Free Great Movies Online : Comedy and Drama

We have listed here Great and  high quality Movies  that you can watch online. The collection below is under the follwing  categories  :  Comedy and Drama

• A Farewell to Arms – Free – Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes star in film based on famous novel by Ernest Hemingway. (1932)
• A Matter of Life and Death  – Free – Romantic fantasy film created by the British writing-directing-producing team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and set in England during the Second World War. It stars David Niven, Roger Livesey, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring and Raymond Massey. (1946)
• A Star is Born – Free – Janet Gaynor portrays Esther Blodgett, a starry-eyed small town girl with a dream of making it big in Hollywood. (1937)
• Alexander Nevsky – Free – A historical drama film directed by the great Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein. Click icon on bottom of video to enable subtitles. (1938)
• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge – Free – French short film directed by Robert Enrico. Won awards at Cannes Film Festival and Academy Awards. (1962)
• Andrei Rublev – Free – Andrei Tarkovsky’s film charting life of the great icon painter. Click CC for subtitles. Part 2 here. (1966)
• Angel on My Shoulder – Free – A gangster comedy starring Claude Rains and Paul Muni. (1946)
• As You Like It – Free – It’s Laurence Olivier’s earliest Shakespeare performance on film. It’s also the first feature-length British sound Shakespeare film. (1936)
• Becky Sharp – Free – The first feature film to use three-strip Technicolor film, or, put differently, the first real color film. (1935).
• Bottle Rocket – Free – Wes Anderson’s first short film, which became the basis for his first feature film by the same name. (1992)
• Breaking the Code – Free – A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code. Stars Derek Jacobi. (1996)
• Cannibal! The Musical – Free – Black comedy by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the makers of South Park. Their very first feature film. (1993)
• Captain Kidd – Free – Charles Laughton and John Carradine star in film with drama on the high seas (1945).
• Charade – Free – Starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. Part romance, comedy and thriller, this public domain film has been called “the best Hitchcock movie that Hitchcock never made. (1963)
• Chimes at Midnight – Free – Directed by Orson Welles, the film focuses on Shakespeare’s recurring character Sir John Falstaff and his relationship with another character Prince Hal. (1966)
• Cold Sweat – Free – Charles Bronson, Liv Ullman, James Mason, and Jill Ireland star in this action packed movie about a ruthless drug runner who holds a man’s family hostage. (1970)
• Cyrano De Bergerac – Free – Michael Gordon’s tale based on the classic French tale. (1950)
• Darwin – Free – 53-minute exploration of the life and work of Charles Darwin by Peter Greenaway. (1993)
• Diary – Free – Short film by Tim Hetherington (director of Restrepo) that reflects on his ten years of war reporting. (2010)
• Doodlebug – Free – One of Christopher Nolan’s early short films. Made in 1997, released in 2003.
• Dreams That Money Can Buy – Free – A surrealist film by Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Alexander Calder, Fernand Léger & Hans Richter. (1947)
• Dry Summer – Free – Turkish film restored by Martin Scorsese’s WCF. (1974)
• Duet for Cannibals – Free – A tale of emotional cannibalism by Susan Sontag. A pair of psychological & sexual cannibals come close to devouring a younger couple. (1969)
• Eat, Sleep & Kiss – Free – Three silent anti-films by Andy Warhol. (1963-1964)
• Evidence – Free – From the maker of Koyaanisqatsi, a short film about kids watching cartoons (1995).
• Fear and Desire – Free – Anuncut print of Stanley Kubrick’s “lost” early film. Kubrick didn’t like how his first film came out, so removed it from circulation. (1953)
• Fight for Your Right Revisited – Free – Adam Yauch commemorates the Beastie Boys’ legendary video for (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!). 30 minute surreal film stars Elijah Wood, Danny McBride and Seth Rogen. (2011)
• Five Minutes to Live – Free – Amazing bank heist movie stars Johnny Cash, Vic Tayback, Ron Howard, and country music great, Merle Travis. (1961)
• Flamenco at 5:15 – Free – Oscar-winning short film about a flamenco dance class given to senior students. (1983)
• Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life – Free – Oscar-winning short film that combines Kafka’s Metamorphosis with Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life. (1993)
• Freiheit – Free – The third short film George Lucas made while a film-school student at USC and the first with a narrative. (1966)
• Ghost Train – Free – Classic ghostly comedy, starring Arthur Askey and based on the play by ‘Dad’s Army’ actor Arnold Ridley. (1941)
• Great Expectations – Free – Based on the great Charles Dickens novel. (1946)
• Happy Together – Free – Hong Kong film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, that depicts a turbulent romance between two men. (1997)
• Hell’s House – Free – With Bette Davis and Pat O’Brien. The film is set during the final days of prohibition. (1932)
• Hercules – Free – A 1958 Italian epic fantasy feature film based upon the Hercules myths. (1958)
• His Girl Friday – Free – A public domain film directed by Howard Hawks. A classic comedy with Cary Grant. (1940)
• Impressions de la haute Mongolie – Free – Surrealist false documentary directed by Salvador Dalí and José Montes-Baquer, starring Salvador Dalí himself. (1976)
• Indiscreet – Free – Features superstar Gloria Swanson and directed by Leo McCarey. A comedy that’s almost Chaplinesque. (1931)
• It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time – Free – Indie film starring John Candy and Isaac Hayes. (1975)
• It’s Good to be Alive – Free – The story of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella. Directed by Michael Landon, starring Louis Gossett Jr. (1974)
• Ivan’s Childhood – Free – Andrei Tarkovsky’s first feature film. (1962)
• J’attendrai le suivant – Free – A French film nominated for an Academy Award for the Best Short Film in 2002.
