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Teen Wolf
Teen Wolf is a 1985 American comedy film in which Michael J. Fox plays a high schooler whose werewolf powers make him a basketball star.
Teen Wolf Too
Teen Wolf Too is a 1987 American comedy-fantasy film directed by Christopher Leitch. It stars Jason Bateman and James Hampton, but was a critical and commercial failure.
Terms of Endearment
Terms of Endearment: 1983 James L. Brooks comedy-drama from Larry McMurtry's 1975 novel, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, and Jack Nicholson; won five Oscars including Best Picture and earned $108 million.
The 'Burbs
The 'Burbs: 1989 Joe Dante black comedy starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, and Carrie Fisher about suburbanites spying on the suspicious Klopek family; also a 2026 Peacock series with Keke Palmer, created by Celeste Hughey, renewed for season 2.
The Big Chill (film)
The Big Chill is a 1983 American comedy-drama directed by Lawrence Kasdan, in which former college friends gather after a friend's suicide and confront their lost 1960s idealism.
The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club (1985) is John Hughes' teen comedy-drama about five students (the brain, athlete, basket case, princess, and criminal) in Saturday detention; a Brat Pack landmark that earned $51.5 million and entered the National Film Registry in 2016.
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
The Crimson Permanent Assurance is Terry Gilliam's 1983 British short film, a prologue to Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, in which accountants turn their office building into a pirate ship and raid corporate finance.
The Diary of a Big Man (大丈夫日记)
The Diary of a Big Man (大丈夫日記) is a 1988 Hong Kong romantic comedy directed by Chor Yuen, starring Chow Yun-fat as a stockbroker who secretly marries two women.
The Dirk Diggler Story
The Dirk Diggler Story (1988) is a 31-minute mockumentary short Paul Thomas Anderson made at 17, loosely based on porn star John Holmes and the documentary Exhausted; it was later expanded into Boogie Nights (1997), with the ending changed so Dirk survives.
The Eighth Happiness (八星报喜)
The Eighth Happiness (八星報喜) is a 1988 Hong Kong Lunar New Year comedy directed by Johnnie To for Cinema City, starring Chow Yun-Fat, Raymond Wong, and Jacky Cheung as three brothers; it topped the 1988 Hong Kong box office at HK$37.09 million and set the ensemble New Year comedy template.
The Enchanted Forest
The Enchanted Forest (El bosque animado) is a 1987 Spanish comedy by José Luis Cuerda, scripted by Rafael Azcona from Wenceslao Fernández Flórez's 1943 novel, starring Alfredo Landa as a Galician bandit; it won five Goyas including Best Film.
The Fabulous Baker Boys
The Fabulous Baker Boys is a 1989 American comedy-drama, the directorial debut of writer Steve Kloves, starring Jeff and Beau Bridges as lounge-piano brothers and Michelle Pfeiffer as singer Susie Diamond; released by Fox, it earned four Oscar nominations.
The Four Seasons (1981 film)
The Four Seasons (1981 film) is an American comedy-drama written, directed by, and starring Alan Alda, following three married couples whose friendship is tested by a husband's affair.
The Funeral (お葬式)
The Funeral (お葬式, Osōshiki) is Juzo Itami's 1984 directorial debut comedy about an actor couple staging a three-day traditional funeral, a Kinema Junpo No. 1 hit and Japan Academy Best Film winner.
The Great Outdoors (film)
The Great Outdoors is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Howard Deutch, written by John Hughes, starring John Candy and Dan Aykroyd as rival brothers-in-law on a Wisconsin lake vacation.
The King of Comedy (film)
The King of Comedy (1982/1983) is Martin Scorsese's black comedy starring Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin, an obsessive fan who kidnaps talk show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis), written by Paul D. Zimmerman; a box office flop later seen as prescient and a key influence on Joker.
The Last American Virgin
The Last American Virgin is a 1982 American teen sex comedy written and directed by Boaz Davidson for Cannon Films, an American rework of his Israeli hit Lemon Popsicle.
The Last Dragon
The Last Dragon (Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon) is a 1985 Motown Productions martial arts musical comedy directed by Michael Schultz, starring Taimak, Vanity, and Julius J. Carry III as Sho'nuff; it grossed $25.75 million domestically and became a cult classic.
The Milagro Beanfield War
The Milagro Beanfield War is a 1988 Robert Redford comedy-drama, adapted from John Nichols's 1974 novel, about a Chicano farmer's beanfield triggering a New Mexico water-rights conflict; it won Dave Grusin the Oscar for Best Original Score.
The Missionary
The Missionary is a 1982 British comedy, also called The Missionary Position, directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Michael Palin, who stars as Rev. Charles Fortescue, a missionary assigned to London prostitutes, with Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, and Denholm Elliott; a HandMade Films production.
The Money Pit
The Money Pit is a 1986 American comedy directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long as a couple whose bargain country mansion collapses around them.
The Naked Gun (1988 film)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is a 1988 Paramount spoof comedy directed by David Zucker, starring Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin foiling a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II, adapted from the canceled 1982 TV series Police Squad! and spawning two sequels and a 2025 reboot.
The Romancing Star (精装追女仔)
The Romancing Star (精装追女仔) is a 1987 Hong Kong Cantonese romantic comedy directed by Wong Jing and starring Chow Yun-fat, Eric Tsang, and Maggie Cheung.
The Secret of My Success (1987 film)
The Secret of My Success (1987) is a Herbert Ross comedy starring Michael J. Fox as Brantley Foster, a Kansas graduate who poses as executive Carlton Whitfield; grossed $110,996,879 worldwide for Universal/Rastar.
The Sure Thing
The Sure Thing (1985) is Rob Reiner's romantic comedy road movie starring John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga, a cross-country college trip often compared to It Happened One Night; earned $18,135,531 and 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Toy (1982 film)
The Toy (1982) is an American comedy directed by Richard Donner, starring Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason, remaking Francis Veber's French film Le jouet (1976); released 10 December 1982 by Columbia, it was panned by critics (3% on Rotten Tomatoes).
The Troubleshooters (顽主)
The Troubleshooters (顽主, Wanzhu) is a 1988 Emei Film Studio comedy directed by Mi Jiashan from Wang Shuo's novel, starring Zhang Guoli, Ge You, and Liang Tian as founders of Beijing's 3T Company; noted for its fashion-show sequence, six 1989 Golden Rooster nominations, and influence on Feng Xiaogang's Personal Tailor.
The War of the Roses (film)
The War of the Roses is a 1989 American black comedy film directed by Danny DeVito, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner as a divorcing couple.
The Witches of Eastwick (film)
The Witches of Eastwick is a 1987 American comedy-fantasy film directed by George Miller, adapted from John Updike's novel, starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer.
The Woman in Red (1984 film)
The Woman in Red is Gene Wilder's 1984 American romantic comedy remake of the French film Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, starring Wilder and Kelly LeBrock, with Stevie Wonder's Oscar-winning song "I Just Called to Say I Love You."