240 articles
Earth Girls Are Easy
Earth Girls Are Easy is a 1988 sci-fi musical comedy directed by Julien Temple, based on Julie Brown's 1984 song, starring Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, and Damon Wayans as aliens in the San Fernando Valley.
Easy Money (1983 film)
Easy Money is a 1983 American comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield as a Staten Island photographer who must quit his vices for a year to inherit $10 million.
Educating Rita (film)
Educating Rita (1983) is a British comedy-drama directed by Lewis Gilbert, adapted by Willy Russell from his 1980 play, starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters as an Open University professor and hairdresser student; BAFTA Best Film winner with three Oscar nominations.
Endless Love (1981 film)
Endless Love (1981) is Franco Zeffirelli's romantic drama adapted from Scott Spencer's novel, starring Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt; critically panned but a box-office success, best known for the nine-week Billboard number-one Diana Ross and Lionel Richie title duet.
Fandango (1985 film)
Fandango (1985) is Kevin Reynolds's road comedy-drama, from his student film Proof, starring Kevin Costner and Judd Nelson as 1971 Texas graduates on a final trip before the Vietnam draft; a Warner Bros. release that grossed only $86,134.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is John Hughes's 1986 Paramount teen comedy starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, and Mia Sara, about a fake sick day spent touring Chicago; it grossed over $70 million and joined the National Film Registry in 2014.
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.
For Keeps (film)
For Keeps (For Keeps?) is a 1988 TriStar comedy-drama directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Molly Ringwald and Randall Batinkoff as high schoolers who marry and keep their unplanned baby; 98 minutes, PG-13, $14.7 million gross.
Freaky Friday (1976 film)
Freaky Friday (1976) is Disney's body-swap family comedy directed by Gary Nelson, written by Mary Rodgers from her 1972 novel, starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster as a mother and daughter who switch bodies on Friday the 13th; remade in 1995 and 2003.
Funny Farm (film)
Funny Farm (1988) is a comedy directed by George Roy Hill, his last film, starring Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith as New Yorkers who move to a Vermont farm; based on Jay Cronley's 1985 novel, it grossed $25.5 million domestically for Warner Bros.
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters (1984) is Ivan Reitman's Columbia Pictures supernatural comedy written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, starring Murray, Aykroyd, Ramis, Weaver, and Hudson; it grossed over $220 million in North America and spawned a franchise.
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (film)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun is a 1985 New World Pictures teen comedy directed by Alan Metter, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt as Chicago teens auditioning for the Dance TV show; Cyndi Lauper refused association with the film.
Going Overboard
Going Overboard (1989) is a low-budget American comedy, Valerie Breiman's directorial debut, starring Adam Sandler as cruise-ship waiter Schecky Moskowitz; his first lead film role, shot in six days for $800,000 and later disavowed by Sandler.
Gross Anatomy (film)
Gross Anatomy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Thom Eberhardt and released by Touchstone Pictures, starring Matthew Modine as a first-year medical student in the demanding dissection course.
Gung Ho (film)
Gung Ho is a 1986 American comedy directed by Ron Howard, starring Michael Keaton as an autoworker who brings a Japanese company to reopen his town's factory.
Hairspray (1988 film)
Hairspray is a 1988 American comedy film written and directed by John Waters, starring Ricki Lake as a teenager campaigning to integrate a Baltimore TV dance show.
Hannah and Her Sisters
Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 American comedy-drama written and directed by Woody Allen, following Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, and Dianne Wiest as sisters in Manhattan.
Happy Ghost (开心鬼)
Happy Ghost (开心鬼) is a 1984 Hong Kong comedy-fantasy film directed by Clifton Ko for Cinema City, starring Raymond Wong as a Qing scholar's ghost; it cost HK$2 million, earned over HK$17 million, and spawned a five-film series (1984–1991).
Harry and the Hendersons
Harry and the Hendersons is a 1987 Universal/Amblin family comedy directed by William Dear, starring John Lithgow, with Kevin Peter Hall as Bigfoot and Rick Baker's Oscar-winning makeup; it spawned a 1991–1993 sitcom.
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.
Heartburn (film)
Heartburn is a 1986 American comedy-drama directed by Mike Nichols and written by Nora Ephron from her best-selling autobiographical novel, starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson.
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.
High Hopes (1988 film)
High Hopes is Mike Leigh's 1988 British comedy-drama about working-class couple Cyril and Shirley in Thatcher-era London, made by improvisation, contrasting class lives, and a 1989 European Film Awards winner.
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.
Insignificance
Insignificance is a 1985 Nicolas Roeg film adapted by Terry Johnson from his play, in which unnamed characters based on Einstein, Monroe, DiMaggio, and McCarthy meet in a 1954 New York hotel room; it competed at Cannes 1985.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (富贵逼人)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (富貴逼人) is a 1987 Hong Kong Lunar New Year comedy directed by Clifton Ko for D&B Films, starring Bill Tung and Lydia Sum as a public-housing family whose Mark Six lottery win brings misfortune; it grossed over HK$27 million and spawned two sequels.
Johnny Be Good
Johnny Be Good is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Bud Smith, starring Anthony Michael Hall as a high school quarterback courted by corrupt recruiters.
Jumpin' Jack Flash (film)
Jumpin' Jack Flash is a 1986 American spy comedy, Penny Marshall's directorial debut, starring Whoopi Goldberg as bank computer operator Terry Doolittle who helps a trapped British agent (Jonathan Pryce) evade the KGB; released by 20th Century Fox October 10, 1986.
Just One of the Guys
Just One of the Guys is a 1985 American teen comedy in which Joyce Hyser's character disguises herself as a boy to prove sexism cost her an internship.