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I have an aversion to old movies that I'm really trying to work past, so I'm looking for some good comedies from before the 80s? anything works as long as it's funny (in your opinion)
I grew up watching a night at the opera and while I haven't watched it in years, it's a classic in my family and I do find that funny. but that's where my exposure starts and ends
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Blazing Saddles
Dr. Strangelove (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
Dark Star
Kentucky Fried Movie
Why stop there, though, you can’t go wrong with Gene Wilder:
The Producers (1967)
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Silver Streak (1967)
The Frisco Kid (1979)
For sure! I could’ve easily listed 15 more, just didn’t want to overload OP. Plus, now other people can comment some good’uns
True, but going through the rest of the suggestions I’m worried I’m the only one who liked The Frisco Kid
Fun to pair this with the unused Jerry Goldsmith score version of Alien (1979)
The Jerk, 1979
Some Like It Hot by Billy Wilder is from 1959, and is one of the greatest comedies of all time.
If you want to go really old school, Buster Keaton is an icon, and his stuff still holds up. The General is his most famous; Sherlock Jr. is my favorite.
If you like the Coen Brothers, they were heavily influenced by Preston Sturges. The Lady Eve is great. Miracle Of Morgan's Creek is the raunchiest comedy of the Hays Code era.
Ernst Lubitsch is a genius. To Be Or Not To Be is I think his most straight-up funny (as opposed to romcoms that are more romantic, like The Shop Around The Corner). It was remade by Mel Brooks.
And speaking of which, Mel Brooks' classics are mostly 60-70s. Blazing Saddles, The Producers, Young Frankenstein.
Great recs. Spot on about Sturges and Lubitsch.
Young Frankenstein (1974)
It's Frankensteen.
Some Like it Hot (1959)
Animal House, 1978
I watched Arsenic and Old Lace recently and thought it was hilarious.
Bringing up baby is another classic from around that time.
Silver Streak (1975)
Slap Shot (1977)
The Pink Panther series with Peter Sellers (Strikes Again is my personal favourite)
Up in Smoke (1978)
and another vote for Some Like it Hot (1959)
Monty Python : Holy Grail
Monty Python: Life of Brian
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
The Producers
Auntie Mame
The Pink Panther
The Return of the Pink Panther
Dr Strangelove
The Jerk
Animal House
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
did you watch any of the other Marx Brothers films? you definitely should :)
and-
the films of Laurel & Hardy (like Sons Of The Desert and Bonnie Scotland, and also their shorts)
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
Chaplin: The Circus / The Great Dictator / One A.M. [short]
Start The Revolution Without Me
Silent Movie (1976)
I don't think I've seen the other marx brothers ones, so I'll add those to my list too! I think my dad owns some of them :)
Some Like It Hot and The Producers (1967), 2 of the funniest flicks ever made.
The Producers (1967)
Sleeper (1973), if you can stomach Woody Allen at this point
Blazing Saddles • Smokey and the Bandit • Monty Python and the Holy Grail • Animal House • Meatballs • The Jerk •
Singin’ in the Rain - 1952
Feels surprisingly modern. Very witty and clever humor.
Harvey (1950). It has some funny lines but is more heartwarming than laugh out loud. It's my personal favourite old black and white comedy.
The Court Jester (1955)
I feel like I'm always rec'ing this one, but it has both physical comedy and word play. Best of both worlds!
Charlie chaplin movies
To Be Or Not To Be 1942
What’s Up Doc 1972
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Murder By Death (1976 dir. Robert Moore)
Fun With Dick and Jane (1977 dir. Ted Kotcheff)
The In-Laws (1979 dir. Arthur Hiller)
The Out of Towners (1970 dir. Arthur Hiller)
The Bad News Bears (1976 dir. Michael Ritchie)
Paper Moon (1973 dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
The Sunshine Boys (1975 dir. Herbert Ross)
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Does that movie hold up? I loved it as a kid, but I’m not sure if I would love it now.
Foul Play
Seems Like Old Times
Airplane! (1980)
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
The Odd Couple (1968)
I Dream of Jeannie (tv series)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Kid
Daisies
Playtime
Barbarella
Harold and Maude
Paper Moon
Love and Death
Bugsy Malone
Annie Hall
The mad adventures of Rabbi Jacob from the early 70s.
Wise Blood is a great dark comedy/drama. John Waters 70s movies are pretty much all demented dark comedies. Desperate Living is the one without Divine but it’s great.
Daisies (1966) is really fun but also a little more avant-garde and falls more into the comedy/drama than straight up comedy
Oh and the Heartbreak Kid! Elaine May 🩷
Cinderfella & The Errand Boy (Classic jerry Lewis films)
Peter Sellers "Pink Panther" films
Bedazzled (1967) Peter Cook & Dudley Moore
Play It Again Sam
Annie Hall
Blazing Saddles
The Producers
Young Frankenstein
High Anxiety
Animal House
Meatballs
All of them are classics.
Play it Again, Sam (1972) Sleeper (1973)
Cary Grant films.
Bringing Up Baby -1938
The Awful Truth-1937
The Philadelphia Story-1940
My Favorite Wife -1940
Like I always say smoke a little weed, and watch some Cheech and Chong “up in smoke” or the next movie!!!
Ita A Gift(1934)
The Flying Deuces(1939)
The Pink Panther(1963)
Buster Keaton. I know, if you're already averse to old films, the idea of watching silent film is probably not appetizing. But Buster Keaton's stuff doesn't need it! It's basically a slapstick cartoon that happens to feature an actor doing his own ridiculously dangerous stunts. Start with a short film: One Week is a good choice, and its only twenty-five minutes, so you're not sinking a lot of time into trying it out. Since they're in the public domain they can also be found pretty much anywhere!
this sounds interesting!!
Arsenic and Old Lace
My Man Godfrey - the 1930s version is my favorite comedy.
I'm All Right Jack - is my favorite British satirical comedy.
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It’s a Gift (1934)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Monsieur Herlot’s Holiday (1953)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
MASH (1970)
maybe It's a Gift - WC Fields
The Stooge Lewis and Martin
Jerry Lewis was out Jim Carreying Jim Carrey long before he was even a gleam in his fathers eye
A nearly forgotten great comedy is A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966). Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers Jack Guilford, and the original Great Stone Face, Buster Keaton.
A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum