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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.
L'Étudiante
L'Étudiante (The Student) is a 1988 French romantic comedy by Claude Pinoteau starring Sophie Marceau as Valentine, an agrégation candidate in love with musician Édouard (Vincent Lindon); a La Boum follow-up written for Isabelle Adjani.
La Chèvre
La Chèvre (The Goat) is Francis Veber's 1981 French-Mexican comedy starring Pierre Richard as unlucky accountant François Perrin and Gérard Depardieu as detective Campana, first of their trilogy, with 7,079,836 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.
Labyrinth of Passion
Labyrinth of Passion (Laberinto de pasiones) is Pedro Almodóvar's 1982 screwball sex comedy, his second feature, starring Cecilia Roth and Imanol Arias in Madrid during the movida madrileña, with Antonio Banderas's film debut.
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.
Les Fugitifs
Les Fugitifs is a 1986 French comedy directed by Francis Veber, starring Gérard Depardieu as a reformed bank robber taken hostage by Pierre Richard's clumsy robber.
Letter to Brezhnev
Letter to Brezhnev (1985) is a British romantic comedy-drama directed by Chris Bernard, written by Frank Clarke, starring Margi Clarke, Alexandra Pigg, Peter Firth, and Alfred Molina, about two Liverpool women and two Soviet sailors.
License to Drive
License to Drive is a 1988 American teen comedy directed by Greg Beeman, starring Corey Haim as a teenager who takes out a Cadillac after failing his driving test.
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.
Little Darlings
Little Darlings is a 1980 Paramount comedy-drama directed by Ronald F. Maxwell, starring Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol as rival 15-year-old campers who wager on who loses her virginity first; released 21 March 1980, rated R, 95 minutes.
Lola (1981 film)
Lola is a 1981 West German satirical drama directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the third and chronologically final film of his BRD Trilogy, adapted from Heinrich Mann's Professor Unrat.
Look Who's Talking
Look Who's Talking is a 1989 American romantic comedy directed by Amy Heckerling, starring Kirstie Alley and John Travolta, with Bruce Willis voicing a talking baby.
Lucas (1986 film)
Lucas is a 1986 American teen comedy-drama, also known as a coming-of-age film, written and directed by David Seltzer, starring Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, and Winona Ryder, released by 20th Century Fox on March 28, 1986.
Major League (film)
Major League (1989) is a David S. Ward sports comedy for Paramount about a Cleveland Indians owner rigging a losing roster to move the team to Miami; it grossed about $49.8 million domestically on an $11 million budget and spawned two sequels.
Mannequin (1987 film)
Mannequin (1987 film) is a romantic comedy-fantasy film directed by Michael Gottlieb. It stars Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall, and became a box office success. (23 words)
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.
Men (1985 film)
Men... (Männer) is a 1985 West German comedy by Doris Dörrie starring Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, and Ulrike Kriener, about a husband who secretly rooms with his wife's lover; it won three 1986 German Film Awards.
Merry Christmas (1984 film)
Merry Christmas (圣诞快乐, Sing dan fai lok) is a 1984 Hong Kong comedy directed by Clifton Ko and starring Karl Maka, Paula Tsui, Danny Chan, and Leslie Cheung.
Micki + Maude
Micki + Maude is a 1984 American romantic comedy directed by Blake Edwards, starring Dudley Moore as a television reporter married to two pregnant women who do not know about each other.
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.
Moon Over Parador
Moon Over Parador is a 1988 Paul Mazursky comedy starring Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, and Sonia Braga, in which an American actor is forced to impersonate a deceased Latin American dictator; released September 9, 1988 by Universal.
Moonstruck
Moonstruck is a 1987 American romantic comedy directed by Norman Jewison and written by John Patrick Shanley, starring Cher as a Brooklyn widow engaged to Danny Aiello but in love with his estranged brother, Nicolas Cage.
Mr. Mom
Mr. Mom (1983) is an American comedy directed by Stan Dragoti, written by John Hughes, starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr as parents who swap roles after Jack is laid off; it grossed $64.8 million domestically and coined a household phrase.
Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) is Pedro Almodóvar's 1988 Spanish comedy starring Carmen Maura, freely inspired by Cocteau's La voix humaine; it won 5 Goyas and an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
My Best Friend's Birthday
My Best Friend's Birthday is an unfinished 1987 amateur black-and-white comedy written, directed by, and starring Quentin Tarantino, whose surviving 36 minutes were later reworked into True Romance.
My Bodyguard
My Bodyguard is Tony Bill's 1980 comedy-drama, directed in his debut from Alan Ormsby's screenplay, about a Chicago teen (Chris Makepeace) who hires feared classmate Ricky Linderman (Adam Baldwin) against bully Matt Dillon; it grossed $22.5 million and holds 79% on Rotten Tomatoes.
My Chauffeur
My Chauffeur is a 1986 American comedy directed and written by David Beaird, starring Deborah Foreman as Brentwood Limousine's first female chauffeur; it marked Penn and Teller's feature debut and grossed $4.8 million.
My Dinner with Andre
My Dinner with Andre is Louis Malle's 1981 American film, written by and starring Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory as versions of themselves in a long Upper West Side restaurant conversation, shot in two weeks on a Cafe des Artistes set.
My Sweet Little Village
My Sweet Little Village (Czech: Vesničko má středisková) is a 1985 Czechoslovak tragicomedy directed by Jiří Menzel, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.