80s comedies
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1. Valet Girls (1986)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Music
A young girl who aspires to a singing career gets herself and her best friend a job as valet parking girls at a Malibu party in order to meet people who can help them achieve their dreams.
Director: Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Meri D. Marshall, April Stewart, Mary Kohnert, Jack DeLeon
Votes: 449
2. The Naked Truth (1992)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
Two friends, both named Frank, accidentally obtain a suitcase at the airport. It contains incriminating evidence against a mafia boss, who sends his Terminator-like lackie to find them. The... See full summary »
Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Robert Caso, Kevin Schon, Courtney Gibbs, Herb Edelman
Votes: 1,401
3. Ninja Academy (1989)
R | 92 min | Comedy
"Police Academy" styled film offers its laughs at the expense of students of the obvious school for ninjas.
Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Will Egan, Gerald Okamura, Kelly Randall, Michael David
Votes: 1,564
4. Glitch! (1988)
R | 88 min | Comedy
Two thieves rob a large fancy house when the owner is away. But when a visitor mistakes them for the owner, and they find out about a casting party mis-scheduled for that day, they decide ... See full summary »
Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Will Egan, Steve Donmyer, Julia Nickson, Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Votes: 1,440
5. Hunk (1987)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A computer nerd makes a deal with the Devil and gets a new beefcake body.
Director: Lawrence Bassoff | Stars: John Allen Nelson, Steve Levitt, Deborah Shelton, Rebeccah Bush
Votes: 1,563 | Gross: $1.75M
6. The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
Two brothers who have just graduated from college inherit a bikini store from their aunt.
Director: David Wechter | Stars: Michael David Wright, Bruce Greenwood, Amanda Horan Kennedy, Debra Blee
Votes: 1,207
7. Stewardess School (1986)
R | 89 min | Action, Comedy
The zany "stewdents" at a wacky flight attendants' school have all sorts of wild and crazy high-flying adventures in this '80s comedy.
Director: Ken Blancato | Stars: Brett Cullen, Mary Cadorette, Don Most, Sandahl Bergman
Votes: 1,637
8. Beach Balls (1988)
R | 77 min | Comedy
Charlie Harrison dreams of being a rock star and, with the help of friends and a gang of local toughs, he arranges a concert in his house for a big time record producer or at least that is what Charlie thought he was arranging.
Director: Joe Ritter | Stars: Phillip Paley, Heidi Helmer, Steven Tash, Amanda Goodwin
Votes: 336
9. The Women's Club (1987)
R | 86 min | Comedy
Patrick is a struggling screenwriter who takes a second job as a male prostitute. He is supposed to write by day and do right by his lonely clientele at night, but he develops writer's ... See full summary »
Director: Sandra Weintraub | Stars: Michael Paré, Maud Adams, Eddie Velez, Dotty Coloroso
Votes: 140
10. Sex Appeal (1986)
R | 84 min | Comedy
This is the story of young Tony Cannelloni as he attempts to break away from his overbearing mom and strike out on his own. He sets himself up with a new apartment, look, and lifestyle to ... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Louie Bonanno, Tally Chanel, Jerome Brenner, Marie Sawyer
Votes: 339
11. Lunatics: A Love Story (1991)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A delusional and paranoid poet hallucinates and almost becomes a serial killer, but saves a beautiful girl from street-gang members and becomes a hero.
Director: Josh Becker | Stars: Ted Raimi, Deborah Foreman, Bruce Campbell, George Aguilar
Votes: 814
12. The Experts (1989)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy
Two NYC guys get jobs starting a nightclub in Smalltown, USA. They don't know it's a spy training model town in USSR .
Director: Dave Thomas | Stars: John Travolta, Arye Gross, Kelly Preston, Deborah Foreman
Votes: 2,727 | Gross: $0.17M
13. Ghost Writer (1989)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A writer moves into a Malibu beach house, and comes up against the ghost of an actress who supposedly had committed suicide there 30 years previously, but had been murdered by her boyfriend... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth J. Hall | Stars: Audrey Landers, John Matuszak, David Doyle, George 'Buck' Flower
Votes: 325
14. The Runnin' Kind (1989)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
An Ohio teen moves to L.A. to find fame as a rock musician and to find a drummer.
