Best Comedy movies of 1980s

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 : Robert Prosky, John Glover, Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan,
Directors : Joe Dante,

The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken total control over the building of a media mogul.

Actors : John Gielgud, Dudley Moore, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Liza Minnelli,
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 : 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 : 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, Debbie Harry, David Forrester, Christian Slater,
Directors : John Harrison,

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

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 : Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul Dooley, 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 : 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 : 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 : Ronny Cox, Judge Reinhold, 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 : Domenick John, George Kennedy, 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 : Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance,

Two cops are framed and must clear their names.

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 : 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 : Adrian Zmed, George Grizzard, Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen,
Directors : Neal Israel,

A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.

Actors : Michael Keaton, Maureen Stapleton, Marilu Henner, Joe Piscopo,
Directors : Amy Heckerling,

Set in the 1930's, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

Actors : Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton,
Directors : John Hughes,

Two high school nerds attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that.