List of comedy films of the 1940s

American films

1940

The Bank Dick

The Ghost Breakers

Go West

The Great Dictator

The Great McGinty

His Girl Friday

The Invisible Woman

My Favorite Wife

My Little Chickadee

One Night in the Tropics

The Philadelphia Story

The Shop Around the Corner

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

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

The Lady Eve

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Topper Returns

1942

Highways by Night

The Man Who Came to Dinner

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

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

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

Magic Town

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

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 (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)

Hoots Mon! (1940)

Hue and Cry (1946)

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)