Jerry Lewis
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1. It's Only Money (1962)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Mystery
A TV repairman dreams of being a detective and sets out to locate a missing heir.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Joan O'Brien, Zachary Scott, Jack Weston
Votes: 1,063
2. My Friend Irma (1949)
Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A scatterbrained Brooklynite and her wheeler-dealer fiancé interfere in her level-headed roommate's love life.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: John Lund, Diana Lynn, Don DeFore, Marie Wilson
Votes: 1,249 | Gross: $6.16M
3. My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
En route to Hollywood, singer Steve, his partner Seymour and fiancée Jane, Jane's airheaded roommate Irma, and Irma's con artist fiancé Al have a series of misadventures and end up involved with a murderous gang.
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: John Lund, Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn, Dean Martin
Votes: 737
4. The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Medical student Jerome Littlefield works as an orderly at a private clinic where he creates havoc due to his ineptitude.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Glenda Farrell, Susan Oliver, Everett Sloane
Votes: 3,353
5. The Sad Sack (1957)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy
A bumbling hero with a photographic memory winds up in Morocco as a private in the French Foreign Legion. He still hasn't adjusted after 18 months. Among other things, he's lost a tank.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Phyllis Kirk, David Wayne, Peter Lorre
Votes: 763
6. Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Musical
A TV repair man must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart, now a famous movie star, so her career will not suffer.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 2,259
7. The Nutty Professor (1963)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
A timid chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome womanizer.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Del Moore, Kathleen Freeman
Votes: 19,410 | Gross: $7.63M
8. Cinderfella (1960)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A gender-swapped retelling of Charles Perrault's classic, where Cinderfella is visited by a fairy godfather to help him escape from his wicked stepmother and stepbrothers.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn, Judith Anderson, Henry Silva
Votes: 3,770 | Gross: $4.70M
9. The Geisha Boy (1958)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa, Barton MacLane
Votes: 2,125
10. The Ladies Man (1961)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy
A clueless, recently-single graduate unwittingly takes a job as a servant in a mansion inhabited by dozens of young women.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Helen Traubel, Pat Stanley, Kathleen Freeman
Votes: 4,556
11. Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy
Norman Phiffier works as a store clerk in a large department store. Clumsy and inept, he can't do anything right. Boy are they in trouble!
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Jill St. John, Ray Walston, John McGiver
Votes: 2,777
12. The Family Jewels (1965)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy
A young heiress must choose among six uncles, one of whom is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Sebastian Cabot, Neil Hamilton, Jay Adler
Votes: 2,504
13. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (2003 TV Movie)
26 min | Documentary
Director: Laurent Preyale
Votes: 21
14. Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy (1992– )
300 min | Documentary
Follows the careers of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis from their first performance together at the 500 Club in Atlantic City in 1946 through their years on "The Colgate Comedy Hour" to their final performance together in 1956.
Stars: Jerry Lewis, Martin Short, Chevy Chase, Howie Mandel
Votes: 33
15. Jumping Jacks (1952)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Musical
Nightclub comic Hap Smith assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner Chuck Allen.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman, Don DeFore
Votes: 1,139 | Gross: $8.80M
16. The Stooge (1951)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Egotistical vaudevillian Bill Miller basks in the limelight with his successful musical-comedy act, but his success is due to his unheralded second banana.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Marion Marshall
Votes: 1,654
17. Artists and Models (1955)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Rick Todd uses the dreams of his roommate Eugene as the basis for a successful comic book.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 4,375 | Gross: $9.35M
18. 3 Ring Circus (1954)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy
Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money, looking for some job. They finally find one as workers in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Joanne Dru, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Votes: 884
19. Money from Home (1953)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
When Herman promises the mob to fix a racing horse in order to pay off his debts, he selects his veterinarian cousin as a patsy to help him but things go awry.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marjie Millar, Pat Crowley
Votes: 917
20. Pardners (1956)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Western
A rich momma's boy returns west with the son of his murdered father's partner to foil a gang trying to gain control of his family ranch.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lori Nelson, Jeff Morrow
Votes: 1,743 | Gross: $7.92M
21. Living It Up (1954)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Musical
An unsophisticated stationmaster from provincial New Mexico fraudulently claims that he is dying in order to get an expense-paid dream tour of New York.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Edward Arnold
Votes: 1,752 | Gross: $9.35M
22. The Caddy (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Sport
Although gifted golfer Harvey Miller is too nervous to golf in public tournaments, he acts as coach and caddy for friend Joe Anthony.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Donna Reed, Barbara Bates
Votes: 2,375
23. At War with the Army (1950)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, War
Alvin Corwin is low man on the totem pole, and goes from one mishap to another at an army training camp in World War II.
