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Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
They Might Be Giants (1971)
- Dir. Anthony Harvey
Feat. George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford…
- A delightfully goofy comic mystery starring George C. Scott as a psychiatric patient who is convinced he is Sherlock Holmes at a Manhattan hospital…
Trafic (Traffic) (1971)
- Dir. Jacques Tati
Feat. Jacques Tati
- Mr. Hulot's final clownish outing sees him invent a revolutionary motor car which proves to be problematic en route to Amsterdam.
Two Ronnies, The (TV Series) (1971)
- Feat. Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker
- Classic, long–running BBC series from two of Britain’s all–time comedy greats in what is considered the perfect double–act. "Best…
Up Pompeii (1971)
- Dir. Bob Kellett
Feat. Frankie Howerd, Sir Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray…
- Frankie Howerd's bawdy comedy with a Roman slave inadvertently becoming the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero.
Archie's Funhouse (TV Series) (1970)
- Animated 70's series based on the popular comic strip starring Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead and Reggie, the famous group of friends at Riverdale…
Bombay Talkie (1970)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Shashi Kapoor, Zia Mohyeddin
- Probably the most visually distinguished Merchant–Ivory film, this semi–satiric swirl through the 'Bollywood' film industry works as both…
Borsalino (1970)
- Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Michel Bouquet
- Delightful seriocomic film of two likeable hoods who become gangland chieftains in 1930s Marseilles. Music by Claude Bolling.
Breaking Of Bumbo,The (1970)
- Dir. Andrew Sinclair
Feat. Joanna Lumley, Richard Warwick
- Curiosity from 1960s 'swinging London', this has Joanna Lumley debuting as a drop–out who persuades a newly inducted British guardsman over to…
Carry On Up the Jungle (1970)
- Dir. Gerald Thomas
Feat. Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey
- The 'Carry On' crew encounter familiar humour in darkest Africa, shipping the concept to the days of the British Raj.
Catch 22 (1970)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Orson Welles
- An acerbic anti–war statement based on the much–hailed novel about a WW2 fighter pilot's reluctance to fight, in order to preserve his…