• Jungle Book – Free – A color action-adventure film based on the Rudyard Kipling’ novel, The Jungle Book. Directed by Zoltán Korda, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards. (1942)
• La Ciociara (Two Women) – Free – The film won the Academy Award for Best Actress (Sophia Loren).  It was the first time an actress won an acting award for a non-English speaking role. (1960)
• La Villa Santo Sospir – Free – 35-minute color film by Jean Cocteau offering tour of friend’s villa. (1952)
• L’Age d’or – Free – French surrealist comedy directed by Luis Buñuel about the insanities of modern life, the hypocrisy of the sexual mores of bourgeois society and the value system of the Roman Catholic Church. Salvador Dalí co-wrote the screenplay. (1930)
• Lady Blue Shanghai – Free – David Lynch’s short movie that doubles as a commercial for Dior. Stars Marion Cotillard. (2010)
• Les Mistons – Free – The second short film François Truffaut ever made and the first that ever satisfied him. (1957)
• Lick the Star – Free – Sofia Coppola’s very first short film follows a 7th-grade conspiracy (1998)
• Love and Pigeons – Free – Soviet romantic comedy film by Vladimir Menshov. His  previous film Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears received the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. (1984)
• Lumiere – Free – A very short film by David Lynch. 55 seconds. (1966)
• M – Free – Classic film directed by Fritz Lang, with Peter Lorre. About the search for a child murderer in Berlin, (1931)
• Meet John Doe – Free – Frank Capra’s comedy, with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. (1941)
• Meetin’ WA – Free – In a short film Jean-Luc Godard meets Woody Allen. (1986)
• Menthe – Free – The second film by Lars von Trier is based on the sadomasochistic novel by Dominique Aury, Story of O, and tells the story of a voluntary female subjugation. (1979)
• Mr. Arkadin – Free – Orson Welles’s Mr. Arkadin (a.k.a. Confidential Report) tells the story of an elusive billionaire who hires an American smuggler to investigate his past. It was filmed in several Spanish locations, including Segovia, Valladolid and Madrid. This film is available on Hulu and limited to US audiences. (1955)
• My Best Friend’s Birthday – Free – First film directed by Quentin Tarantino. Some good rockabilly fun. (1987)
• Murder in Harlem – Free – Film by Oscar Micheaux, the first African-American to produce a feature-length film (1920) and sound movie (1931). His films provide a window into American views on race. (1935)
• Penny Serenade – Free – With Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. (1941)
• Plan 9 from Outer Space – Free – An Ed Wood “classic.” Considered one of the worst films ever made. (1959)
• Pond Way – Free – A lyrical, contemplative, sensuous piece by Merce Cunningham. Music by Brian Eno; Décor by Roy Lichtenstein. (1998)
• Pygmalion – Free – Film based on George Bernard Shaw’s play. Won Oscar for best screenplay. (1938)
• ¡Que viva México! – Free – A film project begun in 1930 by Russian avant-garde filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein portraying Mexican culture and politics from pre-Conquest civilization to the Mexican revolution. The troubled film was eventually abandoned.
