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A list of comedy films released in the 1980s.
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1980s[edit]
1980[edit]
- Airplane!
- Any Which Way You Can
- The Blues Brothers
- Caddyshack
- Can't Stop the Music
- Cheech and Chong's Next Movie
- Fatso
- First Family
- Galaxina
- Gilda Live
- The Gods Must Be Crazy
- Herbie Goes Bananas
- Hero at Large
- The Hollywood Knights
- Hopscotch
- How to Beat the High Co$t of Living
- The Last Married Couple in America
- Little Darlings
- Loose Shoes
- Melvin and Howard
- Midnight Madness
- Nine to Five
- The Nude Bomb
- Oh, God! Book II
- Oh! Heavenly Dog
- Popeye
- Pray TV
- Private Benjamin
- The Private Eyes
- Seems Like Old Times
- Serial
- Smokey and the Bandit II
- Stardust Memories
- Stir Crazy
- The Stunt Man
- Sunday Lovers
- Used Cars
- Up the Academy
- Where the Buffalo Roam
- Wholly Moses!
1981[edit]
- All Night Long
- All the Marbles
- Arthur
- Buddy Buddy
- Bustin' Loose
- The Cannonball Run
- Carbon Copy
- Caveman
- Condorman
- Continental Divide
- The Devil and Max Devlin
- Dirty Tricks
- First Monday in October
- The Four Seasons
- Full Moon High
- Going Ape!
- The Great Muppet Caper
- Hardly Working
- The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
- Heartbeeps
- History of the World, Part I
- The Incredible Shrinking Woman
- The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
- Modern Problems
- Modern Romance
- My Dinner with Andre
- Neighbors
- Nice Dreams
- On the Right Track
- Paternity
- Polyester
- Porky's
- Private Lessons
- Shock Treatment
- So Fine
- Stripes
- Take This Job and Shove It
- They All Laughed
- Under the Rainbow
- Zorro, The Gay Blade
1982[edit]
- 48 Hours
- A Little Sex
- A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
- Airplane II: The Sequel
- Annie
- Author! Author!
- Best Friends
- Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
- Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
- Creepshow
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
- Deathtrap
- Diner
- Eating Raoul
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- Grease 2
- Hanky Panky
- Hey Good Lookin'
- Human Highway
- It Came From Hollywood
- Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
- Jimmy the Kid
- Jinxed!
- The Junkman
- Kiss Me Goodbye
- The Last American Virgin
- Lookin' to Get Out
- My Favorite Year
- National Lampoon's Movie Madness
- Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures
- Night Shift
- Pandemonium
- Partners
- The Pirate Movie
- Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
- Six Pack
- Some Kind of Hero
- Soup for One
- Summer Lovers
- Tempest
- They Call Me Bruce?
- Things Are Tough All Over
- Tootsie
- The Toy
- Trail of the Pink Panther
- Victor Victoria
- The World According to Garp
- Wrong Is Right
- Yes, Giorgio
- Young Doctors in Love
- Zapped!
1983[edit]
- A Christmas Story
- Baby It's You
- Better Late Than Never
- Bill Cosby: Himself
- Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
- Class
- Cracking Up
- Curse of the Pink Panther
- Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
- D.C. Cab
- Deal of the Century
- Doctor Detroit
- Easy Money
- Get Crazy
- Going Berserk
- The King of Comedy
- Local Hero
- Losin' It
- Lovesick
- The Man Who Loved Women
- The Man Who Wasn't There
- The Man With Two Brains
- Max Dugan Returns
- Mr. Mom
- My Tutor
- National Lampoon's Vacation
- Porky's II: The Next Day
- Private School
- Reuben, Reuben
- Richard Pryor: Here and Now
- Risky Business
- Romantic Comedy
- Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
- Spring Break
- Still Smokin
- The Sting II
- Strange Brew
- Stroker Ace
- The Survivors
- To Be or Not to Be
- Trading Places
- Trenchcoat
- Twice Upon a Time
- Two of a Kind
- Valley Girl
- Yellowbeard
- Zelig
1984[edit]
- 16 Candles
- All of Me
- Bachelor Party
- Best Defense
- Beverly Hills Cop
- Blame It on Rio
- Broadway Danny Rose
- Cannonball Run II
- The Census Taker
- Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
- City Heat
- Electric Dreams
- Finders Keepers
- The Flamingo Kid
- Ghostbusters
- Grandview, U.S.A.
