Smartest comedy films of the 60s

You may define "smart" any way you wish....but would love to know what movies were popular for those who perhaps didnt enjoy slapstick and goofy comedies of the period. Dr. Strangelove comes to mind. Recommendations are welcome.

 

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Your requirements are vague but here are some '60s comedies you might enjoy

The Odd Couple
The Fortune Cookie
Kiss Me Stupid
The Honey Pot
Only Two Can Play
Father Goose
Lover Come Back
That Touch of Mink
The Wheeler Dealers
Fitzwilly
The Assassination Bureau
The Jokers
I'll Never Forget What's'is'name
The Bed-Sitting Room
A Thousand Clowns
Enter Laughing

 

One, Two, Three James Cagney's last film before going into a 20 year retirement. A bit dated because it's set in Cold War Berlin but fast-paced and hilarious. Costar Horst Bucholz was about the only actor Cagney detested and wanted to punch out

 

I enjoy the Bob Hope / Lucille Ball comedy Facts of Life from 1960.

 

The Apartment
The Graduate
The Russians are Coming, The Russian are Coming (some silliness)

 

Any discussion of comedies of the sixties starts with The Producers.

 

It's been a long, long time since I saw The Wrong Box, but I recall it being quite funny (if somewhat silly in a British way). And that cast . . . And any script co-written by Larry Gelbart has something going for it.

 

Take the Money and Run

 

A Hard Day's Night

 

The Pink Panther.

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If you people don't mention Dr. Strangelove, then you'll have to answer to the Coca Cola Company.

 

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Uh, tried to make a joke. I forgot there isn't much humor here.

 

What a great film! The best part was the parents wearing the Groucho glasses and Virgil being put into 'Solitary Confinement' for a month with an Insurance salesman. At the end of the month, the salesman was still talking, only with his sleeves rolled up and his tie loosened.

 

Bedazzled

 

I've found that a helps.

 

Eating Raoul

 

From the 1960s?

 

OPPS! sorry! 1982

 

my Mom loved the series...we went to see them together at the movies...great memory.

 

I got a gub!

 

CHARADE would have to be high up there on any list of such films - some would call it a comedy/drama, but it has too many good one liners in it to be described as that. Get the Criterion version for the director/writer commentary, which is also very entertaining.

 

I'd recommend The Knack and HEAD.

 

Head isn't really a comedy though...