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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is a 1973 CBS animated Peanuts special, the tenth in the series, directed by Bill Melendez and Phil Roman with a Vince Guaraldi score; now streaming exclusively on Apple TV+ through 2030.
A Touch of Class (1973 film)
A Touch of Class is a 1973 romantic comedy directed by Melvin Frank, starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson as clandestine lovers in a London-Spain affair; Jackson won her second Best Actress Oscar.
Amici miei
Amici miei (My Friends), 1975 Italian comedy by Mario Monicelli, completed after Pietro Germi's death; five Florentine friends stage pranks (zingarate); source of the word supercazzola; David di Donatello 1976 winner.
And Now for Something Completely Different
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) is Monty Python's first film, an anthology of re-filmed Flying Circus sketches directed by Ian MacNaughton, made to introduce the troupe to US audiences.
Bananas
Bananas (1971) is Woody Allen's second film as director, a political farce in which product tester Fielding Mellish joins and leads a revolution in the fictional republic of San Marcos, co-starring Louise Lasser and Carlos Montalbán.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) is a Russ Meyer satire, scripted by Roger Ebert, about the rock band the Carrie Nations in Hollywood; an X-rated Fox hit, not a sequel to Valley of the Dolls.
Blazing Saddles
Blazing Saddles (1974) is Mel Brooks's Warner Bros. satirical comedy Western starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, written with Richard Pryor and Andrew Bergman from Bergman's Tex X; a National Film Registry entry and AFI's funniest film of all time.
Brewster McCloud
Brewster McCloud is Robert Altman's 1970 MGM fantasy comedy, also known by the working title Brewster McCloud's (Sexy) Flying Machine, in which Bud Cort's recluse builds wings under the Houston Astrodome; Shelley Duvall's film debut.
Butterflies Are Free
Butterflies Are Free: 1972 Columbia comedy-drama film by Milton Katselas from Leonard Gershe's Broadway play; blind Don Baker (Edward Albert) and Goldie Hawn; Eileen Heckart won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Car Wash (film)
Car Wash is a 1976 American ensemble comedy directed by Michael Schultz, written by Joel Schumacher, about one day at Los Angeles's Dee-Luxe Car Wash, starring Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and the Pointer Sisters, with a Rose Royce soundtrack and Cannes 1977 prizes.
Céline and Julie Go Boating
Céline and Julie Go Boating (Céline et Julie vont en bateau) is Jacques Rivette's 1974, 192-minute French comedy-fantasy about a magician and librarian entangled in a repeating haunted-house melodrama, ranked =78 in the 2022 Sight & Sound poll.
Deep Throat (film)
Deep Throat (1972) is an American hardcore pornographic feature directed by Gerard Damiano, starring Linda Lovelace, that launched porno chic, grossed a debated $600 million, was banned in 23 states, and gave the Watergate informant his codename.
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos), Bruno Barreto's 1976 Brazilian comedy-fantasy from Jorge Amado's 1966 novel, starring Sônia Braga; Brazil's highest-grossing film for about 35 years.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (film)
1972 Woody Allen comedy, also called Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, adapting David Reuben's sex manual as seven genre-parody vignettes for United Artists.
Female Trouble
Female Trouble is John Waters's 1974 Baltimore cult film starring Divine as Dawn Davenport, a delinquent whose "crime is beauty" pursuit of fame leads to the electric chair; restored by Criterion in 2018.
Flesh Gordon
Flesh Gordon (1974) is an American erotic sci-fi comedy parody of the Flash Gordon serials, directed by Michael Benveniste and Howard Ziehm; hardcore footage was seized by police, and the trimmed R-rated cut runs 78 minutes.
Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude: 1971 Hal Ashby black comedy (Paramount) about death-obsessed 20-year-old Harold (Bud Cort) and 79-year-old Maude (Ruth Gordon); Colin Higgins script, Cat Stevens songs, box office failure turned cult classic, National Film Registry 1997.
Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (Иван Васильевич меняет профессию)
Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (Иван Васильевич меняет профессию) is Leonid Gaidai's 1973 Mosfilm comedy based on Bulgakov's play, in which Shurik's time machine swaps Ivan the Terrible with his lookalike housing manager Bunsha; seen by 60.7 million Soviet viewers.
L'Aile ou la Cuisse
L'Aile ou la Cuisse (The Wing or the Thigh), 1976 French comedy by Claude Zidi starring Louis de Funès and Coluche, their only film together; gastronomic critic Duchemin battles industrial-food magnate Tricatel; about 6 million admissions, second at the 1976 French box office.
Le Jouet
Le Jouet (The Toy) is Francis Veber's 1976 French comedy-drama starring Pierre Richard as journalist François Perrin, chosen as a living toy by billionaire Michel Bouquet's son; 1,249,452 French admissions, remade in 1982.
Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob
Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob) is a 1973 French-Italian comedy by Gérard Oury starring Louis de Funès as a racist industrialist disguised as a rabbi; top French box-office hit of 1973 with over 7 million admissions.
Love and Anarchy
Love and Anarchy (Film d'amore e d'anarchia) is Lina Wertmüller's 1973 Italian-French tragicomedy starring Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato, about a peasant anarchist plotting to assassinate Mussolini from a Roman brothel; Giannini won Best Actor at Cannes 1973.
Love and Death
Love and Death is a 1975 American comedy film written, directed by, and starring Woody Allen with Diane Keaton, a parody of Russian literature set during the Napoleonic Wars.
Lucky Lady
Lucky Lady is a 1975 American comedy-drama film directed by Stanley Donen, starring Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, and Burt Reynolds as rum runners during Prohibition.
Malicious (1973 film)
Malizia (released as Malicious), 1973 Italian erotic comedy by Salvatore Samperi with Laura Antonelli, Turi Ferro, Alessandro Momo; Sicilian widower's housekeeper plot, 5-billion-lire hit, Berlin Golden Bear nominee.
March of Fools (바보들의 행진)
March of Fools (바보들의 행진) is Ha Gil-jong's 1975 Korean youth comedy-drama adapted from Choi In-ho's novel, following two philosophy students under the Yushin dictatorship; heavily censored, it tied for first in KOFA's 2013 top-100 poll.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) is a British comedy film directed by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, parodying King Arthur's quest for the Grail; funded by Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, filmed in Scotland, and later adapted into Spamalot.
Murder by Death
Murder by Death (1976) is a Neil Simon-written, Robert Moore-directed parody in which five famous fictional detectives, spoofing Sam Spade, the Charlestons, Poirot, Chan, and Marple, compete for $1 million.
My Friends (1975 film)
My Friends (Amici miei) is a 1975 Italian comedy by Mario Monicelli, completed from Pietro Germi's project, about five Florentine friends and their pranks; it topped the 1975-76 Italian box office and spawned two sequels.
Myra Breckinridge (film)
Myra Breckinridge is a 1970 American comedy directed by Michael Sarne for Twentieth Century-Fox, starring Raquel Welch and Mae West and adapted from Gore Vidal's satirical 1968 novel.