# List of comedy films of the 1980s

A list of comedy films released in the 1980s.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 1980 |||||
| 9 to 5 | Colin Higgins | Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda | United States | |
| Private Benjamin | Howard Zieff | Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante | United States | |
| Airplane! | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lorna Patterson, Lloyd Bridges, Ethel Merman | United States | A spoof of disaster films |
| Caddyshack | Harold Ramis | Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Bill Murray, Sarah Holcomb, Scott Colomby, Cindy Morgan, Dan Resin, Henry Wilcoxon, Elaine Aiken, Albert Salmi, Ann Ryerson, Brian Doyle-Murray, Hamilton Mitchell | United States | |
| Melvin and Howard | Jonathan Demme | Paul Le Mat, Mary Steenburgen, Pamela Reed, Jason Robards | United States | Comedy-drama |
| History of the World, Part I | Mel Brooks | Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Ron Carey, Gregory Hines, Pamela Stephenson, Spike Milligan, Shecky Greene, Sid Caesar, Mary-Margaret Humes, Orson Welles, Hugh Hefner, Barry Levinson, John Hurt, Andrew Sachs | United States | |
| The Blues Brothers | John Landis | John Belusi, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher | United States | |
| 1981 |||||
| Stripes | Ivan Reitman | Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, John Candy, John Laroquette, Judge Reinhold | United States | |
| 1982 |||||
| Airplane II: The Sequel | Ken Finkleman | Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett | United States | |
| Porky's | Bob Clark | Kim Cattrall, Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight | United States | |
| 1983 |||||
| Strange Brew | Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas | Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Max von Sydow, Paul Dooley, Lynne Griffin | Canada | |
| 1984 |||||
| Ghostbusters | Ivan Reitman | Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, William Atherton, Ernie Hudson, David Margulies, Steven Tash, Jennifer Runyon, Slavitza Jovan, Michael Ensign, Alice Drummond, Jordan Charney | United States | |
| Repo Man | Alex Cox | Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Tracey Walter | United States | |
| Splash | Ron Howard | Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy | United States | |
| This is Spinal Tap | Rob Reiner | Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner | United States | |
| Top Secret! | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough | United States | |
| 1985 |||||
| Back to the Future | Robert Zemeckis | Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, George DiCenzo, Frances Lee McCain, James Tolkan, J. J. Cohen, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, Harry Waters, Jr. | United States | |
| The Goonies | Richard Donner | Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Ke Huy Quan, John Mutuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, Anne Ramsey, Lupe Ontiveros, Mary Ellen Trainor, Keith Walker, Curtis Hanson | United States | |
| Lost in America | Albert Brooks | Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Michael Greene, Tom Tarpey, Garry Marshall | United States | |
| Once Bitten | Howard Storm | Jim Carrey, Lauren Hutton, Cleavon Little | United States | |
| Summer Rental | Carl Reiner | John Candy, Karen Austin, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna | United States | |
| Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Tim Burton | Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen, Irving Hellman, Monte Landis, Damon Martin, David Glasser, Gregory Brown, Mark Everett, Daryl Roach, Bill Cable, Peter Looney, Starletta DuPois | United States | |
| Weird Science | John Hughes | Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton | United States | |
| 1986 |||||
| Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Paul Mazursky | Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Elizabeth Peña, Little Richard, Evan Richards, Tracy Nelson, Felton Perry | United States | |
| Little Shop of Horrors | Frank Oz | Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, John Candy | United States | |
| Ruthless People | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater | United States | |
| 1987 |||||
| Hunk | Lawrence Bassoff | John Allen Nelson, Steve Levitt, James Coco, David Kurtz | United States | A Faustian comedy |
| Spaceballs | Mel Brooks | Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, John Candy, George Wyner, Joan Rivers, Dick Van Patten, Michael Winslow, Lorene Yarnell, John Hurt, Sal Viscuso, Ronny Graham, Jim J. Bullock, Leslie Bevis | United States | A parody of Star Wars |
| 1988 |||||
| Beetlejuice | Tim Burton | Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Annie McEnroe, Maurice Page, Hugo Stanger, Michael Keaton, Rachel Mittelman, Catherine O'Hara, J. Jay Saunders, Mark Ettlinger, Jeffrey Jones, Winona Ryder, Glenn Shadix, Patrice Martinez, Cindy Daly | United States | |
| 1989 |||||
| Back to the Future Part II | Robert Zemeckis | Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue, James Tolkan, Jeffrey Weissman, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, J.J. Cohen, Charles Fleischer, E. Casanova Evans, Jay Koch, Charles Gherardi, Ricky Dean Logan | United States | |
| Ghostbusters II | Ivan Reitman | Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Peter MacNicol, Harris Yulin, David Margulies, Kurt Fuller, Janet Margolin, Wilhelm von Homburg, William T. Deutschendorf, Henry J. Deutschensorf | United States | |

