country: France
A young woman from the countryside travels to Paris to become an actress. Despite all kinds of difficulties, affronts and emotional adventures, she succeeded in gaining a place in the world of entertainment and becomes a great movie star.

Rote Mühle
1940 · 1h 41m
country: Germany
A respectable woman in her 50s inherits a local night club from her husband in a divorce settlement, provided that she shows up there every night at 10:00pm for a month. In spite of eny and provocation, she manages to meet the terms.

He Who Died of Love
1945 · 1h 26m
country: Mexico
Magicians transfers two peoples' souls (or whatever you want to call them) into each other's bodies.

One Sin A Month
1949 · 1h 17m
country: Argentina
Paloma and Marcelo are in love, but only dare meet once a month- see, she doesn't know that he is only pretending to be the son of rich ranchers, and he doesn't know that she is only pretending to be the daughter of the great business tycoon B. Quintana... she is in reality just an employee! But when a desperate Marcelo must take a job at Quintana's company, both their lies begin to unravel.

Private Number 91-Karlsson
1946 · 1h 28m
country: Sweden
The Squadron leader throws big a party where one of his colleagues is going to demonstrate a new type of explosive substance.

Seitensprünge
1940 · 1h 32m
country: Germany
A diligent office worker and a cheeky sales representative are tasked by their boss with reserving a first-class hotel room with a bathroom for a visiting Hamburg exporter and his wife. A misunderstanding leads to non-stop confusion, because the office worker is spending his first wedding anniversary with his wife in the rented hotel room.

Gröna hissen
1944 · 1h 37m
country: Sweden
Ulla thinks her husband Billy is boring and starts dating other men. Lillans husband Peter is having important meetings, including girls. Billy and Lillan decides to pretend to be in love, to rouse jealousy of Ulla and Peter.

El ladrón
1947 · 1h 25m
country: Mexico
Bank employee is tempted to make use of banknotes scheduled for destruction.

Medio millón por una mujer
1940 · 1h 25m
country: Argentina
A man pretends to be a doctor to kidnap a miser's wife.

Tørres Snørtevold
1940 · 1h 42m
country: Norway
The young fisherman Tørres wants to become rich, so he can get revenge over Krøger, who has taken his family home. He gets a job in Mrs. Knudsen's shop to establish himself, and after a short time he has the upper hand on Krøger...

Oliver Twist
1948 · 2h 1m
country: United Kingdom
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

Schwarz auf weiß
1943
country: Austria
Vienna, around 1900. The master baker Streussler’s most ardent wish is to see his daughter Nelly as a student at the university. With the help of his famous “streusel cake” he succeeds in luring all kinds of helpers for this endeavor into his house. But Nelly has entirely different plans: she is in love with the chimney sweep Heinz, the son of a neighbor, with whom Papa Streussler has been fighting for years. So it’s no wonder then, that the grump confectioner is doing everything he can to break up the relationship.

Hans Majestät får vänta
1945 · 1h 31m
country: Sweden
The chamberlain Carl Johan Stjärna is a poor aristocrat who has to resort to borrowing money from his manservant Frans to afford champagne and restaurant visits. Frans has told his fiance Irene that he is an aristocrat which leads to some complications, not least because Irene has told Frans she is a rich land owner's daughter, although she is in a housemaid.

Love Happy
1949 · 1h 25m
country: United States
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

Show Business
1944 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Musical about vaudeville performers, from 1944.
The Millionaire
The Millionaire
1947 · 1h 21m
country: Germany
Leopold Habernal, lives a quiet, modest life as a postman. When he unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money, he suddenly becomes an object of desire for several unmarried woman in the town, leading also to resentment amongst his former male friends. Ultimately he is able to use his money to benefit everyone.

Fröken Kyrkråtta
1941 · 1h 22m
country: Sweden
Banking director Anders Berg in Gothenburg has found reason to terminate his former secretary Vivi Lundgren, who obviously did everything to vamp him.

