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1 / 50#50. Catch-22 (1970)
- Director: Mike Nichols
- Stacker score: 85.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 70
- Runtime: 122 minutes
Best '70s comedy movies
Stacker compiled a list of the best '70s comedy movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. To qualify, the film had to have comedy as one of its genres on IMDb, have a Metascore, and have at least 5,000 IMDb user votes. Ties were broken by votes.
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2 / 50#49. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
- Director: Blake Edwards
- Stacker score: 85.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 60
- Runtime: 103 minutes
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3 / 50#48. La Cage aux Folles (1978)
- Director: Édouard Molinaro
- Stacker score: 85.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 61
- Runtime: 97 minutes
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4 / 50#47. The Hospital (1971)
- Director: Arthur Hiller
- Stacker score: 85.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 72
- Runtime: 103 minutes
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5 / 50#46. The Paper Chase (1973)
- Director: James Bridges
- Stacker score: 86.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 65
- Runtime: 113 minutes
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6 / 50#45. Sleeper (1973)
- Director: Woody Allen
- Stacker score: 86.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 77
- Runtime: 89 minutes
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7 / 50#44. An Unmarried Woman (1978)
- Director: Paul Mazursky
- Stacker score: 86.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 79
- Runtime: 124 minutes
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8 / 50#43. Grease (1978)
- Director: Randal Kleiser
- Stacker score: 86.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 70
- Runtime: 110 minutes
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9 / 50#42. Theater of Blood (1973)
- Director: Douglas Hickox
- Stacker score: 86.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 81
- Runtime: 104 minutes
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10 / 50#41. Slap Shot (1977)
- Director: George Roy Hill
- Stacker score: 86.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 61
- Runtime: 123 minutes
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11 / 50#40. A Little Romance (1979)
- Director: George Roy Hill
- Stacker score: 86.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 52
- Runtime: 110 minutes
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12 / 50#39. The Front Page (1974)
- Director: Billy Wilder
- Stacker score: 86.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 62
- Runtime: 105 minutes
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13 / 50#38. Murder by Death (1976)
- Director: Robert Moore
- Stacker score: 86.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 62
- Runtime: 95 minutes
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14 / 50#37. California Split (1974)
- Director: Robert Altman
- Stacker score: 87.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 84
- Runtime: 108 minutes
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15 / 50#36. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
- Director: Brian De Palma
- Stacker score: 87.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 67
- Runtime: 91 minutes
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16 / 50#35. My Name Is Nobody (1973)
- Director: Tonino Valerii
- Stacker score: 87.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 68
- Runtime: 116 minutes
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17 / 50#34. The In-Laws (1979)
- Director: Arthur Hiller
- Stacker score: 87.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 69
- Runtime: 103 minutes
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18 / 50#33. The Goodbye Girl (1977)
- Director: Herbert Ross
- Stacker score: 88.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 64
- Runtime: 111 minutes
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19 / 50#32. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Director: Jim Sharman
- Stacker score: 88.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 65
- Runtime: 100 minutes
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20 / 50#31. Robin Hood (1973)
- Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
- Stacker score: 88.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 57
- Runtime: 83 minutes
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21 / 50#30. Drunken Master (1978)
- Director: Woo-Ping Yuen
- Stacker score: 88.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 68
- Runtime: 111 minutes
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22 / 50#29. Kelly's Heroes (1970)
- Director: Brian G. Hutton
- Stacker score: 88.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 50
- Runtime: 144 minutes
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23 / 50#28. Harry and Tonto (1974)
- Director: Paul Mazursky
- Stacker score: 88.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 72
- Runtime: 115 minutes
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24 / 50#27. The Silent Partner (1978)
- Director: Daryl Duke
- Stacker score: 89.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 74
- Runtime: 106 minutes
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25 / 50#26. The Bad News Bears (1976)