## 1980s
### 1980

* Airplane!
* Animalympics
* Any Which Way You Can
* The Blues Brothers
* Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)
* Caddyshack
* Can't Stop the Music
* Cheech and Chong's Next Movie
* Fatso
* First Family
* Galaxina
* Gilda Live
* The Gods Must Be Crazy
* Herbie Goes Bananas
* Hero at Large
* The Hollywood Knights
* Hopscotch
* How to Beat the High Co$t of Living
* In God We Tru$t
* The Last Married Couple in America
* Little Darlings
* Melvin and Howard
* Midnight Madness
* Nine to Five
* The Nude Bomb
* Oh, God! Book II
* Oh! Heavenly Dog
* Popeye
* Pray TV
* Private Benjamin
* The Private Eyes
* Seems Like Old Times
* Serial
* Smokey and the Bandit II
* Stardust Memories
* Stir Crazy
* The Stunt Man
* Sunday Lovers
* Used Cars
* Up the Academy
* Where the Buffalo Roam
* Wholly Moses!

### 1981

* ...All the Marbles
* All Night Long
* All the Marbles
* An American Werewolf in London
* Arthur
* Buddy Buddy
* Bustin' Loose
* The Cannonball Run
* Carbon Copy
* Caveman
* Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
* Condorman
* Continental Divide
* The Devil and Max Devlin
* Dirty Tricks
* First Monday in October
* Four Friends
* The Four Seasons
* Full Moon High
* Going Ape!
* The Great Muppet Caper
* Hardly Working
* The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
* Heartbeeps
* History of the World, Part I
* The Incredible Shrinking Woman
* The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
* Modern Problems
* Modern Romance
* My Dinner with Andre
* Neighbors
* Nice Dreams
* Only When I Laugh
* On the Right Track
* Paternity
* Polyester
* Porky's
* Private Lessons
* Shock Treatment
* S.O.B.
* So Fine
* Stripes
* Student Bodies
* Take This Job and Shove It
* They All Laughed
* Under the Rainbow
* Waitress!
* Zorro, The Gay Blade

### 1982

* 48 Hours
* A Little Sex
* A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
* Airplane II: The Sequel
* Annie
* Author! Author!
* Best Friends
* Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
* Cannery Row
* Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
* Creepshow
* Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
* Deathtrap
* Diner
* Eating Raoul
* Fast Times at Ridgemont High
* Grease 2
* Hanky Panky
* Hey Good Lookin'
* Honkytonk Man
* Human Highway
* It Came From Hollywood
* Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
* Jimmy the Kid
* Jinxed!
* The Junkman
* Kiss Me Goodbye
* The Last American Virgin
* A Little Sex
* Lookin' to Get Out
* My Favorite Year
* National Lampoon's Movie Madness
* Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures
* Night Shift
* Pandemonium
* Partners
* The Pirate Movie
* Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
* Six Pack
* Some Kind of Hero
* Soup for One
* Summer Lovers
* Tempest
* They Call Me Bruce?
* Things Are Tough All Over
* Tootsie
* The Toy
* Trail of the Pink Panther
* Victor Victoria
* The World According to Garp
* Wrong Is Right
* Yes, Giorgio
* Young Doctors in Love
* Zapped!

