The best James Brown’s comedy movies

James Brown

James Brown

22/03/1920- 11/04/1992
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best James Brown’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about James Brown.

Irma la Douce

Irma la Douce
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 05/06/1963
  • Character: Customer from Texas
A Parisian policeman gives up everything for the love of a free-living sex worker.

Going My Way

Going My Way
7/10
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.

Adiós Amigo

Adiós Amigo
4.1/10
Two incompetent Western outlaws engineer several failed crimes, including a botched stagecoach holdup. Fred Williamson, a tough-guy perennial in blaxploitation movies, does a rare comedy turn as a blundering patsy to Richard Pryor's slick con man.

Whiffs

Whiffs
4.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 15/10/1975
  • Character: State Trooper
Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military after 15 years of service as a human guinea pig in its chemical warfare experiments.

The Groom Wore Spurs

The Groom Wore Spurs
5.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/03/1951
  • Character: Steve Hall
Pretty female attorney Abigail "AJ" Furnival is hired to keep high-flying cowboy movie star Ben Castle out of trouble in Las Vegas. Despite his many faults, Abigail falls in love with and marries Ben, with the hope that she can mold him into the virtuous hero he plays on the screen.

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Our Hearts Were Growing Up
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 14/06/1946
  • Character: Avery Moore
Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with kind-hearted bootlegger Donlevy who helps them get their boy friends back.

Father Takes the Air

Father Takes the Air
5.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 17/06/1951
  • Character: Bob
In the fifth and final movie in Monogram's "Father" series, Henry Latham and Mayor Colton dream of reliving their WWI flying careers, leading to an increasingly antagonistic competition.

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 02/11/1944
  • Character: Avery Moore
In 1923, two young ladies depart unescorted for a tour of Europe, meeting two eligible men aboard ship. Their great naivity and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadventures.

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Yes Sir, That's My Baby
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 10/08/1949
  • Character: Tony Cresnovitch
At a college, a group of ex-GIs clash with their wives about over playing football.

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