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, 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 : 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, William Holden, Julie Andrews, 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 : George Hamilton, Ron Leibman, Brenda Vaccaro, Lauren Hutton,
Directors : Peter Medak,

Mexico, 1840s. When the new Spanish Governor begins to grind the peasants under his heel, wealthy landowner Don Diego Vega follows in his late father's footsteps and becomes Zorro, the ...

Actors : Henry Gibson, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, Lily Tomlin,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

When an ordinary woman is exposed to a unique mix of chemicals, she begins to uncontrollably physically shrink.