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@@trinaq Yeah. He was a true gem of a person. It's just too bad he never took care of his health. I think I remember reading the trivia for PT&A that he had a crew bring in a treadmill to his trailer (or someplace) during production, but he never used it. :/
@@pinkace I know, right? They said Barbara got a real kick out of it! I have yet to meet anyone who can't quote something from Airplane. It was one of my late father's favorite movies. Even my late mother could quote the "don't call me Shirley" bit. She thought it was pretty funny!
Fun fact about the Blues Brothers, the mall they went crashing through was a failed mall that was basically closed at the time of filming, the cars in the parking lot were all planted, and nearly every storefront was fake. The Toys R Us was a Walgreens originally, but Walgreens had just finished moving out since the mall had, well failed, and didn't want to be involved in the movie. Pretty much immediately after filming, the mall was shuttered and left completely abandoned. It had no utilities or security, so it deteriorated, was vandalized, looted, and a haven for crime. It wasn't finally demolished until 2012 and by that point, it looked terrifying. It was called Dixie Square Mall.
@@Peyton-qf8vn yes they have Mel Brooks and Josh Gad so far attached to the project for Amazon prime. So it's gonna be odd if moranis doesn't come back. He says if there script is right he would be very interested. But who knows.
I came here to say the same thing. Princess Bride may be a fantasy/adventure, but it is absolutely a comedy too! And not only does it deserve to be on this list (in my humble opinion in the #2 spot behind Spaceballs) it objectively deserves at least a top 5 placement!
@@DavidJacobs-rl1rj Well, watchmojo didnt agree. That movie is more famous for it's over-the-top fanbase than anything. No doubt your argument would do well at the next ComicCon. Die hard had quite a bit of laughs, is it a comedy? I laughed several times during John Wick, must be a comedy. Some people just really enjoy going to list videos and telling everyone how wrong the list is and how much their opinion is more valuable.
movies not even on the list: Weekend At Bernie's (1989) Ruthless People (1986) Police Academy (1984) Adventures in Babysitting (1987) Three Amigos! (1986) The Cannonball Run (1981) Cannonball Run II (1984) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Nice list! Police Academy should’ve definitely been there though… And shoutout to Back to School, Used Cars, Stir Crazy, Weekend at Bernie’s, Twins, Look Who’s Talking, 3 Men and a Baby, Cocoon, Overboard, Bachelor Party, Porkys……. Plus, since you have Back to the Future (in a comedy list), a movie like The Princess Bride deserves to be mentioned as well. Even movies like Beverly Hills Cop, Crocodile Dundee, Married to the Mob.. as far as The Pope of Greenwich Village.
@JJnieves81 Yeah that’s a bit strange, but I mean An American Werewolf In London wasn’t on there either but I think many get confused with what genre it is, Beverly Hills Cop should not be really the case, Coming To America was groundbreaking which is why maybe they put it on the list.
So many fantastic movies😁Trading Places,Planes,Trains and Automobiles,Coming to America,Big,ClueNaked Gun,,Ghostbusters,Beetlejuice,Airplane. Back to the Future is legendary!😁Great,epic.Enjoyment! Excellent video! 😁
A pretty good list with many of my favs... coulda definitely included The Burbs, and Pee Wee's Big Adventure... Weekend at Bernie's... Princess Bride... dang, just so many greats from the 80's this should be a top 100 list
Fun video ! Some of these felt more like adventure or family movies than comedies. Let's say that walking in an old video store, I would not have aimed for the comedy section to pick em up :)
This list could easily be a list of the best comedies ever, not just in the 80's. This is basically a list of must watch movies for everyone. I miss John Candy he was so good in everything he did ❤️
I thought it was going to be "Life of Brian" at #1 until I realzed it was released in late 1979. To most people, that movie is (in practice) an 80's film. No complaints about "Back To The Future," but I do object to Goonies outranking Bill and Ted - bogus dudes!
"Big" was one of many body swap comedies which came out in 1987/1988, but is still fondly remembered today. It's likely a combination of Tom Hanks' winning, convincingly performance as a child in a adult's body, the famous piano scene, or shaking up the typical body swap formula by merely showing the story through one perspective, not two. As he matures, the adults around him rediscover their inner children.
People who find Big 'problematic' are the people that really enjoy being recreationally outraged. I think the movie shows (in addition to your points) that being serious and losing that inner child does not always equate to happiness. All the adults that are around Hanks' character grow and learn to hang on to a tiny bit of that child in them.
