Best Comedy movies of 1979

Actors : Eddie Constantine, Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Volker Spengler,
Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder,

A mogul merrily funds terrorists to boost his computer sales, by panicking West German government and industry c. 1980, as the third generation of Western European left-wing activists forms...

Actors : Sener Sen, Adile Nasit, Ilyas Salman, Münir Özkul,
Directors : Ertem Egilmez,

Bilo falls in love with Cano whom his family is in the blood feud.

Actors : Rekha, Kader Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Ajit,
Directors : Rakesh Kumar,

Natwar is just a young boy when his beloved older brother and caretaker, police officer Gridharilal (Ajit), is framed for bribery by sinister criminal mastermind Vikram (Amjad Khan). When ...

Actors : Kathryn Walker, Trini Alvarado, John Lithgow, Jeremy Levy,
Directors : Robert M. Young,

Two 12-year-olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their own adolescent feelings.

Actors : Yftach Katzur, Zachi Noy, Yvonne Michaels, Rachel Steiner,
Directors : Boaz Davidson,

Teenage romande, parties and sex in 1950s Tel Aviv. Music is at the core of the lives of these teenagers. This iscomedy about three friends.

Actors : Poul Bundgaard, Kirsten Walther, Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald,
Directors : Erik Balling,

After his recent stay at Vridslose State Prison, Egon Olsen is back with a new plan. This includes breaking into the EU headquarters in Bruxelles, Belgium and even stealing a tank!

Actors : Peter Riegert, John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Kenneth McMillan,
Directors : Joan Micklin Silver,

Charles is a Salt Lake City civil servant who loves (*LOVES*) Laura, a lovely housewife with a lovely step-daughter and an A-frame-selling, ex-quarterback husband named Ox. His roommate is ...

Actors : Patrick Dewaere, Dorothée Jemma, France Dougnac, Maurice Barrier,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Annaud,

François Perrin plays football at the AS Trincamp. During a training session, he gets into a fight with Bertier, the team's star, and is ordered off the field. The club's boss, who is also ...

Actors : Bryan Brown, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt, Graham Kennedy,
Directors : Tom Jeffrey,

In between drinking cans of Fosters beer, Australian soldiers tread on a few landmines, and generally experience the war in Vietnam.

Actors : Jerry Reed, Suzanne Pleshette, Ossie Davis, Dom DeLuise,
Directors : Dom DeLuise,

Three cops try to set up a sting by establishing their own Fencing operation. They have less than complete support from above and as they begin mingling more and more with the underworld ...

Actors : Peter Fonda, Luke Askew, Brooke Shields, Fiona Lewis,
Directors : Peter Fonda,

Romantic drama following the fortunes of a drifter named Beaudray Demerille (Peter Fonda) who wins a young orphan named Wanda (13-year-old Brooke Shields) in a poker game and takes her gold...

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Billy Chan,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Knockabout is Sammo HungÂ's (TVÂ's Martial Law, The Legend Of Zu) brilliant cinematic achievement at merging comedy with kung fu. His meticulous blending of the two ingredients is vividly demonstrated in this film.

Actors : Elke Sommer, Lionel Jeffries, Lynne Frederick, Peter Sellers,
Directors : Richard Quine,

Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new King Rudolph of Ruritania fear for his ...

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Norman Briski, Amparo Muñoz,
Directors : Carlos Saura,

Ana is alive and married with Antonio; they arrive in the manor in the countryside of Spain where she worked as a nanny many years ago, for the centennial birthday of the matriarch. In ...

Actors : Harvey Korman, Peter Riegert, Zane Buzby, Fred Willard,
Directors : Neal Israel,

In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.

Actors : Dimitr Dimitrov, Moris Assa, Yevgeniya Bozhikova, Dimitar Ganev,
Directors : Ivanka Grybcheva,

'The Hedgehogs' are a group of youngsters who are trying to gain control of the empty space between the blocks of flats, which they want to convert into a basketball court. The resistance ...

Actors : Kara Hui, Ho Hsiao, Chia-Liang Liu, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend. When the men are harassed by gangsters, the merchant decided to teach his friend monkey boxing so they can defend their business.

Actors : Titos Vandis, Paul Dooley, Belita Moreno, Marta Heflin,
Directors : Robert Altman,

A repressed, middle-aged divorced U.S. Greek meets a young singer through a dating service and becomes smitten.

Actors : Lorraine Gary, Ray Bolger, Brooke Shields, George Burns,
Directors : Leonard Stern,

George Burns stars as a former vaudevillian who befriends a young runaway, played by 14-year old Brooke Shields, who is being chased by drug dealers.

Actors : Bernard King, Harold Sylvester, Gabe Kaplan, Michael Warren,
Directors : Jack Smight,

David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college. He brings along some players, who are a bit odd but good...