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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