- Gremlins
- The Ice Pirates
- Irreconcilable Differences
- Johnny Dangerously
- Joy of Sex
- Kidco
- The Lonely Guy
- Lovelines
- Meatballs Part II
- Micki + Maude
- Moscow on the Hudson
- The Muppets Take Manhattan
- Night Patrol
- No Small Affair
- Nothing Lasts Forever
- Oh, God! You Devil
- Police Academy
- Protocol
- Repo Man
- The Ratings Game
- Revenge of the Nerds
- Rhinestone
- Romancing the Stone
- Slapstick of Another Kind
- Splash
- Surf II
- Teachers
- This Is Spinal Tap
- Top Secret!
- The Toxic Avenger
- Unfaithfully Yours
- Up the Creek
- The Wild Life
- The Woman in Red
1985[edit]
- After Hours
- Back to the Future
- Bad Medicine
- Better Off Dead
- The Breakfast Club
- Brewster's Millions
- Clue
- The Coca-Cola Kid
- Cocoon
- Desperately Seeking Susan
- Fandango
- Fletch
- Fraternity Vacation
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- The Goonies
- Head Office
- Heaven Help Us
- The Heavenly Kid
- Into the Night
- The Jewel of the Nile
- Just One of the Guys
- Key Exchange
- The Last Dragon[1]
- Lost in America
- The Man with One Red Shoe
- Maxie
- Mischief
- Moving Violations
- Movers & Shakers
- Murphy's Romance
- My Science Project
- National Lampoon's European Vacation
- Once Bitten
- Pee Wee's Big Adventure
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
- Porky's Revenge
- Private Resort
- Prizzi's Honor
- The Purple Rose of Cairo
- Real Genius
- Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
- Rustlers' Rhapsody
- Secret Admirer
- Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird
- The Slugger's Wife
- Spies Like Us
- Summer Rental
- The Sure Thing
- Teen Wolf
- Tomboy
- Turk 182
- Volunteers
- Weird Science
1986[edit]
- About Last Night
- April Fool's Day
- Armed and Dangerous
- Back to School
- The Best of Times
- Big Trouble in Little China
- Big Trouble
- The Boss' Wife
- Brighton Beach Memoirs
- The Class of Nuke 'Em High
- Club Paradise
- Crocodile Dundee
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills
- Echo Park
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- A Fine Mess
- The Golden Child
- Gung Ho
- Hamburger: The Motion Picture
- Hannah and Her Sisters
- Haunted Honeymoon
- Heartburn
- Howard the Duck
- Jake Speed
- Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
- Jumpin' Jack Flash
- Last Resort
- Legal Eagles
- Little Shop of Horrors
- The Longshot
- Lucas
- Miracles
- Modern Girls
- The Money Pit
- My Chauffeur
- Night of the Creeps
- Nobody's Fool
- Nothing in Common
- Odd Jobs
- Off Beat
- One Crazy Summer
- One More Saturday Night
- Peggy Sue Got Married
- Playing for Keeps
- Police Academy 3: Back in Training
- Running Scared
- Ruthless People
- Shanghai Surprise
- Short Circuit
- Soul Man
- Stewardess School
- Stoogemania
- Sweet Liberty
- ¡Three Amigos!
- Tough Guys
- True Stories
- Wildcats
- Wise Guys
- Zeisters
1987[edit]
- Adventures in Babysitting
- The Allnighter
- Amazon Women on the Moon
- Baby Boom
- Back to the Beach
- * batteries not included
- Beverly Hills Cop II
- Blind Date
- Born in East L.A.