- Director: Michael Ritchie
- Stacker score: 89.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 84
- Runtime: 102 minutes
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26 / 50#25. Hair (1979)
- Director: Milos Forman
- Stacker score: 89.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 68
- Runtime: 121 minutes
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27 / 50#24. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
- Director: John Landis
- Stacker score: 89.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 79
- Runtime: 109 minutes
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28 / 50#23. MASH (1970)
- Director: Robert Altman
- Stacker score: 89.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 80
- Runtime: 116 minutes
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29 / 50#22. Little Big Man (1970)
- Director: Arthur Penn
- Stacker score: 90.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 63
- Runtime: 139 minutes
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30 / 50#21. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
- Director: Hayao Miyazaki
- Stacker score: 91.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 72
- Runtime: 102 minutes
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31 / 50#20. The Muppet Movie (1979)
- Director: James Frawley
- Stacker score: 91.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 74
- Runtime: 95 minutes
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32 / 50#19. Play It Again, Sam (1972)
- Director: Herbert Ross
- Stacker score: 91.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 77
- Runtime: 85 minutes
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33 / 50#18. American Graffiti (1973)
- Director: George Lucas
- Stacker score: 91.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 97
- Runtime: 110 minutes
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34 / 50#17. The Last Detail (1973)
- Director: Hal Ashby
- Stacker score: 91.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 89
- Runtime: 104 minutes
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35 / 50#16. Blazing Saddles (1974)
- Director: Mel Brooks
- Stacker score: 92.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.7
- Metascore: 73
- Runtime: 93 minutes
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36 / 50#15. The Long Goodbye (1973)
- Director: Robert Altman
- Stacker score: 92.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 87
- Runtime: 112 minutes
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37 / 50#14. Harold and Maude (1971)
- Director: Hal Ashby
- Stacker score: 93.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.9
- Metascore: 62
- Runtime: 91 minutes
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38 / 50#13. Love and Death (1975)
- Director: Woody Allen
- Stacker score: 94.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.7
- Metascore: 89
- Runtime: 85 minutes
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39 / 50#12. Breaking Away (1979)
- Director: Peter Yates
- Stacker score: 94.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.7
- Metascore: 91
- Runtime: 101 minutes
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40 / 50#11. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
- Director: Luis Buñuel
- Stacker score: 94.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.8
- Metascore: 84
- Runtime: 103 minutes
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41 / 50#10. Nashville (1975)
- Director: Robert Altman
- Stacker score: 94.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.7
- Metascore: 96
- Runtime: 160 minutes
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42 / 50#9. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
- Director: Luis Buñuel
- Stacker score: 95.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.8
- Metascore: 93
- Runtime: 102 minutes
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43 / 50#8. Manhattan (1979)
- Director: Woody Allen
- Stacker score: 95.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.9
- Metascore: 83
- Runtime: 96 minutes
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44 / 50#7. Life of Brian (1979)
- Director: Terry Jones
- Stacker score: 96.1
- IMDb user rating: 8.0
- Metascore: 77
- Runtime: 94 minutes
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45 / 50#6. Young Frankenstein (1974)
- Director: Mel Brooks
- Stacker score: 96.4
- IMDb user rating: 8.0
- Metascore: 80
- Runtime: 106 minutes
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46 / 50#5. Being There (1979)
- Director: Hal Ashby
- Stacker score: 96.7
- IMDb user rating: 8.0
- Metascore: 83
- Runtime: 130 minutes
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47 / 50#4. Paper Moon (1973)
- Director: Peter Bogdanovich
- Stacker score: 97.2
- IMDb user rating: 8.1
- Metascore: 77
- Runtime: 102 minutes
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48 / 50#3. Annie Hall (1977)
- Director: Woody Allen
- Stacker score: 97.7
- IMDb user rating: 8.0
- Metascore: 92
- Runtime: 93 minutes
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49 / 50#2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Director: Terry Gilliam
- Stacker score: 99.8
- IMDb user rating: 8.2
- Metascore: 91
- Runtime: 91 minutes
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50 / 50#1. The Sting (1973)
- Director: George Roy Hill
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.3
- Metascore: 83
- Runtime: 129 minutes
