# List of comedy films before 1920

A list of the earliest comedy films produced before the 1920.

## Pre-1910

| Title | Director | Cast | Country |
| 1894 |||||
| Fred Ott's Sneeze | William Kennedy Dickson | Fred Ott | United States |
| 1895 |||||
| Robetta and Doretto | William K. L. Dickson | | France |
| Watering the Gardener | Louis Lumiere | | France |
| 1896 |||||
| Patineur Grotesque | Marius Sestier | | Australia |
| Interrupted Lover | | | |
| 1897 |||||
| In a Chinese Laundry | | | |
| The Milker's Mishap | James H. White | | United States |
| George Albert Smith | George Albert Smith | | United Kingdom |
| New Pillow Fight | | Emily Lubin and Marguerite Sessler | United States |
| Young America | | | |
| 1898 |||||
| The Inquisitive Girls | | | |
| The Minister's Wooing | | | |
| The Nearsighted School Teacher | | Augusta Selmer | United States |
| The Old Maid and the Burglar | | | |
| Little Willy and the Minister | | | |
| 1899 |||||
| Armor vs. Armour | | | |
| An Exciting Finish | | | |
| 1900 |||||
| Above the Limit | Frederick S. Armitage | Charley Grapewin | United States |
| The Burglar-Proof Bed | | | |
| I Had to Leave a Happy Home For You | | | |
| 1901 |||||
| A Joke on Grandma | | | |
| 1903 |||||
| I Want My Dinner | | | |
| A Narrow Escape | | | |
| The Magical Tramp | | | |
| 1905 |||||
| Everybody Works But Father | | | |
| The Little Train Robbery | Edwin S. Porter | | United States |
| Raffles the Dog | | | |
| 1906 |||||
| Humorous Phases of Funny Faces | J. Stuart Blackton | J. Stuart Blackton | United States |
| Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium | | | |
| 1907 |||||
| College Chums | | | |
| 1908 |||||
| A Calamitcus Elapment | | | |
| The Painter's Revenge | | | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | | | |
| 1909 |||||
| Cohen at Corey Island | | | |
| The New Cop | | | |
| Tag Day | | | |

## 1910s

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes |
| 1910 |||||
| Making a Man of Him | | | | |
| Davy Jones and Captain Bragg | | | | |
| 1911 |||||
| Money to Burn | | | | |
| 1912 |||||
| Making a Man of Her | | | | |
| A Near-Tragedy | | | | |
| The New Neighbor | | | | |
| O'Brien's Busy Day | | | | |
| 1913 |||||
| The New Pupil | | | | |
| Nursey Favorites | | | | |
| 1914 |||||
| A Busy Day | J. Stuart Blackton | Charlie Chaplin and J. Stuart Blackton | United States | |
| Between Showers | Henry Lehrman | Charlie Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Emma Clifton, and Chester Conklin | United States | |
| Kid Auto Races at Venice | Henry Lehrman | Charlie Chaplin | United States | |
| Making a Living | Henry Lehrman | Charlie Chaplin | United States | |
| The New Janitor | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | United States | |
| Twenty Minutes of Love | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | United States | |
| 1915 |||||
| Fatty's Tintype Tangle | Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle | Roscoe Arbuckle, Louise Fazenda, Edgar Kennedy, Minta Durfee and Frank Hayes. | United States | |
| Ragtime Snap Shots | Hal Roach | Harold Lloyd | United States | |
| The Tramp | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Ernest Van Pelt | United States | |
| A Woman | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | United States | |
| 1916 |||||
| Behind the Screen | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Eric Campbell, and Edna Purviance | United States | |
| The Fireman | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Lloyd Bacon | United States | |
| The Floorwalker | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Eric Campbell, and Lloyd Bacon | United States | |
| The Pawnshop | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin, and Eric Campbell | United States | |
| The Vagabond | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White, and Lloyd Bacon | United States | |
| 1917 |||||
| The Adventurer | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Eric Campbell | United States | |
| Back Stage | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Oliver Hardy | United States | |
| Easy Street | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Eric Campbell | United States | |
| The Immigrant | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Eric Campbell | United States | |
| The Poor Little Rich Girl | Maurice Tourneur | Mary Pickford, Madlaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley, Gladys Fairbanks and Frank McGlynn Sr. | United States | Comedy drama |
| Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Marshall Neilan | Mary Pickford and Eugene O'Brien | United States | Comedy drama |
| 1918 |||||
| The Cook | Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle | Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, and Al St. John | United States | |
| Good-Night, Nurse! | Roscoe Arbuckle | Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton | United States | |
| O, It's Great to Be Crazy | | | | |
| 1919 |||||
| Back Stage | Roscoe Arbuckle | Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton and Al St. John | United States | |
| The Hayseed | Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle | Roscoe Arbuckle and featuring Buster Keaton | United States | |
| Hoot, Moon! | | | | |
| Short Hustling For Health | | | | |