Best Comedy movies of 1980s

Actors : Steve Guttenberg, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bubba Smith,

When a new gang moves into town it's up to the screwball police team to stop them.

Actors : Catherine Mary Stewart, Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Terry Kiser,
Directors : Ted Kotcheff,

Two losers try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, leading the hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Kevin Tighe, Brion James, Eddie Murphy,
Directors : Walter Hill,

Jack Cates once again enlists the aid of ex-con Reggie Hammond--this time, to take down The Iceman, a ruthless drug lord operating in the San Francisco bay area.

Actors : John Gielgud, Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, Geraldine Fitzgerald,
Directors : Steve Gordon,

Arthur he does as he pleases. All of his life, his master's toys. Deep in his heart, he's just, he's just a boy.

Actors : Chloe Webb, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Directors : Ivan Reitman,

A physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who is short, a womanizer, and small-time crook.

Actors : Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips, R. Lee Ermey, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, Los Angeles reporter Irvin Fletcher heads to the Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into hilarious trouble.

Actors : Matthew Lawrence, David Forrester, Debbie Harry, Christian Slater,
Directors : John Harrison,

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.

Actors : Courtney Gains, Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Tina Caspary,
Directors : Steve Rash,

A nerdy outcast secretly pays the most popular girl in school one thousand dollars to be his girlfriend.

Actors : Robin Williams, Paul Dooley, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston,
Directors : Robert Altman,

The adventures of the sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven.

Actors : Antonio Fargas, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Steve James, Bernie Casey,
Directors : Keenen Ivory Wayans,

In this parody of blaxploitation movies, a black hero wannabe reunites former black heroes from the 70s to help him get revenge on Mr. Big.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance,

Two cops are framed and must clear their names.

Actors : Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams, Chintara Sukapatana, Tung Thanh Tran,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.

Actors : Joan Plowright, Tracey Ullman, William Hurt, Kevin Kline,
Directors : Lawrence Kasdan,

Joey owns a pizza parlor, and is married to Rosalie. He's also a serial womanizer. Rosalie goes to extremes when she finds he has been cheating.

Actors : Judge Reinhold, Ronny Cox, Eddie Murphy, Jürgen Prochnow,
Directors : Tony Scott,

Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it.

Actors : George Kennedy, Domenick John, Tom Savini, Lois Chiles,
Directors : Michael Gornick,

Three more bone-chilling tales that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and a hitchhiker who wants revenge and will not die.

Actors : Johnny Depp, Ricki Lake, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell,
Directors : John Waters,

In 1950s Baltimore, a bad boy with a heart of gold wins the love of a good girl, whose boyfriend sets out for revenge.

Actors : Steve Martin, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau, Chevy Chase,
Directors : John Landis,

Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.

Actors : Helen Martin, Robert Townsend, Starletta DuPois, Craigus R. Johnson,
Directors : Robert Townsend,

An actor limited to stereotypical roles because of his ethnicity, dreams of making it big as a highly respected performer. As he makes his rounds, the film takes a satiric look at African American actors in Hollywood.

Actors : Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman,
Directors : Greg Beeman,

A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test.

Actors : Donna Dixon, Steve Forrest, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase,
Directors : John Landis,

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.