• Rashomon – Free – Akira Kurosawa’s classic film that introduced Japanese cinema to the West. (1950)
• Reefer Madness – Free – Arguably the most unintentionally hilarious “anti-drug” exploitation film. (1936)
• Rembrandt’s J’accuse – Free – An indie directed by Peter Greenaway. (2008)
• Road to Bali – Free – With Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour. (1952)
• Romance Sentimentale – Free – Directed by Sergei Eisenstein. (1930)
• Royal Wedding – Free – With Fred Astaire. (1951)
• Ruslan and Ludmila – Free – Russian film directed by Aleksandr Ptushko. Based on poem written by Alexander Pushkin in 1820. Subtitled in English. (1972)
• Scrooge – Free – The first sound version of Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. Directed by Henry Edwards (1935)
• Shame – Free – Produced by Roger Corman and starring William Shatner. Mystery film about a man sent into a southern town to stir up race riots. (1962)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon – Free – Sherlock Holmes rescues an inventor of an new bomb site before the Nazis can get him. (1943)
• Sisters – Free – Directed by Brian DePalma with Margo Kidder. (1973)
• Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times) – Free -David Lynch`s very first short film. (1966)
• Slacker – Free – Richard Linklater’s Gen-X, generation defining indie film. (1991)
• Solaris – Part 1 – Part 2 – Andrei Tarkovsky’s meditative psychodrama occurring mostly aboard a space station orbiting the planet Solaris. (1972)
• Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il film “Il Vangelo secondo Matteo” – Free – Pier Paolo Pasolini’s idiosyncratic views on Jesus as a historical figure. (1965)
• Spider Baby – Free – A black comedy horror film, written and directed by Jack Hill. Stars Lon Chaney Jr. (1968)
• Stalker – Free: Part 1 – Part 2 – Legendary science fiction film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. (1979)
• Strike – Free – Sergei Eisenstein’s first feature film and an indicator of the brilliant films to follow. (1925)
• The Alphabet – Free – David Lynch’s early short film. (1968)
• The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss – Free – Cary Grant plays a rich socialite who makes a bet with his therapist that he can make a living for one year using none of his current wealth. (1936)
• The Amputee – Free – A short film made by David Lynch for the American Film Institute while Eraserhead was in financial limbo. (1974)
• The Bigamist – Free – Directed by Ida Lupino, a pioneer among women filmmakers. (1953)
• The Blood of a Poet – Free – Avant-garde film directed by Jean Cocteau. The first part of the Orphic Trilogy. (1930)
• The Blue Angel – Free – The Weimar classic that made Marlene Dietrich an international star. YouTube version here. (1930)
• The Chinese Connection (aka Fists of Fury) – Free – Bruce Lee stars in his second influential Hong Kong Martial arts film. (1972)
• The Contender – Free – Stars Buster Crabbe (best known for his role as Tarzan) in well known boxing film. (1944)
• The Dentist – Free – W.C. Fields in his second talking comedy short. One of four short films Fields made with the “king of comedy,” Mack Sennett. (1932)
• The Discipline of D.E. – Free – Gus Van Sant’s short, 16 mm, black and white adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ short story. (1978)
• The Divorce of Lady X – Free – British romantic comedy film starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon (1938).
• The Dove – Free – A parody of some of Ingmar Bergman’s best known films, including Wild Strawberries (Smultronstaellet) and The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet). Features first film appearance by Madeline Kahn. Nominated for Academy Award. (1968)
• The Fast And The Furious – Free – A 1950s B-action film written by Roger Corman. (1955)
• The Great Saint Louis Bank Robbery – Free – Steve McQueen stars in a gritty, downbeat, and sometimes savage heist movie. (1959)
• The Haircut – Free – John Cassavetes stars in a short, amusing student film. (1982)
• The Invisible Frame – Free – Directed by Cynthia Beatt. In German with English subtitles. (1983)
• The Jackie Robinson Story – Free – Starring Jackie Robinson himself, the film retraces the life and times of the great baseball player and civil rights figure. (1950)
• The Jungle Book – Free – Directed by Zoltan Korda, it starred Sabu, Jospeh Calleia, John Qualen, Frank Puglia, etc. (1942)
• The Last Farm – Free – Short Icelandic film nominated for Oscar in 2006.
• The Last Man on Earth – Free – Post apocalyptic horror film starring Vincent Price and based on Richard Matheson novel I Am Legend. (1964)
• The Last Time I Saw Paris – Free – Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson star in romantic drama based on F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘s story “Babylon Revisited.” YouTube version here. (1953)
• The Little Shop of Horrors – Free – Directed by Roger Corman with Jack Nicholson. (1960)
• The Living Wake – Free – Dark comedy chronicles the final day of self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew. Mike O’Connell, Jim Gaffigan and Jill Larson. (2007)
• The Lunch Date – Free – Adam Davidson’s commentary on race in America. The short film won an Oscar and a prize at Cannes. (1989)
• The Machine Stops – Free – A UK science fiction TV show adapted E.M. Forster’s 1909 techno-dystopia story, The Machine Stops. (1966)
• The Metamorphosis – A Study: Nabokov on Kafka – Free – A dramatization of Vladimir Nabokov’s lectures on Kafka novella, The Metamorphosis. Stars Christopher Plummer. (1989)
• The Mirror – Free – Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Loosely autobiographical, the film features Tarkovsky’s wife Larisa Tarkovskaya. (1975)
• The Night of Counting the Years – Free – Directed by Shadi Abdel Salam, this film is considered one of the finest Egyptian films ever made. (1969)
• The Orchid Gardener – Free – A young, mentally ill man, a visual artist in crisis Victor Marse (Lars von Trier) meets two nurses (Eliza and her girlfriend) during his stay in a sanatorium. Bizarre things happen next in an experimental film with a mysterious and symbolic plot . (1977)
• The Painted Desert –Free – Notable for being Clark Gable’s first appearance in a talkie film. (1931)
• The Phantom Fiend – Free – The first sound remake of the 1927 Alfred Hitchcock classic, The Lodger. Stars Ivor Novello and directed by Maurice Elvey. Also find on Archive.org.
