Comedy Movies
Buddy Hackett: Live and Uncensored (1983)
Superman III (1983)
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects. Between rekindling romance…
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet that he can write a classic novel like ‘Wuthering Heights’ in 24 hours. However, upon his arrival…
Educating Rita (1983)
Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to ‘discover’ herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of literature, Dr. Frank Bryant. His marriage has failed,…
Red Monarch (1983)
British comedy satirising Stalin’s inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the…
Holy Flame of the Martial World (1983)
A brother and sister seek vengeance for the death of their parents by honing their martial skills and searching for the legendary Holy Flame sword. To avenge their parents they…
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.
Trading Places (1983)
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Gallagher: Stuck in the 60’s (1983)
A live performance by “Sledge-O-Matic” stand-up comedian Gallagher.
It’s an Adventure Charlie Brown (1983)
This hour-long anthology presents six animated shorts. “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz appears on camera to introduce these adaptations of some of his favorite strips, which include Charlie Brown spending two…
Still Smokin (1983)
Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off with all…
Doctor Detroit (1983)
A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at…
Festivity in Gırgıriye (1983)
Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
In this whimsical fable, Resnais deftly interweaves three story lines: the creation of an early-20th-century utopia; romantic high jinks at a school conference; and a fantasy sparked by F/X pioneer…
Move Along There Is Nothing to See! (1983)
Surprise Party (1983)
Adventures of a group of youngsters set in a provincial French city in the 1950’s.
Two of a Kind (1983)
Losin’ It (1983)
In 1965, four Los Angeles school friends — Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell — go on a series of misadventures when they head to Tijuana, Mexico, for a night of…
Valley Girl (1983)
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of…
Screwballs (1983)
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)
Life’s questions are ‘answered’ in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there’s the National…
Max Dugan Returns (1983)
An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
Spring Break (1983)
Two sets of two college guys spend a spring break together in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There they have lots of fun in and out of the sun.
Privates on Parade (1983)
It is 1947, the year of the communist rebellion in Malaya and the British army’s SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) are called to the Malayan Jungle to…
An Evening with Robin Williams (1983)
Declared to be the funniest Robin Williams video made, this is a don’t-miss comedy.
Sweet Young Foxes (1983)
A bored group of coeds decides to throw a party to liven things up. They wind up getting more than they bargained for.
My Tutor (1983)
High school senior Bobby Chrystal fails his French class, which will block him from entering Yale. His rich, authoritarian father hires an attractive 29-year-old to tutor Bobby over the summer…
Joysticks (1983)
A successful businessman attempts to shut down a video arcade he believes is harmful to the mental health of children.
Baby It’s You (1983)
In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.
Adile Teyze (1983)