Comedy Movies of 1979
Being There
Having lived his life as the gardener on a millionaire's estate, Chance (Peter Sellers) knows of the real world only what he has seen on TV. When his benefactor dies, Chance walks aimlessly into the streets of ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
The Villain
The presence of Paul Lynde, in a small role, reveals more about the quality and tone of this film than the three top names. A farce with plenty of ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Starting Over
Scripted by James L. Brooks from Dan Wakefield's novel, Alan J. Pakula's romantic comedy ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
1941
It's December of 1941, and the people of California are in varying states of unease, ranging from a sincere desire to defend the country to ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
10
Blake Edwards' 10 stars Dudley Moore as George, a Mancini-type songwriter. Approaching middle age, George feels as if life is passing him by, especially his sex life. Despite the presence of ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
The Life of Brian
On a midnight clear 2,000 years ago, three wise men enter a manger where a babe is wrapped in swaddling clothes. It is an infant called Brian...and the ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Home Movies
Brian De Palma directed this treatise concerning an egotistical film professor as a film-making project for his film-production master class at Sarah Lawrence ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
The Frisco Kid
Robert Aldrich returns to the western-spoof genre he'd previously explored in Four for Texas with The Frisco Kid. Gene Wilder plays Polish rabbi Avram Belinsky, who intends to set up a congregation in San ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Going in Style
Joe (George Burns), Al (Art Carney), and Willie (Lee ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
The Main Event
Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal attempt to recapture the screwball spark of What's Up, Doc? ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
A Little Romance
The disarming comedy A Little Romance features Diane ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
M*A*S*H: Season 08
Season eight of M*A*S*H was marked by the last of the series' major regular-cast defections. As the quietly resourceful and eerily clairvoyant company clerk, Cpl. Walter "Radar" ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
The North Avenue Irregulars
One of the bigger non-cartoon moneymakers for Disney in the 1970s, The North Avenue Irregulars is predicated on the premise of the "Neighborhood ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Love at First Bite
George Hamilton confounded his detractors by turning in a first-rate comic performance in Love at First Bite. Hamilton plays ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Taxi: Season 02
Securely imbedded as the ninth most popular program on American television, ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
The In-Laws
Dentist Sheldon Kornpett (Alan Arkin) is a respectable man. He has a daughter who is about to marry the son of a very suspicious ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
A Man, a Woman, and a Bank
In this crime comedy, Donald Sutherland and Paul Mazursky play ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
The Prize Fighter
Tim Conway as woeful boxer Bags and Don Knotts as his dim-witted sidekick Shake are out to save a gym and do the impossible in this predictable, cliched comedy from director Michael Preece. The setting is the 1930s and Bags ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Something Short of Paradise
The relationship between Madeleine Ross (Susan Sarandon), a journalist, and Harris Sloane (David Steinberg), an art theater owner is the focus of this ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Rock 'n' Roll High School
Rock 'n' Roll High School is a prime example of a 1970s movie phenomenon: a cult film that was deliberately designed to be a cult ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Laverne & Shirley: Season 04
Season four of Laverne & Shirley found the series' time frame ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Three's Company: Season 04
TV's second most popular series, and its single most popular sitcom, Three's Company returned in 1979 for its fourth successful season. As before, the titular trio consists of aspiring chef Jack Tripper ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
The Jerk
Carl Reiner directs Steve Martin (who co-wrote the script with Carl Gottlieb) in this gag-laden comedy about an idiotic white man, raised by a poor family of black ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
C.H.O.M.P.S.
Brian Foster (Wesley Eure) is a young inventor who creates a mechanical dog as part of a home protection system. When he falls out of favor with his boss Ralph Norton (Conrad Bain), the boss' pretty daughter Casey (Valerie ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Diff'rent Strokes: Season 02
[ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Real Life
Albert Brooks made his feature-length debut as a writer and director with this wickedly funny satire, in which Albert Brooks plays "Albert Brooks," an arrogant and self-centered comedian who has decided to make a documentary film. ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Camera Buff
In this political satire from Poland, Jerzy Stuhr plays Filip, a factory worker who, after ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Alice: Season 04
Halfway through Season Four of Alice, series regular Polly Holliday, in the role of brassy waitress Flo "Kiss Mah Grits" Castleberry, accepts an offer she can't refuse from a Houston ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
The Concrete Cowboys
Two Montana saddletramps head for bustling Music City and open up a detective agency in this comical adventure that was originally the pilot of a television series. Not only do the two have to accustom ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Soap: Season 03
When Soap arrived at its cliffhanging season-two finale, ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Knockabout
Brothers Little John and Big John make a living as small-time con men. When things go sour, they turn to a powerful man called the Silver Fox, only to find that he too is a con man who's playing them at their own game. Their luck is sure to ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Meatballs
Set at a low-end summer camp and aimed squarely ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Baby Snakes
Composer, bandleader, satirist and all-around mad genius Frank Zappa offers an up-close look at "people who ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Hometown USA
Max Baer Jr. borrows liberally from George Lucas's ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Disco Godfather
J. Robert Wagoner directs the 1979 blaxploitation-martial arts classic Disco Godfather. Rudy Ray Moore stars as Tucker Williams, an ex-cop and resident DJ at the nightclub Blueberry ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift's satire about a sailor's strange voyage is the source of this, one of many filmed adaptations of the tale. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
H.O.T.S.
A standard, mindless teen comedy that is patently geared toward the pre-teen set, H.O.T.S. involves a lot of bouncy ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
J-Men Forever
That certifiable Firesign Theatre bunch, led by Philip Proctor and ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Pick-Up Summer
In this adolescent-oriented comedy, a pair of middle-class teens spend their summer trying to score. With their pals, they try to get ready for an upcoming ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
Richard Pryor was one of the most influential comedians of the 1970s. Here, in his first concert film, he is at his caustic, gritty best. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
I Wanna Be a Beauty Queen
Don't confuse this film with such child-oriented videocassettes as I Wanna Be a Fireman. The fact that this ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Gol Maal
[ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
The Hit
In this romantic comedy from the celebrated Hagashash trio, a former dance teacher assumes the role of cupid by scouring the daily obituaries and a young ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
The Real Andy Kaufman
The majority of the footage in The Real Andy Kaufman consists of a 1979 performance the actor/comedian/performance artist performed in the Catskills. In addition to some ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
To the Manor Born [TV Series]
Writer and creator Peter Spence originally intended To ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Okey, Mister Pancho
Irrepressible Mexican queen of comedy Maria Elena Velasco returns to the screen in this rollicking laugh-fest that finds her enduring ... [ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Not the Nine O'Clock News [TV Series]
[ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Mind Your Language: Series 03
[ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
Hilario Cortes, El Rey del Talon
[ Comedy movie - 1979 ]
