Best Comedy movies of 1970s

Actors : Martin Balsam, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George,
Directors : Arthur Penn,

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.

Actors : Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning,
Directors : George Roy Hill,

In Chicago in September 1936, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker.

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 : Dan O'Bannon, Dre Pahich, Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm,
Directors : John Carpenter,

In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.

Actors : Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam,
Directors : Terry Jones,

Brian is born on the original Christmas, in the stable next door. He spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.

Actors : Jerry Reed, Sally Field, Burt Reynolds, Mike Henry,
Directors : Hal Needham,

The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over county lines in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Frank McRae, Gerrit Graham, Jack Warden,
Directors : Robert Zemeckis,

When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.

Actors : Tommy Chong, Strother Martin, Cheech Marin, Edie Adams,

Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail.

Actors : Harvey Korman, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman,
Directors : Mel Brooks,

Mel Brooks' parody of Alfred Hitchcock films.

Actors : Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.

Actors : Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Julien Bertheau, Fernando Rey,
Directors : Luis Buñuel,

Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen year-old former chambermaid Conchita.

Actors : Vincent Van Patten, Dey Young, P.J. Soles, Clint Howard,

A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.

Actors : Adam Baldwin, Chris Makepeace, Matt Dillon, Paul Quandt,
Directors : Tony Bill,

When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.

Actors : Mickey Rooney, Jim Dale, Sean Marshall, Helen Reddy,
Directors : Don Chaffey,

An orphan boy and his magical dragon come to town with his abusive adoptive parents in pursuit.

Actors : JoBeth Williams, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown,
Directors : Sidney Poitier,

Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends will be sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit, however, no prison cell could keep them locked in.

Actors : Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, Warren Mitchell, John Le Mesurier,
Directors : Terry Gilliam,

A young peasant, with no interest in adventure or fortune, is mistaken as the kingdom's only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside.

Actors : Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke, Clint Eastwood, Scatman Crothers,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.

Actors : Nancy Allen, Treat Williams, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.

Actors : Melvyn Douglas, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Peter Sellers,
Directors : Hal Ashby,

A simple, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful businessman and an insider in Washington politics.

Actors : Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul Dooley, Ray Walston,
Directors : Robert Altman,

The adventures of the sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven.