Best Comedy movies of 1980s

Actors : Keith David, Leslie Hope, Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Emilio Estevez,

Two garbage men uncover a conspiracy involving illegal toxic waste dumping and decide to bring the whole operation down.

Actors : Carl Reiner, Alan Ladd, Steve Martin, Rachel Ward,
Directors : Carl Reiner,

Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from real noirs appear as scenes from various films are intercut.

Actors : Catherine Mary Stewart, Sharon Farrell, Robert Beltran, Kelli Maroney,
Directors : Thom Eberhardt,

A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.

Actors : River Phoenix, Ethan Hawke, Bradley Gregg, Jason Presson,
Directors : Joe Dante,

A boy obsessed with 50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now what?

Actors : Ira Wheeler, Sam Waterston, Spalding Gray,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

Spalding Gray discusses his participation in the film The Killing Fields (1984) and the background story about the troubles of Cambodia.

Actors : Alyson Hannigan, Kim Basinger, Dan Aykroyd, Jon Lovitz,
Directors : Richard Benjamin,

An alien is sent on a secret mission to Earth, where she appears as a gorgeous, attractive, and single lady. Her mission is to make contact with a rather nerdy young scientist, who's quite ...

Actors : Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin, James Ray,
Directors : John Hughes,

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want ...

Actors : Gilbert Gottfried, Jack Warden, Michael Oliver, John Ritter,
Directors : Dennis Dugan,

A young boy is just short of a monster. He is adopted by a loving man and his wacky wife. The laughs keep coming as the boy pushes them to the limits.

Actors : Benita Barrie, Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Sandra Bernhard,
Directors : Tommy Chong,

Disguised as ice cream vendors, Cheech and Chong make--and subsequently lose--millions of dollars selling a batch of marijuana with an unusual side effect.

Actors : Robin Williams, John Lithgow, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close,
Directors : George Roy Hill,

A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.

Actors : Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion,

Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.

Actors : Linda Fiorentino, Anthony Edwards, Alex Rocco, Jsu Garcia,
Directors : Jeff Kanew,

Jonathan plays a game called Gotcha in which he hunts and is hunted by other students with paint guns. After a big win, he goes off for a vacation in France where he meets the sexy Sasha ...

Actors : Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña,
Directors : Matthew Robbins,

Apartment block tenants seek the aid of alien mechanical life-forms to save their building from demolition.

Actors : Jack Nance, Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige,
Directors : Barbet Schroeder,

Based on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

Actors : Mark Hadlow, Danny Mulheron, Donna Akersten, Stuart Devenie,
Directors : Peter Jackson,

Multiple animals and insects experience the sleazier side of show business while working on a variety show.

Actors : Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Gina Hecht, Henry Winkler,
Directors : Ron Howard,

A morgue attendant is talked into running a brothel at his workplace after a deceased pimp is sent there. However, the pimp's killers don't look too kindly on this new 'business', nor does the morgue's owner.

Actors : Rick Moranis, Paul Dooley, Max von Sydow, Dave Thomas,

Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.

Actors : James Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe,
Directors : Edward Zwick,

A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.

Actors : Steve Guttenberg, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bubba Smith,
Directors : Jerry Paris,

The alumni of Commandant Lassard's Police Academy (1984) return to the school to train new recruits and prevent its closure.

Actors : Dyan Cannon, Jackie Mason, Robert Stack, Dina Merrill,
Directors : Allan Arkush,

When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement park.