Best 27 Comedy Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1976

Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery. Explore Murder by Death / IMDB / YouTube

After escaping from an insane asylum, the bonkers Charles Dreyfus sends 26 assassins on the trail of the forever bumbling Inspector Clouseau. More about The Pink Panther Strikes Again / IMDB / YouTube

Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as The Filthiest Person Alive. Look into Pink Flamingos / IMDB / YouTube

A phony psychic and her cab driver boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir. Look into Family Plot / IMDB / YouTube

An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league. Details on The Bad News Bears / IMDB / YouTube

On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train. Read about Silver Streak / IMDB / YouTube

The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast. Look into Bugsy Malone / IMDB / YouTube

Asterix and Obelix are tasked by Julius Caesar with accomplishing twelve impossible labors to determine the fate of their indomitable Gaulish village. Explore The Twelve Tasks of Asterix / IMDB / YouTube

A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years. Explore Silent Movie / IMDB / YouTube

An incredible story about a man who misplaced the cities and found his love during the one special night - New Year's celebration. Read about The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! / IMDB / YouTube

Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and the publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast-food entrepreneur Tricatel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant . Look into The Wing or The Thigh? / IMDB / YouTube

A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes. Get info on Female Trouble / IMDB / YouTube

Four generations of a family live in a shantytown in the outskirts of Rome. The household engages in various forms of sexual idiosyncrasies, land swindles, incest, drugs and adultery. Look into Ugly, Dirty and Bad / IMDB / YouTube

A comedic take on the daily life of car-wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers along the way. Info on Car Wash / IMDB / YouTube

Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them. Explore Amici miei / IMDB / YouTube

A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other. Get info on The Sunshine Boys / IMDB / YouTube

A poor journalist finds himself as a toy of a boss' son. Making friends with a naughty child, he tries to save him from the cruel power of his father. Find out about The Toy / IMDB / YouTube

The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso. Read about Seven Beauties / IMDB / YouTube

The lives of a motherless boy, who is just starting to get interested in women, and his physically abused friend, who lives in poverty, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges of a number of children. Look into Small Change / IMDB / YouTube

In the Theatre of the Macabre in New York Sardu and his assistants present a show involving the torture and mutilation of young women. The audience assumes it is just an act but the torture is real, as are the deaths. Info on Blood Sucking Freaks / IMDB / YouTube

A cynical Buffalo Bill hires Sitting Bull to exploit him and add his credibility to the distorted view of history presented in his Wild West Show. Details on Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson / IMDB / YouTube

Racing across the country from L.A. to New York, a plethora of exotic cars carry contestants hoping to win a very large sum. Look into Cannonball! / IMDB / YouTube

A hapless gas station attendant is forced to go on the run after his unfaithful wife is murdered by a psychopathic cop, and encounters a bevy of busty babes until he meets his ideal woman. Check out Supervixens / IMDB / YouTube

To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud. Learn about The Seven-Per-Cent Solution / IMDB / YouTube

So-called 'special agent' infiltrates into the gym, which is targeted by a dirty business fraud. Info on Stay Hungry / IMDB / YouTube

Rudolph must find Happy, the baby New Year, before midnight on New Year's Eve. Find out about Rudolph's Shiny New Year / IMDB / YouTube

The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who spends all of his time fulfilling his bosses' wishes and desires. More about Fantozzi 2 / IMDB / YouTube