List of comedy films of the 1940s

This is a list of comedy films released in the 1940s.

American films
1940
 * The Bank Dick
 * The Ghost Breakers
 * The Great Dictator
 * The Great McGinty
 * His Girl Friday
 * My Favorite Wife
 * My Little Chickadee
 * One Night in the Tropics

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
 * Great Guns
 * Here Comes Mr. Jordan
 * The Lady Eve
 * Mr. & Mrs. Smith
 * Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
 * Nine Lives Are Not Enough
 * That Night in Rio
 * Topper Returns

1942
 * The Man Who Came to Dinner
 * The Major and the Minor
 * My Sister Eileen
 * 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
 * Jitterbugs
 * 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
 * The Princess and the Pirate

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
 * 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
 * John Loves Mary
 * 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 (1945)
 * 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)
 * He Snoops to Conquer (1944)
 * Hoots Mon! (1940)
 * Hue and Cry (1946)
 * I Didn't Do It (1945)
 * 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 1941 1944 1948 1949
 * The Ghost Breakers
 * The Smiling Ghost
 * Zombies on Broadway
 * Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
 * 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)