Best Comedy movies of 1980s

Actors : Annie McEnroe, John Goodman, David Byrne, Jo Harvey Allen,
Directors : David Byrne,

A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.

Actors : James Russell, John Mills, Robin Houston, Peggy Ashcroft,
Directors : Jimmy T. Murakami,

A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.

Actors : Diane Franklin, Lawrence Monoson, Steve Antin, Joe Rubbo,
Directors : Boaz Davidson,

The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals.

Actors : Elizabeth Cheshire, Jason Robards, Paul Le Mat, Mary Steenburgen,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

The story of hard-luck Melvin E. Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.

Actors : Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Hans Man in 't Veld, Carol van Herwijnen,
Directors : Tommy Chong,

Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party/festival in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off with all the money, and the ...

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 : Terrence Mann, Scott Grimes, Don Keith Opper, Liane Curtis,
Directors : Mick Garris,

Eggs of the small, furry alien carnivores are left behind on Earth and, after hatching, set their appetites on the town of Grover's Bend.

Actors : Mia Farrow, William Hurt, June Squibb, Joe Mantegna,
Directors : Woody Allen,

A spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.

Actors : Joshua John Miller, Robyn Lively, Caren Kaye, Dan Gauthier,
Directors : Dorian Walker,

High school misfit Louise, at a loss for romance, discovers magical abilities, but the teenage witch finds that she cannot conjure herself true love, so what?

Actors : Benji, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Joe Camp,

A murdered detective must avenge his murder after he is reincarnated as a dog.

Actors : Reizl Bozyk, Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Jeroen Krabbé,
Directors : Joan Micklin Silver,

A Manhattan single meets a man through her Jewish grandmother's matchmaker.

Actors : Jonathan Pryce, Gene Wilder, Dom DeLuise, Gilda Radner,
Directors : Gene Wilder,

Larry Abbot, speaker in the radio horror shows of Manhattan Mystery Theater wants to marry. For the marriage he takes his fiancée home to the castle where he grew up among his eccentric ...

Actors : Ray Sharkey, Harvey Keitel, Joe Piscopo, Danny DeVito,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.

Actors : Tommy Chong, Peter Boyle, Graham Chapman, Cheech Marin,
Directors : Mel Damski,

Yellowbeard, a pirate's pirate, is allowed to escape from prison to lead the authorities to his treasure. He finds that his wife neglected to tell him that he now has a son, 20, and shame ...

Actors : Billy Zane, Burt Young, Billy Bob Thornton, Adam Sandler,
Directors : Valerie Breiman,

A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise ship comedy.

Actors : Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jackie Chan, Dick Wei,

Fighting against pirates in "old Hong Kong". Chinese costume drama with plenty of over-the-top tongue in cheek action and music.

Actors : Barbara Durkin, Trudi Cavanagh, Clare Clifford, Emily Lloyd,
Directors : David Leland,

In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age....

Actors : Hector Elizondo, Martha Gehman, Matt Dillon, Molly McCarthy,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

Set in Brooklyn, 1963, Jeffrey Willis has just finished high school and isn't quite sure what the future holds. His parents expect him to go to college but he is starting to find his ...

Actors : Pavle Vuisic, Bogdan Diklic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Mija Aleksic,
Directors : Slobodan Sijan,

The Topalovic family has been in the burial business for generations. When the old (150 yrs old) Pantelija dies, five generations of his heirs start to fight for the inheritance.

Actors : Pavle Vuisic, Dragan Nikolic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Aleksandar Bercek,
Directors : Slobodan Sijan,

It's April 5, 1941, somewhere in Serbia. A group of people go on a bus to Belgrade, on a journey that will change their lives forever.