Best Comedy movies of 1980s

Actors : Selim Boughedir, Rabia Ben Abdallah, Mohammed Driss, Mustapha Adouani,
Directors : Férid Boughedir,

A coming-of-age comedy/drama set in Tunisia. Twelve-year-old Noura is an impressionable boy who must learn to reconcile two conflicting worlds - the loving world of Muslim women and the ...

Actors : Vanity, George Lazenby, John Stamos, Gene Simmons,
Directors : Gil Bettman,

A top secret agent is murdered, so his estranged son - a high school gymnast - teams up with his dad's attractive female partner to stop the psychopathic hermaphroditic gang leader who killed him and now plans a major terrorist attack.

Actors : Nell Schofield, Jad Capelja, Geoff Rhoe, Tony Hughes,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney.

Actors : Josh Mostel, Holly Hunter, Karen Allen, Armand Assante,

A sign language scholar's romance is disrupted by a chimp.

Actors : Laura del Sol, José Sacristán, María Luisa Ponte, Juan Diego,
Directors : Fernando Fernán Gómez,

The movie tells the story of a family of comedians that work in the towns of Spain during the 40's and 50's. Life gets very tough for them since they cannot compete any longer with cinema. ...

Actors : Gail Edwards, Daniel Stern, Malcolm McDowell, Allen Garfield,
Directors : Allan Arkush,

Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save ...

Actors : Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, John Paragon, Beverly D'Angelo,
Directors : Cheech Marin,

A mock documentary filmed mostly in and around LA with interviews of Cheech and Chong interspersed between four videos of songs from their last album. Songs include: Get outta my room and ...

Actors : Shirley Gruar, Tony Barry, Kelly Johnson, Claire Oberman,
Directors : Geoff Murphy,

Local goon, Gerry, hires a yellow mini in Kaitaia using a stolen license. John's wife has just left him and moved to Invercargill. He is devastated and needs to talk to her. He has no ...

Actors : Milos Kopecký, Vlastimil Brodský, Evelyna Steimarová, Michal Docolomanský,
Directors : Oldrich Lipský,

In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpathians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera.

Actors : Katrine Boorman, Sophie Duez, Gérard Lanvin, Michel Blanc,
Directors : Michel Blanc,

Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here they spend nights in the underground, ...

Actors : Kemal Sunal, Müge Akyamaç, Perihan Savas, Ali Sen,
Directors : Kartal Tibet,

In a pretty village one man named Zulfu and one woman named Zulfiye loves each-other. After days they marry but some people in the village doesn't allow this marriage. Because of this, they...

Actors : Lindsay Wagner, James Coburn, Anthony Quinn, James Brolin,
Directors : Stewart Raffill,

Four naive Americans, in need of easy cash, decide to fly to Colombia and raid the safe of a notorious drug lord with connections to the corrupt military regime.

Actors : Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon, Barnard Hughes, Glenn Close,
Directors : Paul Aaron,

A 1920s flapper who haunts her old house possesses a dull housewife who just moved in. Hilarity ensues.

Actors : Marjatta Raita, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Tapio Hämäläinen, Marita Nordberg,
Directors : Ere Kokkonen,

Actors : László Bánhidi, Mária Goór Nagy, István Bujtor, András Kern,

This funny crime/comedy was the beginning of the Csöpi&Kardos-films (starring István Bujtor and András Kern).

Actors : Nonna Mordyukova, Ivan Bortnik, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Yuriy Bogatyryov,
Directors : Nikita Mikhalkov,

A woman from the countryside comes to the city to visit her only daughter and granddaughter. She is hopelessly lost in this world she does not understand.

Actors : Mark Blankfield, Krista Errickson, Bess Armstrong, Tim Thomerson,
Directors : Jerry Belson,

Dr Daniel Jekyll researching into drugs that would help mankind avoid surgery discovers a white powder that unleashes the animal in every man, and in his case turning him from a shy and ...

Actors : Lino Banfi, Massimo Boldi, Christian De Sica, Paolo Villaggio,
Directors : Neri Parenti,

Actors : Louise Lasser, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Richard Pryor,
Directors : Marty Feldman,

Raised in a Trappist monastery, the innocent Brother Ambrose sets out to find money to save the bankrupt monastery. His education in worldliness is provided by a hooker. He eventually ...

Actors : Sreenivasan, Revathy, Murali, Mohanlal,
Directors : Sathyan Anthikad,

A man tries to do good for the community but is thwarted by the corruption of the local government.