Best Comedy movies of 1980s

Actors : Heather Langenkamp, John Tesh, Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi,
Directors : Wes Craven,

After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.

Actors : Mary Stuart Masterson, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Cybill Shepherd,
Directors : Emile Ardolino,

A reincarnated man unknowingly falls in love with his own daughter from his previous life. Once he realizes this, he tries to end their relationship before angels erase his memory.

Actors : Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese,

The comedy team takes a look at life in all its stages in their own uniquely silly way.

Actors : Peter Boyle, Bill Murray, Rene Auberjonois, Bruno Kirby,
Directors : Art Linson,

Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

Actors : Ray Sharkey, Margot Kidder, Ronny Cox, Richard Pryor,
Directors : Michael Pressman,

A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.

Actors : David Hayman, Sarah Miles, Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Geraldine Muir,
Directors : John Boorman,

A semi-autobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill as he grows up in London during the blitz of World War 2. For a young boy, this time in history was ...

Actors : Mickey Rooney, Tim Robbins, Eartha Kitt, John Cleese,
Directors : Terry Jones,

Erik the Viking and his men travel across the sea to find Valhalla to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnarok.

Actors : Christopher Murney, Vanity, Julius Carry, Taimak,
Directors : Michael Schultz,

In New York City, a young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way, he must fight a martial arts expert corrupted ...

Actors : David Johansen, Teri Garr, Jennifer Tilly, Richard Dreyfuss,
Directors : Joe Pytka,

A nosy cab driver gets a hot tip on a race horse and wins big, but he can't seem to stop gambling. Will he go broke or walk home with a pretty penny?

Actors : Betty Thomas, Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Mary Gross,
Directors : Jeff Kanew,

A soon to be divorced Beverly Hills socialite is determined to prove to her husband and herself that she can finish what she starts out to do, by becoming a den mother to a troop of Beverly Hills Girl Scouts.

Actors : Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

Actors : Al Pacino, Warren Beatty, Charlie Korsmo, Madonna,
Directors : Warren Beatty,

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

Actors : Steve Guttenberg, Nancy Travis, Tom Selleck, Ted Danson,
Directors : Leonard Nimoy,

Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guys' girlfriends.

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 : Tiffany Gail Robinson, Clint Eastwood, Timothy Carhart, Bernadette Peters,
Directors : Buddy Van Horn,

Skip tracer Tommy Nowak is tracking Lou Ann McGuinn for a bail bondsman in California. Lou Ann is also being chased by her husband Roy McGuinn and his birth right/neo-nazi friends for ...

Actors : Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons, Nina Axelrod, Rory Calhoun,
Directors : Kevin Connor,

A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap unsuspecting travelers and bury them alive, using them to create the "special meat" they are famous for.

Actors : Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Amanda Donohoe, Peter Capaldi,
Directors : Ken Russell,

Scottish archaeologist Angus Flint discovers an odd skull amid the ruins of a convent that he is excavating. Shortly thereafter, Lady Sylvia Marsh returns to Temple House, a nearby mansion,...

Actors : Alan Young, Christopher Lloyd, Russi Taylor, Terence McGovern,
Directors : Bob Hathcock,

Scrooge takes his nephews to Egypt to find a pyramid and magic lamp.

Actors : Anne-Louise Lambert, Janet Suzman, Hugh Fraser, Anthony Higgins,
Directors : Peter Greenaway,

A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.

Actors : Stacey Pickren, Carmen Argenziano, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : John Landis,

Ed Okin's life is somewhat out of control. He can't sleep, his wife betrays him, and his job is dull. One night, he starts to drive through Los Angeles, and he finally ends in the parking ...