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Comedy films of the 1980s

42 comedy films from Australia and New Zealand released 1980–1989, in order of release.

Films per year

19802
19813
19822
19833
19842
19858
19864
19879
19886
19893

Directors

More comedy by decade

1930s · 111970s · 471990s · 482000s · 742010s · 712020s · 26All 331

Other genres of the 1980s

Drama · 150Documentary · 22Horror · 27Thriller · 35Action · 39Adventure · 20Science fiction · 20Crime · 19Fantasy · 12Biographical · 11Comedy drama · 17Romance · 14Romantic comedy · 10LGBTQ · 10Musical · 12Sport · 10All 1980s films
TitleYearDirectorGenreMinAwards
Fatty Finn 1980 Maurice Murphy Comedy 87 2
Touch and Go 1980 Peter Maxwell Comedy —
An American Werewolf in London 1981 John Landis Comedy, Comedy horror 97 1
Pacific Banana 1981 John D. Lamond Comedy, Sex —
The Monster Club 1981 Roy Ward Baker Comedy, Horror 93
A Slice of Life 1982 John D. Lamond Comedy —
Carry Me Back 1982 John Reid Comedy —
At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture 1983 Simon Heath Comedy —
Nate and Hayes 1983 Ferdinand Fairfax Comedy, Action 96
Warming Up 1983 Bruce Best Comedy, Romance 100
A Private Function 1984 Malcolm Mowbray Comedy 94
Melvin, Son of Alvin 1984 John Eastway Comedy 85
Bliss 1985 Ray Lawrence Drama, Comedy 111 3
Brazil 1985 Terry Gilliam Fantasy, Comedy 140
Came a Hot Friday 1985 Ian Mune Comedy —
Emoh Ruo 1985 Denny Lawrence Comedy 93
Restless Natives 1985 Michael Hoffman Comedy 86
Unfinished Business 1985 Bob Ellis Comedy —
Volunteers 1985 Nicholas Meyer Comedy 103
Wills & Burke 1985 Bob Weis Comedy 100
Australian Dream 1986 Jackie McKimmie Comedy 85
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale Animated film 1986 Murray Ball Comedy —
Malcolm 1986 Nadia Tass Comedy, Action 85 8
Mark II 1986 — Drama, Comedy 72
Going Sane 1987 Michael Robertson Comedy —
Howling III 1987 Philippe Mora Comedy, Comedy horror 94
I've Come About the Suicide 1987 Sophia Turkiewicz Comedy —
Les Patterson Saves the World 1987 George T. Miller Comedy 98
Personal Services 1987 Terry Jones Comedy, Biographical 103
Rita, Sue and Bob Too 1987 Alan John Clarke Comedy 93
Straight to Hell 1987 Alex Cox Comedy, Action 86
The Bit Part 1987 Brendan Maher Comedy 87
Wish You Were Here 1987 David Leland Drama, Comedy 89
As Time Goes By 1988 Barry Peak Comedy 96
Computer Ghosts 1988 Marcus Cole, Rob Stewart Fantasy, Comedy 85
Crocodile Dundee II 1988 John Cornell Comedy, Action 108
Emerald City 1988 Michael Jenkins Drama, Comedy 92 1
Rikky and Pete 1988 Nadia Tass Comedy 102
Young Einstein 1988 Yahoo Serious Comedy 91 1
A Sting in the Tale 1989 Eugene Schlusser Comedy —
Meet the Feebles 1989 Peter Jackson Comedy, Action 93
Sweetie 1989 Jane Campion Comedy, Comedy drama 97 2