Best Comedy movies of 1980s

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Ralph Brown, Richard Griffiths,
Directors : Bruce Robinson,

At the end of the 1960's, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.

Actors : Pat Hingle, Yeardley Smith, Emilio Estevez, Laura Harrington,
Directors : Stephen King,

A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.

Actors : Gregory Hines, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Dom DeLuise,
Directors : Mel Brooks,

Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.

Actors : Carolyn Choa, Jenny Howe, Alan Rickman, Juliet Stevenson,
Directors : Anthony Minghella,

A woman dealing with inconsolable grief over the death of her partner gets another chance when he returns to earth as a ghost.

Actors : John MacKay, Rebecca Nelson, Martin Donovan, Adrienne Shelly,
Directors : Hal Hartley,

After being thrown away from home, Maria encounters a lady who complains of not having children. Almost getting raped, she ends up in an abandoned house, where she meets Matthew. When a baby is kidnapped Maria sets out to find the lady.

Actors : Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : Andrew Bergman,

A NYC film school student accepts a job with a local mobster who resembles a famous cinema godfather and who takes the young man under his wing, after demanding total loyalty.

Actors : Spiros Focás, Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but are gradually getting bored with each other and this way of life. Joan accepts an ...

Actors : Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Actors : Robert Loggia, John Randolph, Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : John Huston,

A professional hit man and hit woman fall in love.

Actors : Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Leo McKern, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Richard Donner,

Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly captured when Captain Navarre befriends him. Navarre has been hunted by the Bishop's men for ...

Actors : Edna Doré, Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Philip Jackson,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and ...

Actors : Chris Cooke, Julia McNeal, Robert John Burke, Adrienne Shelly,
Directors : Hal Hartley,

A man returns to his home town after serving a prison sentence for homicide, and finds that the details of the crime have been forgotten and replaced with local legends and rumors.

Actors : Michelle Meyrink, Val Kilmer, William Atherton, Gabriel Jarret,
Directors : Martha Coolidge,

Teenage geniuses deal with their abilities while developing a high-powered laser for a university project. When their professor intends to turn their work into a military weapon, they decide to ruin his plans.

Actors : Woody Allen, John Buckwalter, Patrick Horgan, Mia Farrow,
Directors : Woody Allen,

"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.

Actors : Moses Gunn, Clint Eastwood, Everett McGill, Marsha Mason,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

Actors : Geena Davis, Jim Carrey, Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans,
Directors : Julien Temple,

A Southern California girl befriends three furry aliens after their spaceship lands in her swimming pool.

Actors : Eszter Balint, Cecillia Stark, Richard Edson, John Lurie,
Directors : Jim Jarmusch,

A self-styled New York hipster is paid a surprise visit by his younger cousin from Budapest. From initial hostility and indifference a small degree of affection grows between the two. Along...

Actors : Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Margaret Whitton, Richard Jordan,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

A talented young man can't get an executive position without rising through the ranks, so he comes up with a shortcut, which also benefits his love life.

Actors : Jackie Gleason, Dom DeLuise, Jerry Reed, Burt Reynolds,
Directors : Hal Needham,

The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Jûzô Itami,

A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.