Top 15 Comedies From the Golden Age of Comedy - The 1980s

I am a huge fan of ball movies and there accept been some abundant ones lately. The Hangover was an burning archetypal that anon jumped assimilate one of the Top 3 spots on my best admired comedies list. The Aughts had abundant ones like Wedding Crashers and Old School. And of advance the 90s had a brace of my favorites in The Big Lebowski and Swingers.

But for my money, no added decade rivals the 1980s for Ball Movies; it was the Golden Age of Comedies. The amazing affair about the 80s was the arduous abyss of abundant comedies as able-bodied as the adroitness of the writers. You don't accept me? Able-bodied accede that on my claimed account of the Top 30 Comedies of the 1980s, Airplane! and Sixteen Candles do not appearance up until numbers 20 and 21. That is depth.

Because of the abysmal ball acreage from the 1980s it is fun to browse through all the affiliate rankings for this class as they alter dramatically. Using the rankings of all members, we accept aggregate a abounding boilerplate blended baronial of the Top 35 Comedies from the 1980s. However, to board our ever-shrinking absorption spans, we present the Top 15 from that account with abbreviate Twitter-like descriptions.

1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Combine 3 top academy seniors with bounce agitation in Chicago, bandy in Dad's best convertible Ferrari and you end up with an ballsy chance is the backbiting of every hooking-playing teenager.

2. Caddyshack

Often acreage at the top of lists for both Sports movies and Comedies. This amusing cine about golf caddies absolutely shines because of ablaze performances by Bill Murray and Ted Knight.

3. Airplane!

Not one of my favorites on the account but abounding accede it a Top 10 Ball of all time. This is the granddaddy of the apology cine dabbling fun at the adversity movies of the 70s. "And don't alarm me Shirley."

4. The Blues Brothers

"It's 106 afar to Chicago, we've got a abounding catchbasin of gas, bisected a backpack of cigarettes, its aphotic and we're acid sunglasses. Hit it!" And appropriately starts one of the silliest, a lot of annihilative car hunt scenes in cine history.

5. Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Jeff Spicoli! That's absolutely all you accept to say as this cine has one of the greatest comedic characters anytime created for a cine - and performed by a non-comedic actor. Brilliant!

6. Ghostbusters

"Boy, the Super's gonna be pissed!" This is one of abounding abundant curve from this acid bend classic. I still bethink the boys traveling on David Letterman afore the cine came out and they deadpanned it so able-bodied that I candidly could not acquaint if they absolutely believed in ghosts or not.

7. The Breakfast Club

Some purists ability say that TBC was a ball not a comedy, but it is still one of the funniest movies I accept anytime seen. Abundant characters, a archetypal storyline about stereotypes and a amusing ambience in weekend detention, what added could you want. And acclaim to John Hughes for landing two of the Top 7 ball slots.

8. This is Spinal Tap

Before there was absoluteness TV or mock-umentaries like Blair Witch, there was Spinal Tap. Talk about originality. This fabulous chance about the acceleration and abatement of a abundant metal bedrock bandage is outstanding. Nigel anecdotic his amp that goes to Eleven in aggregate is one of my admired scenes.

9. Big

This chance has been adapted abounding times over the years but this is the aboriginal - as far as I know. A guy bent up in the rat chase becomes a kid afresh and through that process, rediscovers what is important in life. While funny at times, I adopted Hanks in Splash, which abominably did not even accomplish the Top 35 list.

10. Bull Durham

Another of the abundant Sports Comedies, Bull Durham is the chance of players disturbing to accord with activity in the accessory leagues. This aswell ends up at the top of a lot of sports lovers lists and all-embracing is a accept to see comedy.

11. Raising Arizona

Its allotment aphotic comedy, allotment ball escapade and all-embracing a ceaseless adventure. We get Goodman's aboriginal abundant comedic role, Holly Hunter and Nicholas Cage bloom as comedians and the Coen Brothers barrage a ablaze comedic career with this classic.

12. Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Steve Martin and the backward John Candy are absurd in this account of business travelers aggravating to get home for the Thanksgiving holiday. This is appropriate up there with Roxanne, as one of Steve Martin's best comedic roles. While the action are big, the blur is aswell affecting and poignant. A absolute gem.

13. Vacation

Definitely Chevy Chase's best cine role, abominably it was mostly decline from there for Chase. Road trips accept been abundant ball fun over the years and this is the granddaddy of them all.

14. Spaceballs

This is a Mel Brooks apology of the Star Wars series. I accept to accept that I accept never apparent this cine so it is boxy to comment. However, I accept heard that anybody loves John Candy's role as Chewbacca.

15. Revenge of the Nerds

This is the aboriginal afterwards which every Michael Cera and Jon Heder cine is shaped. It is a amusing academy ball of the little guy advantageous the BMOC. I admired Napoleon Dynamite and Superbad, but you accept to appearance the aboriginal to absolutely adore the newer beatnik flicks.