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mike Kellin, Jimmie Dundee
Votes: 2,623
24. Scared Stiff (1953)
Approved | 108 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
Fleeing a murder charge, a busboy and a nightclub singer wind up on a spooky Caribbean island inherited by a young woman.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lizabeth Scott, Carmen Miranda
Votes: 2,090
25. That's My Boy (1951)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Music, Sport
The greatest player in Ridgefield College history uses his influence and reputation to get his only son, a sickly, uncoordinated nerd, on the college football team with comic results.
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Ruth Hussey, Eddie Mayehoff
Votes: 1,130
26. The Patsy (1964)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy
An incompetent bellhop is recruited to fill in for a deceased comedian.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Ina Balin, Everett Sloane, Phil Harris
Votes: 2,566
27. The Big Mouth (1967)
107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
On a San Diego beach, Gerald Clamson fishes out of the water a look-alike frog man who gives him a map to a stash of stolen-diamonds coveted by several crime syndicates.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Harold J. Stone, Susan Bay Nimoy, Buddy Lester
Votes: 1,302
28. The King of Comedy (1982)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A passionate yet unsuccessful comedian stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard
Votes: 118,968 | Gross: $2.50M
29. Way... Way Out (1966)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic world, the USA decides to send a married couple of astronauts to its moon base in order to prevent any improper contact with the Soviet female cosmonauts manning the USSR moon base.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens, Robert Morley, Dennis Weaver
Votes: 1,110
30. The Errand Boy (1961)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Family
A goofy paperhanger is hired to root out a financial inefficiency on a Hollywood studio lot, wreaking havoc as he goes.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Brian Donlevy, Howard McNear, Dick Wesson
Votes: 2,154
31. Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth...
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark
Votes: 1,453
32. Sailor Beware (1952)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Although allergic to kissing girls, Seaman Melvin Jones, through a fluke TV appearance, gets the undeserved reputation of a great kisser dubbed "Mr. Temptation" and is pursued by amorous young females.
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Corinne Calvet, Marion Marshall
Votes: 1,385
33. Three on a Couch (1966)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Romance
An artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist who currently has three female patients who don't like men. So, he guises ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Mary Ann Mobley, Gila Golan
Votes: 1,199 | Gross: $2.80M
34. Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy
A man (Jerry Lewis) is told by his doctor (Peter Lawford), and best friend, that he has a terminal illness. At his wife's urging, he lives life to the fullest, racking up insurmountable ... See full summary »
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Peter Lawford, Anne Francis, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Votes: 925 | Gross: $1.24M
35. Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
The life of Buddy Young, a comic legend in flashbacks but an old man looking for work in the present.
Director: Billy Crystal | Stars: Billy Crystal, David Paymer, Julie Warner, Helen Hunt
Votes: 6,333 | Gross: $13.35M
36. When Stand-Up Comics Ruled the World (2004 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
A VH1 documentary that takes a look at the burgeoning 80's comedy scene as told by those who lived it, from on the road and to the Comedy Store.
Stars: Richard Belzer, Elayne Boosler, David Brenner, Lawrence Christon
Votes: 40
37. Classic Comedy Teams (1986 Video)
108 min | Comedy, Documentary
Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Burns and Allen, ... See full summary »
Director: David Bergman | Stars: Steve Allen, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Groucho Marx
Votes: 53
38. The Great Standups (1984 TV Movie)
58 min | Comedy, Documentary
This retrospective traces the development of stand-up comedy with classic film and tape clips of America's funniest comedians.
Director: Robert B. Weide | Stars: Carl Reiner, Fred Allen, Gracie Allen, Jack Benny
Votes: 33
39. The Hollywood Clowns (1979 Video)
49 min | Documentary, Comedy
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history,
Stars: Bud Abbott, Eric Campbell, Charles Chaplin, Lou Costello
Votes: 15
40.
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)
Episode:
Episode #6.11
(1955)
Comedy, Romance
Stars: Dean Martin, Robert Paige, The Alberghetti Family, Anna Maria Alberghetti
41. Funny Bones (1995)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
An unsuccessful comedian uncovers a family secret and learns the true price of letting inherent talent shine.
Director: Peter Chelsom | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Oliver Platt, Lee Evans, Leslie Caron
Votes: 3,887 | Gross: $0.53M
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