Comedies nominated for Best Picture Oscar, 1929-present (in alphabetical order).
I also included serio-comedies (such as The Apartment and Driving Miss Daisy), historical comedies (such as Tom Jones), and animation (Babe).
Winners: 10 out of 91
Annie Hall, 1977
Apartment, The, 1960 (serio-comedy)
Artist, The, 2011 (silent, b/w)
Driving Miss Daisy, 1999
Going My Way, 1944
Green Book, 2018 (serio-comedy)
It Happened One Night, 1934
Sting, The, 1973
Terms of Endearment, The, 1983
You Can’t take It With You, 1938
A
Accidental Tourist, 1988
Alfie, 1966
American Grafitti, 1973
American Hustle, 2013
Annie Hall, 1977
Apartment, The, 1960 (serio-comedy)
Artist, The, 2011 (silent, b/w)
As Good As It gets, 1997
Auntie Mame, 1958
Awful truth, The, 1937
B
Babe, 1995
Bells of St. Mary’s, 1945
Big Chill, 1983
Big Short, 2015
Born Yesterday, 1950
Breaking Away, 1979
C
None
D
Descendants, The, 2011
Dr. Strangelove, 1964
Driving Miss Daisy, 1999
E
None
F
Fargo, 1996
Father of the Bride, 1950
Fabourite, The, 2018
Four Weddings and a Funeral, 1994
Full Monty, The, 1997
G
Going My Way, 1944
Goodbye Girl, The, 1977
GoodFellas, 1990
Graduate, The, 1967
Grand Budapest Hotel, The, 2014
Green Book, 2018 (serio-comedy)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? 1967
H
Hannah and Her Sisters, 1986
Heaven Can Wait, 1943
Heaven Can Wait, 1978
Help, The, 2011
Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941
Hidden Figures, 2016
Hope and Glory, 1987
I
I, Tonya, 2017
It Happened One Night, 1934
J
Jerry Maguire, 1996
Juno, 2007
K
Kids Are All Right, The, 2010
L
Lady for a Day, 1933
Libeled Lady, 1936
Little Miss Sunshine, 2006
M
M.A.S.H. 1970
Midnight in Paris, 2011
Mister Roberts, 1955
Moneyball, 2011
Moonstruck, 1987
More the Merrier, The, 1943
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 1936
N
Ninotchka, 1939
P
Philadelphia Story, The, 1940
Postman, The, 1994
Prizzi’s Honor, 1986
Pymallion, 1938
R
Roman Holiday, 1953
Russians Are Coming, Russians Are Coming, The, 1966
S
Shakespeare in Love, 1998
She Done Him Wrong, 1933
Sideways, 2004
Skippy, 1931
Smilin’ Through, 1934
Smiling Lieutenant, The, 1934
Stage Door, 1937
State Fair, 1933
Sting, The, 1973
T
Talk of the Town, 1942
Terms of Endearment, The, 1983
Test Pilot, 1938
Thin Man, The, 1934
Three Coins in the Fountain, 1954
Three Smart Girls, 1936
Thousand Clowns, A, 1965
Tootsie, 1982
Top Hat, 1935
Touch of Class, A, 1973
U
Unmarried Woman, 1978
V
Vice, 2018
W
Wolf of Wall Street
Working Girl
Y
You Can’t take It With You, 1938
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