List of comedy films of the 1970s
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This is a list of comedy films released in the 1970s.
1970s[]
- Kelly's Heroes*
- The Boatniks
- Catch-22
- The Cheyenne Social Club
- The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
- Doctor in Trouble
- Hi, Mom!
- Hoffman
- M*A*S*H
- Myra Breckinridge
- The Out-of-Towners
- There's a Girl in My Soup
- The Twelve Chairs
- Start the Revolution Without Me
- There Was a Crooked Man...
- Which Way to the Front?
- Little Big Man
- 200 Motels
- And Now For Something Completely Different
- The Barefoot Executive
- B.S. I Love You
- Bananas
- Carnal Knowledge
- Dad's Army
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June
- Harold and Maude
- The Hospital
- Melody
- The Million Dollar Duck
- A New Leaf
- Support Your Local Gunfighter!
- Up Pompeii!
- Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- Another Nice Mess
- Avanti!
- Bless This House
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
- Every Little Crook and Nanny
- Fritz the Cat
- The Heartbreak Kid
- Now You See Him, Now You Don't
- On the Buses
- Pink Flamingos
- Play It Again, Sam
- Pulp
- Snowball Express
- Steptoe and Son (1972) and sequel Steptoe and Son Ride Again
- The Thing with Two Heads
- Up the Chastity Belt
- Up the Front
- What's Up, Doc?
- Where Does It Hurt?
- With Children at the Seaside
- American Graffiti
- Blume in Love
- Charley and the Angel
- Cops and Robbers
- Five on the Black Hand Side
- Harry in Your Pocket
- The Last Detail
- Paper Moon
- Sleeper
- Soft Beds, Hard Battles
- The Sting
- Blazing Saddles
- Dark Star
- Down and Dirty Duck
- Flesh Gordon
- Ginger in the Morning
- The Girl from Petrovka
- The Great McGonagall
- The Groove Tube
- Harry and Tonto
- Herbie Rides Again
- The House in Nightmare Park
- The Longest Yard
- Man About the House
- The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
- Phantom of the Paradise
- The Return of the Pink Panther
- Superdad
- The Thorn
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
- Uptown Saturday Night
- Young Frankenstein
- The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
- The Apple Dumpling Gang
- The Fortune
- Let's Do It Again
- Love and Death
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
- The Return of the Pink Panther
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Rooster Cogburn
- Shampoo
- The Strongest Man in the World
- The Sunshine Boys
1976
- Adiós Amigo
- The Bad News Bears
- The Big Bus
- The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
- Cannonball
- Car Wash
- Chesty Anderson, USN
- Confessions of a Driving Instructor
- Confessions of a Pop Performer
- Confessions of a Window Cleaner
- The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
- Family Plot
- Freaky Friday
- The Gumball Rally
- Gus
- Keep It Up Downstairs
- The Likely Lads
- Mother, Jugs & Speed
- Murder by Death
- Network
- Nickelodeon
- No Deposit, No Return
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again
- The Plank (1979) — remake of the 1967 film
- Porridge (1979)
- The Shaggy D.A.
- Silent Movie
- Silver Streak
- Tunnel Vision
- Annie Hall
- Confessions from a Holiday Camp
- The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
- Candleshoe
- Desperate Living
- Grand Theft Auto
- Handle with Care
- Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
- High Anxiety
- Jabberwocky
- The Kentucky Fried Movie
- The World's Greatest Lover
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste
- Oh, God!
- A Piece of the Action
- Semi-Tough
- Slap Shot
- Smokey and the Bandit
- Which Way Is Up?
- A Wedding
- The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
- California Suite
- The Cat from Outer Space
- The Cheap Detective
- Corvette Summer
- Every Which Way But Loose
- Foul Play
- Goin' South
- Heaven Can Wait
- Hooper
- Hot Lead and Cold Feet
- National Lampoon's Animal House
- Rabbit Test
- Revenge of the Pink Panther
- Sextette
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- The End
- Up in Smoke
- 10
- 1941
- Americathon
- The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
- Being There
- Breaking Away
- The Frisco Kid
- Hot Stuff
- The In-Laws
- The Jerk
- Love at First Bite
- Lovers and Liars
- The Main Event
- Manhattan
- Monty Python's Life of Brian
- The Muppet Movie
- The North Avenue Irregulars
- The Prisoner of Zenda
- Real Life
- Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
- Rock 'n' Roll High School
- Starting Over
- The Villain
1970's British films[]
- And Now For Something Completely Different (1971)
- Bless This House (1972)
- Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)
- Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
- Confessions of a Pop Performer (1976)
- Confessions of a Window Cleaner and other sex comedies supported by the Eady levy
- Dad's Army (1971)
- Doctor in Trouble (1970)
- Hoffman (1970)
- The House in Nightmare Park (1973)
- Jabberwocky (1977)
- Keep It Up Downstairs (1976)
- The Likely Lads (1976)
- Man About the House (1974)
- Melody (1971)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
- On the Buses (1972) (and two sequels)
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
- The Plank (1979) — remake of the 1967 film
- Porridge (1979)
- Pulp (1972)
- The Return of the Pink Panther (1974)
- Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1973)
- Steptoe and Son (1972) and sequel Steptoe and Son Ride Again
- There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
- Up the Chastity Belt (1972)
- Up the Front (1972)
- Up Pompeii! (1971)
Comedy-horror[]
- Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things[1]
- Dr. Phibes Rises Again
- The Gore Gore Girls[2]
- Please Don't Eat My Mother
- Private Parts
- The Cars That Ate Paris
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1976
- Murder By Death
- House[3]
- Piranha
Comedy-drama[]
- Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)
- Carnal Knowledge (1971)
- The Longest Yard (1974)
- Female Trouble (1975)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- Cannonball (1976)
- Don's Party (1976)
- The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
- Convoy (1978)
- Autumn Marathon (1979) (USSR)
- Breaking Away (1979)
Parody films[]
- Blazing Saddles (1974)
- Hardware Wars (1977)
- High Anxiety (1977)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1970s)
- Young Frankenstein (1970s)
References[]
- ^ "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972) - Benjamin Clark, Bob Clark | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- ^ https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-gore-gore-girls-v20384
- ^ "House (1977) - Nobuhiko Obayashi | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
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