# List of comedy films of the 1970s

This is a list of comedy films released in the 1980s.

## 1970s

1970
* The Boatniks
* Catch-22
* The Cheyenne Social Club
* The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
* Doctor in Trouble
* Hi, Mom!
* Hoffman
* How Do I Love Thee?
* Kelly's Heroes
* Little Big Man
* M*A*S*H
* Myra Breckinridge
* The Out-of-Towners
* The Owl and the Pussycat
* Start the Revolution Without Me
* There's a Girl in My Soup
* The Twelve Chairs
* There Was a Crooked Man...
* Which Way to the Front?
1971
* Dollars
* 200 Motels
* And Now For Something Completely Different
* Bananas
* The Barefoot Executive
* Bedknobs and Broomsticks
* B.S. I Love You
* The Battle of Love's Return
* Bunny O'Hare
* Carnal Knowledge
* Drive, He Said
* Happy Birthday, Wanda June
* Harold and Maude
* The Hospital
* How to Frame a Figg
* Melody
* The Million Dollar Duck
* Mrs. Pollifax-Spy
* A New Leaf
* Plaza Suite
* Scandalous John
* The Skin Game
* Such Good Friends
* Support Your Local Gunfighter!
* Taking Off
* They Might Be Giants
* Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
* Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1972
* Another Nice Mess
* Avanti!
* Bluebeard
* Butterflies Are Free
* Cancel My Reservation
* The Candidate
* Come Back, Charleston Blue
* Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
* Every Little Crook and Nanny
* Fuzz
* Fritz the Cat
* Get to Know Your Rabbit
* Hammersmith Is Out
* The Heartbreak Kid
* The Honkers
* The Hot Rock
* The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
* Now You See Him, Now You Don't
* Pete 'n' Tillie
* Pink Flamingos
* Play It Again, Sam
* Pocket Money
* Pulp
* Slaughterhouse-Five
* Snoopy Come Home
* Snowball Express
* The Thing with Two Heads
* To Find a Man
* Travels with My Aunt
* The War Between Men and Women
* What's Up, Doc?
* Where Does It Hurt?
* With Children at the Seaside
1973
* 40 Carats
* American Graffiti
* Blume in Love
* Charley and the Angel
* Class of '44
* Cops and Robbers
* Five on the Black Hand Side
* Harry in Your Pocket
* The House in Nightmare Park
* Kid Blue
* The Last Detail
* The Naked Ape
* Oklahoma Crude
* One Little Indian
* The Paper Chase
* Paper Moon
* Shamus
* Sleeper
* Slither
* Soft Beds, Hard Battles
* Steelyard Blues
* The Sting
* Superdad
* The Thief Who Came to Dinner
* The Train Robbers
* The World's Greatest Athlete
1974
* 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 Longest Yard
* Man About the House
* The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
* Phantom of the Paradise
* Rhinoceros
* The Thorn
* Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
* Uptown Saturday Night
* Young Frankenstein
1975
* Aaron Loves Angela
* The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
* The Apple Dumpling Gang
* At Long Last Love
* The Black Bird
* Blazing Stewardesses
* Cooley High
* Crazy Mama
* Dolemite
* Fore Play
* Funny Lady
* The Fortune
* Hearts of the West
* It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
* Let's Do It Again
* Lisztomania
* Love and Death
* Lucky Lady
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail
* Moonrunners
* One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
* Peeper
* The Prisoner of Second Avenue
* Rancho Deluxe
* The Return of the Pink Panther
* The Rocky Horror Picture Show
* Rooster Cogburn
* Shampoo
* Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
* Sixpack Annie
* Smile
* The Strongest Man in the World
* The Sunshine Boys
* Whiffs
* W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
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
* The First Nudie Musical
* Freaky Friday
* The Gumball Rally
* Gus
* Harry and Walter Go to New York
* Keep It Up Downstairs
* Mother, Jugs & Speed
* Murder by Death
* Network
* Nickelodeon
* No Deposit, No Return
* The Pink Panther Strikes Again
* The Shaggy D.A.
* Silent Movie
* Silver Streak
* Tunnel Vision
1977
* Annie Hall
* The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
* The Billion Dollar Hobo
* Candleshoe
* The Chicken Chronicles
* Confessions from a Holiday Camp
* Desperate Living
* Fun with Dick and Jane
* The Goodbye Girl
* Grand Theft Auto
* The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington
* Handle with Care
* Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
* High Anxiety
* Jabberwocky
* The Kentucky Fried Movie
* The Last Remake of Beau Geste
* Mr. Billion
* Oh, God!
* A Piece of the Action
* Semi-Tough
* Slap Shot
* Smokey and the Bandit
* Thieves
* Thunder and Lightning
* Which Way Is Up?
* The World's Greatest Lover
1978
* A Wedding
* Almost Summer
* The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
* The Big Fix
* California Suite
* The Cat from Outer Space
* The Cheap Detective
* Corvette Summer
* Every Which Way But Loose
* Foul Play
* Goin' South
* The Great Bank Hoax
* Harper Valley PTA
* Heaven Can Wait
* Here Come the Tigers
* Hooper
* Hot Lead and Cold Feet
* Loose Shoes
* Movie Movie
* National Lampoon's Animal House
* Rabbit Test
* Revenge of the Pink Panther
* Sextette
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
* Somebody Killed Her Husband
* Thank God It's Friday
* They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
* The End
* Up in Smoke
* Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1979
* 10
* 1941
* Americathon
* The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
* Being There
* Breaking Away
* The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
* The Electric Horseman
* Fast Break
* The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
* 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
* North Dallas Forty
* A Perfect Couple
* The Plank (1979) — remake of the 1967 film
* Porridge (1979)
* The Prisoner of Zenda
* The Prize Fighter
* 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

1971
* The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1972
* Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
* Dr. Phibes Rises Again
* The Gore Gore Girls
* Please Don't Eat My Mother
* Private Parts
1973
* Theatre of Blood
* The Werewolf of Washington
1974
* The Cars That Ate Paris
1975
* The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1976
* Murder By Death
1977
* House
1978
* Piranha
1979
* Love at First Bite

## 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)