Comedy movies – 1970s

Genre: Comedy. Period: 1970s. 26 movies, best first.

1. The Chaos Class (1975) · Comedy · ⭐ 9.2
   A class of unruly boys causes chaos at a boarding school.
2. Young Frankenstein (1974) · Comedy · ⭐ 8.5
   A doctor inherits his grandfather's castle and repeats the monster experiment.
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) · Comedy · ⭐ 8.2
   King Arthur and his knights absurdly search for the Holy Grail.
4. Tosun Paşa (1976) · Comedy · ⭐ 8.2
   Twin brothers swap places and comic confusion follows.
5. Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) · Comedy · ⭐ 8.0
   A man is mistaken for the messiah in Roman-era Judea.
6. Harold and Maude (1971) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.9
   A death-obsessed young man falls for a lively 79-year-old woman.
7. Paper Moon (1973) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.9
   A con man and an orphan girl scam their way across Depression-era Kansas.
8. Manhattan (1979) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.8
   A neurotic writer's love life tangles in a black-and-white New York.
9. Blazing Saddles (1974) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.7
   A Black sheriff is sent to save a racist Western town.
10. Chaos Class Failed the Class (1976) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.6
    The Chaos Class faces the principal and exams once again.
11. The Muppet Movie (1979) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.6
    Kermit the Frog sets off for Hollywood to pursue his dream.
12. Animal House (1978) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.5
    A rowdy fraternity battles the dean of a stuffy college.
13. M*A*S*H (1970) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.5
    Irreverent army surgeons cope with the Korean War through pranks.
14. American Graffiti (1973) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.4
    Teens spend one last summer night cruising before adulthood.
15. Chaos Class Gives Birth to Nine (1978) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.3
    The Chaos Class's adventures go on with new pranks.
16. Chaos Class Wakes Up (1977) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.3
    The class's pranks continue in a new school year.
17. Emil of Lönneberga (1971) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.3
    Little Emil keeps playing pranks even though he means to be good.
18. Chaos Class on Holiday (1977) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.2
    The class goes on vacation and causes chaos.
19. Chaos Class Says Hello (1979) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.2
    The class returns to school with its familiar cast.
20. Karlsson on the Roof (1974) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.0
    A small boy befriends a cheerful little man with a propeller who lives on the roof.
21. New Mischief by Emil (1972) · Comedy · ⭐ 7.0
    Emil causes more mischief around Katthult farm in Lönneberga.
22. Emil and the Piglet (1973) · Comedy · ⭐ 6.8
    Emil befriends a piglet and gets into another comic adventure.
23. Pippi in the South Seas (1970) · Comedy · ⭐ 6.6
    Pippi and her friends sail to a South Sea island to find her father.
24. Pippi on the Run (1970) · Comedy · ⭐ 6.3
    Pippi flees from a child welfare officer and goes on a new adventure.
25. Freaky Friday (1976) · Comedy · ⭐ 6.2
    A mother and daughter magically swap bodies for a day.
26. More American Graffiti (1979) · Comedy · ⭐ 5.1
    The friends from a youthful summer drift apart amid the changes of the 1960s.