Best Comedy movies of 1980s

Actors : Julia Roberts, Shirley MacLaine, Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.

Actors : Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, Tom Hanks, Reginald VelJohnson,
Directors : Roger Spottiswoode,

A detective must adopt the dog of a dead man to help him find the murderer.

Actors : Kevin Spacey, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Joan Severance,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening.

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 : Barbara Hershey, Bette Midler, 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 : 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 : 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 : Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, John Buckwalter, Patrick Horgan,
Directors : Woody Allen,

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

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

A professional hit man and hit woman fall in love.

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 : 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 : Robert John Burke, Adrienne Shelly, Chris Cooke, Julia McNeal,
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 : Eileen Brennan, Robert Webber, Goldie Hawn, Armand Assante,
Directors : Howard Zieff,

A sheltered young high society woman joins the United States Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.

Actors : Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise,
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 : 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 : 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.

Actors : Caroline Williams, Dennis Hopper, Bill Moseley, Jim Siedow,
Directors : Tobe Hooper,

A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas Marshall hunts them.