Directed by John Ford • 1935 • United States
Starring Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur

Edward G. Robinson spoofs his own tough-guy image in this lively gangster farce, one of director John Ford’s rare forays into straight comedy. In a delightful double role, Robinson plays mild-mannered office cl...

Directed by Billy Wilder • 1960 • United States
Starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

Jack Lemmon stars in one of Billy Wilder’s most beloved films as C. C. Baxter, a company man anxious to please his superiors at the New York insurance firm where he works—enough to let his boss...

Directed by Jackie Chan • 1989 • Hong Kong
Starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Gua Ah-leh

Jackie Chan pays homage to classic Hollywood spectacle in this 1930s-set gangster-musical romp. An inspired reworking of a Damon Runyon story (previously filmed twice by Frank Capra as LADY FOR A DAY and POCKE...

Directed by Elliott Hong • 1982 • United States
Starring Johnny Yune, John Louie, Bill Capizzi

This unabashedly goofball martial-arts spoof gave an Asian American comedian a rare chance in the spotlight. Stand-up comic Johnny Yune stars as a Korean immigrant living in California whom everyone ca...

Directed by Todd Rohal • 2014 • United States
Starring Eddie Rouse, Steve Little, Margie Beegle

A Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator, hired to visit with a loyal Rat Pack fan, finds himself delivering last rites at the boy’s bedside.

Directed by David Rathod • 1987 • United States
Starring Ashutosh Gowariker, Heidi Carpenter, Pearl Padamsee

Handsome and broke, Vikram (played by Ashutosh Gowariker, future director of the Oscar-nominated LAGAAN: ONCE UPON A TIME IN INDIA) arrives from Bombay to find his college plans have fall...

Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1922 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend

This early feature-length silent comedy pushed the form forward by balancing slapstick hilarity with more serious character development. Using the extended running time to further develop his pop...

Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1921 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young

Though originally intended as a two-reel short, A SAILOR-MADE MAN wound up becoming Harold Lloyd’s first feature—simply because there were too many good gags to cut! Here, our bespectacled hero play...

Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

A salesman makes trouble at his sweetheart’s department store—but winds up an unexpected hero.

Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1918 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

A flirty photographer incurs the wrath of a jealous husband—and tries to pass the blame to an unsuspecting stooge.

Directed by Harry Kerwin • 1963 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd

In 1966, Harold Lloyd created a theatrical program entitled HAROLD LLOYD’S FUNNY SIDE OF LIFE. The program presented THE FRESHMAN together with a brief on-camera introduction by Lloyd and a clip reel from his body of work, bot...

Directed by J. Farrell MacDonald and Harold Lloyd • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard

Harold Lloyd’s “Glasses Character” makes his debut in a tale of baseball hijinks.

Directed by Gilbert Pratt • 1918 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

A newlywed husband, en route to his honeymoon, scrambles to find the train tickets he lost.

Please be advised: this film contains scenes involving blackface.

Directed by Hal Roach • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, ‘Snub’ Pollard

A bicycle messenger wreaks havoc in a girls’ seminary.

Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels

It’s trouble on the water when a man tries to woo his sweetheart by pretending to be a lifeguard.

Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

A man pretends to have a wife and family in order to claim an inheritance.

Directed by Hal Roach • 1920 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Fred McPherson

A new automobile owner’s car troubles may doom his chance at romance.

Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1918 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, ’Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels

Marital mayhem ensues when a poor boy attempts to woo the daughter of a wealthy man.

Directed by Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding • 1920 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Wallace Howe

A hapless young man is roped into an arranged marriage to help a girl claim her inheritance: a haunted house!

Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

A beautiful spring day tempts a bookkeeper to play hooky from the office.

Directed by Gilbert Pratt and Hal Mohr • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels

An employee at a struggling antiques store gets creative in order to save the business.

Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard

A bumbling American soldier saves a Russian girl from a band of drunken Bolsheviks.

Directed by Michael Curtiz • 1955 • United States
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov

This wickedly offbeat Christmas comedy gives Humphrey Bogart a rare chance to display his lighter side. He stars alongside Peter Ustinov and Aldo Ray as one of three escaped convicts from Devil’s ...

Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau • 1990 • France
Starring Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez

Gérard Depardieu delivers a towering performance as the immortal hero of hopeless romantics everywhere—he of the legendary long schnoz who selflessly uses his verse to help a friend woo the wom...