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Lilies of the Field (1963 film)
Lilies of the Field (1963) is Ralph Nelson's black-and-white comedy-drama, adapted from William E. Barrett's novel, in which Sidney Poitier's Homer Smith builds a chapel for German nuns in Arizona and wins the first Best Actor Oscar given to a Black actor.
Lolita (1962 film)
Lolita (1962) is Stanley Kubrick's black-comedy adaptation of Nabokov's novel, starring James Mason, Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters, and Peter Sellers; released June 1962 after Legion of Decency cuts, with Lolita aged 14 instead of 12.
Love with the Proper Stranger
Love with the Proper Stranger is a 1963 Paramount romantic comedy-drama directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen in a story of pregnancy and an illegal abortion, nominated for five Academy Awards.
Lover Come Back
Lover Come Back (1961) is a Delbert Mann romantic comedy starring Rock Hudson, Doris Day, and Tony Randall as rival Madison Avenue ad executives; Oscar-nominated original screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning, follow-up to Pillow Talk.
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky) is Miloš Forman's 1965 Czechoslovak New Wave comedy about factory worker Andula's doomed romance with pianist Milda; it won the 1965 Venice Golden Lion and was Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.
Masculin Féminin
Masculin Féminin (1966) is Jean-Luc Godard's eleventh feature, a black-and-white portrait of 1960s Paris youth starring Jean-Pierre Léaud and Chantal Goya, loosely based on two Maupassant stories and banned to under-18s in France.
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (Morgan!) is Karel Reisz's 1966 British black-and-white comedy, written by David Mercer from his 1962 BBC play, starring David Warner and Vanessa Redgrave, who won Cannes Best Actress.
One, Two, Three
One, Two, Three (German: Eins, zwei, drei) is Billy Wilder's 1961 Cold War comedy starring James Cagney as a Coca-Cola executive in West Berlin, adapted from Ferenc Molnár's play Egy, kettő, három; distinct from Frankel's 2021 novel and Berlinski's math book.
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (Операция «Ы» и другие приключения Шурика)
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures, or Операция «Ы» и другие приключения Шурика, is a 1965 Soviet slapstick comedy directed by Leonid Gaidai, starring student Shurik across three novellas.
Oscar (1967 film)
Oscar (1967) is a French comedy by Édouard Molinaro, adapted from Claude Magnier's 1958 play, starring Louis de Funès as Bertrand Barnier, blackmailed by his embezzling employee Christian; released 11 October 1967 by Gaumont, remade in 1991.
Our Man Flint
Our Man Flint is a 1966 Twentieth Century-Fox spy comedy directed by Daniel Mann, starring James Coburn as agent Derek Flint, who fights the weather-controlling GALAXY for ZOWIE; it spawned In Like Flint (1967).
Plácido
Plácido (1961) is a Spanish black-and-white satirical comedy by Luis García Berlanga, his key early collaboration with Rafael Azcona, about a poor man trying to save his three-wheeled van during a hypocritical Christmas charity campaign; Cannes and Oscar-nominated.
Playtime
Playtime is a 1967 French comedy directed by and starring Jacques Tati, following Monsieur Hulot and American tourists through a glass-and-steel Paris, told almost without dialogue.
Romance Papa (로맨스 빠빠)
Romance Papa (로맨스 빠빠) is a 1960 South Korean family comedy-drama by Shin Sang-ok, the first Shin Films production, adapted from a radio drama; it opened January 28, 1960, drew 100,000+ Seoul admissions, and won the first Korean Best Film Award in 1961.
School for Scoundrels (1960 film)
School for Scoundrels (1960) is a British comedy directed by Robert Hamer, based on Stephen Potter's Lifemanship books, starring Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, and Alastair Sim as a one-upmanship teacher.
Seduced and Abandoned
Seduced and Abandoned (Sedotta e abbandonata) is Pietro Germi's 1964 Italian black-and-white satire, second of his Sicilian trilogy after Divorce Italian Style, starring Stefania Sandrelli and Saro Urzì, on Sicily's reparative-marriage honor code; Cannes 1964 competitor.
Send Me No Flowers
Send Me No Flowers (1964) is a Norman Jewison comedy, the third and final Doris Day–Rock Hudson–Tony Randall teaming, in which hypochondriac George Kimball, believing he is dying, seeks a replacement husband for wife Judy; based on the Barasch and Moore Broadway play.
Snow White and the Three Stooges
Snow White and the Three Stooges is a 1961 20th Century-Fox fantasy comedy, also called Snow White & The Three Stooges, directed by Walter Lang, replacing the Seven Dwarfs with Moe, Larry, and Curly Joe and starring Olympic skater Carol Heiss; it flopped.
Something's Got to Give
Something's Got to Give: unfinished 1962 George Cukor comedy for 20th Century Fox, a My Favorite Wife remake starring Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, and Cyd Charisse; Monroe was fired, rehired, and died before completion.
Stolen Kisses
Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) is François Truffaut's 1968 French romantic comedy, the third Antoine Doinel film, following Jean-Pierre Léaud's discharged soldier through Paris jobs and love affairs with Delphine Seyrig and Claude Jade.
That Darn Cat!
That Darn Cat! is a 1965 Walt Disney live-action comedy directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Hayley Mills and Dean Jones, based on the Gordons' novel Undercover Cat, about a Siamese cat whose collar clue helps the FBI foil a kidnapping; remade in 1997.
That Touch of Mink
That Touch of Mink (1962) is a Delbert Mann romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Doris Day in their only film together, about a tycoon wanting an affair and a working woman wanting marriage; it earned three Oscar nominations and record Radio City grosses.
The Apartment
The Apartment (1960) is Billy Wilder's comedy-drama starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, about a clerk lending his apartment to executives; it won five Oscars including Best Picture.
The April Fools
The April Fools is a 1969 American romantic comedy directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Jack Lemmon and Catherine Deneuve in her American film debut, produced by Lemmon's Jalem Productions with Cinema Center Films, released 28 May 1969.
The Assassination Bureau
The Assassination Bureau (UK title The Assassination Bureau Limited) is a 1969 British black comedy adventure film by Basil Dearden and Michael Relph, starring Oliver Reed and Diana Rigg, based on Jack London's unfinished novel completed by Robert L. Fish.
The Bellboy
The Bellboy (1960) is Jerry Lewis's directorial debut, a 72-minute black-and-white Paramount comedy in which he plays mute bellboy Stanley at Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Hotel, shot in 26 days with early video assist.
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963 film)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father is a 1963 MGM romantic comedy-drama directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Glenn Ford, Ronny Howard, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens, and Dina Merrill, adapted from Mark Toby's 1961 novel and later inspiring a 1969-1972 TV series.
The Firemen's Ball
The Firemen's Ball (Hoří, má panenko) is Miloš Forman's 1967 Czechoslovak-Italian comedy about a disastrous volunteer firemen's ball; his last Czech film, first in color, banned after 1968, Oscar-nominated in 1969.
The Fortune Cookie
The Fortune Cookie (1966), Spanish title En bandeja de plata, is a Billy Wilder comedy-drama starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in their first film together; Matthau won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar as lawyer Willie Gingrich.
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) is a Universal comedy starring Don Knotts as typesetter Luther Heggs, directed by Alan Rafkin, written by Fritzell and Greenbaum; a hit that earned Knotts a long-term Universal contract.