Some of the jokes feel dated nowadays, but the movies are still hilarious. "Clue" is probably my favourite, and so far, only, movie based on a board game. Plus, we get to choose from three endings.
I love Clue! My favorite bit is the multiple endings when it was in theaters. You didn't see all 3. They randomly chose one for each screening. So people would be confused when talking to each other about it.
@@jonmendelson1104 Yeah I left that one of my list because of the timing. Just wasnt sure. Personally, I thought Clue was a mediocre at best movie, and the multiple endings didnt work then (among most people at the time) and rarely does. Anyone watch Bandersnatch? The 'you decide which way the story goes' installment of Black Mirror? Yawnfest. Failed gimmick.
20 is too short a list. I wasn't expecting some of my obscure favorites like Gods Must Be Crazy, Amazon Women on the Moon or Midnight Madness but you don't have Beverly Hills Cop, Fletch, or even Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on this list.
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The Naked Gun and Back to the Future are by far my favorites of this list, and even top 10 in my forever list! Airplane is so hilarious! and loved Spinal Tap the first time I saw it! By the way, if Tarantino's said Back to the Future is a perfect movie, then it makes perfect sense to be the number one in this list :)
Personally, I'd agree with three quarters of this list for my own. Police Academy, Cannonball Run would be on my list, as well as Beverly Hills Cop, Mannequin, and Smokey and the Bandit 2. I'd also include a little-known and underrated film called High Spirits (starring Peter O'Toole and Steve Gutenberg). I remember watching it at the cinema and it's been one of my favourites ever since.
I was hoping "Spaceballs" would be on this list. That movie's sure funny as hell. I still think it's super funny. I have a copy of that movie on Blu-Ray. And who could forget that funny line by Dark Helmet: "I knew it, I'm surrounded by Assholes." There's just too many funny moments to list off from that movie. XD
Interesting how a lot of these classic comedies aren’t that funny to me now. I find them charming and well put together for the most part but less laugh out loud funny then I remember. Not a criticism as I mean that there’s a lot more than pure comedy to admire in a lot of these films. A lot of great acting, writing, directing and editing….with funny bits in.
After making the top 20 comedy films of the 1980s, when will Watchmojo make the top 20 films of the 80s? And why not make the top 20 action, science fiction, horror and animation films from the 1980s?
In terms of the ones I think are the funniest, I’m going with Airplane and The Naked Gun, but in terms of just movies, I’m going with Back To The Future with just being an amazing movie.
Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker recently published a book about the making of AIRPLANE...just read it, highly recommended (and yes, it's called SURELY YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS)
Whilst Spinal Tap is obviously taking a sly dig at comedic metal characters like Biff Byford from Saxon in his seemingly sprayed on gold tight trousers. It actually has a couple of direct references to things that really did happen on Black Sabbath tours.
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We've got it all on UHF.
Where are ''When Harry Meets Sally" ??? ... ''Princess Bride" ? ... " Uncle Buck" ?
""Heathers" ? ... "Major League" ... "Tootsie'' ... '''Arthur'' ...
airplane, beetlejuice, the naked gun and top secret!
Honourable mentions: Weekend At Bernies, Police Academy and Mannequin.
I just realized a lot of these films have John Candy in it.
True, Rest in Peace, John Candy. He seemed like a true gentleman, judging by the accounts of people who'd worked with him in the past.
And Ackroyd as well…
Good point there for sure
@@trinaq Yeah. He was a true gem of a person. It's just too bad he never took care of his health. I think I remember reading the trivia for PT&A that he had a crew bring in a treadmill to his trailer (or someplace) during production, but he never used it. :/
And the late great Leslie Nielsen.
Barbara Billingsley speaking Jive in Airplane is just insanely cool!
"Chump don' wan' no help, chump don' get no help!" ROTFLMAO!
@@ecclestonsangel That's the moment I lost it lol.
@@pinkace I know, right? They said Barbara got a real kick out of it! I have yet to meet anyone who can't quote something from Airplane. It was one of my late father's favorite movies. Even my late mother could quote the "don't call me Shirley" bit. She thought it was pretty funny!
@@ecclestonsangel it is THE funniest movie ever. But I didn’t know it came out in ‘80, I always thought mid 70’s.
Fun fact about the Blues Brothers, the mall they went crashing through was a failed mall that was basically closed at the time of filming, the cars in the parking lot were all planted, and nearly every storefront was fake. The Toys R Us was a Walgreens originally, but Walgreens had just finished moving out since the mall had, well failed, and didn't want to be involved in the movie. Pretty much immediately after filming, the mall was shuttered and left completely abandoned. It had no utilities or security, so it deteriorated, was vandalized, looted, and a haven for crime. It wasn't finally demolished until 2012 and by that point, it looked terrifying. It was called Dixie Square Mall.
