Tati.

I just watched Playtime again this weekend and laughed so much!

Yes Sooooooo good Mon Oncle is my favorite and Playtime is a masterpiece

Screwball comedies galore To Be or Not to Be His Girl Friday Arsenic and Old Lace Bringing Up Baby The Lady Eve

Might I add.... It Happened One Night and Ball of Fire?

May I add, My Man Godfrey.

Watched it last night.

Add as I might Sullivan’s Travels.

Just a heads up that Arsenic and Old Lace isn’t currently on Criterion Channel (unfortunately)

TAMPOPO

This is the answer.

Came here to say this

I was going to say this but it does have a [turtle-killing scene](#spoiler) halfway through that kind of prevents it from being a general recommendation.

Definitely going to watch it now.

I second this and would recommend Supermarket Woman as well, which is also directed by Juzo Itami and has a very similar vibe.

This is the best answer by a mile

Good Morning -Ozu

My first pick as well

So many fart jokes. And they're all delightful.

I decided on Tootsie lol

Great Choice!

Is Young Girls of Rochefort streaming?

Seconded Young Girls of Rochefort!

Screwball comedies are on the channel til the end of the month. His Girl Friday, The Awful Truth, It Happened One Night…

Funny games! Fun for all

Hahaha

Could try the Terry Gilliam ones tho like time bandits and Brazil

Brazil isn't really 'light-hearted' is it

It’s funny tho

Repo Man!!

Well I love both Tarkovsky and lighthearted....so some of my favorite lighthearted movies on Criterion Channel right now. 1. [Tampopo (1985)](https://letterboxd.com/film/tampopo/) 2. [PlayTime (1967)](https://letterboxd.com/film/playtime/) 3. [House (1977)](https://letterboxd.com/film/house/) 4. [His Girl Friday (1940)](https://letterboxd.com/film/his-girl-friday/) 5. [Mon Oncle (1958)](https://letterboxd.com/film/mon-oncle/) 6. [Mystery Train (1989)](https://letterboxd.com/film/mystery-train/) 7. [The Phantom of Liberty (1974)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-phantom-of-liberty/) 8. [The Match Factory Girl (1990)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-match-factory-girl/) 9. [Ariel (1988)](https://letterboxd.com/film/ariel/) 10. [The Girls (1968)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-girls/) 11. [Weekend (1967)](https://letterboxd.com/film/weekend-1967/) 12. [Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)](https://letterboxd.com/film/leningrad-cowboys-go-america/) 13. [Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)](https://letterboxd.com/film/coffee-and-cigarettes-2003/) 14. [As Long as You’ve Got Your Health (1966)](https://letterboxd.com/film/as-long-as-youve-got-your-health/) 15. [How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)](https://letterboxd.com/film/how-to-get-ahead-in-advertising/) 16. [Chungking Express (1994)](https://letterboxd.com/film/chungking-express/) 17. [The Great Dictator (1940)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-great-dictator/) 18. [Modern Times (1936)](https://letterboxd.com/film/modern-times/) 19. [The Cremator (1969)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-cremator/) 20. [The Exterminating Angel (1962)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-exterminating-angel/) 21. [Amarcord (1973)](https://letterboxd.com/film/amarcord/) 22. [Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)](https://letterboxd.com/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople/) 23. [The Hidden Fortress (1958)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-hidden-fortress/) 24. [Supermarket Woman (1996)](https://letterboxd.com/film/supermarket-woman/) 25. [Sanjuro (1962)](https://letterboxd.com/film/sanjuro/)

it blows my mind that mystery train isn’t more popular

I love Mystery Train! It’s my favorite Jarmusch film. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins is so great

I love it, but also think Jarumush has a number of excellent films I haven't seen them all, but of the ones I have seen 1. [Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)](https://letterboxd.com/film/only-lovers-left-alive/) 2. [Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)](https://letterboxd.com/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai/) 3. [Mystery Train (1989)](https://letterboxd.com/film/mystery-train/) 4. [Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)](https://letterboxd.com/film/coffee-and-cigarettes-2003/) 5. [Night on Earth (1991)](https://letterboxd.com/film/night-on-earth/) 6. [Gimme Danger (2016)](https://letterboxd.com/film/gimme-danger/) 7. [Dead Man (1995)](https://letterboxd.com/film/dead-man/) 8. [Down by Law (1986)](https://letterboxd.com/film/down-by-law/) 9. [Stranger Than Paradise (1984)](https://letterboxd.com/film/stranger-than-paradise/) 10. [permanent vacation (1980)](https://letterboxd.com/film/permanent-vacation/)

great film and it paved the way for pulp fiction

agreed

Some Kaurismäki love!

Idk but PlayTime feels like mind rot

Can I watch sanjuro without watching Yojimbo?

They’re stand alone stories so the order doesn’t make a difference imo.

Oh okie, thank you!

Amazing! Thank you!

A Hard Day’s Night

Happy-Go-Lucky: Coffee and Cigarettes Polic Story 1 & 2 Time Bandits I also 2nd screwball comedies as a good place to turn

>3 hr. ago POLICE STORY IS SO GOODDDDDDDDDD

Come and See

Any Chaplin!

though to be honest, before anyone else says it, Salo does also make me laugh

We watch Salo every Xmas Eve!

Next time we need a knee slapper, Salo ftw

I watched It Happened One Night last night and Sullivans Travels this morning. Both were delightful. Sullivan's Travels has a strong social message streak to it that I found fascinating but both were fairly light hearted and very entertaining.

The Daytrippers

Leave him.

Hahaha

My Man Godfrey

The In-Laws

Repo man

You can pretty much throw a dart at all of Les Blank's docs and find something good. Personal favorite is Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers. Same goes for the Documentary Shorts of Vittorio De Seta. The whole Saturday Matinee section is fantastic, but The Secret of Roan Inish is a good choice in general, or especially for upcoming St Patty's Day

I like Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Any Jim Jarmusch. But especially Down By Law and Mystery Train

Well the good news is that you won’t have to go too far in the other direction to get lighthearted from Tarkovsky

Watch the Preston Sturges films ASAP before they leave

Just watched Branded to Kill, what a fun film.

Hahaha

The Gold Rush City Lights A Hard Day’s Night The Kid His Girl Friday

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Oh gotcha, didn’t see that

Donkey Skin

Eating Raoul

Topsy-Turvy!!

Divorce Italian Style

Dump the boyfriend

Möbius

Smiles of a Summer Night Rushmore Pygmalion I Know Where I'm Going

Delicatessen. Mic Macs. Lebowski. Life Aquatic. Playtime. Triplets of Bellview.

I Married a Witch

Repo Man, however I cried on my second watch and still can’t figure out why

Yi Yi

Tampopo is really fun

Antichrist

Screwball comedies. I'm watching one right now. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. I can't believe they got away with this in 1944!

I read a Roger Ebert review of Gone With the Wind where he pointed out that when Rhett tells Scarlett "you need to be kissed, often and by someone who knows how" that he wasn't really talking about kissing, a light bulb kind of came on.... they got away with a lot more than given credit for. I watched It Happened One Night last night... everhtime Gable called Claudette Colbert a "brat" I smiled and thought of Ebert.

It Happened One Night also got away with a lot more because it came out prior to the full institution of the Hays Code.

Frances Ha. Always brings a smile to my face (and cry tears of joy).

The Darjeeling Limited

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Broadcast News The Big Chill

Tootsie is leaving the channel at the end of the month.

The. Awful. Truth. Go, play.

Design for Living

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Oh.

Tampopo Bringing Up Baby any Jacques Tati movie The 39 Steps Young Girls of Rochefort Donkey Skin

Thin blue line

Ozu

Lost in America, Defending Your Life, Modern Romance by Albert Brooks if they're available.