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, Dabney Coleman	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
Any Which Way You Can	Buddy Van Horn	Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, Harry Guardino, Ruth Gordon, Barry Corbin	United States
The Blues Brothers	John Landis	John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Henry Gibson, John Candy	United States	Musical-Comedy
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
Cheech and Chong's Next Movie	Tommy Chong	Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Evelyn Guerrero, Paul Reubens, Betty Kennedy, Sy Kramer, Rikki Marin, Edie McClurg, Bob McClurg, Michael Winslow	United States
Fatso	Anne Bancroft	Dom DeLuise, Candice Azzara, Anne Bancroft, Ron Carey, David Comfort, Bob Curtis, Richard Karron, Michael Lombard, Ralph Manza	United States
First Family	Buck Henry	Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Gilda Radner, Richard Benjamin, Bob Dishy, Harvey Korman, Fred Willard, Rip Torn, Austin Pendleton	United States
Gilda Live	Mike Nichols	Gilda Radner	United States
The Gods Must Be Crazy	Jamie Uys	Nǃxau ǂToma, Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers, Nic de Jager, Michael Thys, Louw Verwey, Ken Gampu Simon Sabela, Paddy O'Byrne	United States
Gorp	Joseph Ruben	Michael Lembeck, Dennis Quaid, Fran Drescher, Rosanna Arquette, Philip Casnoff, Lisa Shure, David Huddleston, Robert Trebor, Lou Wagner	United States
Herbie Goes Bananas	Vincent McEveety	Cloris Leachman, Charles Martin Smith, Stephan W. Burns, John Vernon, Elyssa Davalos, Joaquin Garay III, Harvey Korman	United States
Hero at Large	Martin Davidson	John Ritter, Anne Archer, Bert Convy, Kevin McCarthy, Harry Bellaver, Anita Dangler, Jane Hallaren, Leonard Harris, Rick Podell	United States
The Hollywood Knights	Floyd Mutrux	Robert Wuhl, Tony Danza, Fran Drescher, Leigh French, Glenn Withrow, Randy Gornel, Gary Graham, Sandy Helberg, James Jeter, Stuart Pankin, P.R. Paul, Michelle Pfeiffer, Gailard Sartain	United States
Hopscotch	Ronald Neame	Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Herbert Lom, Ned Beatty, David Matthau, George Baker	United States
How to Beat the High Cost of Living	Robert Scheerer	Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Jessica Lange, Dabney Coleman	United States
In God We Trust	Vincent McEveety	Cloris Leachman, Charles Martin Smith, Stephan W. Burns, John Vernon, Elyssa Davalos, Joaquin Garay III, Harvey Korman	United States
The Last Married Couple in America	Vincent McEveety	Cloris Leachman, Charles Martin Smith, Stephan W. Burns, John Vernon, Elyssa Davalos, Joaquin Garay III, Harvey Korman	United States
Melvin and Howard	Jonathan Demme	Paul Le Mat, Mary Steenburgen, Pamela Reed, Jason Robards	United States	Comedy-drama
Midnight Madness	Michael Nankin	David Naughton, Debra Clinger, Eddie Deezen, Brad Wilkin, Maggie Roswell, Stephen Furst	United States
Oh, God! Book II	Gilbert Cates	George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette, David Birney, Louanne Sirota, John Louie, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Conrad Janis, Hans Conried	United States
Oh! Heavenly Dog	Joe Camp	Chevy Chase, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif, Robert Morley, Stuart Germain, Alan Sues, John Stride	United States	Fantasy Comedy
Popeye	Robert Altman	Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul L. Smith, Paul Dooley, Richard Libertini, Ray Walston, Wesley Ivan Hurt	United States
Private Benjamin	Howard Zieff	Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker, Barbara Barrie, Mary Kay Place, Harry Dean Stanton, Albert Brooks, Richard Herd	United States
The Private Eyes	Lang Elliott	Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Trisha Noble	United States
Seems Like Old Times	Jay Sandrich	Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Charles Grodin, Robert Guillaume, Yvonne Wilder, Harold Gould	United States
Serial	Bill Persky	Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Jennifer McAllister, Sally Kellerman, Bill Macy, Pamela Bellwood, Peter Bonerz, Christopher Lee	United States
Smokey and the Bandit II	Hal Needham	Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Dom Deluise, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick	United States
