Best Comedy movies of 1979

Actors : Nancy Allen, Vincent Gardenia, Kirk Douglas, Mary Davenport,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

Keith Gordon is a creative young man who films the oddball doings of his family and peers. "The Maestro" appears frequently to give him pointers on his techniques. It's almost a film about ...

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 : Eddie Burt, Richard Demarco, Tom Mannion, Alex Mackenzie,
Directors : Bill Forsyth,

Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money ...

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 : Olga Karlatos, Adriano Celentano, Eleonora Giorgi, John Sharp,

Engineer Quiller has become rich by selling his completely indestructible shop-window glass to jeweleries around the world. But this got him lots of enemies too: the insurance agencies, ...

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 : Jim Dale, Kenneth More, Dennis Dugan, Ron Moody,
Directors : Russ Mayberry,

An astronaut and his android double travel back to the time of King Arthur.

Actors : Josef Abrhám, Karel Kalas, Rudolf Hrusínský, Daniela Kolárová,

In the flat of the retired opera singer Bílek there is a meeting of people wishing to exchange their flats. The "duodeca-exchange" is organized by a lawyer Radosta (Rudolf Hrusínský), who ...

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...

Actors : Radoslav Brzobohatý, Libuse Safránková, Juraj Durdiak, Vladimír Mensík,
Directors : Václav Vorlícek,

The old King (Vladimír Mensík) is not satisfied with his four children. It is high time for the Princesses to get married and for the Prince to assume the reign. Once the King sets out to ...

Actors : Sandy Johnson, Kirsten Baker, Rikki Marin, Linda Lawrence,
Directors : Joel Bender,

June and her friends take over a service station formerly run by her uncle. They perform every trick in the book to attract the customers.

Actors : Spede Pasanen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Simo Salminen, Tapio Hämäläinen,
Directors : Spede Pasanen,

A scientist creates a fully grown test tube baby from the cells of a mathematician, and the two are frequently mistaken for each other by gangsters, private investigators, the police, and the baby's creator himself.

Actors : Rhonda Coullet, Michael O'Donoghue, Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd,

Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva Edison's "Elephant Electrocution".

Actors : Sam Bottoms, Susanne Reed, Kedric Wolfe, Virgil Frye,
Directors : Charles B. Griffith,

A giant shark-like creature preys on a Hawaiian tourist community.

Actors : Donald Jones, Rutger Hauer, Rijk de Gooyer, Willeke van Ammelrooy,
Directors : Wim Verstappen,

When a hanged man is found, the question is whether it is suicide or murder. Possible suspects are available; the world of drugs and a suspecious sect...

Actors : África Pratt, Andrés Pajares, Antonio Ozores, Fernando Esteso,
Directors : Mariano Ozores,

Fernando Esteso, Andres Pajares and Antonio Ozores... funny, sexy and great movie!!!

Actors : Maureen McCormick, Flip Wilson, Scott Baio, Ron Palillo,
Directors : William A. Levey,

At a roller disco competition, two rivals find themselves becoming good friends while competing for a prize of $1000 in cash.

Actors : Judy Huxtable, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Nicola Austin,
Directors : Russell Mulcahy,

Russell Mulcahy (of "Highlander" fame) films British comedy luminaries Peter Cook and Dudley Moore recording their last comedy album featuring two of their most beloved characters, lavatory...

Actors : Charles Grodin, Joan Collins, Art Carney, Farrah Fawcett,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

After a rich old man dies in a suspicious car accident in Acapulco, his widow wants his insurance company to pony up $5 million. A hotshot investigator Decker (Grodin) and a charming model (Fawcett) come in to check it out.

Actors : Miles Chapin, David Marshall Grant, Blanche Baker, Valérie Quennessen,
Directors : Willard Huyck,

An American group of exchange students come to Paris to study the language and culture for a year. The film depicts the various interactions between the students and the instructors, ...