Best Comedy movies of 1980s

Actors : Pat Hingle, Yeardley Smith, Emilio Estevez, Laura Harrington,
Directors : Stephen King,

A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Ralph Brown, Richard Griffiths,
Directors : Bruce Robinson,

At the end of the 1960's, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.

Actors : Spiros Focás, Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but are gradually getting bored with each other and this way of life. Joan accepts an ...

Actors : Barbara Hershey, Bette Midler, John Heard, Spalding Gray,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Actors : Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando, Penelope Ann Miller, Bruno Kirby,
Directors : Andrew Bergman,

A NYC film school student accepts a job with a local mobster who resembles a famous cinema godfather and who takes the young man under his wing, after demanding total loyalty.

Actors : Carolyn Choa, Jenny Howe, Alan Rickman, Juliet Stevenson,
Directors : Anthony Minghella,

A woman dealing with inconsolable grief over the death of her partner gets another chance when he returns to earth as a ghost.

Actors : John MacKay, Rebecca Nelson, Martin Donovan, Adrienne Shelly,
Directors : Hal Hartley,

After being thrown away from home, Maria encounters a lady who complains of not having children. Almost getting raped, she ends up in an abandoned house, where she meets Matthew. When a baby is kidnapped Maria sets out to find the lady.

Actors : Woody Allen, John Buckwalter, Patrick Horgan, Mia Farrow,
Directors : Woody Allen,

"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.

Actors : Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern,
Directors : Richard Donner,

Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly captured when Captain Navarre befriends him. Navarre has been hunted by the Bishop's men for ...

Actors : Michelle Meyrink, Val Kilmer, William Atherton, Gabriel Jarret,
Directors : Martha Coolidge,

Teenage geniuses deal with their abilities while developing a high-powered laser for a university project. When their professor intends to turn their work into a military weapon, they decide to ruin his plans.

Actors : Robert Loggia, John Randolph, Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : John Huston,

A professional hit man and hit woman fall in love.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Moses Gunn, Everett McGill, Marsha Mason,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

Actors : Edna Doré, Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Philip Jackson,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and ...

Actors : Chris Cooke, Julia McNeal, Robert John Burke, Adrienne Shelly,
Directors : Hal Hartley,

A man returns to his home town after serving a prison sentence for homicide, and finds that the details of the crime have been forgotten and replaced with local legends and rumors.

Actors : Goldie Hawn, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Eileen Brennan,
Directors : Howard Zieff,

A sheltered young high society woman joins the United States Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.

Actors : Eszter Balint, Cecillia Stark, Richard Edson, John Lurie,
Directors : Jim Jarmusch,

A self-styled New York hipster is paid a surprise visit by his younger cousin from Budapest. From initial hostility and indifference a small degree of affection grows between the two. Along...

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Jûzô Itami,

A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.

Actors : Mia Farrow, Paul Herman, Mike Starr, Dianne Wiest,
Directors : Woody Allen,

A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.

Actors : Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans,
Directors : Julien Temple,

A Southern California girl befriends three furry aliens after their spaceship lands in her swimming pool.