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Same Time, Next Year (film)
Same Time, Next Year (1978) is Robert Mulligan's romantic comedy, adapted by Bernard Slade from his Broadway play, starring Ellen Burstyn and Alan Alda as annual trysting spouses; four Oscar nominations, 1,453-performance stage run.
Semi-Tough
Semi-Tough is a 1977 American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie, based on Dan Jenkins' novel and starring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, and Jill Clayburgh.
Starting Over
Starting Over is a 1979 American romantic comedy directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, and Candice Bergen. James L. Brooks's first feature screenplay, adapted from Dan Wakefield's novel, earned Clayburgh and Bergen Oscar nominations and grossed $26.5 million in 52 days.
That Obscure Object of Desire
That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) is Luis Buñuel's 1977 final film, adapted from Pierre Louÿs, starring Fernando Rey with Carole Bouquet and Ángela Molina alternating as Conchita.
The Cat from Outer Space
The Cat from Outer Space is a 1978 Walt Disney live-action sci-fi comedy directed by Norman Tokar, written by Ted Key, starring Ken Berry and the alien cat Zunar J-5/9 Doric-4-7, nicknamed Jake, who needs $120,000 in gold to repair his ship.
The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective is a 1978 American comedy-mystery written by Neil Simon, starring Peter Falk as a San Francisco private eye parodying Humphrey Bogart films.
The Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 Neil Simon romantic comedy directed by Herbert Ross, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, and Quinn Cummings as unwilling Manhattan roommates; Dreyfuss won the 1978 Best Actor Oscar.
The In-Laws (1979 film)
The In-Laws (1979) is an Arthur Hiller comedy written by Andrew Bergman, starring Alan Arkin as a dentist and Peter Falk as a CIA agent, prospective fathers-in-law caught in a counterfeiting plot; cult classic, Criterion edition, remade 2003.
The Jerk
The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin in his feature film debut as Navin R. Johnson, a naive man raised by a sharecropper family.
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) is an American sketch comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, parodying TV, commercials, and Enter the Dragon in A Fistful of Yen; first release of United Film Distribution Company.
The Man Who Loved Women
The Man Who Loved Women (L'homme qui aimait les femmes) is François Truffaut's 1977 French comedy-drama starring Charles Denner as womanizing engineer Bertrand Morane, told in flashback from his funeral; remade by Blake Edwards in 1983 with Burt Reynolds and Julie Andrews.
The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Movie is a 1979 musical comedy road film, the first theatrical feature starring Jim Henson's Muppets, directed by James Frawley and following Kermit the Frog's journey to Hollywood.
The Villain (1979 film)
The Villain (1979), also known as Cactus Jack, is a Hal Needham Western comedy starring Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret, and Arnold Schwarzenegger; a live-action Road Runner-style spoof that critics panned (0% Tomatometer, Metascore 22).
Up in Smoke
Up in Smoke (1978), also called Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke, is a Paramount comedy directed by Lou Adler, the first stoner comedy, starring Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong; it earned over $44 million.