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British comedy, cinema of the United Kingdom

British comedy films are legion, but among the most notable are the Ealing comedies, the 1950s satires of the Boulting Brothers, and innumerable popular comedy series including the St Trinian's films, the "Doctor" series, and the long-running Carry On films. Some of the best known British film comedy stars include Will Hay, George Formby, Norman Wisdom, Peter Sellers and the Monty Python team. Other actors associated with British comedy films include Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Margaret Rutherford, Irene Handl and Leslie Phillips.

Recent successful films include the working class comedies Brassed Off (1996) and The Full Monty (1997), the more middle class Richard Curtis-scripted films Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and Notting Hill (1999) and youth-oriented, pop-culture referencing Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.

This is a list of British comedy films.

1930s

• Ask A Policeman (1938)
• Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
• Dandy Dick (1935)
• The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
• The Ghost Goes West (1935)
• Good Morning, Boys (1936)
• It's in the Air (1938)
• Keep Fit (1937)
• Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
• Old Bones of the River (1938)
• Pygmalion (1938)
• Trouble Brewing (1939)
• Where's That Fire? (1939)

1940s

• Back-Room Boy (1942)
• The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1941)
• Blithe Spirit (1941)
• 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)
• Hue and Cry (1946)
• It's Not Cricket (1948)
• ITMA (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)

1950s

• An Alligator Named Daisy (1956)
• Barnacle Bill (1957)
• Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1954)
• The Belles of St. Trinians (1957)
• The Bridal Path (1957)
• Brothers in Law (1957)
• The Captain's Paradise (1953)
• The Captain's Table (1958)
• Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1958)
• The Card (1952)
• Carry On Admiral (1958) (not part of the Carry On series)
• Carry On Nurse (1959)
• Carry On Sergeant (1958)
• Carry On Teacher (1959)
• The Case of the Mukkinese Battlehorn (1955)
• Curtain Up (1952)
• Doctor at Large (1957)
• Doctor at Sea (1955)
• Doctor in the House (1954)
• Follow a Star (1959)
• Folly to be Wise (1953)
• Further up the Creek (1959)
• Genevieve (1953)
• Geordie (1955)
• The Green Man (1956)
• The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
• Happy Ever After (1954)
• Hobson's Choice (1953)
• The Horse's Mouth (1958)
• I Only Arsked (1958)
• I'm All Right Jack (1959)
• Idol on Parade (1959)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
• Indiscreet (1958)
• Innocents in Paris (1953)
• Just My Luck (1957)
• Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
• The Ladykillers (1955)
• Laughter in Paradise (1951)
• The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
• Left, Right and Centre (1959)
• Lucky Jim (1957)
• The Maggie (1953)
• The Man in the White Suit (1951)
• The Mouse That Roared (1959)
• The Naked Truth (1957)
• The Navy Lark (1959)
• The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959)
• Operation Bullshine (1959)
• The Oracle (1952)
• Orders Are Orders (1954)
• Our Girl Friday (1953)
• Our Man in Havana (1959)
• Private's Progress (1956)
• Rockets Galore (1958)
• Runaway Bus (1954)
• The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
• The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
• To Paris with Love (1955)
• Too Many Crooks (1958)
• Trouble in Store (1953)
• Trouble in the Glen (1955)
• True as a Turtle (1956)
• Up in the World (1957)
• Up the Creek (1958)
• You Know What Sailors Are (1955)

1960s

• Alfie (1966)
• The Assassination Bureau (1969)
• Battle of the Sexes (1960)
• Bedazzled (1967)
• The Best House in London (1969)
• The Big Job (1965)
• Billy Liar (1963)
• Carry On Cleo (1965)
• Carry On Up the Khyber (1968)
• Casino Royale (1967)
• Crooks in Cloisters (1963)
• Dentist in the Chair (1960)
• Dentist on the Job (1961)
• The Dock Brief (1962)
• Doctor in Clover (1966)
• Doctor in Love (1960)
• Dr. Strangelove (1964)
• Don't Panic, Chaps! (1960)
• The Grass Is Greener (1960)
• The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
• Hot Enough for June (1963)
• In the Doghouse (1962)
• Invasion Quartet (1961)
• The Italian Job (1969)
• Ladies Who Do (1961)
• Light up the Sky (1960)
• The Magic Christian (1969)
• Make Mine Mink (1960)
• The Millionairess (1960)
• Morgan! (1966)
• Mouse on the Moon (1963)
• Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961)
• Nothing But the Best (1964)
• Nurse on Wheels (1963)
• Only Two Can Play (1962)
• Otley (1969)
• A Pair of Briefs (1961)
• The Plank (1967)
• The Punch and Judy Man (1962)
• The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
• The Rebel (1961)
• The Sandwich Man (1966)
• School for Scoundrels (1960)
• The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
• Twice Round the Daffodils (1962)
• Two-Way Stretch (1960)
• Very Important Person (1961)
• Watch Your Stern (1960)
• What a Carve Up! (1961)
• What a Whopper! (1961)
• The Wrong Arm of the Law (1962)
• The Wrong Box (1966)
• You Must Be Joking! (1965)

