Best Comedy Films of 1988
Married to the Mob
Michelle Pfeiffer is Married ... bait. Reluctantly (he's grown quite fond of her himself), Modine blackmails Pfeiffer into setting up a rendezvous with Stockwell. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Moon over Parador
Jack Noah (Richard Dreyfuss) ... meeting with a stunt man friend (Michael Greene) inspires a caper that will change all of the characters' fates. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Sunset
Director Blake Edwards departed ... mystery. Along the way, they encounter the shady Alfie Alperin (Malcom McDowell) and the intriguing Cheryl King (Mariel Hemingway). [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Coming to America
Coming to America casts ... of his works. Buchwald carried the case to trial, where he won a sizeable judgement against the film's producers. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
A Fish Called Wanda
In A Fish Called ... that her pet dogs keep getting in the way). A Fish Called Wanda was scripted by star John Cleese. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Big Business
Thanks to a mix-up ... twins team up to save the small-town company, while CEO Midler remains as nastily greedy as ever. Clear enough? [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Midnight Run
Director Martin Brest, of ... entertaining aspect of Midnight Run: the slam-bang action and chase sequences or the verbal byplay between DeNiro and Grodin. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
High Spirits
The owner of an ... result was an awkward, forced comedy that more often than not falls flat, squandering a strong collection of talent. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Diary of a Big Man
Internationally renowned filmmaker Tsui ... it constantly seem fresh and amusing. Carrie Ng leads an impressive supporting cast including David Wu and Shing Fui-on. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Twins
The central "gimmick" of ... the notion of "perfect" genetics, and makes several pointed comments concerning the dangers of youthful pre-conditioning by insensitive parents. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Without a Clue
According to Without a ... actor (Michael Caine) to pose as Holmes. Trouble is, the preening actor hasn't got a clue -- about anything. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Caddyshack II
This comedy returns to ... snobs learn a valuable lesson, the millionaire gets to join, and his daughter and her lover are finally united. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is ... and Caine vie over the honor of fleecing ingenuous heiress Glenne Headly (in a role originated by Shirley Jones). [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
The Greatest Lover
Three buffoons from the ... Yun-fat) gets lost and finds himself the student -- a la Eliza Doolittle-style -- of an high-powered image maker. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Big Top Pee-Wee
Paul Reubens's followup to ... fans. Even so, there are plenty of hilarious set-pieces. Big Top Pee-Wee was produced and cowritten by Paul Reubens. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Scrooged
A darkly comic and ... tasteless bit, John Forsythe. Richard Donner directs, from a script credited to the late Michael O'Donoghue and Mitch Glazer. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Cheers: Season 07
Although, at 22 episodes, ... Supporting Actress statuette and Harrelson winning in the Outstanding Supporting Actor category. (There were also four other Emmy nominations). [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Johnny Be Good
Johnny Walker (Anthony Michael ... of the cast. Originally rated PG-13, it was reedited to R (with scenes added) for a home video release. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
The Couch Trip
Michael Ritchie's The Couch ... recovery room and hops on a plane back to Los Angeles in an effort to recover his radio show. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
License to Drive
Les (Corey Haim) is ... are chased by revved-up motorheads who challenge him to a race. Carol Kane and Richard Masur play Les' parents. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
The Golden Girls: Season 04
Roommates Dorothy (Betty White), ... episodes of Golden Girls, which in its fourth season on the air was America's sixth most popular TV series. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Tapeheads
In this high-energy satire ... This is also the film that introduced a conservative folksinger/politician character who later got his own movie, Bob Roberts. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
My Stepmother Is an Alien
An astrophysicist falls in ... excuse for broad slapstick and sitcom-style humor, such as Celeste's fumbling efforts to enact the human ritual of "kissing." [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
The secret word is ... Rivers, Magic Johnson, and even Zsa Zsa Gabor. Pee-wee Herman's Christmas Special first aired December 21, 1988 on CBS. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Crossing Delancey
Can an independent, contemporary ... Hester Street also examined Jewish culture on the Lower East Side, albeit from the vantage point of the 1890s. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
The Prince of Pennsylvania
Set in a remote ... the two conspire to kidnap the boy's crazy father in hopes of getting a hold of the family fortune. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!
