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1. Yes Man (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A man challenges himself to say "yes" to everything.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, John Michael Higgins
Votes: 384,221 | Gross: $97.69M
2. Behaving Badly (2014)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Teenager Rick Stevens has a crush on Nina Pennington. They form a friendship and take a rock'n'roll journey together while Nina deals with her overbearing boyfriend Kevin.
Director: Tim Garrick | Stars: Nat Wolff, Selena Gomez, Mary-Louise Parker, Elisabeth Shue
Votes: 12,369
3. Stir Crazy (1980)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime
Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends are sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. However, no prison cell can keep them locked in a cage.
Director: Sidney Poitier | Stars: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams
Votes: 30,488 | Gross: $101.30M
4. Decoys (2004)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Luke and Roger are just another couple of college guys trying to lose their virginity. But when Luke sees something unusual, he begins to suspect that the girls on campus aren't exactly human.
Director: Matthew Hastings | Stars: Corey Sevier, Stefanie von Pfetten, Kim Poirier, Elias Toufexis
Votes: 5,324
5. Roman Scandals (1933)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold
Votes: 810 | Gross: $5.33M
6. Behind the Screen (1916)
TV-G | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Charlie is an overworked labourer at a film studio who helps a young woman find work even while his coworkers strike against his tyrannical boss.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin
Votes: 3,042
7. Pot o' Gold (1941)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Jimmy goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: James Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt, Charles Winninger
Votes: 2,101
8. A Dog's Life (1918)
Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Dave Anderson, Bert Appling
Votes: 9,720
9. Flying Elephants (1928)
Passed | 17 min | Comedy, Short
Laurel & Hardy, in pre-historic times, vie for the hand of the same Stone Age beauty.
Directors: Frank Butler, Hal Roach | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dorothy Coburn, Budd Fine
Votes: 676
10. Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, History, Romance
Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee
Votes: 5,491 | Gross: $0.79M
11. Brats (1930)
Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short, Family
Laurel and Hardy's bid for a quiet evening of checkers and pool is constantly interrupted by their squabbling brats, little Ollie and little Stanley.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Votes: 2,282
12. Easy Street (1917)
Unrated | 24 min | Short, Comedy
A reformed tramp becomes a police constable who must fight a huge thug who dominates an inner-city street.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin
Votes: 5,843
13. Busy Bodies (1933)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Stan and Ollie do battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at the sawmill.
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dick Gilbert, Charlie Hall
Votes: 3,006
14. The Knockout (1914)
TV-G | 27 min | Short, Comedy
To show his girl how brave he is Fatty challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy, Charles Chaplin, Dan Albert
Votes: 1,495
15. Men O'War (1929)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
On shore leave from the Navy, seamen Stanley and Oliver want to treat two attractive single girls to a glass of soda in the park but only have enough change for three sodas.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Anne Cornwall
Votes: 1,384
16. Me and My Pal (1933)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
On his wedding day, Oliver and his best man Stanley become absorbed in a jigsaw puzzle. Eventually the taxi driver, the butler, a policeman and a messenger boy all get involved with the puzzle, making them late for the wedding.
Directors: Charley Rogers, Lloyd French | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Marion Bardell
Votes: 1,539
17. Trapper County War (1989)
R | 98 min | Action, Adventure
A pair of city boys get in trouble with a backwoods North Carolina family, when the boys try to stop the abuse of the family's step daughter. A pair of locals decide to step up to help the boys and the girl.
Director: Worth Keeter | Stars: Rob Estes, Betsy Russell, Bo Hopkins, Don Swayze
Votes: 224
18. Below Zero (1930)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
In winter-time, the boys fail to earn any money by playing their musical instruments in a bad neighborhood but their luck seems to improve when they find a wallet full of money on the street.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Bobby Burns, Baldwin Cooke
Votes: 1,897
19. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
Passed | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An idle, wealthy playboy foolishly joins the Navy when the father of the girl he wants to marry tells him to get a job to prove himself worthy.
