Best Comedy Movies of 1957

1.

Love in the Afternoon

5.2

7.2/10

Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the worldly mature Frank Flannagan hoping that l’amour will take hold.

2.

Funny Face

5.1

7.0/10

A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

6.

Desk Set

3.7

7.3/10

A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.

7.

A King in New York

3.7

7.1/10

Due to a revolution in his country, King Shahdov comes to New York—almost broke. To get some money he goes to TV, making commercials and meets the child from communist parents. Due to this he is suddenly a suspected as a communist himself and has to face one of McCarthy's hearings.

8.

Tammy and the Bachelor

3.7

7.0/10

An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.

10.

Silk Stockings

3.6

6.8/10

A musical remake of Ninotchka: After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West, but gradually falls under its spell, with the help of Steve Canfield, an American movie producer.

11.

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

3.6

7.0/10

To save his career, an ad man wants a sex symbol to endorse a lipstick. But she wants something too: he has to pretend to be her new lover.

12.

Les Girls

3.5

6.6/10

After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative presents the story from three points of view where Sybil accuses Angele of having an affair with Barry, while Angele insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story.

13.

Pal Joey

3.5

6.7/10

An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.

14.

The Pajama Game

3.5

6.7/10

Employees of the Sleeptite Pajama Factory are looking for a whopping seven-and-a-half cent an hour increase and they won't take no for an answer. Babe Williams is their feisty employee representative but she may have found her match in shop superintendent Sid Sorokin. When the two get together they wind up discussing a whole lot more than job actions! Written by A.L. Beneteau

15.

The Prince and the Showgirl

3.4

6.5/10

A saucy American showgirl in London is wooed by a roving-eyed Duke, but his estranged son, the young King, interrupts their late supper with politics and angry accusations.

16.

Designing Woman

3.4

6.8/10

A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.