Keenen Ivory Wayans wrote, ... Plumb (Jan from The Brady Bunch), Kim Wayans, and Gary Owens makes this a must-see for any comedy fan. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
18 Again!
On his 81st birthday, ... involved in an auto accident. When he awakens, Burns' personality has been transferred to Schlatter's body, and vice versa! [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Shag
Shag is a beach ... you-know-who. Filmed in 1988, Shag was released that year in Europe, then offered to American audiences one year later. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
America's most inept law ... Goldthwait also left the franchise at this point), but most of the other regulars bravely soldiered on without him. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Dixie Lanes
This gentle comedy hearkens ... 1945, just after the war's end where a crazy small-town family awaits the return of one of their own. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Illegally Yours
Rob Lowe stars in ... mother, who is courted by Freddie Boneflecker (Rick Jason). Johnny Cash sings some tunes co-written with director Peter Bogdanovich. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Trouble in Paradise
"Paradise" is actually Australia, ... Thompson are up to their necks in intrigue. Trouble in Paradise originally floated to shore on May 16, 1989. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Roseanne: Season 01
The first season of ... finale, Roseanne finally quits her factory job. This season went through several writers, including Roseanne's first husband, Bill Pentland. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Short Circuit 2
Fisher Stevens reprises his ... the process, Ben and Johnny Five contend with the temptations and corrupt business practices of a big city environment. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Vice Versa
A magical jeweled skull ... the pressures of the corporate boardroom. The performances of Reinhold and Savage are the highlights of this amusing comedy. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
The Wrong Guys
In this comedy, a ... and land themselves in a mess of trouble when a deranged convict (John Goodman) takes them for FBI agents. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
School Daze
Fraternity and sorority members ... Guy also co-starred on the TV comedy A Different World, another look at life on a primarily African-American campus. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Some Girls
Michael (Patrick Dempsey) is ... him. Lila Kedrova gives an excellent performance as the slightly daffy grandmother who believes Michael is her late husband. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Tricks of the Trade
A prim and proper ... responsible for murdering her husband in the hooker's apartment. Cindy Williams and Markie Post star in this light comedy. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Murphy Brown: Season 01
Fresh from a stay ... by season's end, our heroine has run through 20 secretaries -- and the series is only one year old! [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
The Great Outdoors
In the John Hughes-scripted ... remain under one roof well-past their threshold of patience. Annette Bening makes her film debut as Aykroyd's ill-tempered wife. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Night Court: Season 06
Just as season five ... court matron Rox (Marsha Warfield) ends up in the slammer herself when she tries to do a good deed. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Heartbreak Hotel
Johnny Wolfe (Charlie Schlatter) ... by the Presley estate and contains none of the legendary excesses that led to the king's death in 1977. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Return of the Killer Tomatoes!
It has been 25 ... assistant of wicked Professor Gangreen who has engineered a brand new kind of tomato that can assume human form. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Married... With Children: Season 03
The third season of ... Rhoadeses are videotaped while having sex at a cheap hotel...say no more, say no more, wink wink, nudge nudge. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Hairspray
Forever interested in the ... parents (Divine and Jerry Stiller) and involve a humorous cultural clash with pot-smoking beatniks (Ric Ocasek and Pia Zadora). [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
The Cosby Show: Season 05
America's number one-rated series ... last TV appearances as a cranky old cuss named Ray Palomino (Davis earned an Emmy nomination for his performance). [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Full House: Season 02
Lori Loughlin joins the ... grades; Jesse "overbooking" himself on his birthday; and in the two-episode season finale, an eventful getaway to Lake Tahoe. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Casual Sex?
In the late '80s, ... Toll adapted their own stage play, while Casual Sex? provided director Genevieve Robert her only feature credit to date. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Crocodile Dundee II
An evil drug baron ... of water. In the interim between the two films, stars Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski became husband and wife. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Ernest Saves Christmas
When Santa Claus decides ... plays a handful of supporting characters, including a slick-talking attorney. This film was followed by Ernest Goes to Jail. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
One of the few ... a victim's-eye view of a chainsaw attack, and a body-painted Quigley performing the "Virgin Dance of the Double Chainsaws!" [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
This low-budget cult classic ... who already think clowns are a little creepy to begin with, this one will push them over the edge. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Lucky Stiff
In this black comedy ... to her family's home for Christmas dinner. Little does he know that he's slated to be the main course. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
This lightweight and slightly ... she creates an instant scandal amongst the old folks and inspires lusty dreams in the minds of the young. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Funny Farm
Chevy Chase stars as ... cinematographer Miroslav Ondricek, production designer Henry Bumstead, and director George Roy Hill (The Sting, The World According to Garp). [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Doom Asylum
Buxom beauties battle a ... killer when they are forced to seek shelter in an abandoned mental hospital in this spoof of slasher movies. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Glitch!