It also had the largest car crash scene ever.
Leslie Nielsen is the Mozart of comedy
I almost cried when he died, I can’t care less about celebrities but his death touched me
1980s: Defined best generation of entertainment.
2024: Greedy bad decisions of entertainment.
Sad times in this generation.
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Weird Science?
Blazing Saddles?
Johnny Dangerously?
Bachelor Party?
Blazing Saddles came out in 1974
Not enough people remember Johnny Dangerously... seriously underrated Michael Keaton movie
‘Beetlejuice.’
‘Coming to America.’
‘Police Academy.’
If Rick Moranis is not in Spaceballs 2, forget it!
There’s a second Spaceballs?
@@Peyton-qf8vn yes they have Mel Brooks and Josh Gad so far attached to the project for Amazon prime. So it's gonna be odd if moranis doesn't come back. He says if there script is right he would be very interested. But who knows.
@@joeb.evrythngEclectic5571 Let’s just hope they don’t screw this up
It would be great to see Rick Moranis again. I understand why he retired from acting when he did, but he has been deeply missed.
The Search for More Money!
Police academy sound effects guy
He was in several popular movies.
His name is Michael Winslow. He was actually in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie also.
who is in Lavantula as well. Still making sound effects. Never thought I'd see him in a low budget Spider horror movie :)
He was the best!
Also in Spaceballs!
Police Academy, Back to School, The Great Outdoors, A Christmas Story and Christmas Vacation.
Naked gun 😂😂😂
Where in the hell is The Princess Bride!!!!!!! Inconceivable!
I would class The Princess Bride as a family/fantasy/fairy tale. It was those things before being funny.
Yeah it's funny but it's not really a comedy. Notice how none of the other movies on the list are anything like PB?
I agree! I expected it to be #1. It's exponentially funnier than Back to the Future.
I came here to say the same thing. Princess Bride may be a fantasy/adventure, but it is absolutely a comedy too! And not only does it deserve to be on this list (in my humble opinion in the #2 spot behind Spaceballs) it objectively deserves at least a top 5 placement!
@@DavidJacobs-rl1rj Well, watchmojo didnt agree. That movie is more famous for it's over-the-top fanbase than anything. No doubt your argument would do well at the next ComicCon. Die hard had quite a bit of laughs, is it a comedy? I laughed several times during John Wick, must be a comedy.
Some people just really enjoy going to list videos and telling everyone how wrong the list is and how much their opinion is more valuable.
Love how i watch all of them still and quote a majority of them on all daily basis
Back To The Future, Airplane "don't call me Shirley", the original Ghostbusters with "I've been slimed", The Blues Brothers, and other great movies.
The movies with John Candy, Bill Murry, Dan Ackeroid, and Eddie Murphy.
(Sigh) The good old days.
movies not even on the list: Weekend At Bernie's (1989) Ruthless People (1986) Police Academy (1984) Adventures in Babysitting (1987) Three Amigos! (1986) The Cannonball Run (1981) Cannonball Run II (1984) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
This was so nostalgic. I grew up with these movies. Now I want to rewatch all of them!
Nice list! Police Academy should’ve definitely been there though…
And shoutout to Back to School, Used Cars, Stir Crazy, Weekend at Bernie’s, Twins, Look Who’s Talking, 3 Men and a Baby, Cocoon, Overboard, Bachelor Party, Porkys…….
Plus, since you have Back to the Future (in a comedy list), a movie like The Princess Bride deserves to be mentioned as well. Even movies like Beverly Hills Cop, Crocodile Dundee, Married to the Mob.. as far as The Pope of Greenwich Village.
This is a list of films I need to watch again this winter!
Excellent list. One of my comedy favorites from the 80's is Three O'Clock High (87')
I loved that movie!
Beverly Hills Cop ? How is that not on here
Yup Agreed
That’s what I just said!
@JJnieves81 Yeah that’s a bit strange, but I mean An American Werewolf In London wasn’t on there either but I think many get confused with what genre it is, Beverly Hills Cop should not be really the case, Coming To America was groundbreaking which is why maybe they put it on the list.
