Best Comedy Movies & TV Series of the 1940s

3eyedraven's 483 top-rated Comedy movies and TV series of the 1940s — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

The Great Dictator 1940 ★ 8.3
The Shop Around the Corner 1940 ★ 8.1
Los tres huastecos 1948 ★ 8.3
To Be or Not to Be 1942 ★ 7.8
You’re Missing the Point 1940 ★ 8.2
A Matter of Life and Death 1946 ★ 7.8
Monsieur Verdoux 1947 ★ 7.7
Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 ★ 7.6
¡A volar, joven! 1947 ★ 8.0
Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 ★ 7.6
The Courtyard of the Ballads 1942 ★ 8.7
The Philadelphia Story 1940 ★ 7.6
The Three Garcías 1947 ★ 8.1
Oliver Twist 1948 ★ 7.6
His Girl Friday 1940 ★ 7.4
The Cat Concerto 1947 ★ 7.6
Sullivan's Travels 1941 ★ 7.4
Miracle on 34th Street 1947 ★ 7.4
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1949 ★ 7.4
The Unknown Policeman 1941 ★ 7.9
Soy un prófugo 1946 ★ 7.7
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 ★ 7.4
Ball of Fire 1941 ★ 7.4
El circo 1943 ★ 7.8