Best Comedy Movies & TV Series of the 1940s

3eyedraven's 89 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
To Be or Not to Be 1942 ★ 7.8
A Matter of Life and Death 1946 ★ 7.8
Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 ★ 7.6
Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 ★ 7.6
The Philadelphia Story 1940 ★ 7.6
Oliver Twist 1948 ★ 7.6
His Girl Friday 1940 ★ 7.4
Miracle on 34th Street 1947 ★ 7.4
Ball of Fire 1941 ★ 7.4
Meet John Doe 1941 ★ 7.3
El circo 1943 ★ 7.8
The Lady Eve 1941 ★ 7.3
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948 ★ 7.1
Red Hot Riding Hood 1943 ★ 7.3
Adam's Rib 1949 ★ 7.1
Quiet Please! 1945 ★ 7.3
Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 ★ 7.0
A Foreign Affair 1948 ★ 7.1
On the Town 1949 ★ 7.0
The Palm Beach Story 1942 ★ 7.0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse 1947 ★ 7.2
My Favorite Wife 1940 ★ 7.0