### 1983

* A Christmas Story
* Baby It's You
* Better Late Than Never
* The Big Chill
* Bill Cosby: Himself
* Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
* Class
* Cracking Up
* Curse of the Pink Panther
* Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
* D.C. Cab
* Deal of the Century
* Doctor Detroit
* Easy Money
* Get Crazy
* Going Berserk
* The King of Comedy
* Local Hero
* Losin' It
* Lovesick
* The Man Who Loved Women
* The Man Who Wasn't There
* The Man With Two Brains
* Max Dugan Returns
* Mr. Mom
* My Tutor
* National Lampoon's Vacation
* Porky's II: The Next Day
* Private School
* Reuben, Reuben
* Richard Pryor: Here and Now
* Risky Business
* Romantic Comedy
* Screwballs
* Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
* Spring Break
* Still Smokin
* The Sting II
* Strange Brew
* Stroker Ace
* The Survivors
* To Be or Not to Be
* Trading Places
* Trenchcoat
* Twice Upon a Time
* Two of a Kind
* Valley Girl
* Yellowbeard
* Zelig

### 1984

* 16 Candles
* The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
* All of Me
* American Dreamer
* Bachelor Party
* Best Defense
* Beverly Hills Cop
* Blame It on Rio
* Broadway Danny Rose
* The Buddy System
* Cannonball Run II
* Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
* City Heat
* Crackers
* Electric Dreams
* Finders Keepers
* The Flamingo Kid
* Ghostbusters
* Grandview, U.S.A.
* Gremlins
* The Hotel New Hampshire
* Hot Dog…The Movie
* The Ice Pirates
* Irreconcilable Differences
* Johnny Dangerously
* Joy of Sex
* Kidco
* The Lonely Guy
* Lovelines
* Making the Grade
* Mass Appeal
* Meatballs Part II
* Micki + Maude
* The Muppets Take Manhattan
* Night Patrol
* No Small Affair
* Nothing Lasts Forever
* Oh, God! You Devil
* Police Academy
* Preppies
* Protocol
* Repo Man
* The Ratings Game
* Revenge of the Nerds
* Rhinestone
* Romancing the Stone
* Slapstick of Another Kind
* Splash
* Surf II
* Teachers
* This Is Spinal Tap
* Top Secret!
* The Toxic Avenger
* Unfaithfully Yours
* Up the Creek
* The Wild Life
* Where the Boys Are '84
* The Woman in Red

### 1985

* After Hours
* Back to the Future
* Bad Medicine
* Better Off Dead
* The Breakfast Club
* Breaking All the Rules
* Brewster's Millions
* Clue
* The Coca-Cola Kid
* Cocoon
* Compromising Positions
* Creator
* Desperately Seeking Susan
* European Vacation
* Fandango
* Fletch
* Fraternity Vacation
* Girls Just Want to Have Fun
* The Goonies
* Head Office
* Heaven Help Us
* The Heavenly Kid
* Into the Night
* The Jewel of the Nile
* Just One of the Guys
* Key Exchange
* The Last Dragon
* Lost in America
* The Man with One Red Shoe
* Maxie
* Mischief
* Moving Violations
* Movers & Shakers
* Murphy's Romance
* My Science Project
* Once Bitten
* Pee Wee's Big Adventure
* Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
* Porky's Revenge
* Private Resort
* Prizzi's Honor
* The Purple Rose of Cairo
* Real Genius
* Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
* Rustlers' Rhapsody
* Secret Admirer
* Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird
* The Slugger's Wife
* Spies Like Us
* Summer Rental
* The Sure Thing
* Teen Wolf
* Tomboy
* Transylvania 6-5000
* Turk 182
* Volunteers
* Weird Science

