Best comedies 1971 – 1980 - Charts
Best comedies 1971 – 1980
1. The Sting (1973)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford
2. Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
Cast: Jiří Sovák, Václav Lohniský
3. The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
France, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
Cast: Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade
4. Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Family
Directed by: Jiří Menzel
Cast: Josef Kemr, Zdeněk Svěrák
5. Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Ladislav Smoljak
Cast: Josef Abrhám, Libuše Šafránková
7. Animal (1977)
France, Comedy / Action
Directed by: Claude Zidi
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raquel Welch
8. Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
Cast: Luděk Sobota, Marta Vančurová
10. Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
11. Boys Will Be Boys (1975)
Czechoslovakia, Adventure / Family
Directed by: Věra Plívová-Šimková
Cast: Michael Dymek, Petr Voříšek
12. Ball Lightning (1978)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Ladislav Smoljak, Zdeněk Podskalský st.
Cast: Rudolf Hrušínský, Karel Kalaš
13. Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Italy / Spain, Comedy / Action
Directed by: Marcello Fondato
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
14. Man of the East (1972)
Italy / France, Western / Comedy
Directed by: Enzo Barboni
Cast: Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott
15. Hair (1979)
USA / West Germany, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Miloš Forman
Cast: John Savage, Treat Williams
16. Cutting It Short (1980)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Poetic
Directed by: Jiří Menzel
Cast: Magda Vášáryová, Jiří Schmitzer
19. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
UK, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese
20. Being There (1979)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Hal Ashby
Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine
21. Avanti! (1972)
USA / Italy, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills
22. Who's Singin' Over There? (1980)
Yugoslavia, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Slobodan Šijan
Cast: Pavle Vuisic, Dragan Nikolic
24. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
UK / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom
26. Play It Again, Sam (1972)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
27. How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Fantasy
Directed by: Václav Vorlíček
Cast: Libuše Šafránková, Jaromír Hanzlík
28. Amarcord (1973)
Italy / France, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Cast: Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia
29. Paper Moon (1973)
USA, Road movie / Drama
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal
30. Drunken Master (1978)
Hong Kong, Comedy / Action
Directed by: Woo-ping Yuen
Cast: Jackie Chan, Simon Siu-Tin Yuen
31. Same Time, Next Year (1978)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda
32. The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
France, Comedy
Directed by: Claude Zidi
Cast: Louis de Funès, Coluche
33. Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
France / Spain, Comedy / Historical
Directed by: Gérard Oury
Cast: Louis de Funès, Yves Montand
34. Daisy Town (1971)
Belgium / France, Animation / Comedy
Directed by: René Goscinny
Cast: Marcel Bozzuffi, Pierre Tornade
36. And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
UK, Comedy
Directed by: Ian MacNaughton
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese
37. Holy Year (1976)
France / Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Jean Girault
Cast: Jean Gabin, Jean-Claude Brialy
38. Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? (1973)
France / Italy, Comedy / War
Directed by: Robert Lamoureux
Cast: Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy
39. Grease (1978)
USA, Musical / Romance
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John
41. Lucky Luke: Ballad of the Daltons (1978)
France, Animation / Comedy
Directed by: René Goscinny, Henri Gruel
Cast: Roger Carel, Daniel Ceccaldi
42. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Japan, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Yasuo Yamada, Ichirō Nagai
43. The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
Czechoslovakia, Fairytale / Comedy
Directed by: Václav Vorlíček
Cast: Petra Černocká, Jan Hrušínský
45. The Front Page (1974)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
46. Odds and Evens (1978)
Italy / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
47. Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
Czechoslovakia, Family / Comedy
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
Cast: Dana Vávrová, Jiří Procházka
48. The Three Musketeers (1973)
Spain / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Richard Lester
Cast: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch
49. Viva Italia! (1977)
Italy, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Dino Risi, Ettore Scola
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Ornella Muti
50. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
UK, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer
51. What's Up, Doc? (1972)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal
53. Cop or Hood (1979)
France, Action / Crime
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret
54. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
USA, Western / Comedy
Directed by: John Huston
Cast: Paul Newman, Richard Farnsworth
55. Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
Hong Kong, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Woo-ping Yuen
Cast: Jackie Chan, Jang-Lee Hwang
56. The Four Musketeers (1974)
Spain / Panama, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Richard Lester
Cast: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch
57. Murder by Death (1976)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Robert Moore
Cast: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote
58. Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Karel Kachyňa
Cast: Vladimír Menšík, Lukáš Vaculík
61. Fantozzi Against the Wind (1980)
Italy, Comedy
Directed by: Neri Parenti, Paolo Villaggio
Cast: Paolo Villaggio, Gigi Reder
63. O Lucky Man! (1973)
UK / USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson
64. The Young Master (1980)
Hong Kong, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Jackie Chan, Kei Law
Cast: Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen
65. I'm Losing My Temper (1974)
France, Comedy
Directed by: Claude Zidi
Cast: Pierre Richard, Jane Birkin
67. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
France / Italy, Comedy
Directed by: Gérard Oury
Cast: Louis de Funès, Suzy Delair
68. Pacho, the Thief of Hybe (1975)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Martin Ťapák
Cast: Jozef Kroner, Dušan Blaškovič
69. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
USA, Comedy / Anthology
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, John Carradine
70. Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
France, Comedy
Directed by: Philippe de Broca
Cast: Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret
71. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
France / Italy, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Luis Buñuel
Cast: Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur
73. Happy New Year (1973)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Lino Ventura, Françoise Fabian
74. Scent of a Woman (1974)
Italy, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Dino Risi
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Momo
75. The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
France / Italy, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Luis Buñuel
Cast: Adriana Asti, Jean-Claude Brialy
77. Dear Inspector (1978)
France, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Philippe de Broca
Cast: Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret
78. Stroszek (1977)
West Germany, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Bruno S., Eva Mattes
79. Airplane! (1980)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: Jerry Zucker, David Zucker
Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty
80. Rockers (1978)
Jamaica / USA, Music / Drama
Directed by: Ted Bafaloukos
Cast: Gregory Isaacs, Sandy McLeod
81. All the Way Trinity (1972)
Italy, Comedy / Western
Directed by: Enzo Barboni
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
83. We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling... (1976)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Petr Schulhoff
Cast: Miloš Kopecký, Stella Zázvorková
85. The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
Botswana / South Africa, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Jamie Uys
Cast: Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo
86. The Seventh Company Outdoors (1977)
France, Comedy / War
Directed by: Robert Lamoureux
Cast: Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy
87. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
France / Spain, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Luis Buñuel
Cast: Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet
88. The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975)
France, Comedy / War
Directed by: Robert Lamoureux
Cast: Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy
89. Baby Snakes (1979)
USA, Animation / Documentary
Directed by: Frank Zappa
Cast: Frank Zappa, Adrian Belew
91. Kid Stuff (1975)
Spain / Italy, Comedy
Directed by: Giuliano Carnimeo
Cast: Paul L. Smith, Antonio Cantafora
92. Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Jindřich Polák
Cast: Petr Kostka, Jiří Sovák
94. The Scoundrel (1971)
France / Italy, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert
95. Up in Smoke (1978)
USA, Comedy
Directed by: Lou Adler, Tommy Chong
Cast: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong
96. Rose Tinted Dreams (1976)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Dušan Hanák
Cast: Juraj Nvota, Iva Bittová
100. Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy
Directed by: Jaroslav Papoušek
Cast: Josef Šebánek, Marie Motlová