Comedy
Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? A: The fish. Much like that joke, comedy comes down to personal taste and what one finds funny or not. Some like their humour light and frothy and very generalised, while others like it to have an edge and go for a more twisted, darker humour. The motherlode of this genre can be scrolled below. Either way, we're sure there will be something for everybody in the subsections on the left.
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All Of Me (1984)
6.7/10
Director: Carl Reiner
Starring: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant
Delightful fantasy comedy, as Steve Martin stars as a lawyer who must share his body with a recently deceased, pampered Lily Tomlin. Martin's schizoid... Read more
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
7.3/10
Director: Martin Brest
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton
The heat is on in Beverly Hills Cop, the classic fast-paced '80s action comedy starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street smart Detroit cop trackin... Read more
City Heat (1984)
5.5/10
Director: Richard Benjamin
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Irene Cara, Rip Torn, Richard Rou...
Set in Kansas City 1933 where a wise-cracking private eye (Burt Reynolds) and a no-nonsense cop (Clint Eastwood) go up against the mob. Read more
Comfort And Joy (1984)
6.9/10
Director: Bill Forsyth
Starring: Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Alex Norton
The acclaimed director Bill Forsyth ("Gregors Girl" "Local Hero") is back with another hilarious, off-beat look at human nature. Bill Paterson plays A... Read more
Ghostbusters (1984)
7.8/10
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Po...
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis are three unemployed parapsychology professors who set up shop as a high-profile ghost removal service; but... Read more
Moscow On The Hudson (1984)
6.5/10
Director: Paul Mazursky
Starring: Maria Conchita Alonso, Robin Williams, Alejandro Rey
Paul Mazursky ('An Unmarried Woman', 'Down And Out In Beverley Hills') limits the abrupt improvisations that marred Robin Williams other work, guiding... Read more
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
6.6/10
Director: Jeff Kanew
Starring: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Ted McGinley
One of the more engaging of the silly teen-sex comedies, with Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards leading fellow campus nerds to form their own frate... Read more
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas (1984)
5.3/10
Director: John Goldschmidt
Starring: Julie Walters, Anthony Higgins, Jane Evers
Eight woman assemble for a week long survival course. In experiencing the limits of their endurance they have created a uniquely moving, sensitive mot... Read more
Wheels On Meals (1984)
7.2/10
Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Richard Ng
A Jackie Chan spectacular with Jackie and Yuen Biao selling Chinese food from their van in Barcelona, Spain. Soon, their involvement with a pickpocket... Read more
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
Director: W D Richter
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Peter Weller
Buckaroo Banzai is a skilled neurosurgeon and physicist who becomes bored with his scientific and medical work and embarks on a career as a rock star... Read more