### 1986

* About Last Night
* April Fool's Day
* Armed and Dangerous
* Back to School
* The Best of Times
* Big Trouble in Little China
* Big Trouble
* The Boss' Wife
* Brighton Beach Memoirs
* The Class of Nuke 'Em High
* Club Paradise
* Crimes of the Heart
* Crocodile Dundee
* Down and Out in Beverly Hills
* Echo Park
* Ferris Bueller's Day Off
* A Fine Mess
* The Golden Child
* Gung Ho
* Hamburger: The Motion Picture
* Hannah and Her Sisters
* Haunted Honeymoon
* Heartburn
* Heathcliff: The Movie
* Hollywood Vice Squad
* Howard the Duck
* Jake Speed
* Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
* Jumpin' Jack Flash
* Last Resort
* Legal Eagles
* Little Shop of Horrors
* The Longshot
* Lucas
* Miracles
* Modern Girls
* The Money Pit
* My Chauffeur
* Night of the Creeps
* Nobody's Fool
* Nothing in Common
* Odd Jobs
* Off Beat
* One Crazy Summer
* One More Saturday Night
* Peggy Sue Got Married
* Playing for Keeps
* Police Academy 3: Back in Training
* Running Scared
* Ruthless People
* Shanghai Surprise
* She's Gotta Have It
* Short Circuit
* Something Wild
* Soul Man
* Stewardess School
* Stoogemania
* Sweet Liberty
* ¡Three Amigos!
* Tough Guys
* True Stories
* Wildcats
* Wise Guys
* Zeisters

### 1987

* Adventures in Babysitting
* The Allnighter
* Amazon Women on the Moon
* Baby Boom
* Back to the Beach
* Barfly
* * batteries not included
* Beverly Hills Cop II
* Blind Date
* Born in East L.A.
* Broadcast News
* Burglar
* Can't Buy Me Love
* Creepshow 2
* Critical Condition
* Cross My Heart
* Disorderlies
* Dragnet
* Eddie Murphy Raw
* Ernest Goes to Camp
* Fatal Beauty
* From the Hip
* The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
* Going Bananas
* Good Morning, Vietnam
* Harry and the Hendersons
* Hello Again
* Hot Pursuit
* Housekeeping
* Hunk
* Innerspace
* In the Mood
* Ishtar
* Leonard Part 6
* Lethal Weapon
* Like Father Like Son
* Love at Stake
* Made in Heaven
* Maid to Order
* Making Mr. Right
* Mannequin
* Meatballs III: Summer Job
* Million Dollar Mystery
* Moonstruck
* Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
* Munchies
* My Demon Lover
* Nadine
* Nice Girls Don't Explode
* Outrageous Fortune
* Overboard
* The Pick-up Artist
* Planes, Trains & Automobiles
* Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
* Pretty Smart
* The Princess Bride
* Project X
* Radio Days
* Raising Arizona
* Real Men
* Rent-A-Cop
* Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
* Roxanne
* The Secret of My Success
* Spaceballs
* The Squeeze
* Stakeout
* Straight to Hell
* Street Trash
* Summer School
* Surrender
* Teen Wolf Too
* The Trouble with Spies
* They Still Call Me Bruce
* Three for the Road
* Three Men and a Baby
* Three O'Clock High
* Throw Momma from the Train
* Tin Men
* The Underachievers
* Walk Like a Man
* Who's That Girl
* The Witches of Eastwick

