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9 to 5 (film)
9 to 5 (Nine to Five) is a 1980 American office comedy starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton in her film debut, directed by Colin Higgins; second-highest grossing US film of 1980, with Parton's Oscar-nominated No. 1 title song.
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story (1983) is Bob Clark's holiday comedy based on Jean Shepherd's In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, starring Peter Billingsley as Ralphie Parker seeking a Red Ryder air rifle; a 2012 National Film Registry selection.
A Grand Day Out
A Grand Day Out (1989) is Nick Park's 23-minute stop-motion short debuting Wallace and Gromit, who build a rocket to the moon for cheese. Made over roughly seven years as an NFTS graduation film finished at Aardman, it won the 1990 BAFTA and was Oscar-nominated, losing to Park's Creature Comforts.
A Taxing Woman (マルサの女)
A Taxing Woman (マルサの女, Marusa no onna) is Juzo Itami's 1987 Japanese comedy-suspense film about tax investigator Ryoko Itakura of the National Tax Agency's Marusa division pursuing evader Gondo; it won six Japan Academy Prizes and spawned a 1988 sequel.
About Last Night (1986 film)
About Last Night... is a 1986 Tri-Star romantic comedy-drama, Edward Zwick's directorial debut, adapted from David Mamet's play Sexual Perversity in Chicago, starring Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi, and Elizabeth Perkins; it grossed $38.6 million and was remade in 2014.
Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting: 1987 Touchstone comedy, Chris Columbus's directing debut, starring Elisabeth Shue as a babysitter stranded in Chicago with the Anderson kids; 102 min, PG-13, remade by Disney Channel in 2016.
After Hours (film)
After Hours (1985) is Martin Scorsese's Kafkaesque black comedy about word processor Paul Hackett's nightmarish night in SoHo, written by Joseph Minion, starring Griffin Dunne and Rosanna Arquette, winner of the 1986 Cannes Best Director award.
Airplane II: The Sequel
Airplane II: The Sequel is a 1982 American comedy film directed by Ken Finkleman. It is the sequel to Airplane! and features a space shuttle trip to the Moon.
Airplane!
Airplane! (1980) is a Paramount parody comedy by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker spoofing 1970s disaster films, based on Zero Hour!, starring Leslie Nielsen, grossing about $85 million and named to the National Film Registry.
All of Me (1984 film)
All of Me is a 1984 American fantasy comedy directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin as a lawyer and a millionaire sharing his body.
All the Wrong Spies
All the Wrong Spies (我愛夜來香) is a 1983 Hong Kong action-comedy directed by Teddy Robin, a semi-sequel to All the Wrong Clues, in which private eye Yoyo races to pass a stolen atomic bomb formula to the Americans.
Always (1989 film)
Always is a 1989 American romantic fantasy drama directed by Steven Spielberg, in which a dead pilot returns as a spirit to guide a younger one.
Amanece, que no es poco
Amanece, que no es poco: 1988 Spanish surrealist comedy by José Luis Cuerda, released January 1989, about an Oklahoma professor and his father in an absurd mountain village; cult classic with 'amanecistas' fans, three Goya nominations, filmed in Ayna, Liétor, and Molinicos.
Amazon Women on the Moon
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) is an American sketch-comedy anthology, a sequel of sorts to The Kentucky Fried Movie, directed by Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, and Robert K. Weiss, parodying 1950s sci-fi and late-night TV in 85 minutes.
Arthur (1981 film)
Arthur is a 1981 American romantic comedy directed by Steve Gordon, starring Dudley Moore as a drunken millionaire torn between an arranged marriage and Liza Minnelli's Queens waitress.
Baby Boom (film)
Baby Boom (1987) is an American comedy directed by Charles Shyer, written with Nancy Meyers, starring Diane Keaton as executive J.C. Wiatt, who inherits a baby, loses her job, and builds a Vermont baby-food business; grossed $25.4M.
Bachelor Party (1984 film)
Bachelor Party (1984) is a Neal Israel sex comedy starring Tom Hanks as Rick Gassko, a school bus driver whose stag night before marrying Debbie (Tawny Kitaen) spirals into chaos; it grossed $38.4 million for 20th Century Fox.
Back to School
Back to School (1986) is an Orion Pictures comedy directed by Alan Metter, starring Rodney Dangerfield as millionaire Thornton Melon, who enrolls in college with his son; it grossed $91,258,000 domestically.
Barfly (film)
Barfly (1987) is Barbet Schroeder's comedy-drama from Charles Bukowski's only screenplay, a semi-autobiographical story of Henry Chinaski, starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway, financed by Cannon Films after a seven-year struggle.
Beaches (1988 film)
Beaches is a 1988 Garry Marshall comedy-drama starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey as lifelong friends C.C. Bloom and Hillary Whitney, adapted from Iris Rainer Dart's 1985 novel, a Touchstone release whose "Wind Beneath My Wings" won a Grammy.
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice is a 1988 American horror-comedy film directed by Tim Burton, in which deceased newlyweds hire Michael Keaton's Betelgeuse to haunt their home's new living owners.
Best Friends
Best Friends is a 1982 American romantic comedy directed by Norman Jewison, starring Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn as a Hollywood writing team whose marriage strains their relationship.
Better Off Dead (1985 film)
Better Off Dead is a 1985 American teen comedy, the feature directing debut of Savage Steve Holland, starring John Cusack as Lane Meyer; a dark, surreal cult classic with claymation gags and the "two dollars" paperboy.
Big Business
Big Business is a 1988 Touchstone comedy directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin each in dual roles as twins swapped at birth between a wealthy New York family and a rural West Virginia one, who collide at the Plaza Hotel over a corporate sale.
Biloxi Blues
Biloxi Blues is a 1988 American comedy-drama directed by Mike Nichols and written by Neil Simon from his Broadway play, starring Matthew Broderick as a Brooklyn recruit in 1945 Army basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Blame It on Rio
Blame It on Rio (1984) is Stanley Donen's romantic comedy, remade from Claude Berri's Un moment d'égarement, starring Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Michelle Johnson, and Demi Moore; it grossed $18.6 million and was Donen's last feature.
Blind Date (1987 film)
Blind Date, also known as Blake Edwards' Blind Date, is a 1987 American romantic comedy directed by Blake Edwards, starring Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger, and released by Tri-Star Pictures in March 1987.
Bolero (1984 film)
Bolero (1984) is an erotic drama directed, written, and shot by John Derek, starring Bo Derek as an heiress seeking her ideal lover in Morocco and Spain. Released by Cannon Films, it earned $9 million, a Metascore of 13, and six Razzie Awards including Worst Picture.
Broadway Danny Rose
Broadway Danny Rose is Woody Allen's 1984 black-and-white comedy about a hapless New York talent agent, starring Allen, Mia Farrow, and Nick Apollo Forte, told in flashback at the Carnegie Deli and nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar.
Bull Durham
Bull Durham is a 1988 American romantic comedy sports film directed by Ron Shelton, starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins, set around the minor league Durham Bulls.