Best 1930s Comedy Movies

Looking for the best 1930s Comedy movies? These are the 32 highest-rated 1930s Comedy titles in our catalogue, led by On Borrowed Time, Thicker Than Water and Going Bye-Bye!. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. On Borrowed Time (1939)

★ 7.5/10

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One…
2. Thicker Than Water (1935)

★ 7.4/10

Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy for his room and board. At Stan's suggestion Ollie then withdraws…
3. Going Bye-Bye! (1934)

★ 7.4/10

In a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence has helped to send him to prison. Frightened, the boys plan to leave town and advertise for someone to share expenses with…
4. Laughing Gravy (1931)

★ 7.3/10

Stan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy.
5. The Live Ghost (1934)

★ 7.2/10

Fish market workers Stan and Ollie are persuaded by a sea captain to shanghai a crew for him at the local bar for a dollar a head. Successful at first, the boys end up getting themselves shanghaied, and the crew vow…
6. Oliver the Eighth (1934)

★ 7.1/10

Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and…
7. Our Wife (1931)

★ 7.1/10

Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to…
8. Bimbo's Initiation (1931)

★ 7.0/10

Bimbo finds himself surrounded by a mysterious group of robed figures who invite him to become a member of their secret organisation. When he refuses, they fling him through a nightmarish sequence of terror and torture…
9. Any Old Port! (1932)

★ 7.0/10

Stan and Ollie check into a seedy hotel and help a young girl escape the clutches of the landlord. They are forced to flee the hotel with no money and Ollie arranges for Stan to fight at a local boxing hall for $50…
10. Be Big! (1931)

★ 6.9/10

Stan and Ollie are on their way to Atlantic City with their wives, when Ollie gets a phone call from a lodge buddy telling him that a stag party is taking place that night in their honor. Ollie pretends to be sick and…
11. Beau Hunks (1931)

★ 6.9/10

Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.
12. The Fixer Uppers (1935)

★ 6.9/10

Stan and Ollie are greeting card salesmen who agree to help a woman put a spark in her loveless marriage by making her husband jealous.
13. Dirty Work (1933)

★ 6.9/10

Stan and Ollie are chimney sweeps working at the home of mad scientist Professor Noodle.
14. The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)

★ 6.9/10

The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies leaving a large estate. But they soon learn that Ebenezer was murdered and all the relatives, including…
15. The Cat Came Back (1936)

★ 6.7/10

Mama cat is teaching her kittens to catch mice. Meanwhile, across the basement, mama mouse is teaching her little ones how to avoid cats.
16. Jofroi (1934)

★ 6.7/10

Jofroi sells his orchard to Alphonse. Alphonse wants to use the land for crops, so he starts to cut down the trees. Jofroi is furious: how can someone cut down those trees? He threatens to commit suicide so that the…
17. The Lady and the Mob (1939)

★ 6.5/10

Hattie Leonard sets out to break a criminal gang controlling the dry cleaning business.
18. Alpine Climbers (1936)

★ 6.5/10

Donald, Mickey, and Pluto climb the Alps. While up top, Donald has a run-in with a mountain goat over some edelweiss, Mickey has a row with an eagle over its eggs; one of them hatches, and gives Pluto some trouble (as…
19. More Than a Secretary (1936)

★ 6.5/10

When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through secretaries, she's mistaken for an applicant. Drawn to him, she accepts the position.
20. Three Smart Girls (1936)

★ 6.5/10

The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and reunite him with their mother.
21. Donald's Cousin Gus (1939)

★ 6.5/10

Donald Duck's gluttonous cousin, Gus Goose, comes for a visit and practically eats him out of house and home. When the direct approach to getting rid of his voracious houseguest fails, Donald resorts to desperate…
22. Playing the Ponies (1937)

★ 6.3/10

The stooges are gypped into trading their restaurant for "Thunderbolt", a washed up race horse. When Curly feeds Thunderbolt some chili pepperinos, he runs like crazy towards the nearest water. The boys enter…
23. Betty Boop's Big Boss (1933)

★ 6.2/10

Betty takes a secretarial job where the boss sexually harasses her… but not without some encouragement from Betty.
24. Kelly the Second (1936)

★ 6.0/10

A feisty Irish woman turns a truck driver into a championship boxer.
25. This Modern Age (1931)

★ 5.8/10

A Harvard football star disobeys his upper class parents and runs off with his true love.
26. Betty Boop's Prize Show (1934)

★ 5.7/10

In a melodrama at the Slumbertown Theatre, Freddie is the sheriff and Betty is a school-marm desired by outlaw "Phillip the Fiend."
27. The Last Billionaire (1934)

★ 5.7/10

The Last Billionaire is a 1934 French comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Max Dearly, Marthe Mellot and Renée Saint-Cyr. The film is based on a fictional small European kingdom which is on the verge of…
28. Betty Boop's Little Pal (1934)

★ 5.5/10

Pudgy the Pup makes a mess of Betty Boop's picnic, is sent home, and runs afoul of the dog catcher.
29. The Death Kiss (1932)

★ 5.2/10

When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is…
30. The Keyhole (1933)

★ 5.0/10

A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.
31. Man About Town (1939)

★ 4.5/10

Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her…
32. A Song for You (1933)

★ 0.0/10

During a concert tour, famous tenor Riccardo Gatti meets Lixie at an Aida rehearsal and takes her for a ballet dancer. She is in fact trying to get a position for her boyfriend, so she accepts Gatti's date for supper…