Top 28 Comedy Movies Editor's Choice from 1971

A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. Find out about Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory / IMDB / YouTube

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. Info on Harold and Maude / IMDB / YouTube

An apprentice witch, three kids, and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II. Details on Bedknobs and Broomsticks / IMDB / YouTube

When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion. Details on Bananas / IMDB / YouTube

A lazy, unorthodox gunfighter and his portly, horse-thieving brother defend a Mormon settlement from a land-grabbing Major, a Mexican bandit, and their henchmen. See more about They Call Me Trinity / IMDB / YouTube

Bambino tries to teach his brother Trinity how to become an outlaw, but the two wind up saving a pioneer family and breaking up an arms ring instead. Check out Trinity Is Still My Name / IMDB / YouTube

Doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar Anton Phibes seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for the death of his wife. Find out about The Abominable Dr. Phibes / IMDB / YouTube

Chronicling the romantic relationships of two men who meet and become friends in college. Explore Carnal Knowledge / IMDB / YouTube

It so happens that peaceful kindergarten teacher is incredibly similar to the terrible villain who stole the helmet of Alexander the Great. And villain's accomplices are unexpectedly similar to children - they also need love and care. Read about Gentlemen of Fortune / IMDB / YouTube

An adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccio's Decameron. Learn about The Decameron / IMDB / YouTube

As France is nearing the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself torn between a rebellious urge to discover love, and the ever-present, almost dominating affection of his beloved mother. Find out about Murmur of the Heart / IMDB / YouTube

A teenager spending his summer vacation on Nantucket Island develops an innocent love for a young war bride who's awaiting news about her husband's fate. Explore Summer of '42 / IMDB / YouTube

In 17th-century Spain, the Minister of Finance tries to dishonor the queen with an overly complex plan. Explore Delusions of Grandeur / IMDB / YouTube

When Henry Graham's lawyer informs him that his playboy lifestyle has consumed all of his funds, he must avoid sliding don the social ladder. He plans to marry wealthy scientist Henrietta Lowell--and kill her. Info on A New Leaf / IMDB / YouTube

15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan. See more about Deep End / IMDB / YouTube

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town. Check out Support Your Local Gunfighter / IMDB / YouTube

A group of dwarfs at a correctional facility erupt in anarchy. Read about Even Dwarfs Started Small / IMDB / YouTube

An homage to the work of psychologist Wilhelm Reich, matched with a story about a Yugoslavian girl's affair with a Russian skater. Sexual repression, social systems and the orgone theory are explored. Get info on WR: Mysteries of the Organism / IMDB / YouTube

While searching for their runaway teenage daughter, the parents rediscover the pleasures of life as they get acquainted with a self-help group for parents of vanished children. Details on Taking Off / IMDB / YouTube

An 8 y.o. Swedish boy always gets into trouble despite good intentions and afterwards ends locked up in a shed. He lives on a farm (before electricity and cars) with his mom, dad, sister, maid, best friend the farmhand and an old woman. Learn about Emil of Lonneberga / IMDB / YouTube

A writer of detective stories desperately trying to hide a corpse in his house - and at the same time to know exactly who he killed accidentally. Explore Jo / IMDB / YouTube

Dark comedy where Alfred Chamberlain copes with urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water pipes, electrical blackouts, paranoia, and racial conflict during a 1970's summer as he gets to know his girlfriend Patsy Newquist's family. Details on Little Murders / IMDB / YouTube

The misadventures of a ragtag group of elderly Home Guard local defense volunteers at the onset of WW2. Read about Dad's Army / IMDB / YouTube

WC Boggs' Lavatory factory faces industrial unrest, with union rep Vic Spanner frequently calling strikes, eventually everyone has to get fed up with him. This is also the ideal opportunity for lots of lavatorial jokes. Get info on Carry on at Your Convenience / IMDB / YouTube

When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process. Get info on The Boy Friend / IMDB / YouTube

A Korean man is sentenced to death by hanging, but he survives the execution. For the following two hours, his executioners try to work out how to handle the situation in this black farce. Info on Death by Hanging / IMDB / YouTube

In a Manhattan psychiatric hospital, a man convinced that he is Sherlock Holmes is treated by a female doctor who happens to be named Watson. Get info on They Might Be Giants / IMDB / YouTube

Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business. Check out My Uncle Antoine / IMDB / YouTube