So gefällst Du mir
1941 · 1h 28m
country: Germany
There’s excitement in St. Johann, when the lawyer and notary Dr. Junhnickel from Vienna arrives and brings an offer from a mysterious Brazillian: On the cover of a magazine is a young girl, obviously from the country, and in the background is the village landscape of St. Johann. The Brazilian has fallen in love with the picture and wants to marry the girl. In return for finding her, the village will receive a donation of RM 5,000. Oh boy! The mayor, the shoemaker and the district clerk go off on the search for the girl! They have absolutely no luck in the photo shop, because the photographer is boiling over what he considers unfair intentions and tells them to take a hike. Nevertheless, they find the girl’s address. The model, Christl Wallner is no country girl but rather a ballet dancer, who posed for the photo to earn a litle extra money.
Godvakker-Maren
Godvakker-Maren
1940 · 1h 29m
country: Norway
Two young girls go to the big city to work in a food store. The owner's wife believes she's sick, and the owner is more than interested in the two girls. Based on Oscar Braathen's Novel.

Quiet Please!
1945 · 7m
country: United States
The family dog warns Tom not to make any noise so he can take a nap. Jerry hears this and immediately devises plans to ensure that the dog's nap will be interrupted.

Estou Aí?
1949
country: Brazil
No overview available
Das leichte Mädchen
Das leichte Mädchen
1940 · 1h 29m
country: Germany
Dietz' relatives are horrified to discover that Dietz, the son of a wealthy merchant, is planning to marry an actress, who is known to appear in rather daring roles. Dietz finds a way to escape from a gathering over coffee, during which he's supposed to be introduced to "decent ladies". After all, his great love is waiting for him somewhere else.

Fun and Fancy Free
1947 · 1h 13m
country: United States
Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fairy tale.
Brüderlein fein
Brüderlein fein
1942
country: Germany
A young Viennese actor is having much success on the stage; but intrigue and confusion in his love life are making his life a living Hell.
Hallo, Fräulein!
Hallo, Fräulein!
1949 · 1h 40m
country: Germany
Postwar Germany, May 1945. American city commander Tom Keller appoints engineer Walter Reinhardt as acting mayor of a small town in southern Germany. At the same time, he helps student Maria put on a musical show and, as an avid jazz fan, joins the tour as a conductor during his vacation.

After the Storm
1941 · 1h 30m
country: France
René Sabin, engineer, disappointed by failures, leaves his village in the South to go to Paris with friends. In the capital, he befriends dubious people, in particular Alex Krakow who does not disdain shady business. Then comes the war. René is mobilized then returns to the country, and finds with joy his fiancée.

O Caçula do Barulho
1949 · 1h 16m
country: Brazil
In a workshop there are six workers, the six are brothers. Enter the mother who asks them to rescue the seventh brother, the youngest, Luis. The brothers hesitate because the youngster keeps getting into trouble, but they end up giving in to the request. Gangsters are fighting in a bar and the workers end up getting into the fray.

El hombre de los muñecos
1943 · 1h 39m
country: Spain
A son of the Marquise of Seven Almenas is robbed by a crook and deposited in Melchor's house, who sells dolls in the street. The administrator of the Marquise discover the whereabouts of the child and goes to pick him up, but Melchior gives him one of his children, thinking that will ensure the future. Over the years, Melchior, widower, enters as a steward in the house of the marquise where the alleged 'marquis' live splendidly.

Fröken Vildkatt
1941 · 1h 47m
country: Sweden
Thomas Palm (Åke Söderblom) has recently been promoted at work at The Royal Canal Office. He celebrates with his friends on a night out and on the way home he saves a woman from drowning. The woman's name is Dolly (Marguerite Viby), an out of work actress, who won't leave his side and this gets him into trouble when he is about to get married in a couple of days.

Lady Over the Abyss
1943 · 1h 38m
country: Hungary
Dr. Ádám Koltay flees the city. Although he is the darling of society, he has grown weary of the emptiness of social life. He tents in the pure, unspoilt world of the snow-covered mountains, but on his first day, an unexpected event occurs: he must save the life of a young girl who has fallen off a cliff. In gratitude, she offers him an invitation to join the hustle and bustle of a nearby noisy resort, but Adam steals a kiss from her instead. Eve vows revenge, ready to do anything to disturb his peace.