Best comedy from the 80s
The catalogue's comedy films from 1980–1989, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
Back to the Future
comfort cultbittersweetcozy
Heart of a Dog
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
The Marquis of Grillo
foreign gempitch blackplayful
Tampopo
foreign gembittersweetcozy
The King of Comedy
outsiderpitch blackunhinged
Back to the Future Part II
bittersweetmindfuckneon soaked
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
foreign gemoutsiderplayful
The Breakfast Club
bittersweetplayfultender
The Blues Brothers
comfort cultneon soakedsurreal
The Princess Bride
comfort cultbittersweetcozy
Kin-dza-dza!
foreign gemunhinged3am cult
Brazil
cerebralparanoidsurreal
My Friends Act II
foreign gembittersweetplayful
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
pitch blackplayfulunhinged
Dimensions of Dialogue
foreign gemsurrealunhinged
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
cozyplayfuluplifting
Evil Dead II
3am cultplayfulunhinged
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
neon soakedplayfulsurreal
Police Story
foreign gemcozyplayful
The Goonies
comfort cultbittersweetcozy
After Hours
pitch blackrawsurreal
My Dinner with Andre
cerebral
Ghostbusters
comfort cultcozyneon soaked
Hannah and Her Sisters
bittersweettender
Crimes and Misdemeanors
bittersweetcerebraloutsider
Zelig
playfulsurrealcerebral
This Is Spinal Tap
comfort cultpitch blackplayful
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
foreign gemplayfulunhinged
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
foreign gembittersweetplayful
When Harry Met Sally...
playfulbittersweetcozy