### 1988

* 18 Again!
* A Fish Called Wanda
* Action Jackson
* And God Created Woman
* Arthur 2: On the Rocks
* Beetlejuice
* Big
* Big Business
* Big Top Pee-wee
* Biloxi Blues
* The Blue Iguana
* Bull Durham
* Caddyshack II
* Casual Sex?
* Cherry 2000
* Cocktail
* Coming to America
* Crash Course
* Crocodile Dundee II
* The Couch Trip
* Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
* Dangerous Curves
* Dead Heat
* Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
* Drowning by Numbers
* Earth Girls Are Easy
* Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
* Ernest Saves Christmas
* Feds
* For Keeps
* Funny Farm
* The Great Outdoors
* Hairspray
* Heartbreak Hotel
* High Spirits
* Hot to Trot
* I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
* Johnny Be Good
* Killer Klowns from Outer Space
* License to Drive
* Married to the Mob
* Memories of Me
* Midnight Run
* Moon over Parador
* Moving
* Mr. North
* Mystic Pizza
* My Stepmother Is an Alien
* The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
* A New Life
* The Night Before
* Not of This Earth
* Pass the Ammo
* Plain Clothes
* Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
* The Prince of Pennsylvania
* Punchline
* Rain Man
* Red Heat
* Satisfaction
* School Daze
* Scrooged
* She's Having a Baby
* Short Circuit 2
* Some Girls
* Stars and Bars
* Sticky Fingers
* Sweet Hearts Dance
* Switching Channels
* Tapeheads
* Things Change
* The Telephone
* Twins
* Vibes
* Vice Versa
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit
* Without a Clue
* Working Girl
* You Can't Hurry Love

### 1989

* Back to the Future Part II
* Beverly Hills Brats
* The Big Picture
* Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
* Bloodhounds of Broadway
* Breaking In
* The Burbs
* Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
* Chances Are
* Checking Out
* Christmas Vacation
* C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
* Cold Feet
* Cookie
* Cousins
* Crimes and Misdemeanors
* Dad
* Disorganized Crime
* Dream a Little Dream
* The Dream Team
* The Experts
* The Fabulous Baker Boys
* Family Business
* Fletch Lives
* Ghostbusters II
* The Gods Must Be Crazy II
* Going Overboard
* Harlem Nights
* Heathers
* Her Alibi
* Homer and Eddie
* Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
* How I Got into College
* Identity Crisis
* The January Man
* K-9
* Lethal Weapon 2
* Let It Ride
* Little Monsters
* Look Who's Talking
* Loverboy
* Major League
* Meet The Feebles
* Miss Firecracker
* New York Stories
* Out Cold
* Parenthood
* Parents
* Penn & Teller Get Killed
* Pink Cadillac
* Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
* Powwow Highway
* Roger & Me (documentary)
* Rude Awakening
* Say Anything...
* Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
* Second Sight
* See No Evil, Hear No Evil
* See You in the Morning
* Shag
* She-Devil
* She's Out of Control
* Shocker
* Skin Deep
* Society
* Slaves of New York
* Speed Zone
* Staying Together
* Steel Magnolias
* Tango and Cash
* Teen Witch
* The Toxic Avenger Part II
* The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
* Three Fugitives
* Transylvania Twist
* Traveling Man
* Troop Beverly Hills
* True Love
* Turner & Hooch
* Twister
* UHF
* Uncle Buck
* Vampire's Kiss
* The War of the Roses
* Weekend at Bernie's
* We're No Angels
* When Harry Met Sally...
* Who's Harry Crumb?
* Wicked Stepmother
* The Wizard
* Worth Winning
* Young Einstein

### British films

* An American Werewolf in London (1981)
* Brazil (1985)
* Bullshot (1983)
* Clockwise (1986)
* Comfort and Joy (1984)
* Consuming Passions (1988)
* Educating Rita (1983)
* Erik the Viking (1989)
* A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
* George and Mildred (1980)
* Gregory's Girl (1980)
* High Hopes (1988)
* Invitation to the Wedding (1983)
* Jane and the Lost City (1988)
* Local Hero (1983)
* Loose Connections (1983)
* The Missionary (1983)
* Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
* Morons from Outer Space (1985)
* Personal Services (1987)
* A Private Function (1984)
* Privates on Parade (1982)
* Restless Natives (1985)
* Rising Damp (1980)
* Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1986)
* Shirley Valentine (1989)
* The Tall Guy (1989)
* Time Bandits (1981)
* Victor Victoria (1982)
* Water (1985)
* Wish You Were Here (1987)
* Withnail and I (1987)

