Best Comedy movies of 1972

Actors : Louise Lasser, Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, John Carradine,
Directors : Woody Allen,

Seven segments related to one another only in that they all purport to be based on sections of the book by David Reuben. The segments range from "Do Aphrodisiacs Work?" in which a court ...

Actors : Bulle Ogier, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Fernando Rey,
Directors : Luis Buñuel,

A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.

Actors : Mink Stole, Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary,
Directors : John Waters,

Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

Actors : Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars,
Directors : Peter Bogdanovich,

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

Actors : Woody Allen, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, Diane Keaton,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca (1942) attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married couple and his illusory idol, Humphrey Bogart.

Actors : Melvyn Douglas, Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Don Porter,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

Actors : John McCurry, Judy Engles, Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire,
Directors : Ralph Bakshi,

A hypocritical swinging college student cat raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements on the 1960s.

Actors : Sharon Gans, Ron Leibman, Michael Sacks, Eugene Roche,
Directors : George Roy Hill,

A man named Billy Pilgrim tells the story of how he became unstuck in time and was abducted by aliens.

Actors : Charles Grodin, Audra Lindley, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin,
Directors : Elaine May,

Three days into his Miami honeymoon, New York Jewish Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms him in his opinion that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants Kelly ...

Actors : Clive Revill, Juliet Mills, Edward Andrews, Jack Lemmon,
Directors : Billy Wilder,

A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.

Actors : Beryl Reid, Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Cushing,
Directors : Robert Fuest,

The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.

Actors : Robert Redford, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, George Segal,
Directors : Peter Yates,

Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...

Actors : Alastair Sim, Peter O'Toole, Hugh Owens, Arthur Lowe,
Directors : Peter Medak,

A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. The other, somewhat more respectable, members of their family plot to steal the estate from him. Murder and mayhem ensue.

Actors : Ava Gardner, Paul Newman, Roy Jenson, Gary Combs,
Directors : John Huston,

A no account outlaw establishes his own particular brand of law and order and builds a town on the edges of civilization in this farcical western. With the aid of an old law text and ...

Actors : Peter Gonzales Falcon, Pia De Doses, Britta Barnes, Fiona Florence,
Directors : Federico Fellini,

A fluid, unconnected and sometimes chaotic procession of scenes detailing the various people and events of life in Italy's capital.

Actors : Paul Michael Glaser, Edward Albert, Goldie Hawn, Eileen Heckart,
Directors : Milton Katselas,

A blind man moves into his own apartment against the wishes of his overprotective mother, and befriends the freethinking young woman next door.

Actors : Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Pierre Richard, Jean Rochefort,
Directors : Yves Robert,

A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.

Actors : Robin Kohn, Stephen Shea, Chad Webber, David Carey,
Directors : Bill Melendez,

Snoopy travels to see his sick former owner and then feels obliged to return to her permanently.

Actors : Alan Ormsby, Valerie Mamches, Jeff Gillen, Anya Ormsby,
Directors : Bob Clark,

Six friends in a theatrical troupe dig up a corpse on an abandoned island to use in a mock Satanic ritual. It backfires with deadly consequences.

Actors : Ninetto Davoli, Hugh Griffith, Franco Citti, Laura Betti,
Directors : Pier Paolo Pasolini,

Pasolini's artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucer's most erotic tales.