Lovers and Lollipops (1956), Vizontele (2001), You're Telling Me (1934), The Family Way (1967), Make Mine Mink (1960), Six of a Kind (1934), Mumford (1999), She Married Her Boss (1935) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Social Comedy movies.
Storyline: Ann (Lori March), a beautiful widow, lives in New York City with her 7-year-old daughter, Peggy (Cathy Dunn). When Larry (Gerald S. O'Loughlin), a kind engineer who has recently returned from South America, begins courting Ann, Peggy becomes jealous. Larry attempts to win over both mother and daughter, taking them on a trip to a series of New York City landmarks. However, as Ann and Larry begin to fall in love, Peggy's mischievous behavior gets in the way.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, new york, independent film, black and white, children, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The residents of a Turkish village have never seen TV. That changes when a transmitter is installed and the mayor, Nazmi (Altan Erkekli), gets a set. Everyone is curious, but because the transmission is bad they lose interest. A theater owner, Latif (Cezmi Baskin), spreads rumors about the dangers of TV, hoping to keep people interested in seeing his overplayed movies. Nazmi and the town eccentric, Deli Emin (Yilmaz Erdogan), search for a better signal to win everyone over to their side.
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, nostalgia, small-town life, social change, humor, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sam Bisbee (W.C. Fields) is an eccentric optometrist who moonlights as an amateur inventor. Unfortunately his inventions are largely useless and have, along with his own various gaffes, made him the laughingstock of the town. Only his daughter Pauline (Joan Marsh) has any confidence in him. When Bisbee's one shot at fame ends up backfiring spectacularly, it takes the fortuitous intervention of a princess (Adrienne Ames) to set things right and show the world that Sam Bisbee means business.
Plot Keywords: comedy, humor, 1930s, american film, black and white film, classic, family entertainment ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Married life is proving to be difficult for newlyweds Jenny (Hayley Mills) and Arthur (Hywel Bennett). With well meaning, but interfering parents, nosey neighbors, and a town that thrives on gossip, can their marriage last? With all these pressures it's no wonder their personal life is suffering. Will there ever be any good news?—Kevin Steinhauer <K.Steinhauer@BoM.GOV.AU>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, british film, marriage, family, 1960s, sex comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Zany collection of misfits led by aging military man (Terry-Thomas) go on a spree of robbing mink coats. An unlikely trio of women (Athene Seyler, Hattie Jacques, and Elspeth Duxbury) find new reasons to live ... until their housekeeper (Billie Whitelaw), an ex-con is suspected of the robberies.—Ed Lorusso <elorusso@techreps.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, crime, british film, black and white, 1960s, theft, high society ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and thier Great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand dollars in a suitcase, hoping to rob Whinney on the road, but instead Whinney takes another road and is arrested in Nevada.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, classic, black and white, 1930s, american film, slapstick, road movie ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The story of two Mumfords - one a small town, the other a man. Mumford, the town, is full of people with problems, from a teenage girl who is unhappy with her looks to a local billionaire, "the king of modems", who would trade everything away if he could. So when Micky Mumford, the man, turns out to be a psychologist with slightly unusual methods he soon finds a spot in people's heart as someone to whom they can tell their secrets. But Micky too has a secret, and that one's about to hunt him down.—CyberRax
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, small town life, interpersonal relationships, humor, american film, 1990s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An efficient secretary at a department store marries her boss, but discovers that taking care of him at home is a lot different to taking care of him at work.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, workplace, marriage, love, social norms, 1930s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Frank Burdon (Sir Rex Harrison) is a new reporter on a small-town Scottish paper. He's told to interview local politician William Gow (Cecil Parker), then left in charge of the paper overnight. He sees Gow being high-handed to a woman who can't afford to license her dog, and decides to run that story instead of the expected puff piece. Both are decent men, but a little too proud to back down, and the battle escalates into a criminal case. But at the same time, Burdon and Gow's daughter Victoria (Vivien Leigh) are falling in love.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, british film, black and white, romantic comedy, light comedy, social satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Mr Dharam at the age of 55 figures out that he was adopted by a Hindu family after his Muslim father left him.He then tries to Meet his father who is in Critical Condition but the Imam says him to Become a Muslim for that. What Follows Next Are a bunch of comical events—Ayaan Mohamed
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, religion, family, indian cinema, faith, social issues ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dominick DiNapoli has always been a big kid who loved eating. It was his favorite thing. Then his cousin dies from health complications due to a lack of exercise and improper diet. Antoinette, Dominick's sister, makes him promise to see a diet doctor and lose some weight. This is very hard for Dominick, but he tries. He also finds motivation when he meets Lydia, and he discovers a love that is more intense than his love of food. He spends so much time kissing and walking around with Lydia that he no longer eats as many unhealthy things, and he loses weight without even trying.—Siobhan Perricone
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, 1980s, social satire, human relationships, self-acceptance, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) graduates and sets out into the world. Hilarious internships with a miserly doctor and his young wife, a country doctor paid in kind not cash, and a quack specializing in rich neurotic women. He applies for a surgery position at a hospital, insults the senior surgeon, then rescues one of the hospital's Governors and finally gets his place on the staff.—Derek Picken <dpicken@email.msn.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, british film, black and white, classic film, sequel, humor, 1950s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to someone rather older, while becoming romantically involved with a local farmer - at least until he tries to evict a newly-arrived expectant couple who park their caravan on his land.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, british film, nurse, countryside, medical, 1960s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In London, stuffy statesman Carter Harrison meets Toni, a Bohemian artist with a hot Italian temper. The two impulsively marry and then find that they disagree on everything. Shortly afterward they separate. We then meet them seven years later on the eve before their divorce becomes final. After seeing each other again, sparks are reignited and they spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on, until Carter finds out that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married. He schemes to win back Toni and eventually succeeds. But can he keep her from destroying his career by posing as Lady Godiva in a protest movement?
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, misunderstanding, divorce, remarriage, 1960s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy owners Charles Salt and Christopher Pepper partake in a fumbling investigation and uncover an evil plot to overthrow the government. Can our cool, yet inept duo stop the bad guys in time?—Woodyanders
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, romance, british film, 1960s, restaurant, jazz ...
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