- Broadcast News
- Burglar
- Can't Buy Me Love
- Critical Condition
- Cross My Heart
- Disorderlies
- Dragnet
- Eddie Murphy Raw
- Ernest Goes to Camp
- Fatal Beauty
- From the Hip
- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
- Going Bananas
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- Harry and the Hendersons
- Hello Again
- Hot Pursuit
- Hunk
- Innerspace
- In the Mood
- Ishtar
- Leonard Part 6
- Lethal Weapon[2]
- Like Father Like Son
- Love at Stake
- Maid to Order
- Making Mr. Right
- Mannequin
- Meatballs III: Summer Job
- Million Dollar Mystery
- Moonstruck
- Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
- Munchies
- My Demon Lover
- Nadine
- Nice Girls Don't Explode
- Outrageous Fortune
- Overboard
- The Pick-up Artist
- Planes, Trains & Automobiles
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
- Pretty Smart
- The Princess Bride
- Project X
- Radio Days
- Raising Arizona
- Real Men
- Rent-A-Cop
- Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
- Roxanne
- The Secret of My Success
- Spaceballs
- The Squeeze
- Stakeout
- Street Trash
- Summer School
- Surrender
- Teen Wolf Too
- The Trouble with Spies
- They Still Call Me Bruce
- Three for the Road
- Three Men and a Baby
- Three O'Clock High
- Throw Momma from the Train
- Tin Men
- The Underachievers
- Walk Like a Man
- Who's That Girl
- The Witches of Eastwick
1988[edit]
- 18 Again!
- A Fish Called Wanda
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks
- Beetlejuice
- Big
- Big Business
- Big Top Pee-wee
- Biloxi Blues
- Bull Durham
- Caddyshack II
- Casual Sex?
- Cherry 2000
- Coming to America
- Crash Course
- Crocodile Dundee II
- The Couch Trip
- Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
- Dangerous Curves
- Dead Heat
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Drowning by Numbers
- Earth Girls Are Easy
- Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
- Ernest Saves Christmas
- Feds
- For Keeps
- Funny Farm
- The Great Outdoors
- Hairspray
- Heartbreak Hotel
- High Spirits
- Hot to Trot
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
- Johnny Be Good
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space
- License to Drive
- Married to the Mob
- Memories of Me
- Midnight Run
- The Moderns
- Moon over Parador
- Moving
- Mystic Pizza
- My Stepmother Is an Alien
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
- The Night Before
- Pass the Ammo
- Plain Clothes
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
- Punchline
- Scrooged
- She's Having a Baby
- Short Circuit 2
- Some Girls
- Stars and Bars
- Sticky Fingers
- Switching Channels
- Tapeheads
- The Telephone
- Twins
- Vibes
- Vice Versa
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Working Girl
- You Can't Hurry Love
1989[edit]
- Back to the Future Part II
- Beverly Hills Brats
- The Big Picture
- Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
- Bloodhounds of Broadway
- Breaking In
- The Burbs
- Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
- Chances Are
- Checking Out
- Cold Feet
- Cookie
- Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Dad
- Disorganized Crime
- Dream a Little Dream
- The Dream Team
- The Experts
- Family Business
- Fletch Lives
- Ghostbusters II
- The Gods Must Be Crazy II
- Going Overboard
- Harlem Nights
- Heathers
- Homer and Eddie
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- How I Got into College
- Identity Crisis
- The January Man
- K-9
- Lethal Weapon 2
- Let It Ride
- Little Monsters
- Look Who's Talking
- Major League
- Meet The Feebles
- Miss Firecracker
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
- New York Stories
- Out Cold
- Parenthood
- Parents
- Pink Cadillac
- Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
- Powwow Highway
- Roger & Me (documentary)
- Rude Awakening
- Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
- Second Sight
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil
- Shag
- She-Devil
- She's Out of Control
- Shocker
- Skin Deep
- Speed Zone
- Staying Together
- Steel Magnolias
- Tango and Cash
- Teen Witch
- The Toxic Avenger Part II
- The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
- Three Fugitives
- Traveling Man
- Troop Beverly Hills
- True Love
- Turner & Hooch
- Twister
- UHF
- Uncle Buck
- Vampire's Kiss
- The War of the Roses
- Weekend at Bernie's
- We're No Angels
- When Harry Met Sally...
- Who's Harry Crumb?
