List of comedy films of the 1980s

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A list of comedy films released in the 1980s.

Title	Director	Cast	Subgenre/Notes
1980
9 to 5	Colin Higgins	Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda
Private Benjamin	Howard Zieff	Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante
Airplane!	Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker	Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lorna Patterson, Lloyd Bridges, Ethel Merman	A spoof of disaster films
Caddyshack	Harold Ramis	Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Bill Murray, Sarah Holcomb, Scott Colomby, Cindy Morgan, Dan Resin, Henry Wilcoxon, Elaine Aiken, Albert Salmi, Ann Ryerson, Brian Doyle-Murray, Hamilton Mitchell
Melvin and Howard	Jonathan Demme	Paul Le Mat, Mary Steenburgen, Pamela Reed, Jason Robards	Comedy-drama
History of the World, Part I	Mel Brooks	Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Ron Carey, Gregory Hines, Pamela Stephenson, Spike Milligan, Shecky Greene, Sid Caesar, Mary-Margaret Humes, Orson Welles, Hugh Hefner, Barry Levinson, John Hurt, Andrew Sachs
1981
Stripes	Ivan Reitman	Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, John Candy, John Laroquette, Judge Reinhold
1982
Airplane II: The Sequel	Ken Finkleman	Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett
Porky's	Bob Clark	Kim Cattrall, Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight
1983
Strange Brew	Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas	Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Max von Sydow, Paul Dooley, Lynne Griffin
1984
Ghostbusters	Ivan Reitman	Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, William Atherton, Ernie Hudson, David Margulies, Steven Tash, Jennifer Runyon, Slavitza Jovan, Michael Ensign, Alice Drummond, Jordan Charney		Repo Man	Alex Cox	Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Tracey Walter
Splash	Ron Howard	Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy
This is Spinal Tap	Rob Reiner	Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner
Top Secret!	Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker	Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough
1985
Back to the Future	Robert Zemeckis	Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, George DiCenzo, Frances Lee McCain, James Tolkan, J. J. Cohen, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, Harry Waters, Jr.
The Goonies	Richard Donner	Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Jonathan Ke Quan, John Mutuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, Anne Ramsey, Lupe Ontiveros, Mary Ellen Trainor, Keith Walker, Curtis Hanson
Lost in America	Albert Brooks	Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Michael Greene, Tom Tarpey, Garry Marshall
Once Bitten	Howard Storm	Jim Carrey, Lauren Hutton, Cleavon Little
Summer Rental	Carl Reiner	John Candy, Karen Austin, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna
Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Tim Burton	Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen, Irving Hellman, Monte Landis, Damon Martin, David Glasser, Gregory Brown, Mark Everett, Daryl Roach, Bill Cable, Peter Looney, Starletta DuPois
1986
Down and Out in Beverly Hills	Paul Mazursky	Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss
Little Shop of Horrors	Frank Oz	Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, John Candy
Ruthless People	Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker	Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater
1987
Spaceballs	Mel Brooks	Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, John Candy, George Wyner, Joan Rivers, Dick Van Patten, Michael Winslow, Lorene Yarnell, John Hurt, Sal Viscuso, Ronny Graham, Jim J. Bullock, Leslie Bevis
1988
Beetlejuice	Tim Burton	Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Annie McEnroe, Maurice Page, Hugo Stanger, Michael Keaton, Rachel Mittelman, Catherine O'Hara, J. Jay Saunders, Mark Ettlinger, Jeffrey Jones, Winona Ryder, Glenn Shadix, Patrice Martinez, Cindy Daly
1989
Back to the Future Part II	Robert Zemeckis	Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue, James Tolkan, Jeffrey Weissman, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, J.J. Cohen, Charles Fleischer, E. Casanova Evans, Jay Koch, Charles Gherardi, Ricky Dean Logan
Ghostbusters II	Ivan Reitman	Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Peter MacNicol, Harris Yulin, David Margulies, Kurt Fuller, Janet Margolin, Wilhelm von Homburg, William T. Deutschendorf, Henry J. Deutschensorf

1980s

1980

1981

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1983

1984

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1986

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1988

1989

British films

An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Brazil (1985)
Bullshot (1983)
Clockwise (1986)
Comfort and Joy (1984)
Consuming Passions (1988)
Educating Rita (1983)
Erik the Viking (1989)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
George and Mildred (1980)
Gregory's Girl (1980)
High Hopes (1988)
Invitation to the Wedding (1983)
Jane and the Lost City (1988)
Local Hero (1983)
Loose Connections (1983)
The Missionary (1983)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Morons from Outer Space (1985)
Personal Services (1987)
A Private Function (1984)
Privates on Parade (1982)
Restless Natives (1985)
Rising Damp (1980)
Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1986)
Shirley Valentine (1989)
The Tall Guy (1989)
Time Bandits (1981)
Victor Victoria (1982)
Water (1985)
Wish You Were Here (1987)
Withnail and I (1987)

Comedy-horror

1981

1982

Basket Case
Big Meat Eater
Hysterical

1983

Bloodbath at the House of Death

1984

Gremlins
The Toxic Avenger

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
Cutting Class
Dr.Caligari
My Mom's a Werewolf
Out of the Dark
Over-sexed Rugsuckers from Mars
The Toxic Avenger, Part 2
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie

Sci-fi comedy

Airplane II: The Sequel
Back to the Future (1985)
* batteries not included (1987)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Cherry 2000 (1987)
The Creature Wasn't Nice, aka Naked Space (1983)
Critters (1986)
Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
Galaxina (1980)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
The Ice Pirates (1984)
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
Innerspace (1987)
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Making Mr. Right (1987)
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
Morons from Outer Space (1985)
My Science Project (1985)
Night of the Comet (1984)
Real Genius (1985)
Repo Man (1984)
Seksmisja (Poland, 1984)
Short Circuit (1986)
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
Spaceballs (1987)
Time Bandits (1981)
Weird Science (1985)

Comedy-drama

48 Hrs. (1982)
About Last Night... (1986)
Always (1989)
Bagdad Café (1987)
Born in Flames (1983)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Cannery Row (1982)
Le Déclin de l'empire américain (1986)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
Melvin and Howard (1980)
Ménage (1986)
My 20th Century (1989)
Nothing in Common (1986)
Private Benjamin (1980)
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Punchline (1988)
Samson & Sally - Song of the Whales (1984)
Teachers (1984)
Working Girl (1988)

Parody films

Agentti 000 ja kuoleman kurvit (1983)
Airplane! (1980)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Chucky and Willie Wanker's Chocolate Starfish (1984)
Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind
History of the World Part 1
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
Johnny Dangerously 1984
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Night of the Comet (1984)
Spaceballs (1987)
Top Secret! (1984)
UHF (1989)
Zapped! (1982)

Lists of films by genre

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