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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Caddyshack
Caddyshack (1980) is an American golf-club comedy, Harold Ramis's directorial debut, written with Brian Doyle-Murray and Doug Kenney, starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Bill Murray, and Michael O'Keefe at Bushwood Country Club.
Chicken and Duck Talk (鸡同鸭讲)
Chicken and Duck Talk (雞同鴨講, Gai tung ngap gong) is a 1988 Clifton Ko Hong Kong comedy starring Michael Hui as a roast duck restaurant owner fighting a rival fried chicken chain; it was summer 1988's top Hong Kong grosser.
Clockwise (film)
Clockwise is a 1986 British comedy directed by Christopher Morahan, written by Michael Frayn, starring John Cleese as punctual headmaster Brian Stimpson missing his train to the Norwich Headmasters' Conference; UK gross £3,075,796, US $1,476,356.
Crimewave
Crimewave (1985) is Sam Raimi's studio comedy written by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Reed Birney and Bruce Campbell; a critical and commercial failure for Embassy Pictures, distinct from John Paizs's Canadian Crime Wave.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Frank Oz, starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin as rival con men on the French Riviera.
Doctor Detroit
Doctor Detroit is a 1983 Universal comedy directed by Michael Pressman, starring Dan Aykroyd as professor Clifford Skridlow, conned into posing as a fictitious pimp; also known by the tagline "He's making the world safe for insanity."
Down by Law (film)
Down by Law is Jim Jarmusch's 1986 black-and-white indie comedy in which Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Roberto Benigni escape a New Orleans jail and wander the Louisiana bayous, shot by Robby Müller with a John Lurie score.
Fletch (film)
Fletch is a 1985 American comedy-mystery directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Chevy Chase. The film follows an undercover reporter who investigates a wealthy businessman's offer to kill him.
Haunted Honeymoon
Haunted Honeymoon is a 1986 American comedy horror film directed and co-written by Gene Wilder, starring Wilder, Gilda Radner, and Dom DeLuise. Released by Orion Pictures on July 25, 1986, it flopped commercially and critically and was both Radner's last feature and Wilder's last directing job.
Heathers
Heathers is a 1989 American black comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann, written by Daniel Waters, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater; murders disguised as teen suicides at Westerburg High made it a box-office flop and lasting cult classic.
History of the World, Part I
History of the World, Part I is Mel Brooks's 1981 20th Century Fox sketch comedy parodying historical epics from the Dawn of Man to the French Revolution, with Brooks in five roles, Orson Welles narrating, and a 2023 Hulu sequel.
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) is Keenen Ivory Wayans' directorial debut, a parody of 1970s blaxploitation films starring Bernie Casey, Jim Brown, Isaac Hayes, and Antonio Fargas; made for under $3 million, it grossed $13 million.
L'As des as
L'As des as (The Ace of Aces) is a 1982 French-German comedy-adventure by Gérard Oury starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as a boxing coach at the 1936 Berlin Olympics who saves a Jewish boy from the Gestapo; about 5.4 million French admissions.
Laberinto de Pasiones
Laberinto de Pasiones (Labyrinth of Passions) is Pedro Almodóvar's 1982 Spanish cult comedy, his second feature, about nymphomaniac pop singer Sexilia and exiled prince Riza Niro in movida-era Madrid, starring Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias, and a debuting Antonio Banderas.
Leonard Part 6
Leonard Part 6 is a 1987 Columbia Pictures spy spoof starring, produced by, and story-written by Bill Cosby, directed by Paul Weiland. It flopped with $4.6 million gross, three Razzies, and Cosby publicly disowned it before release.
Life Is a Long Quiet River
La vie est un long fleuve tranquille (Life Is a Long Quiet River), 1988 French satirical comedy by Étienne Chatiliez; baby-swap between bourgeois Le Quesnoys and working-class Groseilles; about 4 million admissions and four Césars.
Meet the Feebles
Meet the Feebles is Peter Jackson's 1989 New Zealand puppet musical black comedy, an adult Muppets parody about a variety troupe's drug dealing, affairs, and a machine-gun massacre, made for $750,000.
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) is a British musical sketch comedy film directed by Terry Jones, the troupe's last feature with all six members, structured in seven life stages from birth to death, winner of Cannes' 1983 Jury's Special Grand Prix.