- Wicked Stepmother
- The Wizard
- Worth Winning
- Young Einstein
British films[edit]
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- Brazil (1985)
- Bullshot (1983)
- Clockwise (1986)
- Comfort and Joy (1984)
- Consuming Passions (1988)
- Educating Rita (1983)
- Erik the Viking (1989)
- A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- George and Mildred (1980)
- Gregory's Girl (1980)
- High Hopes (1988)
- Invitation to the Wedding (1983)
- Jane and the Lost City (1988)
- Local Hero (1983)
- Loose Connections (1983)
- The Missionary (1983)
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
- Morons from Outer Space (1985)
- Personal Services (1987)
- A Private Function (1984)
- Privates on Parade (1982)
- Restless Natives (1985)
- Rising Damp (1980)
- Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1986)
- Shirley Valentine (1989)
- The Tall Guy (1989)
- Time Bandits (1981)
- Victor Victoria (1982)
- Water (1985)
- Wish You Were Here (1987)
- Withnail and I (1987)
Comedy-horror[edit]
- Blood Hook[6]
- Class of Nuke 'Em High
- Critters
- Evil Laugh[7]
- From Beyond
- Haunted Honeymoon
- House
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Monster in the Closet[8]
- Night of the Creeps
- The Seventh Curse[9]
- TerrorVision[10]
- Vamp
- Bad Taste
- A Chinese Ghost Story[11]
- Deathrow Gameshow
- Evil Dead II
- House II: The Second Story
- I Was a Teenage Zombie
- The Monster Squad
- Beetlejuice
- Curse of the Queerwolf
- Dead Heat[12]
- Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
- High Spirits
- Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers[13]
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space
- The Lair of the White Worm
- My Best Friend Is a Vampire
- Night of the Demons
- Return of the Living Dead Part II
- Waxwork
- Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
- Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
- Cutting Class
- Dr.Caligari
- My Mom's a Werewolf
- Out of the Dark
- Over-sexed Rugsuckers from Mars
- The Toxic Avenger Part II
- The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
Sci-fi comedy[edit]
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)[14]
- Airplane II: The Sequel
- Back to the Future (1985)
- * batteries not included (1987)
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
- Cherry 2000 (1987)
- The Creature Wasn't Nice, aka Naked Space (1983)
- Critters (1986)
- Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
- Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
- Galaxina (1980)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
- The Ice Pirates (1984)
- The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
- Innerspace (1987)
- Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
- Making Mr. Right (1987)
- The Man with Two Brains (1983)
- Morons from Outer Space (1985)
- My Science Project (1985)
- Night of the Comet (1984)
- Real Genius (1985)
- Repo Man (1984)
- Seksmisja (Poland, 1984)
- Short Circuit (1986)
- Short Circuit 2 (1988)
- Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Time Bandits (1981)
- Weird Science (1985)
Comedy-drama[edit]
- 48 Hrs. (1982)
- About Last Night... (1986)
- Always (1989)
- Author! Author!
- Bagdad Café (1987)
- Born in Flames (1983)
- The Breakfast Club (1985)
- Cannery Row (1982)
- The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) (1986)
- Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
- Hannah and Her Sisters
- Heartburn
- Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
- The King of Comedy
- Lucas
- Melvin and Howard (1980)
- Ménage (1986)
- Mystic Pizza
- My 20th Century (1989)
- Nothing in Common (1986)
- Oh! Heavenly Dog
- Private Benjamin (1980)
- Prizzi's Honor (1985)
- Punchline (1988)
- Samson & Sally – Song of the Whales (1984)
- Some Kind of Hero
- Steel Magnolias
- Teachers (1984)
- Working Girl (1988)
Parody films[edit]
- Agent 000 and the Deadly Curves (1983)
- Airplane! (1980)
- Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
- Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
- Chucky and Willie Wanker's Chocolate Starfish (1984)
- Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind
- History of the World Part 1
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
- Johnny Dangerously 1984
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
- Night of the Comet (1984)
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Top Secret! (1984)
- Traxx (1988)[15]
- UHF (1989)
- Zapped! (1982)
References[edit]
- ^ The Last Dragon (1985) – Michael Schultz | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
- ^ Lethal Weapon (1987) – Richard Donner | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
- ^ Frightmare (1983) – Norman Thaddeus Vane | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
- ^ Bloodsuckers from Outer Space (1984) – Glen Coburn | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
- ^ The Return of the Living Dead (1985) – Dan O'Bannon | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
- ^ Blood Hook (1987) – James Mallon, Jim Mallon | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
- ^ Evil Laugh (1988) – Dominick Brascia | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
- ^ Monster in the Closet (1987) – Bob Dahlin | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
- ^ The Seventh Curse (1986) – Ngai Kai Lam, Lan-Wei Tsang | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
- ^ TerrorVision (1986) – Ted Nicolaou | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
- ^ A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) – Siu-Tung Ching | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
- ^ Dead Heat (1988) – Mark Goldblatt | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
- ^ "Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988) - Fred Olen Ray | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- ^ The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (1984) – W.D. Richter | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
- ^ "Traxx (1988) - Jerome Gary | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".