1970s

• And Now For Something Completely Different (1971)
• Bless This House (1972)
• Confessions of a Window Cleaner and other sex comedies supported by the Eady levy
• Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
• Confessions of a Pop Performer (1976)
• Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)
• Dad's Army (1971)
• Doctor in Trouble (1970)
• Hoffman (1970)
• The House in Nightmare Park (1973)
• Jabberwocky (1977)
• Keep it up Downstairs (1976)
• The Likely Lads (1976)
• Man About the House (1974)
• Melody (1971)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
• On the Buses (1972) (and two sequels)
• One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975)
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
• The Plank (1979) — remake of the 1967 film
• Porridge (1979)
• Pulp (1972)
• The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
• Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1973)
• Steptoe and Son (1972) and sequel Steptoe and Son Ride Again
• There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
• Up Pompeii! (1971)
• Up the Chastity Belt (1972)
• Up the Front (1972)

1980s

• An American Werewolf in London (1981)
• Brazil (1985)
• Bullshot (1983)
• Clockwise (1986)
• Comfort and Joy (1984)
• Consuming Passions (1988)
• Educating Rita (1983)
• Erik the Viking (1989)
• A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
• George and Mildred (1980)
• Gregory's Girl (1980)
• High Hopes (1988)
• Invitation to the Wedding (1983)
• Jane and the Lost City (1988)
• Local Hero (1983)
• Loose Connections (1983)
• The Missionary (1983)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
• Morons from Outer Space (1985)
• Personal Services (1987)
• A Private Function (1984)
• Privates on Parade (1982)
• Restless Natives (1985)
• Rising Damp (1980)
• Shirley Valentine (1989)
• The Tall Guy (1989)
• Time Bandits (1981)
• Victor/Victoria (1982)
• Water (1985)
• Wish You Were Here (1987)
• Withnail and I (1987)

1990s

• Bean (1997)
• Beautiful People (1999)
• Brassed Off (1996)
• Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997)
• The Commitments (1991)
• East is East (1999)
• The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
• Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
• The Full Monty (1997)
• Funny Bones (1995)
• Life Is Sweet (1990)
• Gregory's Two Girls (1999)
• Guest House Paradiso (1999)
• Hear My Song (1991)
• Hour of the Pig (1993)
• An Ideal Husband (1999)
• Jack and Sarah (1995)
• Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
• Leon the Pig Farmer (1992)
• A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
• Little Voice (1998)
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
• Mad Cows (1999)
• The Madness of King George (1995)
• Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
• Notting Hill (1999)
• Nuns on the Run (1990)
• Peter's Friends (1992)
• Plunkett and MacLeane (1999)
• Princess Caraboo (1994)
• Rebecca's Daughters (1992)
• Shakespeare in Love (1998)
• Shooting Fish (1997)
• Sliding Doors (1998)
• Still Crazy (1998)
• Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991)
• Waking Ned (1998)

2000s

• About a Boy (2002)
• Ali G Indahouse (2002)
• Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
• Billy Elliot (2000)
• Birthday Girl (2001)
• Blackball (2003)
• Bridget Jones' Diary (2001)
• Bridget Jones' Diary 2 (2004)
• Calendar Girls (2003)
• Chicken Run (2000)
• A Cock and Bull Story (2006)
• Confetti (2006)
• Death at a Funeral (2007)
• Grow Your Own (2007)
• Fishtales (2007)
• Hello Friend (2003)
• Hot Fuzz (2007)
• It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
• Kinky Boots (2005)
• Johnny English (2003)
• Keeping Mum (2005)
• Kevin and Perry Go Large (2000)
• The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
• Love Actually (2003)
• Lucky Break (2001)
• Magicians (2007)
• Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
• The Parole Officer (2001)
• Relative Values (2000)
• S Club: Seeing Double (2002)
• Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• Snatch (2000)
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
• Wimbledon (2005)

Saving Grace (2002)

See also

• List of United States comedy films
• List of films based on British sitcoms
• Film genre