So many fantastic movies😁Trading Places,Planes,Trains and Automobiles,Coming to America,Big,ClueNaked Gun,,Ghostbusters,Beetlejuice,Airplane. Back to the Future is legendary!😁Great,epic.Enjoyment! Excellent video! 😁
A pretty good list with many of my favs... coulda definitely included The Burbs, and Pee Wee's Big Adventure... Weekend at Bernie's... Princess Bride... dang, just so many greats from the 80's this should be a top 100 list
Watching this and realizing I am soooo Gen X. I loved all of these movies!
Stripes "You areva madman, I want to party with you" 😂😂
I ❤ ‘Back to the Future.’
The Goonies, The Ghostbusters and Back to the Future are my favourites ever!
Blazing Saddles should be on this list
That came out in the 70's.
@@ciaranmcloughlin7165you beat me to it lol
Blazing Saddles came out in 1974.
its amazing how many 80s comedies are timeless
On my list, I would’ve had “The great outdoors”. I would drop “Clue” but I like your list too.
Fun video ! Some of these felt more like adventure or family movies than comedies. Let's say that walking in an old video store, I would not have aimed for the comedy section to pick em up :)
It’s nice to see that they still got it, man!
Seeing Dark Helmet and his commander view themselves doesn’t get any more meta than it did then.
No Bachelor Party? And a whole list of other movies that should have made the list also
Airplane! is the funniest comedy movie PERIOD. I still laugh so hard from it no matter how many times I’ve watched it 😂🤣
You're voice Is amazing sir
Ain't no way The Toy get released in 2024 but was funny af to me growing up
This list could easily be a list of the best comedies ever, not just in the 80's. This is basically a list of must watch movies for everyone. I miss John Candy he was so good in everything he did ❤️
A Fish Called Wanda is one of my favorite comedies ever
Porky's, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Sixteen Candles, and Weird Science should be on this list.
Probably deemed "too offensive" By Woke Mojo lol
I thought it was going to be "Life of Brian" at #1 until I realzed it was released in late 1979. To most people, that movie is (in practice) an 80's film. No complaints about "Back To The Future," but I do object to Goonies outranking Bill and Ted - bogus dudes!
I heard that her dad is inspiration to buy something in his robe. I heard us something to do with the Deadpool.
"Big" was one of many body swap comedies which came out in 1987/1988, but is still fondly remembered today. It's likely a combination of Tom Hanks' winning, convincingly performance as a child in a adult's body, the famous piano scene, or shaking up the typical body swap formula by merely showing the story through one perspective, not two. As he matures, the adults around him rediscover their inner children.
People who find Big 'problematic' are the people that really enjoy being recreationally outraged. I think the movie shows (in addition to your points) that being serious and losing that inner child does not always equate to happiness. All the adults that are around Hanks' character grow and learn to hang on to a tiny bit of that child in them.
Airplane! Is probably the funniest movie I’ve ever seen, it never gets old.
Forty years of ‘Ghostbusters.’
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excellent choice dude :)
The Princess Bride should definitely be in the top ten!
John Candy, really was at his height in the 80s.
The movie comedies in the '80s is not complete without any cars and hijinks involved.
I miss those simple days.
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! Randolph and Mortimer Duke scene in "Coming to America" (1988) was also hilarious..!!
80s comedies are on this weekend 🍿🍿🍻
Some of the jokes feel dated nowadays, but the movies are still hilarious. "Clue" is probably my favourite, and so far, only, movie based on a board game. Plus, we get to choose from three endings.
Ouija and Battleship.
I love Clue! My favorite bit is the multiple endings when it was in theaters. You didn't see all 3. They randomly chose one for each screening. So people would be confused when talking to each other about it.
I'm not sure if it counts since it wasn't an established game (both came out in 95), but Jumanji is based on a board game.
@@jonmendelson1104 Yeah I left that one of my list because of the timing. Just wasnt sure. Personally, I thought Clue was a mediocre at best movie, and the multiple endings didnt work then (among most people at the time) and rarely does. Anyone watch Bandersnatch? The 'you decide which way the story goes' installment of Black Mirror? Yawnfest. Failed gimmick.
20 is too short a list. I wasn't expecting some of my obscure favorites like Gods Must Be Crazy, Amazon Women on the Moon or Midnight Madness but you don't have Beverly Hills Cop, Fletch, or even Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on this list.
they forgot Back to School, Rodney Dangerfield, Sam Kinison, Ned Beatty, Robert Downey Jr
The Blues Brothers is still the only film that I saw on a weekly basis for nearly a year. Still enjoy the insanity and music. ❤❤❤
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Ghostbusters is one of my favorite comedies; I watch the original all the time. 💖🎉
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The Naked Gun and Back to the Future are by far my favorites of this list, and even top 10 in my forever list!
