List of comedy films before 1920

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A list of the earliest comedy films produced before the 1920.

Pre-1910[]

Title Director Cast Country Notes
1894
Fred Ott's Sneeze William Kennedy Dickson Fred Ott United States
1895
William K. L. Dickson France
Louis Lumiere France
1896
Patineur Grotesque Marius Sestier Australia
1897
The Milker's Mishap James H. White United States
George Albert Smith George Albert Smith United Kingdom
New Pillow Fight Emily Lubin and Marguerite Sessler United States
Young America
1898
The Nearsighted School Teacher Augusta Selmer United States
1899
1900
Above the Limit Frederick S. Armitage Charley Grapewin United States
1901
1903
1905
Everybody Works But Father
The Little Train Robbery Edwin S. Porter United States
1906
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces J. Stuart Blackton J. Stuart Blackton United States
1907
College Chums
1908
The Taming of the Shrew
1909

1910s[]

Title Director Cast Country Notes
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
A Busy Day J. Stuart Blackton Charlie Chaplin and J. Stuart Blackton United States
Between Showers Henry Lehrman Charlie Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Emma Clifton, and Chester Conklin United States
Kid Auto Races at Venice Henry Lehrman Charlie Chaplin United States
Making a Living Henry Lehrman Charlie Chaplin United States
The New Janitor Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin United States
Twenty Minutes of Love Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin United States
1915
Fatty's Tintype Tangle Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Louise Fazenda, Edgar Kennedy, Minta Durfee and Frank Hayes. United States
Ragtime Snap Shots Hal Roach Harold Lloyd United States
The Tramp Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Ernest Van Pelt United States
A Woman Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin United States
1916
Behind the Screen Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Eric Campbell, and Edna Purviance United States
The Fireman Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Lloyd Bacon United States
The Floorwalker Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Eric Campbell, and Lloyd Bacon United States
The Pawnshop Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin, and Eric Campbell United States
The Vagabond Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White, and Lloyd Bacon United States
1917
The Adventurer Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Eric Campbell United States
Back Stage Arvid E. Gillstrom Oliver Hardy United States
Easy Street Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Eric Campbell United States
The Immigrant Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Eric Campbell United States
The Poor Little Rich Girl Maurice Tourneur Mary Pickford, Madlaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley, Gladys Fairbanks and Frank McGlynn Sr. United States Comedy drama
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Marshall Neilan Mary Pickford and Eugene O'Brien United States Comedy drama
1918
The Cook Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, and Al St. John United States
Good-Night, Nurse! Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton United States
1919
Back Stage Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton and Al St. John United States
The Hayseed Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle and featuring Buster Keaton United States
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