Best comedies 1941 – 1950 - Charts
Best comedies 1941 – 1950
1. Nebe a dudy (1941)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Vladimír Slavínský
Cast: Jindřich Plachta, Jana Romanová
2. Station Master (1941)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Jan Sviták
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Zita Kabátová
3. The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Nataša Gollová, Oldřich Nový
4. Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Martha Raye
5. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
USA, Comedy / War
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny
6. Poslední mohykán (1947)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Vladimír Slavínský
Cast: Jaroslav Marvan, Meda Valentová
7. Roztomilý člověk (1941)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Oldřich Nový, Ladislav Pešek
8. Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Oldřich Nový, Hana Vítová
9. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: George Seaton
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne
10. The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Music
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Hana Vítová, Oldřich Nový
11. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Frank Capra
Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane
12. Beauty of the Devil (1950)
France / Italy, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: René Clair
Cast: Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe
14. The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Historical
Directed by: Martin Frič
15. Zlaté dno (1942)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Vladimír Slavínský
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Věra Ferbasová
16. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
UK, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Robert Hamer
Cast: Alec Guinness, Dennis Price
17. Capek's Tales (1947)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Jaroslav Marvan, Vladimír Hlavatý
18. You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: William A. Seiter
Cast: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth
19. The Talk of the Town (1942)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: George Stevens
Cast: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur
21. Právě začínáme (1946)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Vladimír Slavínský
Cast: Jindřich Plachta, Jaroslav Marvan
22. Auntie's Fantasies (1941)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Růžena Nasková, Ferenc Futurista
23. You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth
24. The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Charles Walters
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
25. Harvey (1950)
USA, Family / Fantasy
Directed by: Henry Koster
Cast: James Stewart, Josephine Hull
26. Ball of Fire (1941)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck
27. Hellzapoppin' (1941)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: H.C. Potter
Cast: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson
28. U pěti veverek (1944)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Miroslav Cikán
Cast: Míla Pačová, Jindřich Plachta
29. The Bishop's Wife (1947)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Henry Koster
Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young
30. Alena (1947)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Historical
Directed by: Miroslav Cikán
Cast: Vladimír Řepa, Miluše Zoubková
31. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
USA, Musical / Family
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien
32. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
USA, Family / Animation
Directed by: Dave Fleischer, Shamus Culhane
Cast: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
33. Father of the Bride (1950)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett
34. The Major and the Minor (1942)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland
35. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
USA, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison
36. It Started with Eve (1941)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Henry Koster
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton
37. I'll Be Right Over (1942)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Otakar Vávra
Cast: Saša Rašilov st., Vlasta Matulová
39. Two Times Lotte (1950)
West Germany, Family / Comedy
Directed by: Josef von Báky
Cast: Antje Weissgerber, Peter Mosbacher
40. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
UK, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: James McKechnie, Vincent Holman
41. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: H.C. Potter
Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy
42. Going My Way (1944)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Leo McCarey
Cast: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald
43. Paklíč (1944)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Miroslav Cikán
Cast: Oldřich Nový, Jiřina Steimarová
44. Holiday Inn (1942)
USA, Romance / Comedy
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire
45. The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy
46. I'll Give My Wife in Marriage (1941)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Miroslav Cikán
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Světla Svozilová
47. Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Sonja Henie, John Payne
48. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan
50. Woman of the Year (1942)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: George Stevens
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn
51. Anchors Aweigh (1945)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: George Sidney
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson
52. The Lady Eve (1941)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Preston Sturges
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda
53. A Foreign Affair (1948)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich
54. Meet John Doe (1941)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Frank Capra
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck
55. On the Town (1949)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra
56. The Punch Bowl (1944)
German Empire, Comedy
Directed by: Helmut Weiß
Cast: Heinz Rühmann, Hilde Sessak
57. Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: W. S. Van Dyke
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy
58. Městečko na dlani (1942)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Václav Binovec
Cast: František Smolík, Gustav Hilmar
59. You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: H.C. Potter
Cast: Joan Fontaine, James Stewart
60. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Preston Sturges
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake
61. Come Live with Me (1941)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Clarence Brown
Cast: James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr
62. Kluci na řece (1944)
Czechoslovakia, Poetic / Comedy
Directed by: Václav Krška, Jiří Slavíček
Cast: Terezie Brzková, Eduard Kohout
63. A Week in the Quiet House (1947)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Anthology
Directed by: Jiří Krejčík
Cast: Jaromír Spal, Jaroslav Průcha
64. Karel and I (1942)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Miroslav Cikán
Cast: Jindřich Plachta, Jana Dítětová
65. I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Cast: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan
66. The Wedding Ring (1944)
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Otomar Korbelář, Vlasta Fabianová
67. The Black Cat (1941)
USA, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert
68. Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Cast: June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven
69. A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell
70. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
USA, Fantasy / Comedy
Directed by: Alexander Hall
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes
71. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche
72. The River Is Performing Magic (1945)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Poetic
Directed by: Václav Krška
Cast: František Hanus, Růžena Šlemrová
73. Born Yesterday (1950)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford
75. Three Little Words (1950)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Fred Astaire, Red Skelton
76. Tales of Manhattan (1942)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth
77. Z českých mlýnů (1941)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Miroslav Cikán
Cast: Theodor Pištěk, Zorka Janů
78. Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)
Japan, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Yasujirô Ozu
Cast: Chishû Ryû, Taiji Tonoyama
79. It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
USA, Comedy / Fantasy
Directed by: René Clair
Cast: Dick Powell, Linda Darnell
81. Muži nestárnou (1942)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Vladimír Slavínský
Cast: Jan Pivec, Zita Kabátová
82. The Life of an Adventurer (1941)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Otomar Korbelář, Ladislav Pešek
84. Cover Girl (1944)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Charles Vidor
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly
85. Life with Father (1947)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne
86. The More the Merrier (1943)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: George Stevens
Cast: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea
87. Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Charles Walters, Norman Taurog
Cast: Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball
88. Gentleman Jim (1942)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith
89. I Married a Witch (1942)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: René Clair
Cast: Fredric March, Veronica Lake
90. Nezbedný bakalář (1946)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Historical
Directed by: Otakar Vávra
Cast: Zdeněk Štěpánek, Vlasta Matulová
91. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: Irving Reis
Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy
92. The Harvey Girls (1946)
USA, Musical / Western
Directed by: George Sidney
Cast: Judy Garland, John Hodiak
94. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo
95. The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: René Clair
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot
96. A Song Is Born (1948)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo
97. The Hucksters (1947)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Jack Conway
Cast: Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr
98. Blithe Spirit (1945)
UK, Comedy / Fantasy
Directed by: David Lean
Cast: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings
99. The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: H.C. Potter
Cast: Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten
100. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery