Best Comedy movies of 1970s

Actors : Rico Dawson, Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones,
Directors : John Badham,

Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team's owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through the small towns of the Midwest in the 1930's.

Actors : Terence Hill, Robert Charlebois, Patrick McGoohan, Miou-Miou,
Directors : Damiano Damiani,

Three rogues set out to rob $300,000 from an Indian-hating cavalry major.

Actors : Barbra Streisand, Paul Sand, Ryan O'Neal, Whitman Mayo,
Directors : Howard Zieff,

A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring - an idea her protégé isn't fond of.

Actors : Chantal Mercier, Philippe Goldmann, Nicole Félix, Georges Desmouceaux,
Directors : François Truffaut,

In the town of Thiers, summer of 1976, teachers and parents give their children skills, love, and attention. A teacher has his first child, a single mother hopes to meet Mr. Right, another ...

Actors : Micheline Lanctôt, Richard Dreyfuss, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Ted Kotcheff,

The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well ...

Actors : Edward Everett Horton, Dick Van Dyke, Tom Poston, Pippa Scott,
Directors : Norman Lear,

Hoping for positive publicity, a tobacco company offers $25 million to any American town that quits smoking for 30 days. Amidst a media frenzy, Eagle Rock, Iowa accepts the challenge while the company's PR man tries to sabotage the effort.

Actors : George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, Charles Hallahan,
Directors : Martin Brest,

Three friends who are living on the dole decide to organize a bank robbery.

Actors : Stefan Güttler, Josef Bierbichler, Clemens Scheitz, Volker Prechtel,
Directors : Werner Herzog,

The foreman of a small village glassworks dies without revealing the secret to the famous "Ruby Glass".

Actors : Semra Türel, Reha Yurdakul, Ekrem Dümer, Kemal Sunal,
Directors : Osman F. Seden,

The story of a guard who revolts because of exploiting reeve and tradespeople. People start to think he has an uncle working in the ministry of the interior.

Actors : Nelly Borgeaud, Roger Pierre, Nicole Garcia, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Alain Resnais,

The intersecting stories of three people who face difficult choices in life-changing situations are used to illustrate the theories espoused by Henri Laborit about human behavior and the relationship between the self and society.

Actors : Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Brian Keith,
Directors : Peter Bogdanovich,

This homage to the childhood days of the motion pictures starts in 1910, when the young attorney Leo Harrigan by chance meets a motion picture producer. Immediately he's invited to become a...

Actors : Kristine DeBell, José Ferrer, Mako, Jackie Chan,
Directors : Robert Clouse,

A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.

Actors : Bill McKinney, Gerrit Graham, David Carradine, Veronica Hamel,
Directors : Paul Bartel,

This is another story of the secret Coast to Coast auto race across America The only rule is, the first to finish is the winner. Naturally, anyone driving 55 isn't going to win. They'll ...

Actors : Mher Mkrtchyan, Evgeniy Leonov, Elena Proklova, Vakhtang Kikabidze,
Directors : Georgiy Daneliya,

Pilot Mimino works at small local airlines in Georgia, flying helicopters between small villages. He dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for ...

Actors : Félix Rotaeta, Carmen Maura, Eva Siva, Alaska,
Directors : Pedro Almodóvar,

Pepi is raped by the policeman who catches her growing marijuana in her apartment. She seeks revenge by getting his masochist wife to leave him.

Actors : Kemal Sunal, Oya Aydogan, Cem Erman, Feridun Savli,
Directors : Osman F. Seden,

A poor young man chosen by a advertising company, and they made him a public hero to make him advertise poor quality products that no one buy.

Actors : Donna Summer, Chick Vennera, Valerie Landsburg, Terri Nunn,
Directors : Robert Klane,

It's Friday and everyone is going to the hot new disco. The Commodores are scheduled to play if Floyd shows up with the instruments and Nicole dreams of becoming a disco star. Other ...

Actors : Paul Nicholas, Sara Kestelman, Ringo Starr, Roger Daltrey,
Directors : Ken Russell,

Composer and pianist Franz Liszt attempts to overcome his hedonistic lifestyle while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner.

Actors : Rishi Kapoor, Achala Sachdev, Manoj Kumar, Simi Garewal,
Directors : Raj Kapoor,

Raju is a joker, a clown. It is what he is and what he always shall be. As his life story unfolds in three chapters, from his school days to the circus to the streets, he must always make ...

Actors : Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet, Denise Gence, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Bertrand Blier,

Black comedy about solitude and the dehumanization of the modern world, through the adventures of three men. First introduced is Alphonse Tram, an unemployed young man. His only neighbour ...