List of comedy films before 1920

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
Robetta and Doretto	William K. L. Dickson		France
Watering the Gardener	Louis Lumiere		France
1896
Patineur Grotesque	Marius Sestier		Australia
Interrupted Lover
1897
In a Chinese Laundry
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 Inquisitive Girls
The Minister's Wooing
The Nearsighted School Teacher		Augusta Selmer	United States
The Old Maid and the Burglar
Little Willy and the Minister
1899
Armor vs. Armour
An Exciting Finish
1900
Above the Limit	Frederick S. Armitage	Charley Grapewin	United States
The Burglar-Proof Bed
I Had to Leave a Happy Home For You
1901
A Joke on Grandma
1903
I Want My Dinner
A Narrow Escape
The Magical Tramp
1905
Everybody Works But Father
The Little Train Robbery	Edwin S. Porter		United States
Raffles the Dog
1906
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces	J. Stuart Blackton	J. Stuart Blackton	United States
Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium
1907
College Chums
1908
A Calamitcus Elapment
The Painter's Revenge
The Taming of the Shrew
1909
Cohen at Corey Island
The New Cop
Tag Day

1910s

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Notes
1910
Making a Man of Him
Davy Jones and Captain Bragg
1911
Money to Burn
1912
Making a Man of Her
A Near-Tragedy
The New Neighbor
O'Brien's Busy Day
1913
The New Pupil
Nursey Favorites
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
O, It's Great to Be Crazy
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
Hoot, Moon!
Short Hustling For Health