Stardust Memories	Woody Allen	Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, Marie-Christine Barrault, Tony Roberts	United States
Stir Crazy	Sidney Poitier	Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams, Miguel Ángel Suárez, Craig T. Nelson, Barry Corbin, Charles Weldon, Nicolas Coster, Joel Brooks	United States
Used Cars	Robert Zemeckis	Kurt Russell, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae, Deborah Harmon, Joe Flaherty, David L. Lander, Michael McKean, Harry Northup, Woodrow Parfrey, Michael Talbott	United States
Up the Academy	Robert Downey Sr.	Wendell Brown, Tommy Citera, Ron Leibman, Harry Teinowitz, Hutch Parker, Ralph Macchio, Tom Poston, King Coleman	United States
Private Benjamin	Howard Zieff	Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker, Barbara Barrie, Mary Kay Place, Harry Dean Stanton, Albert Brooks, Richard Herd	United States
Where the Buffalo Roam	Art Linson	Bill Murray, Peter Boyle, Bruno Kirby, René Auberjonois, R.G. Armstrong, Mark Metcalf	United States
Wholly Moses!	Gary Weis	Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, James Coco, Paul Sand, Jack Gilford, Dom DeLuise, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, David L. Lander, Richard Pryor, John Ritter	United States
1981
...All the Marbles	Robert Aldrich	Peter Falk, Vicki Frederick, Laurene Landon, Burt Young, Tracy Reed, John Hancock, Faith Minton, Chick Hearn	United States	Comedy-Drama
All Night Long	Jean-Claude Tramont	Gene Hackman, Barbra Streisand, Diane Ladd, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Dobson	United States	Romance-Comedy
Arthur	Steve Gordon	Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jill Eikenberry, Stephen Elliott, Ted Ross, Barney Martin, Thomas Barbour, Peter Evans, Anne De Salvo	United States
Buddy Buddy	Billy Wilder	Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss, Klaus Kinski, Dana Elcar, Miles Chapin, Michael Ensign, Ben Lessy, Fil Formicola, C.J. Hunt	United States
Bustin' Loose	Oz Scott	Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson, Robert Christian, Alphonso Alexander, Kia Cooper, Edwin de Leon, Jimmy Hughes, Edwin Kinter, Tami Luchow, Angel Ramirez, Janet Wong, Nick Dimitri, Morgan Roberts	United States
The Cannonball Run	Hal Needham	Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Farr, Terry Bradshaw, Mel Tillis, Jackie Chan	United States	Action-Comedy
Carbon Copy	Michael Schultz	George Segal, Denzel Washington, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden, Dick Martin, Paul Winfield, Macon McCalman	United States
Caveman	Carl Gottlieb	Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long, John Matuszak, Avery Schreiber, Jack Gilford, Ed Greenberg, Cork Hubbert	United States
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash	David Lowell Rich	Alan Arkin, Carol Burnett, Jack Warden, Ruth Buzzi, Adam Arkin, Danny Aiello, Danny Glover, Sid Haig	United States
Continental Divide	Michael Apted	John Belushi, Blair Brown	United States	Comedy-Drama
The Devil and Max Devlin	Steven Hilliard Stern	Elliott Gould, Bill Cosby, Susan Anspach, Adam Rich, Julie Budd, Sonny Shroyer, David Knell, Chuck Shamata	United States	Fantasy-Comedy
Dirty Tricks	Alvin Rakoff	Elliott Gould, Kate Jackson, Rich Little, Arthur Hill, John Juliani, Alberta Watson, Mavor Moore, Nicholas Campbell, Michael McNamara, Martin McNamara, Cindy Girling	United States
First Monday in October	Ronald Neame	Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh, Barnard Hughes, Jan Sterling, James Stephens, Joshua Bryant	United States	Comedy-Drama
Four Friends	Arthur Penn	Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Michael Huddleston, Jim Metzler	United States	Comedy-Drama
The Four Seasons	Alan Alda	Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Sandy Dennis, Rita Moreno, Jack Weston, Bess Armstrong	United States	Romance-Comedy
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
Full Moon High	Larry Cohen	Adam Arkin, Ed McMahon, Roz Kelly, Joanne Nail, Bill Kirchenbauer, Kenneth Mars	United States	Horror Comedy
Going Ape!	Jeremy Joe Kronsberg	Tony Danza, Danny DeVito, Jessica Walter, Art Metrano, Frank Sivero, Rick Hurst, Howard Mann, Joseph Maher	United States
