Slapstick films are comedy films using slapstick humor, a physical comedy that includes pratfalls, tripping, falling, practical jokes, and mistakes are highlighted over dialogue, plot and character development. The physical comedy in these films contains a cartoonish style of violence that is predominantly harmless and goofy in tone.
There were fewer slapstick comedies produced at the advent of sound film.
1920s
- The Scarecrow (1920)
- Safety Last! (1923)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- The General (1926)
- Big Business (1929)
- Mickey Mouse (1929–1953)
1930s
- Looney Tunes (1930–1969, 1980–present)
- Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
- City Lights (1931)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- Lightning Strikes Twice (1935)
- A Night at the Opera (1935)
- Modern Times (1936)
- Way Out West (1937)
- Donald Duck (1937–1965)
- A Day at the Races (1937)
1940s
- The Great Dictator (1940)
- Whistling in the Dark (1941)
- Crazy Knights (1944)
- Tom and Jerry (1940–present)
1950s
- Fancy Pants (1950)
- The Good Humor Man (1950)
- The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
- Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
- The Court Jester (1955)
- Just My Luck (1957)
- Mon Oncle (1958)
- Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)
- The Battle of the Sexes (1959)
1960s
- The Bellboy (1960)
- Two-Way Stretch (1960)
- The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
- The Ladies Man (1961)
- Everything's Ducky (1961)
- The Errand Boy (1961)
- Invasion Quartet (1961)
- It's Only Money (1962)
- On the Beat (1962)
- The Notorious Landlady (1962)
- Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- The Nutty Professor (1963)
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- Advance to the Rear (1964)
- A Shot in the Dark (1964)
- Carry On Cleo (1964)
- Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
- The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
- West and Soda (1965)
- The Great Race (1965)
- Batman (1966)
- Get Smart (1965–1970)
- That Riviera Touch (1966)
- Three on a Couch (1966)
- Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
- The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
- Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
- Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
- Carry On Again, Doctor (1967)
- The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)
- The Magnificent Two (1967)
- The Party (1968)
- Inspector Clouseau (1968)
- Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
- VIP my Brother Superman (1968)
- Take the Money and Run (1969)
- Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
1970s
- The Boatniks (1970)
- Bananas (1971)
- Trafic (1971)
- Evil Roy Slade (1972)
- Carry On Abroad (1972)
- My Name Is Nobody (1973)
- Mr. Hercules Against Karate (1973)
- El Chapulín Colorado (1973-1979)
- El Chavo del Ocho (1973-1980)
- Sleeper (1973)
- Blazing Saddles (1974)
- Young Frankenstein (1974)
- The Fortune (1975)
- The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
- Allegro Non Troppo (1976)
- Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness (1976)
- Slap Shot (1977)
- Mr. Rossi's Dreams (1977)
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
- Mr. Rossi's Vacation (1978)
- Up in Smoke (1978)
- The Jerk (1979)
- 1941 (1979)
- The Kentucky Fried Movie (1979)
1980s
- Caddyshack (1980)
- The Nude Bomb (1980)
- Airplane! (1980)
- Hardly Working (1981), surreal slapstick
- The Gods Must Be Crazy (1981)
- History of the World, Part I (1981)
- Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
- Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
- Police Squad! (1982)
- Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
- National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
- Inspector Gadget (1983–1985)
- Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
- Blackadder (1983–1989)
- Police Academy (1984)
- National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
- Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam (1985)
- Clue (1985)
- Mr. Vampire (1986), horror-comedy
- Club Paradise (1986)
- Stoogemania (1986)
- Sledge Hammer! (1986–1988)
- Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
- Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Munchies (1987), horror-comedy
- Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
- Beetlejuice (1988), horror-comedy
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
- Caddyshack II (1988)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Garfield and Friends (1988–1994)
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
- A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- Slime City (1988)
- The Wrong Guys (1988)
- Arthur 2 (1988)
- Hey Vern, It's Ernest! (1988)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
- Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
- Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
- UHF (1989)
- Sweet Home (1989)
- Get Smart, Again! (1989)
- Major League (1989)
- The Simpsons (1989–present)
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
1990s
- Mr. Bean (1990–1995)
- Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1993)
- Home Alone (1990)
- Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
- Problem Child (1990)
- Repossessed (1990)
- Problem Child 2 (1991)
- Hudson Hawk (1991)
- Nothing But Trouble (1991)
- The Addams Family (1991)
- The Naked Gun : The Smell of Fear (1991)
- Drop Dead Fred (1991)
- Darkwing Duck (1991–1992)
- The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991–1996)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
- Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1991)
- Hot Shots! (1991)
- Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
- Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992)
- Brain Donors (1992)
- Aladdin (1992)
- Wayne's World (1992)
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
- Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire (1992)
- Eek the Cat (1992–1997)
- Addams Family Values (1993)
- Army of Darkness (1993)
- Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
- Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
- Ernest Rides Again (1993)
- Wayne's World 2 (1993)
- Dennis the Menace (1993)
- Hocus Pocus (1993)
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
- Surf Ninjas (1993)
- Rocko's Modern Life (1993–1996)
- Bonkers (1993–1994)
- So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
- Animaniacs (1993–1998)
- 2 Stupid Dogs (1993–1994)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
- Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
- Coneheads (1993)
- Cannibal! The Musical (1993)
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
- Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
- Baby's Day Out (1994)
- Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994)
- The Silence of the Hams (1994)
- Dumb and Dumber (1994)
- The Mask (1994)
- It's Pat (1994)
- Ernest Goes to School (1994)
- Naked Gun : The Final Insult (1994)
- The Santa Clause (1994)
- In the Army Now (1994)
- Major League II (1994)
- The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show (1995)
- Timon & Pumbaa (1995–1999)
- The World of Lee Evans (1995)
- Earthworm Jim (1995–1996)
- What a Cartoon! (1995–1997)
- Slam Dunk Ernest (1995)
- Billy Madison (1995)
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
- Tommy Boy (1995)
- Casper (1995)
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001)
- Happy Gilmore (1996)
- Spy Hard (1996)
- The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996–1998)
- The Nutty Professor (1996)
- KaBlam! (1996–2000)
- Space Jam (1996)
- Black Sheep (1996)
- 101 Dalmatians (1996)
- Bio-Dome (1996)
- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
- George of the Jungle (1997)
- Flubber (1997)
- Hercules (1997)
- Ernest Goes to Africa (1997)
- The Wacky World of Tex Avery (1997)
- Vegas Vacation (1997)
- South Park (1997–present)
- Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
- Home Alone 3 (1997)
- Liar Liar (1997)
- The Good Bad Guy (1997)
- Cats Don't Dance (1997)
- Bean (1997)
- MouseHunt (1997)
- Mr. Magoo (1997)
- Cow and Chicken (1997–1999)
- I Am Weasel (1997–2000)
- Austin Powers (1997)
- The Angry Beavers (1997–2001)
- Orgazmo (1997)
- There's Something About Mary (1998)
- Le Dîner de Cons (1998)
- Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
- Wrongfully Accused (1998)
- Ernest in the Army (1998)
- Histeria! (1998–2000)
- CatDog (1998–2005)
- Oggy and the Cockroaches (1998–2019)
- Rush Hour (1998)
- The Waterboy (1998)
- Quest for Camelot (1998)
- Inspector Gadget (1999)
- Guest House Paradiso (1999)
- The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999–2002)
- Family Guy (1999–present)
- Mickey Mouse Works (1999–2000)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present)
- Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999–2009)
- Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
- Dudley Do-Right (1999)
- The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy (1999)
- Screw Loose (1999)
- South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
- Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999)
- Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
- Rock N Roll Frankenstein (1999)
2000s
- Big Money Hustlas (2000)
- The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
- Teacher's Pet (2000–2002)
- Shanghai Noon (2000)
- Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
- Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
- Scary Movie (2000), horror-comedy
- 2001: A Space Travesty (2000)
- Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000), horror-comedy
- The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
- 102 Dalmatians (2000)
- Meet the Parents (2000)
- Joe Dirt (2001)
- Zoolander (2001)
- Tomcats (2001), gross-out, sex-comedy
- Rush Hour 2 (2001)
- Super Troopers (2001)
- So What Now? (2001)
- Scary Movie 2 (2001), horror-comedy
- The Fairly OddParents (2001–2017)
- The Ripping Friends (2001–2002)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius (2001)
- The Animal (2001)
- Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001)
- Rat Race (2001)
- Shrek (2001)
- Der Schuh des Manitu (2001)
- Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
- La Tour Montparnasse Infernale (2001)
- I Am Sam (2001)
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (2002–2006)
- Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures (2002)
- A Town Called Panic (2002–2003)
- Ice Age (2002)
- Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
- Mr Bean: The Animated Series (2002–present)
- The Master of Disguise (2002)
- The Hot Chick (2002)
- Stealing Harvard (2002)
- Ali G Indahouse (2002)
- Home Alone 4: Taking Back the Home (2002)
- Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002)
- Evil Con Carne (2003–2004)
- George of the Jungle 2 (2003)
- Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)
- Old School (2003)
- Bruce Almighty (2003)
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2003–2007)
- Inspector Gadget 2 (2003)
- Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" (2003)
- Johnny English (2003)
- 7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald (2003)
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
- Shanghai Knights (2003)
- The Cat in the Hat (2003)
- Scary Movie 3 (2003), horror-comedy
- Shrek 2 (2004)
- Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (2004–2006)
- Danny Phantom (2004–2007)
- Megas XLR (2004–2005)
- The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004)
- Team America: World Police (2004)
- Meet The Fockers (2004)
- Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
- Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (2004–2006)
- White Chicks (2004)
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005–2008)