Director: Max Tash | Stars: David Packer, Steven Eckholdt, Larry Cox, Tom Shell
Votes: 166
15. Club Fed (1990)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy
A gangster's girlfriend is framed and sent to a minimum-security prison.
Director: Nat Christian | Stars: Burt Young, Allen Garfield, Judy Landers, Lance Kinsey
Votes: 351 | Gross: $2.40M
16. Dr. Alien (1989)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A sexy substitute teacher replaces a teacher who was killed by a UFO encounter, but her research on a nerdy student is now making him a lady magnet.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Billy Jayne, Judy Landers, Olivia Barash, Stuart Fratkin
Votes: 1,304
17. 9 1/2 Ninjas! (1991)
R | 88 min | Comedy
Joe Vogue, a ninja, butts heads with a real estate tycoon who has hired assassins to eliminate him. In addition to that he has to also protect and train a woman in the arts of ninjutsu.
Director: Aaron Barsky | Stars: Michael Phenicie, Andee Gray, Robert Fieldsteel, Magda Harout
Votes: 443
18. Separate Vacations (1986)
R | 91 min | Comedy
A young architect finds himself in a situation that he never had to deal with before--now that he is successful (and married), sexy young women are throwing themselves at him. He and his wife take separate vacations to follow their urges.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: David Naughton, Jennifer Dale, Mark Keyloun, Lally Cadeau
Votes: 287
19. Corporate Affairs (1990)
R | 82 min | Comedy
In the frantic world of Wall Street, four top executives have a small problem with their boss: he's dead. Now they've got to hide his body for the next 24 hours to pull off the deal of the ... See full summary »
Director: Terence H. Winkless | Stars: Peter Scolari, Mary Crosby, Richard Herd, Ken Kercheval
Votes: 246 | Gross: $1.01M
20. Prince of Bel Air (1986 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A free-spirited, womanizing L.A. pool cleaner finds his lifestyle challenged by a new love interest.
Director: Charles Braverman | Stars: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robert Vaughn, Patrick Labyorteaux
Votes: 644
21. Meet the Hollowheads (1989)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Hollowheads, a slightly darker and more satirical 80s take on The Jetsons (1962), have their hands full when the head of the family's sleazy and abusive boss invites himself to their family dinner.
Director: Thomas R. Burman | Stars: John Glover, Nancy Mette, Richard Portnow, Matt Shakman
Votes: 863
22. Electric Dreams (1984)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Lenny von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield, Bud Cort
Votes: 10,026 | Gross: $2.19M
23. High Strung (1992)
PG | 93 min | Comedy
An uptight, stay-at-home children's novelist has delusions indicating that something will happen to him at eight o'clock.
Director: Roger Nygard | Stars: Steve Oedekerk, Tom Wilson, Denise Crosby, Fred Willard
Votes: 2,202
24. Getting It Right (1989)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gavin is thirty-one-years-old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy, but before he knows it, there are three women interested in him. Lady Minerva Munday has a casual way of ... See full summary »
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Jesse Birdsall, Helena Bonham Carter, Jane Horrocks, Pat Heywood
Votes: 767 | Gross: $0.96M
25. Martians Go Home (1989)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Song writer Mark Devereaux accidentally calls millions of green Martians to invade Earth. No they aren't dangerous, just wise-cracking, intrusive, pain in neck, annoyances. No one can ... See full summary »
Director: David Odell | Stars: Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin, Anita Morris, John Philbin
Votes: 835 | Gross: $0.13M
26. Breakfast of Aliens (1993)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A lovable loser, Walter Clydepepper (Vic Dunlop) eats an alien from outer space in his cereal and becomes a deadly stand up comic.
Director: David Lee Miller | Stars: Vic Dunlop, Donald Gibb, Indy Shriner, Johnny Dark
Votes: 94
27. Fear Anxiety Depression (1989)
R | 85 min | Comedy
A young, tentative playwright can't puzzle out his muse, let alone his whole life.