• The Rage in Placid Lake – Free – Australian playwright Tony McNamara makes his directorial debut with the offbeat comedy The Rage in Placid Lake, adapted from his own play The Cafe Latte Kid.
• The Scarlet Letter – Free – Robert G. Vignola’s adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic. Alternative version available at Archive.org. (1934)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel – Free – Adaptation of the classic adventure novel by Baroness Orczy. Stars Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon. (1934)
• The Short Films of Louis CK – Free – A collection of short films created by the comedian between 1993 and 1999.
• The Skin Game – Free – A 1931 Hitchcock film based on a play by John Galsworthy recounts the tragic tale of a family feud. (1931)
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro – Free – Based on Hemingway’s classic novel set in Africa. Stars Gregory Peck. (1952)
• The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It –Free – John Cleese stars in a film where he plays Arthur Sherlock Holmes, the bumbling grandson of the famous detective. (1977)
• The Stranger – Free – Directed by Orson Welles and starring Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young. This was Orson Welles’ only major box office success. Alternative version on Archive.org. (1946)
• The Street Fighter – Free – One of Quentin Tarantino’s favorite karate films. (1974)
• The Taming of the Shrew – Free – The first sound adaptation of a Shakespeare film ever. Stars Mary Pickford and her husband Douglas Fairbanks. (1929)
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse – Free – Directed by Fritz Lang, this was the sequel to Lang’s nearly four-hour silent film Dr. Mabuse shot in 1922.  (1933)
• The Trial – Free – Orson Welles’ film based on Kafka’s novella. Welles once called it “the best film I have ever made.” (1962)
• The Wild Ride – Free – A cult classic that features Jack Nicholson playing a rebellious punk in one of his first roles. Find alternate version at Archive.org (1960)
• The Young Lovers – Free – Directed by Ida Lupino, this 1950 film tells the tale of a newly engaged woman who contracts polio. Film was also titled Never Fear. Alternate version here.
• Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot the Piano Player) – Free – Francois Truffaut’s film based on pulp fiction thriller by David Goodis. (1960)
• Tuileries – Free – A short twisted film by Joel and Ethan Coen. Stars Steve Buscemi and takes place in Paris. (2006)
• Ulysses – Free – Based on James Joyce’s novel Ulysses, the film stars Milo O’Shea as Leopold Bloom, Barbara Jefford as Molly Bloom, Maurice Roëves as Stephen Dedalus, T. P. McKenna as Buck Mulligan and Sheila O’Sullivan as May Golding Dedalus. (1967)
• Un Chant d’Amour – Free – French writer Jean Genet’s only film. Because of its explicit (though artistically presented) homosexual content, the 26-minute movie was banned and disowned by Genet later in his life. 1950
• Utopia – Free – Laurel & Hardy’s last film. (1951)
• Virus – Free – Post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie directed by Kinji Fukasaku and based on a novel written by Sakyo Komatsu. (1980)
• Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women – Free – An early film by “New Hollywood” director Peter Bogdanovich (1968).
• Waiting for Godot – Free – Performances of Waiting for Godot directed by none other than Samuel Beckett himself. (1985)
• War & Peace – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Soviet director Sergei Bondarchuk turns Tolstoy’s great novel into what Roger Ebert calls “the definitive epic of all time.” Won Academy Award – Best Foreign Language Film in 1969. (1965-1967)
• Why Try to Escape from Which You Know You Can’t Escape from? Because You Are a Coward – Free – An early film by Lars von Trier. (1970)
• Wittgenstein – Free -Watch Derek Jarman’s tribute to the philosopher, featuring Tilda Swinton (1993)
• Zéro de Conduite (Zero for Conduct) – Free – Originally banned in France, the film was later honored by Truffaut in The 400 Blows. (1933)