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Best Comedy Movies of the 1940s

The best comedy films from the 1940s, ranked by rating. Leading the list is The Great Dictator (1940), rated 8.3. These films span 1940–1949, hand-ranked on Vlovu.

The Great Dictator★ 8.3Viewing moment
The Great Dictator
1940
The Shop Around the Corner★ 8.2Viewing moment
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
To Be or Not to Be★ 7.9Viewing moment
To Be or Not to Be
1942
Arsenic and Old Lace★ 7.6Viewing moment
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
The Philadelphia Story★ 7.6Viewing moment
The Philadelphia Story
1940
Kind Hearts and Coronets★ 7.7Viewing moment
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949
Monsieur Verdoux★ 7.8Viewing moment
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
A Matter of Life and Death★ 7.7Viewing moment
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
His Girl Friday★ 7.4Viewing moment
His Girl Friday
1940
To Have and Have Not★ 7.5Viewing moment
To Have and Have Not
1945
Miracle on 34th Street★ 7.3Viewing moment
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
Sullivan's Travels★ 7.4Viewing moment
Sullivan's Travels
1941
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp★ 7.5Viewing moment
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943
The Lady Eve★ 7.2Viewing moment
The Lady Eve
1941
Meet John Doe★ 7.3Viewing moment
Meet John Doe
1941
Ball of Fire★ 7.4Viewing moment
Ball of Fire
1941
Dead of Night★ 7.2Viewing moment
Dead of Night
1945
A Day in the Country★ 7.4Viewing moment
A Day in the Country
1946
The Cat Concerto★ 7.5Viewing moment
The Cat Concerto
1947
Adam's Rib★ 7.1Viewing moment
Adam's Rib
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein★ 7.1Viewing moment
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
Meet Me in St. Louis★ 7Viewing moment
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
The Bishop's Wife★ 7.1Viewing moment
The Bishop's Wife
1947
On the Town★ 7Viewing moment
On the Town
1949
Jour de fête★ 7.1Viewing moment
Jour de fête
1949
A Letter to Three Wives★ 7.2Viewing moment
A Letter to Three Wives
1949
The Murderer Lives at Number 21★ 7.2Viewing moment
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
1942
Unfaithfully Yours★ 7.3Viewing moment
Unfaithfully Yours
1948
Holiday Inn★ 7Viewing moment
Holiday Inn
1942
The Palm Beach Story★ 7.1Viewing moment
The Palm Beach Story
1942
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House★ 7Viewing moment
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
Heaven Can Wait★ 6.9Viewing moment
Heaven Can Wait
1943
My Favorite Wife★ 7Viewing moment
My Favorite Wife
1940
A Foreign Affair★ 7.1Viewing moment
A Foreign Affair
1948
Christmas in Connecticut★ 7Viewing moment
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
The Major and the Minor★ 7Viewing moment
The Major and the Minor
1942
The Punch Bowl★ 7Viewing moment
The Punch Bowl
1944
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer★ 7Viewing moment
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
Der Fuehrer's Face★ 6.9Viewing moment
Der Fuehrer's Face
1943
Woman of the Year★ 6.9Viewing moment
Woman of the Year
1942

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