List of comedy films of the 1970s

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This is a list of comedy films released in the 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

• 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)

1971

• The Abominable Dr. Phibes

1972

• 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

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^[3]

1978

• Piranha

1979

• Love at First Bite

• 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)

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