Best Comedy movies of 1981

Actors : Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, John Cleese,
Directors : Terry Gilliam,

A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.

Actors : Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, David Naughton, Joe Belcher,
Directors : John Landis,

Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.

Actors : Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, John Candy, Warren Oates,
Directors : Ivan Reitman,

Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.

Actors : Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson,
Directors : Bob Clark,

In 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to help their buddy lose his virginity, which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.

Actors : Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise,
Directors : Hal Needham,

A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks.

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 : Gregory Hines, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Dom DeLuise,
Directors : Mel Brooks,

Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.

Actors : Tommy Chong, Benita Barrie, 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 : Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler, Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn,
Directors : Louis Malle,

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

Actors : Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz,
Directors : Jim Henson,

Kermit, Gonzo and Fozzie are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.

Actors : Angel Ramirez Jr., Jimmy Hughes, Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson,

Joe Braxton is an ex-con who has been given a second chance to freedom after violating his probation. He has been hired by a school teacher named Vivian Perry to repair and drive an old ...

Actors : Bulle Ogier, Pierre Clémenti, Pascale Ogier, Jean-François Stévenin,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

A woman recently released from prison and a strange young female street urchin keep running into each other on the streets of Paris and finally become companions in a very strange and very ...

Actors : Divine, Edith Massey, Tab Hunter, David Samson,
Directors : John Waters,

A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.

Actors : Shelley Long, Jack Gilford, Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Carl Gottlieb,

A cave-man seeks revenge on a much larger competitor for the hand of a beautiful cave-woman.

Actors : Marisa Berenson, Julie Andrews, William Holden, Larry Hagman,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.

Actors : Cyndy Schneidau, Jean Michel Basquiat, Richard Weigand, John Lurie,
Directors : Edo Bertoglio,

The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets ...

Actors : Michael Crawford, Barbara Carrera, James Hampton, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Charles Jarrott,

Cartoonist Woody becomes the superhero he draws. Using his gadgets he helps a Soviet spy defect to the West.

Actors : Paula Prentiss, Klaus Kinski, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau,
Directors : Billy Wilder,

During a high profile Mafia testimony case in California's Riverside County, a hired killer checks-in a hotel room near the courthouse while his next door depressed neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital problems.

Actors : Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Sandy Dennis, Alan Alda,
Directors : Alan Alda,

Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.

Actors : Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, John Fujioka, Louise Bennett,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

On a small pacific island, Alan and Charlie try to find a war treasure left behind by the Japanese army in World War II.