Best comedies 1931 – 1940 - Charts
Best comedies 1931 – 1940
1. Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Jindřich Plachta, Jaroslav Marvan
2. He Stood at the Till (1939)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Jaroslav Marvan
3. School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Theodor Pištěk, František Smolík
4. The Great Dictator (1940)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Jack Oakie
5. Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Ladislav Hemmer
6. Modern Times (1936)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard
7. City Lights (1931)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill
8. Christian (1939)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Oldřich Nový, Adina Mandlová
9. Eva Fools Around (1939)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Nataša Gollová, Oldřich Nový
10. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Frank Capra
Cast: Jean Arthur, James Stewart
11. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan
12. It Happened One Night (1934)
USA, Romance / Comedy
Directed by: Frank Capra
Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert
13. Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Růžena Šlemrová
14. Morality Above All Else (1937)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Hugo Haas, Světla Svozilová
15. Girl in Blue (1939)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Otakar Vávra
Cast: Lída Baarová, Oldřich Nový
16. Baron Munchhausen (1940)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Meda Valentová
17. Long Live with Dearly Departed (1935)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Hugo Haas, Adina Mandlová
18. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: George Cukor
Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn
19. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Frank Capra
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
21. Life Is a Dog (1933)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Hugo Haas, Theodor Pištěk
22. Ninotchka (1939)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas
23. The Inspector General (1933)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Václav Trégl
24. A Night at the Opera (1935)
USA, Comedy / Family
Directed by: Sam Wood
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx
25. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
USA, Comedy / Family
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant
26. I Was Born, But... (1932)
Japan, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Yasujirô Ozu
Cast: Chishû Ryû, Tatsuo Saitô
27. Catacombs (1940)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Jaroslav Marvan
28. Shall We Dance? (1937)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
29. Business Under Distress (1931)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Karel Lamač, Martin Frič
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Meda Valentová
31. Top Hat (1935)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
32. After the Thin Man (1936)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: W. S. Van Dyke
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy
33. His Girl Friday (1940)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
34. The Guild of Kutna Hora Virgins (1938)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Historical
Directed by: Otakar Vávra
Cast: Zdeněk Štěpánek, Ladislav Pešek
35. Destry Rides Again (1939)
USA, Western / Comedy
Directed by: George Marshall
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart
36. The Flying Deuces (1939)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
37. The Gay Divorcee (1934)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
38. Don't Make Grandpa Angry (1934)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Čeněk Šlégl
39. Lelicek in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Martin Frič
40. Heave Ho! (1934)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: George Voskovec, Jan Werich
41. Swing Time (1936)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: George Stevens
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
42. Stage Door (1937)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Gregory La Cava
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers
43. Poslední muž (1934)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Hugo Haas, Zdeňka Baldová
45. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis
46. Příklady táhnou (1939)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Miroslav Cikán
Cast: Růžena Nasková, Jiří Steimar
47. The Awful Truth (1937)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Leo McCarey
Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant
48. You Can't Take It with You (1938)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Frank Capra
Cast: Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore
49. Carefree (1938)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
50. The Minister's Girlfriends (1940)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Vladimír Slavínský
Cast: Adina Mandlová, František Paul
52. Muži v offsidu (1931)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Sports
Directed by: Svatopluk Innemann
Cast: Hugo Haas, Jožka Vanerová
54. Desire (1936)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper
55. Tři muži ve sněhu (1936)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Vladimír Slavínský
Cast: Hugo Haas, Jindřich Plachta
56. Midnight (1939)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche
57. Wehe, wenn er losgelassen (1931)
German Empire / Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Karel Lamač, Martin Frič
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Mabel Hariot
58. The Rules of the Game (1939)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Jean Renoir
Cast: Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost
59. My Man Godfrey (1936)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Gregory La Cava
Cast: William Powell, Carole Lombard
60. The World Belongs to Us (1937)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: George Voskovec, Jan Werich
61. My Favorite Wife (1940)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Garson Kanin
Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant
62. Design for Living (1933)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Fredric March, Gary Cooper
63. The Thin Man (1934)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: W. S. Van Dyke
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy
64. U nás v Kocourkově (1934)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Miroslav Cikán
Cast: Jan Werich, Jindřich Plachta
65. Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (1935)
Japan, Comedy
Directed by: Sadao Yamanaka
Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi, Reizaburô Yamamoto
66. Love Is News (1937)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Tay Garnett
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young
67. Way Out West (1937)
USA, Comedy / Western
Directed by: James W. Horne
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
70. His Majesty's Adjutant (1933)
German Empire / Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Werner Fuetterer
71. Poznej svého muže (1940)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Vladimír Slavínský
Cast: Jaroslav Marvan, Marta Fričová
72. Bachelor Mother (1939)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Garson Kanin
Cast: Ginger Rogers, David Niven
73. Andula Won (1938)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Miroslav Cikán
Cast: Věra Ferbasová, Hugo Haas
74. Pygmalion (1938)
UK, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Leslie Howard, Anthony Asquith
Cast: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller
75. Vivacious Lady (1938)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: George Stevens
Cast: Ginger Rogers, James Stewart
76. A Chump at Oxford (1940)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: Alfred J. Goulding
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
78. Flitterwochen (1936)
German Empire, Comedy
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Anny Ondráková, Hans Söhnker
79. Charlie Chaplin Festival (1938)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin
80. Studujeme za školou (1939)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Miroslav Cikán
Cast: František Smolík, Nataša Gollová
81. The World Where One Goes Begging (1938)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Miroslav Cikán
Cast: Hugo Haas, Marie Glázrová
82. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper
83. Remember the Night (1940)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray
84. Horse Feathers (1932)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx
86. The Lantern (1938)
Czechoslovakia, Fairytale / Fantasy
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Otomar Korbelář, Jarmila Beránková
87. Libeled Lady (1936)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Jack Conway
Cast: Jean Harlow, William Powell
88. Dinner at Eight (1933)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: George Cukor
Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore
91. Die vertauschte Braut (1934)
German Empire, Comedy
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Anny Ondráková, Anton Walbrook
92. Two Weeks of Happiness (1940)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Vladimír Slavínský
Cast: Adina Mandlová, Raoul Schránil
93. The Ghost Goes West (1935)
UK, Comedy / Fantasy
Directed by: René Clair
Cast: Robert Donat, Jean Parker
94. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
France, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Jean Renoir
Cast: René Lefèvre, Jules Berry
95. White Crow (1938)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Music
Directed by: Vladimír Slavínský
Cast: Jindřich Plachta, Adina Mandlová
96. The Young Count (1935)
German Empire, Comedy
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Cast: Anny Ondráková, Hans Söhnker
97. The Cat and the Canary (1939)
USA, Comedy / Mystery
Directed by: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard
98. Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
USA, Comedy / War
Directed by: George Marshall, Ray McCarey
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
99. Follow the Fleet (1936)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
100. Roberta (1935)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: William A. Seiter
Cast: Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire