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1940s Comedy-drama Movies

Public list by WPS with 133 movies or TV shows/series

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Miracle on 34th Street(1947)

NR
| 1h 36min | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 301 votes)

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

The Shop Around the Corner(1940)

NR
| 1h 39min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
4.1/5 (with 368 votes)

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

His Girl Friday(1940)

3.7/5 (with 354 votes)

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

To Be or Not to Be(1942)

1h 39min | Comedy, War
4.0/5 (with 286 votes)

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Blithe Spirit(1945)

NR
| 1h 36min | Comedy, Fantasy
3.5/5 (with 54 votes)

An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.

Going My Way(1944)

NR
| 2h 6min | Comedy, Drama, Music
3.4/5 (with 66 votes)

Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.

Directed by Leo McCarey - With Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Risë Stevens, Frank McHugh, James Brown, Gene Lockhart, ...

Monsieur Verdoux(1947)

2h 4min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
3.9/5 (with 212 votes)

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

Remember the Night(1940)

NR
| 1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 38 votes)

When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blossoms.

Los Tres Huastecos(1948)

4.1/5 (with 51 votes)

This is the story of three brothers - a priest, a soldier, and an outlaw - that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.

The Bells of St. Mary's(1945)

NR
| 2h 6min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 52 votes)

Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their differing methods often lead to good-natured disagreements.

Old Acquaintance(1943)

NR
| 1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 12 votes)

Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.

A Foreign Affair(1948)

NR
| 1h 56min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 58 votes)

In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.

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The Night Before Christmas(1941)

3.6/5 (with 39 votes)

It's snowy and cold outside, and warm inside where Jerry squeezes past a mousetrap to cavort under a present-laden Christmas tree. Mistaking the sleeping Tom for a plush toy, Jerry wakes him and a mad chase ensues.

Quartet(1948)

2h | Drama
3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady.".

So Dear to My Heart(1948)

NR
| 1h 19min | Drama, Kids & Family, Animation
3.3/5 (with 20 votes)

The tale of Jeremiah Kincaid and his quest to raise his 'champion' lamb, Danny. Jeremiah's dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must overcome the obstinate objections of his loving, yet strict, grandmother Granny. Jeremiah's confidant, Uncle Hiram, is the boy's steady ally.

The Boy with Green Hair(1948)

3.1/5 (with 31 votes)

Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing war relief work. The boy feels safe with his new caretaker, but when he is taunted for being an orphan, he gets demoralized. The next day Peter wakes up with green hair. Embarrassed and further ridiculed, Peter seeks solace in a nearby forest. To his surprise, he finds other orphans in the woods, who encourage him to spread news of the injustices of war.

Hail the Conquering Hero(1944)

NR
| 1h 41min | Comedy, War
3.6/5 (with 27 votes)

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.

Directed by Preston Sturges - With Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest, Bill Edwards

The Lady in Question(1940)

1h 20min | Action, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 9 votes)

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.

Cynthia(1947)

NR
| 1h 38min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 1 vote)

Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.

The Time of Your Life(1948)

NR
| 1h 49min | Comedy, Drama
3.0/5 (with 5 votes)

Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for Joe. Today, Tom notices a woman named Kitty when she comes into Nick's, and he quickly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a distraught young man repeatedly calls his girlfriend, begging her to marry him. Nick himself muses on all the various persons who come into his bar, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.

Tish(1942)

1h 24min | Drama, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In this comedy, the town gossip fills her time running the lives of others. Naturally, she is also a matchmaker.

Directed by S. Sylvan Simon - With Marjorie Main

Ornamental Hairpin(1941)

1h 11min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

Emi Ota and her friend Okiku stay briefly at a mountain inn and then return to Tokyo. Later, Nanmura, a soldier on leave, steps on an ornamental hairpin in the public bath at the inn. Emi writes to the inn saying she has lost a hairpin and, when she discovers that it injured Nanmura, returns to apologize. The longer term visitors at the inn meet together to discuss the hairpin incident. These include a grumpy Professor, a young couple Mr and Mrs Hiroyasu, and an old man staying with his two grandsons. They hope to see a romance blossom between Nanmura and Emi, after Nanmura declares that there is something almost poetic in finding a hairpin in the bath.

Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu - With Kinuyo Tanaka

The Hucksters(1947)

3.5/5 (with 9 votes)

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.

Flying Wild(1941)

3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

A group of young men who work at an aviation factory begin to suspect that a doctor who runs an air ambulance service is secretly a spy transporting secret information from the plant to enemy agents.

Congo Maisie(1940)

NR
| 1h 11min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, crocodiles and witch doctors. The romantic jungle has a dedicated doctor with an un-dedicated wife and an embittered doctor who is dedicated to no one.

The Foundling(1939)

1h 8min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 8 votes)

A little girl is lost in Moscow and hits the road making fun (not intentionally) of everybody she meets. She'll be back home soon but she will change the life of at least one man forever...

Maisie Was a Lady(1941)

NR
| 1h 19min | Comedy, Drama
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.

The Great Mr. Nobody(1941)

2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.

Directed by Benjamin Stoloff - With Eddie Albert

The Lonesome Mouse(1943)

NR
| 8min | Animation, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 15 votes)

Jerry crashes a vase onto Tom's head, which gets Mammy to throw Tom out. Jerry at first revels in his freedom, but soon tires of this, and, under a flag of truce, hatches a plan with Tom.

Directed by Joseph Barbera

Roughly Speaking(1945)

NR
| 1h 57min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and moves forward again.

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