A list of comedy films released in the 1920s.
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes 1920One WeekEdward F. Cline, Buster KeatonBuster Keaton, Sybil SeelyShort filmEasy to Get Walter Edwards Marguerite Clark and Harrison Ford United States The Life of the Party Joseph Henabery Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle United States Pollyanna Paul Powell Mary Pickford United States The Round Up George Melford Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Wallace Beery United States The Saphead Herbert Blaché, Winchell Smith Buster Keaton, William H. Crane, Beulah Booker, Irving Cummings, Carol Holloway United States Suds John Francis Dillon Mary Pickford United States The GarageRoscoe "Fatty" ArbuckleRoscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Molly MaloneUnited StatesShort filmConvict 13Buster Keaton, Edward F. ClineBuster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe RobertsUnited StatesShort filmThe ScarecrowBuster Keaton, Edward F. ClineBuster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts, Joe KeatonUnited StatesShort filmNeighborsBuster Keaton, Edward F. Cline Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe RobertsUnited StatesShort filmThe FlapperAlan CroslandOlive Thomas, William P. Carleton, Theodore Westman Jr., Warren CookUnited States 1921A Lucky Dog Jess Robbins Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy United States Now or Never Hal Roach and Fred C. Newmeyer Harold Lloyd United States The Idle ClassCharlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman and Mack Swain United States The Goat Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Malcolm St. Clair, Edward F. Cline and Jean C. Havez United States Short filmAmong Those Present Fred C. Newmeyer Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis United States Brewster's Millions Joseph Henabery Fatty Arbuckle United States Crazy to Marry James Cruze Fatty Arbuckle United States The Dollar a Year ManJames Cruze Fatty Arbuckle United States Eden and Return William A. Seiter Doris May, Emmett King, and Margaret Livingston United States The Fast Freight (Freight Prepaid or Via Fast Freight) James Cruze Fatty Arbuckle United States Gasoline Gus James Cruze Fatty Arbuckle United States The Girl in the Taxi Lloyd Ingraham Flora Parker DeHaven, Carter DeHaven, King Baggot, Grace Cunard, and Otis Harlan United States Keeping up with Lizzie United States The KidCharlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan United States Leap Year Roscoe Arbuckle and James Cruze Fatty Arbuckle United States A Sailor-Made Man Fred Newmeyer Harold Lloyd United States The Traveling Salesman Joseph Henabery Fatty Arbuckle United States Humor Risk Dick Smith Chico Marx, Groucho Marx. Harpo Marx, and Zeppo Marx United States The Haunted HouseBuster Keaton, Edward F. ClineBuster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe RobertsUnited StatesShort filmHard LuckBuster Keaton, Edward F. ClineBuster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe RobertsUnited StatesShort filmThe High SignBuster Keaton, Edward F. ClineBuster Keaton, Bartine Burkett, Joe Roberts, Charles DoretyUnited StatesShort filmThe PlayhouseBuster Keaton, Edward F. ClineBuster KeatonUnited StatesShort filmThe BoatBuster Keaton, Edward F. ClineBuster Keaton, Sybil SeelyUnited StatesShort film 1922Cops Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton Buster Keaton United States Short filmMixed Nuts James Parrott and Robin Williamson Stan Laurel United States Glad Bags United States Our Gang Charley Chase, Robert F. McGowan, Tom McNamara, and Fred Newmeyer Ernest Morrison, John Hatton, Anna Mae Bilson, Jackie Condon, and Mickey Daniels United States Short filmPay DayCharlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin United States Doctor Jack Fred Newmeyer Harold Lloyd United States Don't Get Personal Clarence G. Badger Marie Prevost, George Nichols and Daisy Jefferson United States Gay and Devilish William A. Seiter Doris May, Cullen Landis and Otis Harlan United States Grandma's Boy Fred C. Newmeyer Harold Lloyd United States The Ladder Jinx United States Red Hot Romance Victor Fleming Basil Sydney United States Up and at 'Em William A. Seiter Doris May, Hallam Cooley, and J. Herbert Frank United States The PalefaceBuster Keaton, Edward F. ClineBuster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe RobertsUnited StatesShort filmMy Wife's RelationsBuster KeatonBuster Keaton, Kate Price, Wheezer Dell, Joe Roberts, Harry Madison, Tom Wilson, Monte CollinsUnited StatesShort filmThe BlacksmithBuster Keaton, Malcolm St. ClairBuster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe RobertsUnited StatesShort filmThe Frozen NorthBuster Keaton, Edward F. ClineBuster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts, Freeman WoodUnited StatesShort filmThe Electric HouseBuster Keaton, Edward F. ClineBuster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe RobertsUnited StatesShort filmDay DreamsBuster Keaton, Edward F. ClineBuster Keaton, Renée Adorée, Joe Roberts, Joe KeatonUnited StatesShort film 1923One Exciting EveningBilly WestBilly WestUnited StatesThe Balloonatic Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline Buster Keaton United States Dogs of War Robert F. McGowan Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Jack Davis, Allen Hoskins, Mary Kornman, and Ernie Morrison United States Gas and Air Scott Pembroke Stan Laurel United States Kill or Cure Scott Pembroke Stan Laurel United States The Love Nest Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton Buster Keaton United States The Pilgrim (1923 film)Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance United States A Powder Romance United States Puritan Passions Frank Tuttle Glenn Hunter, Mary Astor, and Osgood Perkins United States Comedy horrorThe Brass Bottle Maurice Tourneur United States The Near Lady Herbert Blaché Gladys Walton, Jerry Gendron, Hank Mann, Kate Price, Otis Harlan and Florence Drew. United States Our Hospitality Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone Buster Keaton United States Safety Last! Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor Harold Lloyd United States Souls for Sale Rupert Hughes Eleanor Boardman, United States Three Ages Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline Buster Keaton and Wallace Beery United States Why Worry? Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor Harold Lloyd United States 1924Girl Shy Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor Harold Lloyd United States Mother, Mother, Mother Pin a Rose on Me Dave Fleischer United States Portage Due United States Happiness King Vidor Laurette Taylor United States Hot Water Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor Harold Lloyd United States The Last Man on Earth John G. Blystone Earle Foxe United States Lover's Lane Phil Rosen Robert Ellis and Gertrude Olmstead. United States The Navigator Buster Keaton and Donald Crisp Buster Keaton United States Sherlock Jr. Buster Keaton Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, and Ward Crane United States 1925The Monster Roland West Lon Chaney and Johnny Arthur United States Comedy horrorDr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde Scott Pembroke and Joe Rock Stan Laurel United States Comedy horrorThe Eagle Clarence Brown Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, and Louise Dresser United States The Freshman Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict, and James Anderson. United States The Gold Rush Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, and Malcolm Waite. United States Seven ChancesBuster KeatonBuster Keaton, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, Ruth DwyerUnited StatesGo WestBuster KeatonBuster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen MyersUnited States 1926My Old Kentucky Home Dave Fleischer United States The Bat Roland West Jack Pickford and Louise Fazenda United States Comedy horrorFor Heaven's Sake Sam Taylor Harold Lloyd United States The Strong Man Frank Capra Harry Langdon United States Tramp, Tramp, Tramp Harry Edwards Harry Langdon and Joan Crawford United States Tartuffe F. W. Murnau Emil Jannings and Werner Krauss Germany The General Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman Buster Keaton and Marion Mack United States Battling ButlerBuster KeatonBuster Keaton, Snitz Edwards, Sally O'NeilUnited States 1927Do Detectives Think? Fred Guiol Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy United States Hats Off Hal Yates Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy United States Love 'em and Weep Fred Guiol Mae Busch, Stan Laurel and James Finlayson United States The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg Ernst Lubitsch Ramón Novarro, Norma Shearer, and Philippe De Lacy United States Comedy dramaThe Cat and the Canary Paul Leni Laura La Plante, Forrest Stanley, and Creighton Hale United States Comedy horrorThe Gorilla Alfred Santell Charles Murray, Fred Kelsey and Walter Pidgeon United States Comedy horrorHis First Flame Harry Edwards Harry Langdon, Natalie Kingston, Ruth Hiatt, and Vernon Dent United States The Kid Brother Ted Wilde, J.A. Howe (co-director), Harold Lloyd (uncredited), and Lewis Milestone (uncredited) Harold Lloyd United States Long Pants Frank Capra Harry Langdon United States Three's a Crowd Harry Langdon Harry Langdon, Gladys McConnell, Cornelius Keefe and Arthur Thalasso United States CollegeBuster Keaton, James W. HorneBuster Keaton, Anne CornwallUnited StatesItClarence G. BadgerClara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William AustinUnited States 1928The Gallopin' Gaucho Ub Iwerks Walt Disney United States Pass the Gravy Fred Guiol Max Davidson, Gene Morgan, Spec O'Donnell, Martha Sleeper, and Bert Sprotte United States Plane Crazy Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks Walt Disney United States Steamboat Willie Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks Walt Disney United States Two Tars James Parrott Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy United States You're Darn Tootin' E. L. Kennedy Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy United States The Chaser United States The CircusCharlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker, George Davis and Henry Bergman United States A Girl in Every Port Howard Hawks Victor McLaglen, Robert Armstrong, and Louise Brooks United States The Matinee Idol Frank Capra Bessie Love and Johnnie Walker United States Show People King Vidor Marion Davies and William Haines United States Speedy Ted Wilde Harold Lloyd United States Steamboat Bill Jr.Buster Keaton, Charles ReisnerBuster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Tom McGuire, Marion ByronUnited StatesThe CameramanBuster Keaton, Edward SedgwickBuster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold GoodwinUnited StatesThe Baby CycloneA. Edward SutherlandLew Cody, Aileen Pringle, Robert Armstrong, Gwen LeeUnited States 1929Big Business James W. Horne and Leo McCarey Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy United States The Cocoanuts Robert Florey and Joseph SantleyGroucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx,
Zeppo Marx, Mary Eaton, Oscar Shaw, Margaret Dumont and Kay Francis United States The Hollywood Revue of 1929 Charles Reisner Conrad Nagel and Jack Benny United States Jazz Heaven Melville BrownSally O'Neil, Johnny Mack Brown, and Clyde Cook United States Lambchops Murray Roth Burns & Allen United States Navy Blues Clarence Brown William Haines and Anita Page United States Rio Rita Luther Reed Bebe Daniels, John Boles, Bert Wheeler, and Robert Woolsey United States Street Girl Wesley Ruggles Betty Compson, John Harron and Jack Oakie United States Tanned Legs Marshall Neilan Ann Pennington, Arthur Lake, June Clyde, Dorothy Revier, Sally Blane and Albert Gran United States Unaccustomed As We Are Lewis R. Foster and Hal Roach Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy United States The Vagabond Lover Marshall Neilan Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane, Marie Dressler, and Charles Sellon United States The Very Idea Frank Craven and Richard Rosson Sally Blane, Hugh Trevor, Allen Kearns, Doris Eaton and Frank Craven United States Welcome Danger Clyde Bruckman Harold Lloyd United States The Wild Party Dorothy Arzner Clara Bow and Fredric March United States Words and Music James Tinling Lois Moran, Helen Twelvetrees, and Frank Albertson United States Spite MarriageBuster Keaton, Edward SedgwickBuster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian, Edward EarleUnited States