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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Caddyshack & Caddyshack II (1980)
7.3/10
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring: Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Jackie Mason, Robert Stack, Dyan C...
Caddyshack (1980): Good taste is thrown by the wayside as Chevy Chase and Rodney Dangerfield are just two of the crazy members of an exclusive country... Read more
Stardust Memories (1980)
7.4/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper
Woody Allen plays a troubled filmmaker attending a film seminar weekend where space aliens confide that they enjoyed his earlier, funnier movies. He a... Read more
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
6.1/10
Director: Buddy Van Horn
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke, William Smith, Harry Guardino, Rut...
Clint Eastwood stars in this sequel to 'Every Which Way But Loose', about the comic adventures, fights and romantic pursuits of a Los Angeles trucker... Read more
Bronco Billy (1980)
6.1/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis
This warmhearted yarn centres around Clint Eastwood as the owner of a fly-by-night Wild West show and the spoiled heiress who joins his entourage of e... Read more
The City Of Women (1980)
Director: Federico Fellini
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucel, Bernice Stegers
Marcello Mastroianni stars as the bruised, baffled, bedazzled man who stumbles into a feminist convention, setting off a series of wild surrealistic f... Read more
Flying High! ( aka Airplane! ) (1980)
6.5/10
Director: David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Starring: Julie Hagerty, Robert Hays, Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges
A funny spoof of 'Airport'-type disaster movies with non-stop hilarity that holds up to the end. Starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, R... Read more
9 To 5 (1980)
6.8/10
Director: Colin Higgins
Starring: Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Wilson, Sterlin...
Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton star in this hit comedy about three secretaries who get even with their sexist, insensitive boss and raise of... Read more
Used Cars (1980)
6.8/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham
Outrageous comedy about used car dealer rivalry. 'A classic screwball fantasy - a neglected modern comedy that's like a more restless and visually hig... Read more
The Young Master (1980)
7.3/10
Director: Jackie Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Wei Pei, Yuen Biao, Li Li-Li, Sheck Kin
One of Jackie Chan's first films as director/star that rocketed him to world-wide recognition. This colourful period-comedy follows Jackie as he seeks... Read more
Private Benjamin (1980)
6.1/10
Director: Howard Zieff
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante
Goldie Hawn is delightful as a spoiled Jewish/American princess who decides to get away from her life by joining the "new liberal" Army. Her army camp... Read more