| Rank | Picture | Title | Description | Director | Stars | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |  |
This Is Spinal Tap1984 | A razor-sharp mockumentary about a fictional heavy metal band whose comeback tour collapses into absurd backstage disasters and brilliantly improvised deadpan comedy. | Rob Reiner | Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest | Watch |
| #2 |  |
Back to the Future1985 | A teen accidentally travels from 1985 to 1955 in a DeLorean time machine, forcing him to repair his parents’ romance while racing to return home. | Robert Zemeckis | Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson | Watch |
| #3 |  |
Crimes and Misdemeanors1989 | Woody Allen blends dark comedy and moral drama in intersecting stories about guilt, infidelity, success and the consequences people choose to ignore. | Woody Allen | Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Bill Bernstein | Watch |
| #4 |  |
A Christmas Story1983 | A nostalgic holiday comedy following young Ralphie Parker’s single-minded campaign to receive a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas despite repeated warnings. | Bob Clark | Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin | Watch |
| #5 |  |
Zelig1983 | A mock-documentary about Leonard Zelig, a human chameleon who becomes a celebrity by unconsciously changing personality and appearance to fit those around him. | Woody Allen | Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Patrick Horgan | Watch |
| #6 |  |
Airplane!1980 | A landmark spoof comedy that fires jokes at machine-gun speed as an ex-pilot must overcome trauma to land a crisis-stricken passenger flight. | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen | Watch |
| #7 |  |
Broadway Danny Rose1984 | A small-time New York talent agent is pulled into romantic and criminal chaos while trying to help a lounge singer reach the big time. | Woody Allen | Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte | Watch |
| #8 |  |
The Purple Rose of Cairo1985 | During the Depression, a lonely moviegoer’s life changes when a charming screen character steps out of the film and into the real world. | Woody Allen | Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello | Watch |
| #9 |  |
The Breakfast Club1985 | Five high-school students from different social groups spend Saturday detention together and discover the insecurities hidden beneath their labels. | John Hughes | Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald | Watch |
| #10 |  |
Midnight Run1988 | A bounty hunter escorts a talkative mob accountant across America, dodging gangsters, federal agents and rival hunters in a fast, funny action-comedy. | Martin Brest | Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto | Watch |
| #11 |  |
Victor/Victoria1982 | A struggling singer in 1930s Paris finds success by posing as a male performer who impersonates women, creating a sophisticated farce about identity and performance. | Blake Edwards | Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston | Watch |
| #12 |  |
Radio Days1987 | A warm ensemble comedy built from childhood memories, family anecdotes and the golden age of radio in 1930s and 1940s New York. | Woody Allen | Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Mike Starr | Watch |
| #13 |  |
Diner1982 | A group of Baltimore friends wrestle with adulthood, marriage and loyalty while hanging out at their favourite diner in this character-driven comedy-drama. | Barry Levinson | Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon | Watch |
| #14 |  |
After Hours1985 | A mild-mannered word processor’s late-night trip through downtown New York becomes an escalating nightmare of coincidences, eccentric strangers and darkly comic danger. | Martin Scorsese | Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom | Watch |
| #15 |  |
My Favorite Year1982 | A young television writer must supervise a hard-drinking swashbuckling movie star booked for a live 1950s variety show appearance. | Richard Benjamin | Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper | Watch |
| #16 |  |
Broadcast News1987 | A witty newsroom comedy-drama about ambition, romance and journalistic ethics, centred on a producer, a reporter and a charismatic anchor. | James L. Brooks | William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter | Watch |
| #17 |  |
Ferris Bueller's Day Off1986 | A charismatic teenager skips school for one perfect Chicago adventure, dragging along his best friend and girlfriend while outwitting a determined principal. | John Hughes | Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara | Watch |
| #18 |  |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit1988 | A dazzling blend of live action and animation in which a hard-boiled detective investigates a toon star framed for murder in 1940s Hollywood. | Robert Zemeckis | Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy | Watch |
| #19 |  |
Ghostbusters1984 | Three eccentric parapsychologists start a paranormal extermination business in New York and stumble into a supernatural threat of citywide proportions. | Ivan Reitman | Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver | Watch |
| #20 |  |
Say Anything...1989 | A sincere underachiever falls for a brilliant valedictorian after graduation, creating one of the decade’s most enduring romantic comedy-dramas. | Cameron Crowe | John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney | Watch |
| #21 |  |
Heathers1988 | A pitch-black teen satire about popularity, cruelty and rebellion, following a high-school outsider whose dangerous romance takes revenge fantasies too far. | Michael Lehmann | Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty | Watch |
| #22 |  |
Mystery Train1989 | Jim Jarmusch’s offbeat comedy interweaves stories of travelers and locals around a Memphis hotel, Elvis mythology and nocturnal misadventures. | Jim Jarmusch | Masatoshi Nagase, Yuki Kudo, Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Watch |
| #23 |  |
The Stunt Man1980 | A fugitive hides on a film set and becomes a stunt performer, entering a surreal world where danger, illusion and manipulation overlap. | Richard Rush | Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey | Watch |
| #24 |  |
Hairspray1988 | John Waters’ exuberant dance comedy follows a Baltimore teenager who becomes a TV sensation and challenges racial segregation on a local music show. | John Waters | Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine | Watch |
| #25 |  |
When Harry Met Sally...1989 | A beloved romantic comedy tracking years of friendship, attraction and debate between two New Yorkers who wonder whether men and women can truly be friends. | Rob Reiner | Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher | Watch |
