Comedy Movies · 1980s Ranked
Best Comedy Movies of the 1980s, Ranked by IQ Score
The decade John Hughes, the SNL alumni, and the post-Animal House comedy era converged. Ranked by IQ Score.
The 1980s in comedy cinema is the decade three major streams converged: John Hughes's high-school catalog, the SNL alumni feature-film catalog, and the post-Animal House R-rated mainstream comedy era. Ghostbusters (1984), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Trading Places (1983), and Coming to America (1988) all released within five years.
Anchor picks: This Is Spinal Tap is the canonical mockumentary entry. Ghostbusters is the canonical SNL-alumni-blockbuster. Big (1988) is Tom Hanks's career-defining comedy entry. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) is the canonical British-American hybrid.
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