# List of comedy films of the 1940s

This is a list of comedy films released in the 1940s.

## American films

1940
* The Bank Dick
* The Ghost Breakers
* The Great Dictator
* The Great McGinty
* His Girl Friday
* My Favorite Wife
* My Little Chickadee
* One Night in the Tropics
1941
* Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
* Ball of Fire
* The Big Store
* The Bride Came C.O.D.
* Buck Privates
* The Devil and Miss Jones
* The Flame of New Orleans
* Great Guns
* Here Comes Mr. Jordan
* The Lady Eve
* Mr. & Mrs. Smith
* Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
* Nine Lives Are Not Enough
* That Night in Rio
* Topper Returns
1942
* The Man Who Came to Dinner
* The Major and the Minor
* My Sister Eileen
* The Palm Beach Story
* Rio Rita
* Road to Morocco
* Ship Ahoy
* Tales of Manhattan
* The Talk of the Town
* There's One Born Every Minute
* To Be or Not to Be
* Woman of the Year
* You Were Never Lovelier
1943
* Crazy House
* Du Barry Was a Lady
* Government Girl
* Heaven Can Wait
* Hello Frisco, Hello
* Hit the Ice
* I Dood It
* Jitterbugs
* A Lady Takes a Chance
* Mr. Lucky
* The More the Merrier
* A Night to Remember
* Slightly Dangerous
* They Got Me Covered
* Thousands Cheer
* Two Weeks to Live
* Whistling in Brooklyn
1944
* Arsenic and Old Lace
* Hail the Conquering Hero
* Lady in the Dark
* The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
* See Here, Private Hargrove
* Sensations of 1945
* Standing Room Only
* The Princess and the Pirate
1945
* Along Came Jones
* The Bullfighters
* Eadie Was a Lady
* The Horn Blows at Midnight
* Lady on a Train
1946
* Angel on My Shoulder
* The Great Morgan
* Little Giant
* Lover Come Back
* Monsieur Beaucaire
* A Night in Casablanca
* The Time of Their Lives
* Vacation in Reno
* Without Reservations
1947
* The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (aka Bachelor Knight)
* Buck Privates Come Home
* Christmas Eve
* The Egg and I
* The Farmer's Daughter
* Miracle on 34th Street
* Monsieur Verdoux
* Road to Rio
* The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
* Suddenly, It's Spring
* The Voice of the Turtle
* Where There's Life
1948
* Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
* The Emperor Waltz
* A Foreign Affair
* June Bride
* Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
* The Noose Hangs High
* One Touch of Venus
* The Paleface
* Sitting Pretty
* Variety Time
1949
* Adam's Rib
* Africa Screams
* Holiday Affair
* John Loves Mary
* I Was a Male War Bride
* It's a Great Feeling
* My Friend Irma

## British films

* Back-Room Boy (1942)
* The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1941)
* Blithe Spirit (1945)
* 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)
* He Snoops to Conquer (1944)
* Hoots Mon! (1940)
* Hue and Cry (1946)
* I Didn't Do It (1945)
* It's Not Cricket (1948)
* It's That Man Again (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)

## Comedy horror

1940
* The Ghost Breakers
1941
* The Smiling Ghost
1944
* Zombies on Broadway
1948
* Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1949
* Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

## Comedy drama

* Seven Gibbers (1940)
* That Gang of Mine (1940)
* Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940)
* The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
* Salute to the Marines (1943)
* Three Wise Fools (1946)
* To Live in Peace (1947)