Best Comedy movies of 1980s

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

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

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 : 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 : Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay,
Directors : Bill Forsyth,

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.

Actors : Livio Badurina, Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss,
Directors : Tom Stoppard,

Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

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

The naughty high schoolers of Angel Beach High now seek revenge on a group of KKK religious fanatics and corrupt politicians who want to shut down their Shakespeare production after they cast a Seminole transfer student in the lead.

Actors : Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, Grant Cramer, John Vernon,
Directors : Stephen Chiodo,

Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.

Actors : Craig Smith, Mike Minett, Terry Potter, Pete O'Herne,
Directors : Peter Jackson,

The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.

Actors : Bill Duke, David Carradine, Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn,
Directors : John Badham,

An old flame discovers her ex-boyfriend from the past is a relocated FBI informant out to stop the bad guys.

Actors : Lucinda Dickey, Ben Lokey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers,
Directors : Joel Silberg,

A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt,
Directors : Ron Howard,

When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liaison must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and native labor.

Actors : Marie-Christine Barrault, Charlotte Rampling, Woody Allen, Jessica Harper,
Directors : Woody Allen,

While attending a retrospective of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

Actors : Keith David, Emilio Estevez, Leslie Hope, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Emilio Estevez,

Two garbage men uncover a conspiracy involving illegal toxic waste dumping and decide to bring the whole operation down.

Actors : Lesley Ann Warren, James Garner, Julie Andrews, Robert Preston,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.

Actors : Woody Allen, Sandy Baron, Nick Apollo Forte, Mia Farrow,
Directors : Woody Allen,

In his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster.

Actors : Richard Graham, Saeed Jaffrey, Daniel Day-Lewis, Roshan Seth,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.

Actors : Cher, Bob Hoskins, Michael Schoeffling, Winona Ryder,
Directors : Richard Benjamin,

An unconventional single mother relocates with her two daughters to a small Massachusetts town in 1963, where a number of events and relationships both challenge and strengthen their familial bonds.

Actors : Stephen Macht, Andre Gower, Duncan Regehr, Robby Kiger,
Directors : Fred Dekker,

A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.

Actors : Elias Koteas, Kirstie Alley, Olympia Dukakis, John Travolta,
Directors : Amy Heckerling,

This time, a new baby is on the way, and it's a girl. Wrapped together with the standard conflict between mother and father, Mikey engages in a bit of sibling rivalry with his new sister.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Andrew McCarthy, Rob Lowe, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Lewis John Carlino,

A young man in private school spends one crazy night out, but soon realizes the woman he hooked up with is not who he expected.