When a pair of ... of the situation, the crooks pose as movie makers in order to run the auditions for an X-rated film. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
The Gods Must Be Crazy 2
This sequel to the ... in the first film, the various subplots converge, with N!Xau once more emerging as the hero of the hour. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Tres Lancheros Muy Picudos
In this wild and ... avoid the law when they discover the women who've been letting them stay at their home are actually hookers. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Young Einstein
The life of legendary ... Australia but a major box-office disappointment in the United States, where audiences largely ignored the display of nonstop silliness. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Beachballs
Beach Balls harkens back ... release in May of 1988 before winding up in video stores. Rock music is provided by Douglas R. Starr. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Brain Damage
Basket Case director Frank ... John Zacherle as the Bing Crosby-esque voice of Elmer and a cute cameo from Basket boy Kevin Van Hentenryck. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Dr. Alien
This comical, erotic sci-fi ... and suddenly wimpy Wesley becomes the campus stud-muffin and finds himself surrounded by cooing crowds of scantily clad coeds. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Dr. Hackenstein
In this low-brow combination ... He lets them stay the night, but only one survives his fearsome hacksaw to see the light of day. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Fictitious Marriage
Eldad (Shlomo Bar-Abba) is ... as a uneducated, impoverished Arab to hide his identity. Yossi Sayava plays the inspector who looks into Eldad's disappearance. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
This video presents comedian ... audiences, parents will likely find that the language and content of this video make it inappropriate for young viewers. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Night of the Demons
A group of teens ... anyone, will be alive the following morning. This fright feature is rife with references to other teen slasher flicks. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Not of This Earth
A deliberately campy remake ... gruesome story of a bloodthirsty alien who comes to our planet looking to replenish his planet's declining food supply. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Rikky and Pete
In the wake of ... its own. Be advised, however, that the film is rated R, and may not be altogether appropriate for kids. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Suitors
The New York-based The ... some sources claim that the movie was shot in English, while others insist that it was lensed in Farsi. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Troma's War
When a plane filled ... fight terrorists who plan to take over the United States by infecting the entire population with the AIDS virus. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Goddess of Love
First airing on television, ... she must earn the love of a modern man or else she will be forever banished from Mount Olympus. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Las Movidas del Mofles
Rafael Inclan stars again ... quality of the initial feature. The groups Generation 2000 and Los Infieles provide music in the routine club scenes. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Taquito de Ojo
Two small-town guys get ... kill someone, and when the crooks give chase, Montes and Juan must spend the night running for their lives. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Futbol de Alcoba
The popular game of ... gets an exciting new twist in this sexy Latin comedy starring Rafael Inclan and Guillermo Rivas. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
La Puerta Negra
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La Negra Tomasa
A ravishing black woman ... in this film starring Tun Tun and Caesar Bono, and inspired by the popular song of the same name. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Dance 'til Dawn
While at the high-school ... a group of students find romance and fun, while their parents enjoy the same. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Urusei Yatsura Movie 5: The Final Chapter
Originally titled Uresei Yatsura: ... The Final Chapter was anything but; a sixth film, Urusei Yatsura Movie 6: Always My Darling followed in 1991. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Eighth Happiness
Hong Kong filmmaker Johnny ... Karl Maka and Teddy Robin Kwan in the audience, and City on Fire director Ringo Lam as Fung's husband. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Where's Officer Tuba?
Sammo Hung stars in ... to track down the baddies. Segments of this film ended up in the padded-out English version of Yes, Madam. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Faithfully Yours
Hong Kong filmmaker Wong ... a million dollars to Ying's angry and potentially violent parents. Lydia Shum co-stars with Yip Wing-cho and Liu Kai-chi. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
It Came From Somewhere Else
Howard Hassler's alien invasion ... of high-school students believe they can save the town, but they can't even comprehend the force they are facing. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
Un Paso al Mas Acá
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Los Gatos de Las Azoteas
The Spanish-language comedy Los ... who work in the building becomes the victim of a kidnapping, the voyeur must share the knowledge he has. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]
El Sexo Me Divierte
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Fly Me to the Moon
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Sólo para Adulteros
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Da Block Party 2
When CJ decides to ... roadblocks to overcome, it seems that there's no chance this year's bash will be as successful as late year's. [ best comedy films - 1988 ]Supplemental Navigation
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