Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Comedy: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Clue (1985)
- Dir. Jonathan Lynn
Feat. Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn…
- Whodunnit comedy based on the well–known boardgame, with its characters undergoing the rounds of suspicion and questioning after a murder.…
Coca Cola Kid, The (1985)
- Dir. Dusan Makavejev
Feat. Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr…
- Quirky Aussie comedy about a Coca Cola marketing guru (Roberts) who visits a small town in the Australian outback to try and sell his product, only…
Creator (1985)
- Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano…
- A charmingly absurd sci–fi rom–com from the 1980's starring Peter O'Toole as a madcap scientist who applies his eccentric methodology to…
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
- Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn…
- Rosanna Arquette and Madonna shine in this spunky and spirited New York comedy/murder mystery – up there with the best of John Hughes' popular…
Fletch (1985)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson…
- Arguably considered his best feature comedy, Chevy Chase plays the titular newspaper reporter with a penchant for changing his identity who stumbles…
Get Out of My Room (1985)
- Dir. Richard Marin
Feat. Cheech and Chong, Cassandra Peterson, Mary Woronov…
- Cheech and Chong oddity, with the doped–out duo contriving four music–videos and a documentary about the whole deal.
Grunt - the Wrestling Movie (1985)
- Dir. Allan Holzman
Feat. Steven Cepello, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Robert Glaudini
- A mid–1980s attempt to cash in on the WWF wrestling craze, with a SPINAL TAP–esque mockumentary about the wrestler 'Mad Dog Joe De…
Lost in America (1985)
- Dir. Albert Brooks
Feat. Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty
- Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty give up their stressful yuppie lifestyle to travel in a road–home across America, but things don't go quite to…
Mischief (1985)
- Dir. Mel Damski
Feat. Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelly Preston, Chris Nash…
- Nostalgic teen comedy set in 50's Ohio, where an introverted teen attempts to win the love of the school heart throb, while his extroverted friend…
Morons From Outer Space (1985)
- Dir. Mike Hodges
Feat. Griff Rhys-Jones, Mel Smith, James B. Sikking…
- Tepid space comedy has four aliens crash land on a British motorway and are quickly captured by the authorities who quickly learn that maybe there…