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young, Dick Sutherland
Votes: 1,252
20. Trap Happy (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom calls the exterminators, but they send a cat, who despite his various tools, doesn't fare much better than Tom usually does.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Frank Graham, William Hanna, Cal Howard, Dick Nelson
Votes: 1,368
21. His New Job (1915)
TV-G | 31 min | Short, Comedy
Charlie is trying to get a job in a movie. After causing difficulty on the set, he is told to help the carpenter. When one of the actors doesn't show, Charlie is given a chance to act but ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Billy Armstrong, Agnes Ayres, Arthur W. Bates
Votes: 2,045
22. The Masquerader (I) (1914)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Comedy
Charlie is an actor in a film studio. He messes up several scenes and is tossed out. Returning dressed as a lady, he charms the director. Even so, Charlie never makes it into film, winding up at the bottom of a well.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Chester Conklin, Charles Murray
Votes: 1,541
23. Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Short
Young playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent of struggling actress in a theatrical boarding house. Pursuing her, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big, just before a police raid.
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Helen Gilmore
Votes: 1,392
24. The Fireman (1916)
TV-G | 24 min | Short, Comedy
Charlie is a fireman who always does everything wrong. A man talks the Fire Chief into ignoring his burning home (he wants the insurance money) unaware that his daughter (the love of the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon, Eric Campbell
Votes: 2,895
25. The Milky Waif (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jerry finds himself in charge of a foundling mouse called Nibbles, who is eager to steal milk from Tom's bowl and oblivious to the danger.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Mel Blanc, William Hanna, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 1,329
26. Hop, Skip and a Chump (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Two crows try to catch a grasshopper who is much more difficult to catch than they imagined.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 163
27. In the Park (1915)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Comedy
An amorous couple. A crook. A policeman. A nursemaid and a stolen handbag. These are some of the things the Little Tramp encounters during a walk in the park.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Leona Anderson, Billy Armstrong, Lloyd Bacon
Votes: 1,749
28. His Prehistoric Past (1914)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Comedy
Charlie dreams he is in the Stone Age, where King Low-Brow rules a harem of wives. Charlie, in skins and a bowler, falls in love with the king's favorite wife, Sum-Babee. During a hunting ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, May Wallace, Gene Marsh
Votes: 1,063
29. On the Front Page (1926)
22 min | Comedy, Short
After being scooped for a scandal story, a reporter has 24 hours to dig up a more scandalous story. After spending the night in the wrong street, he comes up with a plan: catch the Countess and her butler in a compromising situation.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Lillian Rich, Tyler Brooke, Bull Montana
Votes: 185
30. Dough and Dynamite (1914)
Not Rated | 33 min | Comedy, Short
Charlie and another waiter must become bakers when the regular bakers go out on strike. The strikers put dynamite in a piece of bread which is delivered to the cake counter. It winds up in the oven and explodes.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Fritz Schade, Norma Nichols
Votes: 1,178 | Gross: $0.13M
31. Pardon My Nightshirt (1956)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short
In this remake of two previous shorts (and also uses footage from both), Andy, the new Professor of Psychiatry at an All-Girl College, gets involved in the chase of a bandit, wearing a ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Andy Clyde, Ferris Taylor, Florence Auer, Dudley Dickerson
Votes: 22
32. Western Knights (1930)
18 min | Comedy, Western, Short
A foreigner with a tenuous grasp of English rides his burro into town just as cattle rustlers are planning to make off with the herd. The stranger helps Al capture the rustlers and rescue a damsel in distress.
Director: Stephen Roberts | Stars: Eddie Lambert, Al St. John, Addie McPhail, Ed Brady
Votes: 23
33. Over the Fence (1917)
5 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
Snitch steals Ginger's baseball tickets and takes Ginger's girl to the game. Finding himself without tickets, Ginger dresses as a baseball player and wins the game.
Directors: Harold Lloyd, J. Farrell MacDonald | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Bud Jamison
Votes: 273
34. Tango Tangle (1914)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Comedy
Out of costume, Charlie is a clean-shaven dandy who, somewhat drunk, visits a dance hall. There the wardrobe girl has three rival admirers: the band leader, one of the musicians, and now Charlie.
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Chester Conklin
Votes: 1,419
35. Just Neighbors (1919)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Comedy
Suburban neighbors (Lloyd and Pollard) join together to build a garden shed, but through carelessness, wind up ruining the garden, as well as the laundry, which is drying in the yard. Further mayhem ensues when chickens are set loose.