Director: Todd Solondz | Stars: Todd Solondz, Bob Martana, Alexandra Gersten, Max Cantor
Votes: 841
28. The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988)
PG | 95 min | Biography, Comedy, Musical
A Hollywood filmmaker (Mike Jittlov) makes a short for an evil film studio. Unbeknownest to him, the producer has placed a bet of $25,000 that he won't come up with anything with a use. ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Jittlov | Stars: Mike Jittlov, Richard Kaye, Paige Moore, Deven Chierighino
Votes: 2,126
29. New York's Finest (1987 Video)
R | 86 min | Comedy
A cross dresser helps three whores on their search for rich husbands
Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Jennifer Delora, Ruth Collins, Heidi Paine, Scott Baker
Votes: 74
30. Sensations (1988)
R | 88 min | Comedy
A call girl and a hustler both end up with half of a multi-million dollar lottery ticket... but the only way they can collect the money is to be married to each other for two weeks!
Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Krista Lane, Blake Bahner, Jennifer Delora, Rick Savage
Votes: 57
31. Cleo/Leo (1989)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Leo, an egocentric, sexist businessman, who thinks he's God's gift to women, gets a taste of his own medicine when he tries picking up the wrong woman: a murderous psycho who shoots him. ... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Veronica Hart, Scott Baker, Kevin Thomsen, Alan Naggar
Votes: 221
32. Nudity Required (1989)
R | 90 min | Comedy
Two friends use the casting couch to seduce women while pretending to be movie producers.
Director: John T. Bone | Stars: Julie Newmar, Billy Frank, Brad Zutaut, Troy Donahue
Votes: 176
33. Dutch Treat (1987)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Two American friends travel all over Europe and end up meeting an all-female rock band from Holland and they pass themselves off as record company executives. Both men return to the states ... See full summary »
Director: Boaz Davidson | Stars: David Landsberg, Lorin Dreyfuss, Ria Brieffies, Angela Groothuizen
Votes: 206
34. Detective School Dropouts (1986)
PG | 92 min | Comedy
Two bumbling private detectives get themselves hired to find a missing person. They find themselves in the middle of a mob war when it turns out that the missing person is somebody the mob wants to stay missing.
Director: Filippo Ottoni | Stars: David Landsberg, Lorin Dreyfuss, Christian De Sica, George Eastman
Votes: 370 | Gross: $0.02M
35. Only a Buck (1987)
90 min | Comedy
Man wants to become a movie producer so he quits his job and goes on an adventure to proceed in doing so.
Director: Gerry Cook | Stars: Charlie Schmidt, Sally Riddle, Donald Moulton, Peter Hunrichs
Votes: 28
36. Almost Pregnant (1992 Video)
R | 90 min | Comedy
A sex farce about a woman with an infertile husband who is desperate to get pregnant. She enlists the help of her neighbor and an in-law. Meanwhile her husband begins an affair with the neighbor's wife.
Director: Michael DeLuise | Stars: Tanya Roberts, Jeff Conaway, John Calvin, Joan Severance
Votes: 680
37. Maid to Order (1987)
PG | 93 min | Fantasy, Comedy
A spoiled rich girl is visited by her fairy godmother and turned into a maid.
Director: Amy Holden Jones | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine
Votes: 3,643 | Gross: $9.87M
38. The Longshot (1986)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy
Four losers borrow money from gangsters to bet on a "sure thing", but lose. The gangsters go after them to get their money.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Tim Conway, Jack Weston, Harvey Korman, Brad Trumbull
Votes: 727 | Gross: $1.10M
39. Free Ride (1986)
R | 92 min | Comedy
A group of teenagers borrow a car, unaware that gangsters have stashed mob money in it. The gangsters are determined to get the money back, but the teens, inspired by the Rambo movies, fight back.
Director: Tom Trbovich | Stars: Gary Hershberger, Reed Rudy, Dawn Schneider, Peter DeLuise
Votes: 166
40. Paradise Motel (1985)
R | 89 min | Comedy
Sam Kehoe moves from Seattle to a new school in California. Trying to make friends, Sam manages to free up the honeymoon suite in his dad's motel so his friends are able to use the room for sex.
