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	United States
Private Benjamin	Howard Zieff	Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante	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
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
Melvin and Howard	Jonathan Demme	Paul Le Mat, Mary Steenburgen, Pamela Reed, Jason Robards	United States	Comedy-drama
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 Blues Brothers	John Landis	John Belusi, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher	United States
1981
Stripes	Ivan Reitman	Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, John Candy, John Laroquette, Judge Reinhold	United States
1982
Airplane II: The Sequel	Ken Finkleman	Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett	United States
Porky's	Bob Clark	Kim Cattrall, Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight	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
Splash	Ron Howard	Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy	United States
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
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
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
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
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
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