Directors: Harold Lloyd, Frank Terry | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Benson
Votes: 582
36. That's My Wife (1929)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Oliver stands to inherit a large fortune from his rich Uncle Bernal, with the condition that he be happily married. But when Mrs. Hardy walks out just before Uncle Bernal is due for a visit... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Aubrey, Harry Bernard
Votes: 812
37. Mabel's Wilful Way (1915)
TV-G | 11 min | Short, Comedy
Mabel sneaks away from her parents for some mischievous fun at the fairgrounds with a pair of impromptu suitors.
Directors: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mack Sennett | Stars: Mabel Normand, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy, Alice Davenport
Votes: 266
38. Ambrose's Nasty Temper (1915)
Not Rated | 11 min | Comedy, Short
Ambrose's nasty temper gets him in trouble when he accidentally puts his boss's attractive daughter in danger.
Director: Dell Henderson | Stars: Mack Swain, Louise Fazenda, Cecile Arnold, Dave Morris
Votes: 64
39. Shot in the Excitement (1914)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Comedy
A girl and her suitor are interrupted by the pranks of a rival (who rigs a booby trap which fires a cannon). Music composed and performed by Donald Sosin. Presented by CineMuseum (on behalf of Keystone Films).
Director: Rube Miller | Stars: Al St. John, Alice Howell, Rube Miller, Josef Swickard
Votes: 167
40. Strife with Father (1950)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Two English sparrows adopt the homely hayseed, Beaky Buzzard. Later, his adoptive father tries to teach the dolt to catch chickens.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tedd Pierce, Marian Richman
Votes: 290
41. On Patrol (1922)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Cop Billy Bevan tries to clear his name.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Billy Bevan, Mildred June, James Donnelly, Kalla Pasha
Votes: 38
42. By the Sad Sea Waves (1917)
10 min | Comedy, Short
Our hero saves a man from drowning, only to find that it is the wrong man.
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Harold Lloyd, 'Snub' Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Frank Alexander
Votes: 384
43. The Waiters' Ball (1916)
TV-G | 16 min | Comedy, Short
Fatty and Al are competing to take the same girl to the Waiters' Ball, but the formal dress requirement presents a problem: Fatty owns a tuxedo, but Al does not.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Al St. John, Corinne Parquet, Joe Bordeaux
Votes: 216
44. Holding His Own (1928)
Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Comedy
After a fight with his neighbor over their Model Ts, Ben's tuxedo is ruined. Unfortunately, the suit he gets as a replacement doesn't hold up too well.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Ben Turpin, Marvin Loback, Harry Martell
Votes: 23
45. Pick and Shovel (1923)
Not Rated | 13 min | Comedy, Short
Trouble ensues when an incompetent man, played by Stan Laurel, goes to work in "A Worthless Mine" and falls for the bosses daughter.
Director: George Jeske | Stars: Stan Laurel, James Finlayson, Katherine Grant, George Rowe
Votes: 110
46. A Muddy Romance (1913)
11 min | Comedy, Short
Two rivals for Mabel's hand play a series of dirty tricks on each other. Finally, one of them gets Mabel alone and is about to marry her, but his rival comes up with a strange scheme to ... See full summary »
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, Charles Inslee, Minta Durfee
Votes: 164
47. The Hansom Cabman (1924)
20 min | Short, Comedy
On the morning of his wedding day, Harry has a terrible hangover. A strange woman appears in his room and says he married her the night before. Just then, his fiancée and her mother arrive. Amidst the anger, Harry is arrested.
Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Harry Langdon, Marceline Day, Charlotte Mineau, Andy Clyde
Votes: 134
48. His Baiting Beauty (1950)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
Harry has to leave town on a business trip to take part in the opening of a new radio station. However, his wife suspects that he is actually going to meet another woman.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Harry von Zell, Emil Sitka, Christine McIntyre, Jean Willes
Votes: 23
49. Wife and Auto Trouble (1916)
14 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law.
Director: Dell Henderson | Stars: William Collier Sr., Blanche Payson, Joseph Belmont, Alice Davenport
Votes: 203
50. Easy on the Eyes (1933)
22 min | Comedy, Short
A Marine aviator spies a sunbathing woman below and will do anything to meet her. Her boyfriend, a journeyman boxer, will do anything to stop him.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Nora Lane, Franklin Pangborn, Edward J. Nugent, Kathrin Clare Ward
Votes: 13