Director: Cary Medoway | Stars: Gary Hershberger, Robert Krantz, Jonna Leigh Stack, Bob Basso
Votes: 203
41. Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)
R | 90 min | Comedy
Russell Proco has been expelled from several schools for lewd, crude and nude conduct. Busterburger University is his last chance for an education and pleasing his disappointed parents.
Director: Mike Marvin | Stars: Leigh McCloskey, Dick Butkus, Randi Brooks, Chuck McCann
Votes: 1,983
42. Say Yes (1986)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy
A rich man leaves all his money to his grandson on the condition that he must be married within 24 hours, otherwise the money will go to the boy's father. The father sets out to sabotage ... See full summary »
Directors: Larry Yust, Peter Ferrara | Stars: Ian Anderson, Joe Barnaba, John C. Becher, Al Berry
Votes: 158
43. Zeisters (1986)
R | 78 min | Comedy
Two brothers befriend an escaped mental patient "the fat guy") and accompany him on his misadventures in the big city.
Director: John Golden | Stars: Mark Alfred, Joan Allen, Ted Bardi, Craig Barnett
Votes: 341
44. The Check Is in the Mail... (1986)
R | 91 min | Comedy
Frustrated with all the minor irritants of the rat-race Richard Jackson decides to buy a goat, disconnect the electricity and become self-sufficient. But will this life be any less annoying?
Directors: Joan Darling, Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Anne Archer, Hallie Todd, Michael Bowen
Votes: 207
45. Willy/Milly (1986)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Tomboy Milly wishes to be a boy as she's tired of her mom pushing girly stuff on her and boys are freer. After an eclipse, s/he wakes up with a willy. He gets a haircut and starts at a new school as Willy.
Director: Paul Schneider | Stars: Pamela Adlon, Patty Duke, Eric Gurry, Mary Tanner Bailey
Votes: 552 | Gross: $0.28M
46. Short Time (1990)
PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When a police detective thinks he is dying and learns that his life insurance pays out more if he dies in the line of duty, he tries to make that happen.
Director: Gregg Champion | Stars: Dabney Coleman, Matt Frewer, Teri Garr, Barry Corbin
Votes: 2,646 | Gross: $4.01M
47. Dream Trap (1990)
90 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
This boisterous comedy, set against the backdrop of college life, proves that every fantasy has a catch.
Directors: Tom Logan, Hugh Parks | Stars: Kristy Swanson, Sasha Jenson, Jeanie Moore, Michael T. Kelly
Votes: 312
48. Foreign Body (1986)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy
An unemployed Indian engineer emigrates to England to find work and through a series of circumstances, ends up impersonating a doctor to win the attention of an attractive young woman.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Victor Banerjee, Warren Mitchell, Denis Quilley, Amanda Donohoe
Votes: 322
49. Lonely in America (1990)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
The dreams and aspirations about America and life of Arun, a young Indian in his 20s, change as he struggles to fit into a new and alien culture. His strained relationship with his rigidly ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Alexander Brown | Stars: Ranjit Chowdhry, Tirlok Malik, Adelaide Miller, Robert Kessler
Votes: 144
50. The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy
Down on his luck and working in a Mexican restaurant in Australia, an American tourist is hired by a icy heiress to pose as an obnoxious new boyfriend in an attempt to make her father accept her current boyfriend.
Director: Michael Gottlieb | Stars: Cheech Marin, Emma Samms, Vernon Wells, Bruce Spence
Votes: 1,500 | Gross: $0.46M
51. Zoo Radio (1990)
R | 90 min | Comedy
Under the terms of their father's will, rival radio station managers Burt and John Powell must compete with each other for their inheritance. Burt's KLST and John's KWIN have six months to ... See full summary »
Directors: Jay Roach, Jesse Wells | Stars: John Benjamin Martin, Doug Mears, Jennifer Dorian, Ron E. Dickinson
Votes: 92
52. Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders (1990)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Flesh Gordon is kidnapped by a group of space cheerleaders hoping to use him to save their planet.
Director: Howard Ziehm | Stars: Vince Murdocco, Robyn Kelly, Tony Travis, William Dennis Hunt
Votes: 1,703
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