The Great Muppet Caper	Jim Henson	Jim Henson, Frank Oz Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Steve Whitmire, Charles Grodin, Diana Rigg, John Cleese, Robert Morley, Jack Warden	United States
Hardly Working	Jerry Lewis	Jerry Lewis, Susan Oliver, Roger C. Carmel, Harold J. Stone, Steve Franken, Buddy Lester, Leonard Stone	United States
Heartbeeps	Allan Arkush	Andy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters, Randy Quaid, Kenneth McMillan, Christopher Guest, Melanie Mayron	United States	Sci-fi Comedy
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 Incredible Shrinking Woman	Joel Schumacher	Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson, Elizabeth Wilson, Mark Blankfield, John Glover	United States
Modern Problems	Ken Shapiro	Chevy Chase, Patti D'Arbanville, Mary Kay Place, Brian Doyle-Murray, Nell Carter, Dabney Coleman	United States
Modern Romance	Albert Brooks	Albert Brooks, Kathryn Harrold, Bruno Kirby, James L. Brooks, Jane Hallaren	United States	Romance Comedy
Neighbors	John G. Avildsen	John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cathy Moriarty, Kathryn Walker, Lauren-Marie Taylor	United States
Nice Dreams	Tommy Chong	Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Stacy Keach, Peter Jason, Tim Rossovich, Paul Reubens, Evelyn Guerrero, Timothy Leary	United States
Only When I Laugh	Glenn Jordan	Marsha Mason, Kristy McNichol, James Coco, Joan Hackett, David Dukes	United States	Comedy-Drama
On the Right Track	Lee Philips	Gary Coleman, Maureen Stapleton, Norman Fell, Michael Lembeck, Lisa Eilbacher, Bill Russell, Herb Edelman, Nathan Davis	United States
Paternity	David Steinberg	Burt Reynolds, Beverly D'Angelo, Norman Fell, Paul Dooley, Elizabeth Ashley, Lauren Hutton, Juanita Moore, Peter Billingsley	United States
Polyester	John Waters	Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Ken King, Mink Stole	United States
Porky's	Bob Clark	Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Cyril O'Reilly, Roger Wilson, Tony Ganios, Scott Colomby, Chuck Mitchell, Kaki Hunter, Nancy Parsons, Alex Karras, Susan Clark, Nancy Parsons, Kim Cattrall	United States
Private Lessons	Alan Myerson	Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, Patrick Piccininni, Ed Begley Jr., Pamela Bryant, Meridith Baer	United States
Shock Treatment	Jim Sharman	Jessica Harper, Cliff DeYoung, Patricia Quinn, Richard O'Brien, Charles Gray, Little Nell	United States	Musical Comedy
S.O.B.	Blake Edwards	Julie Andrews, William Holden, Richard Mulligan, Stuart Margolin, Larry Hagman, Robert Vaughn, Marisa Berenson, Robert Webber, Shelley Winters, Robert Preston	United States
So Fine	Andrew Bergman	Ryan O'Neal, Jack Warden, Mariangela Melato, Richard Kiel, Fred Gwynne, Mike Kellin, David Rounds	United States
Stripes	Ivan Reitman	Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, John Candy, John Laroquette, Judge Reinhold	United States
Student Bodies	Mickey Rose	Kristen Riter, Matt Goldsby, G. Chambers, Joe Flood, Joe Talarowski, Mimi Weddell, Dario Jones, Carl Jacobs, Peggy Cooper, Janice E. O'Malley, Kevin Mannis	United States	Horror Comedy
They All Laughed	Peter Bogdanovich	Ben Gazzara, Audrey Hepburn, John Ritter, Colleen Camp, Patti Hansen., Dorothy Stratten, George Morfogen, Blaine Novak, Sean Hepburn Ferrer	United States	Romance-Comedy
Under the Rainbow	Steve Rash	Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Eve Arden, Joseph Maher, Robert Donner, Billy Barty	United States
Waitress!	Lloyd Kaufman	Carol Drake, Jim Harris, Carol Bevar, Renata Majer, Hunt Block	United States
1982
Airplane II: The Sequel	Ken Finkleman	Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett	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	Sci-fi Comedy
Splash	Ron Howard	Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy	United States	Fantasy Comedy
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	Sc-fi Comedy
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	Horror Comedy
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	Sci-fi Fantasy Comedy
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	Musical-Comedy
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	Sci-fi Comedy
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