| #26 |  |
A Fish Called Wanda1988 | A stylish British-American caper comedy about double-crossing thieves, an uptight barrister and a jewel heist that spirals into farce. | Charles Crichton, John Cleese | John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline | Watch |
| #27 |  |
Raising Arizona1987 | The Coen brothers’ madcap crime comedy follows an ex-con and a police officer who kidnap one of a furniture magnate’s quintuplets. | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson | Watch |
| #28 |  |
Lost in America1985 | A yuppie couple quit their jobs to rediscover themselves on the road, only to learn that dropping out of society is not so simple. | Albert Brooks | Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Sylvia Farrel | Watch |
| #29 |  |
Big1988 | A boy’s wish to become grown-up magically turns him into an adult, giving Tom Hanks a warm showcase for innocence, playfulness and comic timing. | Penny Marshall | Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia | Watch |
| #30 |  |
Tootsie1982 | A difficult actor disguises himself as a woman to get a soap-opera role and unexpectedly learns lessons about empathy, ego and gender politics. | Sydney Pollack | Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr | Watch |
| #31 |  |
An American Werewolf in London1981 | A horror-comedy classic about an American backpacker cursed after a wolf attack, balancing gruesome transformation effects with mordant humour. | John Landis | David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Joe Belcher | Watch |
| #32 |  |
The Blues Brothers1980 | Jake and Elwood Blues set out on a mission from God to save an orphanage, triggering car chases, musical numbers and comic mayhem. | John Landis | John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway | Watch |
| #33 |  |
Planes, Trains and Automobiles1987 | An uptight executive and a well-meaning shower-curtain-ring salesman endure a disastrous journey home for Thanksgiving in John Hughes’ heartfelt road comedy. | John Hughes | Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins | Watch |
| #34 |  |
Repo Man1984 | A punk drifter becomes a repossession agent and gets pulled into a strange chase involving stolen cars, aliens and anti-establishment satire. | Alex Cox | Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter | Watch |
| #35 |  |
Moonstruck1987 | A widowed Italian-American bookkeeper falls unexpectedly in love with her fiancé’s passionate brother in a romantic comedy full of family chaos and operatic feeling. | Norman Jewison | Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis | Watch |
| #36 |  |
Bull Durham1988 | A veteran catcher, a wild young pitcher and a devoted baseball fan form a funny, romantic triangle around a minor-league season. | Ron Shelton | Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins | Watch |
| #37 |  |
Trading Places1983 | A snobbish broker and a street hustler have their lives swapped by two wealthy manipulators, setting up a sharp satire of class and greed. | John Landis | Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy | Watch |
| #38 |  |
Polyester1981 | John Waters’ outrageous suburban satire follows a long-suffering housewife surrounded by adultery, delinquency and bad taste, originally released with Odorama gimmicks. | John Waters | Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey | Watch |
| #39 |  |
Torch Song Trilogy1988 | A drag performer searches for love, family acceptance and dignity in this funny and emotional adaptation of Harvey Fierstein’s stage work. | Paul Bogart | Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein | Watch |
| #40 |  |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen1988 | Terry Gilliam’s lavish fantasy comedy follows the legendary baron through impossible adventures filled with theatrical imagination and visual invention. | Terry Gilliam | John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley | Watch |
| #41 |  |
National Lampoon's Vacation1983 | The Griswold family’s cross-country road trip to Walley World becomes a catalogue of disasters in this defining suburban travel comedy. | Harold Ramis | Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca | Watch |
| #42 |  |
Good Morning, Vietnam1987 | Robin Williams stars as an irreverent Armed Forces Radio DJ whose comic broadcasts energise troops while clashing with military authority in wartime Saigon. | Barry Levinson | Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran | Watch |
| #43 |  |
Better Off Dead1985 | A surreal teen comedy about heartbreak, skiing, paperboys and absurd fantasy sequences as a dumped high-schooler tries to win back his girlfriend. | Savage Steve Holland | John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby | Watch |
| #44 |  |
Sixteen Candles1984 | John Hughes’ teen comedy follows Samantha Baker through a disastrous sixteenth birthday that her family forgets amid wedding chaos and high-school embarrassment. | John Hughes | Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry | Watch |
| #45 |  |
Stardust Memories1980 | A filmmaker reflects on fame, romance and artistic dissatisfaction during a retrospective weekend in Woody Allen’s surreal black-and-white comedy-drama. | Woody Allen | Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper | Watch |
| #46 |  |
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988 | Leslie Nielsen’s clueless detective Frank Drebin stumbles through a plot to assassinate the Queen in a relentless barrage of visual gags and wordplay. | David Zucker | Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, O. J. Simpson | Watch |
| #47 |  |
Something Wild1986 | A buttoned-up businessman is swept into a wild weekend by a free-spirited woman, before the comedy turns darker with an ex-con’s arrival. | Jonathan Demme | Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, George 'Red' Schwartz | Watch |
| #48 |  |
Gremlins1984 | A Christmas creature feature turns into anarchic comedy when adorable Gizmo spawns mischievous monsters that overrun a small town. | Joe Dante | Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton | Watch |
| #49 |  |
Risky Business1983 | A suburban teenager turns his parents’ absence into a wild entrepreneurial misadventure in the stylish comedy that helped define Tom Cruise’s early stardom. | Paul Brickman | Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano | Watch |
| #50 |  |
Beetlejuice1988 | Tim Burton’s macabre comedy follows recently deceased homeowners who hire a chaotic bio-exorcist to scare away the living family occupying their house. | Tim Burton | Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton | Watch |
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