- Madagascar (2005)
- Catscratch (2005–2007)
- Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005)
- Bob the Butler (2005)
- Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
- Son of the Mask (2005)
- Camp Lazlo (2005–2008)
- Evil Aliens (2006), horror-comedy
- Nacho Libre (2006)
- Scary Movie 4 (2006), horror-comedy
- Borat (2006)
- The Pink Panther (2006)
- Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
- Open Season (2006)
- 7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug (2006)
- Barnyard (2006)
- Night at the Museum (2006)
- Little Man (2006)
- El Chavo Animado (2006-2014)
- El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2007–2008)
- Rush Hour 3 (2007)
- Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
- Back at the Barnyard (2007–2011)
- Kickin' It Old Skool (2007)
- Evan Almighty (2007)
- Epic Movie (2007)
- Bratz (2007)
- Norbit (2007)
- Big Stan (2007)
- Shrek the Third (2007)
- Phineas & Ferb (2007–present)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
- Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story (2008)
- Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008)
- Superhero Movie (2008)
- The Love Guru (2008)
- Open Season 2 (2008)
- Meet the Spartans (2008)
- Get Smart (2008)
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
- Disaster Movie (2008)
- The Penguins of Madagascar (2008–2015)
- Black Dynamite (2009)
- Bibi Blocksberg (2009)
- Suck (2009)
- The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
- Brüno (2009)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
- Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective (2009)
- A Town Called Panic (2009)
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
2010s
- Big Money Rustlas (2010)
- Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures (2010–2015)
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010–2019)
- Open Season 3 (2010)
- Vampires Suck (2010)
- Despicable Me (2010)
- Grown Ups (2010)
- Planet Sheen (2010–2013)
- T.U.F.F. Puppy (2010–2015)
- Furry Vengeance (2010)
- Zig and Sharko (2010–2024)
- Shrek Forever After (2010)
- Jack and Jill (2011)
- The Amazing World of Gumball (2011–2019)
- Enchufe.tv (2011-)
- Johnny English Reborn (2011)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)
- Little Fockers (2011)
- Littlest Pet Shop (2012–2016)
- Robot and Monster (2012–2015)
- Ted (2012)
- Brickleberry (2012–2015)
- That's My Boy (2012)
- The Dictator (2012)
- Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
- Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012)
- Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia (2012)
- The Three Stooges (2012)
- Hotel Transylvania (2012)
- Mickey Mouse (2013–2019)
- Despicable Me 2 (2013)
- Grown Ups 2 (2013)
- Scary Movie 5 (2013)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
- A Haunted House (2013)
- 22 Jump Street (2014)
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle (2014)
- Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
- A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
- The Tom and Jerry Show (2014–2021)
- A Haunted House 2 (2014)
- Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
- Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible (2014)
- Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
- Superfast! (2015)
- El Chapulín Colorado Animado (2015-2017)
- New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
- Minions (2015)
- Vacation (2015)
- Open Season: Scared Silly (2015)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
- Ted 2 (2015)
- Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
- Bunnicula (2016–2018)
- Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
- Grimsby (2016)
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
- La Tour 2 contrôle infernale (2016)
- Unikitty! (2017–2020)
- Chuck's Choice (2017)
- Despicable Me 3 (2017)
- Bunsen Is a Beast (2017–2018)
- The Boss Baby (2017)
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
- Woody Woodpecker (2017)
- The Death of Stalin (2017)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–2022)
- Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–2020)
- Big City Greens (2018–present)
- Paradise PD (2018–2022)
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
- Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
- The Boss Baby: Back in Business (2018–2021)
- The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2018–2020)
- Holmes & Watson (2018)
- Woody Woodpecker (2018–2022)
- Harvey Girls Forever! (2018–2020)
- Amphibia (2019–2022)
- Total Dhamaal (2019)
2020s
- Animaniacs (2020–2023)
- Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–2024)
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
- The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (2020–2023)
- Tom & Jerry (2021)
- Jellystone! (2021–2025)
- Space Jam A New Legacy (2021)
- Tom and Jerry Special Shorts (2021)
- Tom and Jerry in New York (2021)
- The Ghost and Molly McGee (2021–2024)
- The Patrick Star Show (2021–present)
- Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
- The Cuphead Show! (2022)
- Hundreds of Beavers (2022)
- Farzar (2022)
- The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)
- Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
- Man vs. Bee (2022)
- Jackass Forever (2022)
- Tiny Toons Looniversity (2023–2025)
- History of the World, Part II (2023)
- Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (2023)
- The Amazing Digital Circus (2023–present)
- Despicable Me 4 (2024)
- Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp (2024)
- The Garfield Movie (2024)
- Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)
- The Naked Gun (2025)
- Man vs. Baby (2025)
- Los Colorado (2026-)
See also
- List of slapstick comedy topics
- Slapstick, the eponymous device, used by Harlequin in Commedia
- Mo lei tau, a genre of slapstick comedy in Hong Kong cinema
References
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