Best comedies 1921 – 1930 - Charts
Best comedies 1921 – 1930
1. The Kid (1921)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance
2. The General (1926)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack
3. The Gold Rush (1925)
USA, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain
4. Safety Last! (1923)
USA, Comedy / Thriller
Directed by: Sam Taylor, Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis
5. The Circus (1928)
USA, Comedy / Family
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Merna Kennedy
6. Our Hospitality (1923)
USA, Comedy / Family
Directed by: Buster Keaton, John G. Blystone
Cast: Buster Keaton, Tom London
7. The Cameraman (1928)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Buster Keaton, Edward Brophy
8. The Kid Brother (1927)
USA, Comedy / Family
Directed by: Ted Wilde, Harold Lloyd
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston
9. Grandma's Boy (1922)
USA, Comedy / Family
Directed by: Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis
10. The Lovers of an Old Criminal (1927)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Svatopluk Innemann
Cast: Jan W. Speerger, Vlasta Burian
11. The Lumberjack (1922)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Karel Lamač, Theodor Pištěk
13. Three Ages (1923)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, Wallace Beery
14. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton
Cast: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire
15. Der falsche Feldmarschall (1930)
German Empire / Czechoslovakia, Comedy / War
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Alexander Roda-Roda
16. The Freshman (1925)
USA, Comedy / Family
Directed by: Sam Taylor, Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston
17. Jedenácté přikázání (1925)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Václav Kubásek
Cast: Hugo Haas, Meda Valentová
18. Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka (1930)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Karel Noll, Antonie Nedošinská
20. The Story of the Fox (1930)
France, Animation / Comedy
Directed by: Wladyslaw Starewicz, Irene Starewicz
Cast: Claude Dauphin, Sylvia Bataille
21. The Cat and the Canary (1927)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Paul Leni
Cast: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale
22. Fair People (1930)
German Empire, Comedy / Music
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Anny Ondráková, Sig Arno
23. Girl Shy (1924)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Sam Taylor, Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston
24. Bed and Sofa (1927)
Soviet Union, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Абрам Роом
Cast: Nikolai Batalov, Vladimir Fogel
25. The Golden Age (1930)
France, Experimental / Drama
Directed by: Luis Buñuel
Cast: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys
26. It (1927)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Clarence G. Badger, Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno
27. Two Timid Souls (1928)
France, Comedy
Directed by: René Clair
Cast: Pierre Batcheff, Françoise Rosay
28. The Wildcat (1921)
German Empire, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Pola Negri, Victor Janson
30. The Cocoanuts (1929)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Robert Florey, Joseph Santley
Cast: Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
31. Adam and Eve (1922)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Václav Binovec
Cast: Suzanne Marwille, Marta Fričová
32. Dr. Jack (1922)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: Sam Taylor, Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis
33. Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: René Clair
Cast: Albert Préjean, Pola Illéry
34. Why Worry? (1923)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Sam Taylor, Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston
37. The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: John M. Stahl, Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer
39. Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Ronald Colman, May McAvoy
40. Three from the Filling Station (1930)
German Empire, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Wilhelm Thiele
Cast: Willy Fritsch, Lilian Harvey
41. Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Theodor Pištěk
43. The Italian Straw Hat (1928)
France / German Empire, Comedy
Directed by: René Clair
Cast: Albert Préjean, Geymond Vital
44. The Good Soldier Švejk (1925)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / War
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Karel Noll, Antonie Nedošinská
45. Spite Marriage (1929)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton
Cast: Buster Keaton, Leila Hyams
46. Falešná kočička aneb Když si žena umíní (1926)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Svatopluk Innemann
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Karel Hašler
47. The House on Trubnaya (1928)
Soviet Union, Comedy
Directed by: Борис Барнет
Cast: Vladimir Fogel, Alexandr Gromov
48. Show People (1928)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: King Vidor
Cast: Marion Davies, William Haines
49. Do panského stavu (1925)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Karel Anton
Cast: Antonie Nedošinská, Karel Noll
50. Monte Carlo (1930)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Jack Buchanan, Jeanette MacDonald
51. The Marriage Circle (1924)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Florence Vidor, Monte Blue
52. The Eagle (1925)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Clarence Brown
Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Louise Dresser
54. Ve dvou se to lépe táhne (1928)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Svatopluk Innemann
Cast: Ferenc Futurista, Jára Kohout
55. The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová (1926)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Svatopluk Innemann
Cast: Zdena Kavková, Vlasta Burian
56. Souls for Sale (1923)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Rupert Hughes
Cast: Eleanor Boardman, Mae Busch
58. Z českých mlýnů (1925)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Svatopluk Innemann, Ferry Seidl
Cast: Ferry Seidl, Božena Svobodová
59. The Great Desire (1930)
German Empire, Comedy
Directed by: Steve Sekely
Cast: Camilla Horn, Theodor Loos
60. The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924)
Soviet Union, Comedy
Directed by: Lev Kulešov
Cast: Борис Барнет, Vladimir Fogel
61. College (1927)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: James W. Horne, Buster Keaton
Cast: Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall
62. The Wizard of Oz (1925)
USA, Comedy / Family
Directed by: Larry Semon
Cast: Mary Carr, Bryant Washburn
64. Vdavky Nanynky Kulichovy (1925)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Miroslav Josef Krňanský
Cast: Václav Srb, Antonie Nedošinská
65. The Farmer's Wife (1928)
UK, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis
66. Just Imagine (1930)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: David Butler
Cast: El Brendel, Maureen O'Sullivan
68. The Broadway Melody (1929)
USA, Musical / Romance
Directed by: Harry Beaumont
Cast: Charles King, Anita Page
69. Vendelínův očistec a ráj (1930)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Přemysl Pražský
Cast: Jiří Hron, Máňa Ženíšková
70. Pantáta Bezoušek (1926)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Josef Rovenský, Theodor Pištěk
71. Free and Easy (1930)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Buster Keaton, Anita Page
73. Elstree Calling (1930)
UK, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Jack Hulbert, André Charlot
Cast: Jameson Thomas, Gordon Harker
74. Schweik in Civilian Life (1927)
Czechoslovakia / Austria, Comedy
Directed by: Gustav Machatý
Cast: Karel Noll, Dina Gralla