List of comedy films of the 1980s

A list of comedy films released in the 1980s.

1980

 * Airplane!
 * 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
 * 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 Night Long
 * All the Marbles
 * 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
 * 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
 * On the Right Track
 * Paternity
 * Polyester
 * Porky's
 * Private Lessons
 * Shock Treatment
 * S.O.B.
 * So Fine
 * Stripes
 * Take This Job and Shove It
 * They All Laughed
 * Under the Rainbow
 * 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
 * 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'
 * Human Highway
 * It Came From Hollywood
 * Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
 * Jimmy the Kid
 * Jinxed!
 * The Junkman
 * Kiss Me Goodbye
 * The Last American Virgin
 * 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
 * All of Me
 * Bachelor Party
 * Best Defense
 * Beverly Hills Cop
 * Blame It on Rio
 * Broadway Danny Rose
 * Cannonball Run II
 * The Census Taker
 * Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
 * City Heat
 * Electric Dreams
 * Finders Keepers
 * The Flamingo Kid 
 * Ghostbusters
 * Grandview, U.S.A.
 * Gremlins
 * The Ice Pirates
 * Irreconcilable Differences
 * The Jerk, Too
 * Johnny Dangerously
 * Joy of Sex
 * Kidco
 * The Lonely Guy
 * Lovelines
 * Meatballs Part II
 * Micki + Maude
 * Moscow on the Hudson
 * The Muppets Take Manhattan
 * Night Patrol
 * No Small Affair
 * Nothing Lasts Forever
 * Oh, God! You Devil
 * Police Academy
 * 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
 * The Woman in Red

1985

 * After Hours
 * Back to the Future
 * Bad Medicine
 * Better Off Dead
 * The Breakfast Club
 * Brewster's Millions
 * Clue
 * The Coca-Cola Kid
 * Cocoon
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * * batteries not included
 * Beverly Hills Cop II
 * Blind Date
 * Born in East L.A.
 * Broadcast News
 * Burglar
 * Can't Buy Me Love
 * 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
 * Hunk
 * Innerspace
 * In the Mood
 * Ishtar
 * Leonard Part 6
 * Lethal Weapon
 * Like Father Like Son
 * Love at Stake
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * The Moderns
 * Moon over Parador
 * Moving
 * Mr. North
 * Mystic Pizza
 * My Stepmother Is an Alien
 * The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
 * 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
 * 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)