Airplane is so hilarious! and loved Spinal Tap the first time I saw it!
By the way, if Tarantino's said Back to the Future is a perfect movie, then it makes perfect sense to be the number one in this list :)
Now that's Comedy
Beetlejuice is still hilarious 😆
For the 40th anniversary of Stripes, a US Army unit(I forget which one or of it was a basic training unit) recreated the Stripes graduation drill
Personally, I'd agree with three quarters of this list for my own. Police Academy, Cannonball Run would be on my list, as well as Beverly Hills Cop, Mannequin, and Smokey and the Bandit 2. I'd also include a little-known and underrated film called High Spirits (starring Peter O'Toole and Steve Gutenberg). I remember watching it at the cinema and it's been one of my favourites ever since.
Spaceballs is my personal alltime fav movie! There will never be anything better then that! I'll bet my schwarts on it!
I was hoping "Spaceballs" would be on this list. That movie's sure funny as hell. I still think it's super funny. I have a copy of that movie on Blu-Ray. And who could forget that funny line by Dark Helmet: "I knew it, I'm surrounded by Assholes." There's just too many funny moments to list off from that movie. XD
"Keep firing, Assholes!" -Dark Helmet
They are all very special and talented
Great list but where is The Princess Bride?
Interesting how a lot of these classic comedies aren’t that funny to me now. I find them charming and well put together for the most part but less laugh out loud funny then I remember.
Not a criticism as I mean that there’s a lot more than pure comedy to admire in a lot of these films. A lot of great acting, writing, directing and editing….with funny bits in.
dang uncle buck didnt make it
Here are some that didn't make the list. Beverly Hills Cop, Revenge of the Nerds, Vice Versa and The Princess Bride.
You forgot “The Three Amigos!”
Should've added The Great Outdoors to this list.
Wow no Princess Bride, inconceivable. I also liked Beverly Hills Cop, Police Academy and Pee-wee's Big adventure.
How did y’all skip over The Princess Bride entirely?!
Started watching wondering if they’d mention a film I didn’t like, turns out I still watch all these films
Real Genius (my fav 80s movie), Beverly Hills Cop, Real Science.
Do "90's Movies that are still Hilarious"!
No “Beverly Hills Cop”!? How do you make a list like this and forget about BHC!? Who’s making these lists, concussed Gen-Zers!?
You need Back to School here too.
I love Joyce, he's my favorite writer. Now that's what I call marine biology! I'm worried about Lou. He may lose his trigger finger.
@@linda10989 don’t forget “What are you studying?” “Poetry” “oh yeah? Well, maybe you can help me straighten out my Longfellow”
Clue is a hilarious movie and I love to watch it again an again like every 2 months
After making the top 20 comedy films of the 1980s, when will Watchmojo make the top 20 films of the 80s?
And why not make the top 20 action, science fiction, horror and animation films from the 1980s?
In terms of the ones I think are the funniest, I’m going with Airplane and The Naked Gun, but in terms of just movies, I’m going with Back To The Future with just being an amazing movie.
Personally, I would have put Spaceballs and Airplane above Back to the Future. But it's a tough call between all 3
There is no WatchMojo. Only Zuul.
Police Academy and Revenge of the Nerds! So problematic by today's standards but still hilarious!
Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker recently published a book about the making of AIRPLANE...just read it, highly recommended (and yes, it's called SURELY YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS)
Number 10. I would rather talk about--DAY-O!! DAAAAAAYYYYY-O!!!
Honorable mention SUMMER SCHOOL
I agree with that there’s a prequel or something I wanna see that
U forgot Me Mom, when Harry met Sally and Manequin
Rip Andre the giant
Whilst Spinal Tap is obviously taking a sly dig at comedic metal characters like Biff Byford from Saxon in his seemingly sprayed on gold tight trousers. It actually has a couple of direct references to things that really did happen on Black Sabbath tours.
I heard about this is a parody movie you knew know that there’s actually also a TV show that and Berle juice
Nah ya really missed out police academy Beverly hills cops
So many good movies ❤
Where are ''When Harry Meets Sally" ??? ... ''Princess Bride" ? ... " Uncle Buck" ?
Goonies should be in the top 3!
I just re-watched STRIPSE, Bill & Ted, Trains Planes & Automobiles & Trading Places again recently! - They're STILL Hilarious!!! - FACT !!!
Top 20 live action films that almost were live action animated hybrids