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A list of comedy films released in the 1970s.

Contents 1 1970s 2 brit films to be added 3 Comedy-horror 4 Comedy-drama 5 parody films

[edit] 1970s

1970

• The Boatniks
• Catch-22
• The Cheyenne Social Club
• Hi, Mom!
• M*A*S*H
• Myra Breckinridge
• The Out-of-Towners
• The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
• Start the Revolution Without Me
• There Was a Crooked Man...
• Which Way to the Front?

1971

• 200 Motels
• The Barefoot Executive
• B.S. I Love You
• Bananas
• Carnal Knowledge
• Happy Birthday, Wanda June
• Harold and Maude
• The Hospital
• The Million Dollar Duck
• A New Leaf
• Support Your Local Gunfighter!
• Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

1972

• Another Nice Mess
• Avanti!
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex
• Fritz the Cat
• The Heartbreak Kid
• Now You See Him, Now You Don't
• Pink Flamingos
• Play It Again, Sam
• Snowball Express
• What's Up, Doc?

1973

• American Graffiti
• Charley and the Angel
• Cops and Robbers
• Five on the Black Hand Side
• Harry in Your Pocket
• The Last Detail
• Paper Moon
• Sleeper
• The Sting

1974

• Blazing Saddles
• Dark Star
• Down and Dirty Duck
• Flesh Gordon
• Ginger in the Morning
• The Groove Tube
• Harry and Tonto
• Herbie Rides Again
• The Longest Yard
• The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
• Phantom of the Paradise
• Superdad
• The Thorn
• Uptown Saturday Night
• Young Frankenstein

1975

• The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
• The Apple Dumpling Gang
• The Fortune
• Love and Death
• One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
• Rooster Cogburn
• Shampoo
• The Strongest Man in the World
• The Sunshine Boys
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1976

• The Bad News Bears
• The Big Bus
• Cannonball
• Car Wash
• Chesty Anderson, USN
• Family Plot
• Freaky Friday
• The Gumball Rally
• Gus
• Murder by Death
• Nickelodeon
• No Deposit, No Return
• The Shaggy D.A.
• Silent Movie
• Silver Streak
• Tunnel Vision

1977

• A Piece of the Action
• Annie Hall
• The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
• Candleshoe
• Grand Theft Auto
• Handle With Care
• Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
• High Anxiety
• The Last Remake of Beau Geste
• The Kentucky Fried Movie
• Oh, God!
• Slap Shot
• Smokey and the Bandit

1978

• The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
• California Suite
• The Cat from Outer Space
• Corvette Summer
• The End
• Every Which Way But Loose
• Foul Play
• Hot Lead and Cold Feet
• Heaven Can Wait
• Hooper
• National Lampoon's Animal House
• Rabbit Test
• Sextette
• Up in Smoke
• A Wedding

1979

• 10
• 1941
• Americathon
• The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
• Being There
• Breaking Away
• The Frisco Kid
• The In-Laws
• The Jerk
• The Main Event
• Manhattan
• The Muppet Movie
• The North Avenue Irregulars
• Real Life
• Rock 'n' Roll High School
• Starting Over
• The Villain

[edit] brit films to be added

• And Now For Something Completely Different (1971)
• Bless This House (1972)
• Confessions of a Window Cleaner and other sex comedies supported by the Eady levy
• Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
• Confessions of a Pop Performer (1976)
• Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)
• 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 Pompeii! (1971)
• Up the Chastity Belt (1972)
• Up the Front (1972)

[edit] Comedy-horror

1971

• Sir, You Are a Widow
• The Abominable Dr. Phibes

1972

• Please Don't Eat My Mother
• Dr. Phibes Rises Again
• 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

1978

• Piranha

1979

• Love at First Bite

[edit] 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)

[edit] parody films

• Blazing Saddles (1974)
• Hardware Wars (1977)
• High Anxiety (1977)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1970s)
• Young Frankenstein (1970s)

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