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of the 1980s

The 20 highest-rated comedy movies released between 1980 and 1989, ranked by IMDb score.

1

Back to the Future(1985)

8.5 IMDb93% RT88 Meta

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage

2

Time of the Gypsies(1988)

8.1 IMDb100% RT

In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those

3

Eddie Murphy: Delirious(1983)

8.1 IMDb83% RT

Taped live and in concert at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. in August, 1983, Eddie Murphy: Delirious captures Eddie Murphy's wild and outrageous stand-up comedy act, which he performed in New Y

4

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears(1980)

8 IMDb40% RT

Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her f

5

The Blues Brothers(1980)

7.9 IMDb71% RT60 Meta

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

6

Back to the Future Part II(1989)

7.8 IMDb63% RT57 Meta

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditc

7

Kin-dza-dza!(1986)

7.8 IMDb

Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-dza galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips w

8

Ferris Bueller's Day Off(1986)

7.8 IMDb83% RT61 Meta

After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best fri

9

Brazil(1985)

7.8 IMDb98% RT84 Meta

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wr

10

The Breakfast Club(1985)

7.8 IMDb87% RT66 Meta

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Bri

11

Ghostbusters(1984)

7.8 IMDb95% RT71 Meta

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.

12

Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988)

7.7 IMDb96% RT83 Meta

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acm

13

Evil Dead II(1987)

7.7 IMDb88% RT72 Meta

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they pl

14

The Goonies(1985)

7.7 IMDb77% RT62 Meta

Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition. However, on their quest to find the treasure, they r

15

The Marquis of Grillo(1981)

7.7 IMDb

In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to

16

After Hours(1985)

7.6 IMDb90% RT89 Meta

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

17

Nothing Left to Do But Cry(1984)

7.6 IMDb

Two 20th-century friends accidentally stumble into the year 1492, where they meet a charming teen and try to alter history.

18

My Friends Act II(1982)

7.6 IMDb

The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes, and while they rec

19

Police Story(1985)

7.5 IMDb93% RT78 Meta

Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Se

20

Sorry for the Delay(1983)

7.3 IMDb

Vincenzo, a 30 years old apathetic and lazy man who still lives with his mother, has no job and no desire to improve. He meets Anna and fell in love with her but to keep the relationship alive he has

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