Slapstick film

Template:Short description 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.<ref name="allmovie">Template:Cite web</ref> The physical comedy in these films contains a cartoonish style of violence that is predominantly harmless and goofy in tone.<ref name="allmovie" />

Silent film had slapstick comedies that included the films starring Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, the Keystone Cops and Harold Lloyd.<ref name="allmovie" /> These comedians often laced their slapstick with social commentary while comedians such as Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy and The Three Stooges did not.<ref name="allmovie" /> Slapstick is about uninhibited action and timing, which may include being made to look foolish or to act with tomfoolery.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

There were fewer slapstick comedies produced at the advent of sound film.<ref name="allmovie" /> After World War II, the genre resurfaced in France with films by Jacques Tati and in the United States with films It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and The Great Race, starring the stoic, aloof and mild mannered Buster Keaton, also known as "The Great Stone Face", as well as the films of comedians like Jerry Lewis.<ref name="allmovie" />

Slapstick films and television series

Slapstick films and television series include:

1910s

• The Rink (1916)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1920s

• The Scarecrow (1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Deprecated inline
• Safety Last! (1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sherlock Jr. (1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Gold Rush (1925)
• The General (1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Big Business (1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• A Night at the Opera (1935)
• Modern Times (1936)
• Way Out West (1937)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Donald Duck (1937–1965)
• A Day at the Races (1937)

1940s

• The Great Dictator (1940)
• Whistling in the Dark (1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Crazy Knights (1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Tom and Jerry (1940–present)

1950s

• Fancy Pants (1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Good Humor Man (1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Court Jester (1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Just My Luck (1957)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• Mon Oncle (1958)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Battle of the Sexes (1959)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1960s

• The Bellboy (1960)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Two-Way Stretch (1960)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
• The Ladies Man (1961)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Everything's Ducky (1961)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Errand Boy (1961)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Invasion Quartet (1961)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• It's Only Money (1962)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• On the Beat (1962)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Notorious Landlady (1962)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Who's Minding the Store? (1963)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)<ref name="Kaye, Don">Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Nutty Professor (1963)
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)<ref name="Kaye, Don"/>
• The Pink Panther (1963)
• Carry On Spying (1964)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Advance to the Rear (1964)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• A Shot in the Dark (1964)
• Carry On Cleo (1964)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Disorderly Orderly (1964)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• West and Soda (1965)
• The Great Race (1965)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Batman (1966)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Get Smart (1965–1970)
• That Riviera Touch (1966)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Three on a Couch (1966)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)<ref name="allmovie.com">Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)<ref name="The Glass Bottom Boat">Template:Cite web</ref>
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)<ref name="A Funny Thing Happened on the Way t">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)<ref name="allmovie.com"/>
• The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)<ref name="The Glass Bottom Boat"/>
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)<ref name="A Funny Thing Happened on the Way t"/>
• Carry On Doctor (1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Carry On Again, Doctor (1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)
• The Magnificent Two (1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Party (1968)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Inspector Clouseau (1968)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• VIP my Brother Superman (1968)
• Take the Money and Run (1969)
• Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)

1970s

• The Boatniks (1970)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• Bananas (1971)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Trafic (1971)
• Evil Roy Slade (1972)
• Carry On Abroad (1972)
• My Name Is Nobody (1973)
• Mr. Hercules Against Karate (1973)
• Sleeper (1973)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Blazing Saddles (1974)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)
• The Fortune (1975)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Gods Must Be Crazy (1981)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• History of the World, Part I (1981)
• Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
• Banana Joe (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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Club Paradise (1986)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hudson Hawk (1991)
• Nothing But Trouble (1991)
• The Addams Family (1991)
• [[The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear|The Naked Gun Template:Frac: 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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 33 1/3: The Final Insult|Naked Gun Template:Frac: 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Spy Hard (1996)
• The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996–1998)
• The Nutty Professor (1996)
• KaBlam! (1996–2000)
• Space Jam (1996)
• Black Sheep (1996)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Flubber (1997)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Liar Liar (1997)
• The Good Bad Guy (1997)
• Cats Don't Dance (1997)
• Bean (1997)
• MouseHunt (1997)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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)
• 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005–2008)
• Madagascar (2005)
• Catscratch (2005–2007)
• 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
• Superfast! (2015)
• 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)

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