## Comedy-horror

1981
* An American Werewolf in London
* Full Moon High
* The Funhouse
* Motel Hell
1982
* Basket Case
* Big Meat Eater
* Hysterical
1983
* Bloodbath at the House of Death
* Frightmare
1984
* Bloodsuckers from Outer Space
* Gremlins
* The Toxic Avenger
1985
* Mr. Vampire
* Once Bitten
* Re-Animator
* The Return of the Living Dead
1986
* Blood Hook
* Class of Nuke 'Em High
* Critters
* Evil Laugh
* From Beyond
* Haunted Honeymoon
* House
* Little Shop of Horrors
* Monster in the Closet
* Night of the Creeps
* The Seventh Curse
* TerrorVision
* Vamp
1987
* Bad Taste
* A Chinese Ghost Story
* Deathrow Gameshow
* Evil Dead II
* House II: The Second Story
* I Was a Teenage Zombie
* The Monster Squad
1988
* Beetlejuice
* Curse of the Queerwolf
* Dead Heat
* Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
* High Spirits
* Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
* Killer Klowns from Outer Space
* The Lair of the White Worm
* My Best Friend Is a Vampire
* Night of the Demons
* Return of the Living Dead Part II
* Waxwork
1989
* Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
* Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
* Cutting Class
* Dr.Caligari
* My Mom's a Werewolf
* Out of the Dark
* Over-sexed Rugsuckers from Mars
* The Toxic Avenger Part II
* The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie

## Sci-fi comedy

* The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
* Airplane II: The Sequel
* Back to the Future (1985)
* * batteries not included (1987)
* Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
* Cherry 2000 (1987)
* The Creature Wasn't Nice, aka Naked Space (1983)
* Critters (1986)
* Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
* Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
* Galaxina (1980)
* Ghostbusters (1984)
* Ghostbusters II (1989)
* Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
* The Ice Pirates (1984)
* The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
* Innerspace (1987)
* Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)
* Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
* Making Mr. Right (1987)
* The Man with Two Brains (1983)
* Morons from Outer Space (1985)
* My Science Project (1985)
* Night of the Comet (1984)
* Real Genius (1985)
* Repo Man (1984)
* Seksmisja (Poland, 1984)
* Short Circuit (1986)
* Short Circuit 2 (1988)
* Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
* Spaceballs (1987)
* Time Bandits (1981)
* Weird Science (1985)

## Comedy-drama

* 48 Hrs. (1982)
* About Last Night... (1986)
* Always (1989)
* Author! Author!
* Bagdad Café (1987)
* Born in Flames (1983)
* The Breakfast Club (1985)
* Cannery Row (1982)
* The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) (1986)
* Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
* Fast Times at Ridgemont High
* Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
* Hannah and Her Sisters
* Heartburn
* Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
* The King of Comedy
* Lucas
* Melvin and Howard (1980)
* Ménage (1986)
* Mystic Pizza
* My 20th Century (1989)
* Nothing in Common (1986)
* Oh! Heavenly Dog
* Private Benjamin (1980)
* Prizzi's Honor (1985)
* Punchline (1988)
* Samson & Sally – Song of the Whales (1984)
* Some Kind of Hero
* Steel Magnolias
* Teachers (1984)
* Working Girl (1988)

## Parody films

* Agent 000 and the Deadly Curves (1983)
* Airplane! (1980)
* Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
* Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
* Chucky and Willie Wanker's Chocolate Starfish (1984)
* Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind
* History of the World Part 1
* I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
* Johnny Dangerously 1984
* The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
* Night of the Comet (1984)
* Spaceballs (1987)
* Top Secret! (1984)
* Traxx (1988)
* UHF (1989)
* Zapped! (1982)