Classic Comedies, a list by Riz

7.8

/482148/

79

/24280/

74

/9502/

3.8

/855682/

95

/82/

88

/26761/

71

/8/

3.5

age 11+

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.

87

8.5

/1430620/

85

/47039/

83

/21247/

4.2

/2376729/

93

/117/

95

/40121/

88

/27/

3.5

age 10+

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

84

8.0

/480376/

82

/15180/

77

/4930/

4.1

/965747/

93

/147/

94

/37196/

78

/20/

3.5

age 9+

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.

76

7.7

/323103/

79

/15444/

75

/6059/

3.8

/611286/

77

/65/

90

/28764/

62

/13/

3.0

age 10+

Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition. However, on their quest to find the treasure, they run into a family of recently escaped criminals, determined to capture the kids and reach the treasure first.

73

7.2

/322585/

73

/11758/

73

/7540/

3.5

/1005278/

65

/157/

87

/54405/

70

/15/

3.0

age 11+

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

69

7.5

/245857/

79

/12588/

72

/2603/

3.5

/376435/

72

/58/

86

/9107/

49

/18/

2.0

age 13+

It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.

86

7.9

/158922/

76

/4127/

74

/1562/

3.9

/211084/

98

/175/

92

/7950/

92

/30/

4.0

age 14+

"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.

79

7.6

/218367/

75

/9646/

73

/4290/

3.7

/408578/

88

/143/

84

/4119/

76

/13/

3.5

age 13+

When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

68

7.2

/133432/

73

/3929/

66

/1251/

3.4

/108024/

73

/62/

87

/7253/

48

/12/

2.5

age 17+

At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist Judge Smails, and then the caddy golf tournament which Smails sponsors.

77

7.5

/180482/

76

/6722/

72

/3548/

3.6

/140367/

87

/53/

85

/3021/

69

/11/

3.5

age 15+

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

65

7.1

/223789/

74

/9420/

68

/3262/

3.4

/244992/

52

/104/

83

/18839/

46

/14/

2.5

age 12+

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?

80

7.7

/283258/

77

/12293/

73

/4878/

3.8

/528156/

97

/73/

89

/12276/

78

/18/

3.0

age 14+

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

78

7.9

/180099/

78

/5988/

72

/1369/

3.5

/230942/

87

/62/

89

/13144/

77

/16/

3.0

age 8+

The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.

72

7.4

/414054/

76

/18448/

73

/8211/

3.7

/1400272/

83

/119/

82

/27390/

71

/19/

2.0

age 13+

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

77

7.8

/411522/

79

/14921/

76

/5231/

4.0

/1259974/

83

/80/

92

/28534/

61

/13/

3.0

age 12+

After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.

74

7.3

/127306/

75

/4267/

71

/1674/

3.5

/98120/

94

/50/

85

/2819/

55

/13/

age 14+

Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

73

7.4

/229735/

76

/10200/

71

/4451/

3.6

/224275/

83

/58/

82

/6255/

66

/12/

2.5

age 15+

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.

76

7.9

/227215/

79

/8322/

77

/4454/

4.0

/270326/

71

/91/

92

/10454/

60

/12/

3.0

age 16+

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

81

7.7

/162495/

77

/5689/

72

/2004/

3.8

/190408/

89

/74/

90

/11986/

73

/12/

4.0

age 15+

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.

82

7.8

/196970/

78

/9236/

75

/4899/

3.9

/389925/

97

/59/

86

/19476/

88

/13/

age 5+

In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.

63

6.5

/27002/

67

/881/

64

/381/

3.0

/21017/

47

/34/

81

/3091/

57

/8/

age 12+

Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.

85

8.2

/598759/

81

/15246/

78

/6201/

4.1

/626642/

92

/131/

95

/33989/

91

/24/

age 13+

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

69

7.1

/237900/

73

/9923/

68

/4614/

3.6

/240420/

73

/55/

85

/9597/

47

/16/

age 15+

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

75

7.1

/125618/

73

/4204/

73

/1826/

3.8

/646221/

95

/59/

83

/4486/

72

/20/

2.5

age 16+

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

75

7.3

/271647/

75

/14052/

71

/6800/

3.6

/603826/

86

/85/

78

/12706/

70

/13/

3.0

age 12+

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

81

7.8

/242659/

78

/10849/

74

/3835/

3.8

/560899/

90

/61/

87

/35009/

67

/10/

4.0

age 8+

When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.

74

7.5

/57922/

78

/2078/

72

/564/

3.7

/99756/

76

/46/

89

/3000/

56

/17/

age 7+

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

89

8.2

/302257/

80

/4873/

81

/3751/

4.3

/344174/

95

/74/

94

/5923/

98

/19/

4.0

age 11+

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

80

7.4

/135240/

74

/3350/

69

/1618/

3.4

/104692/

91

/54/

89

/6403/

79

/13/

4.0

age 17+

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

71

7.0

/134280/

70

/3928/

67

/2166/

3.0

/288010/

81

/43/

85

/9568/

61

/11/

3.0

age 15+

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.

84

7.7

/231213/

77

/10701/

75

/6021/

4.0

/411301/

96

/76/

85

/13279/

83

/15/

4.0

age 12+

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.

54

6.7

/147506/

71

/6613/

66

/2889/

3.2

/79261/

32

/19/

43

/772/

41

/6/

age 17+

New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and it doesn't take long before he falls foul of the boorish Lieutenant Harris. But before long, Mahoney realises that he is enjoying being a police cadet and decides he wants to stay... while Harris decides he wants Mahoney out!

90

8.3

/279657/

82

/5495/

81

/3383/

4.3

/572196/

100

/78/

95

/7922/

99

/17/

4.0

age 6+

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

85

8.0

/179542/

79

/5134/

78

/3316/

4.0

/207365/

95

/74/

92

/10670/

83

/17/

4.0

age 12+

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

73

6.8

/84984/

72

/2873/

65

/984/

3.2

/54474/

88

/41/

79

/2014/

68

/14/

3.5

age 16+

Hard-luck cabbie John Winger, directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, enlists in the U.S. Army with his close pal, Russell Ziskey. After his barely satisfactory performance in basic training, the irreverent Winger emerges as the figurehead for a ragtag band of misfits. However, his hijinks threaten to cause an international scandal when he inadvertently commandeers a military assault vehicle behind enemy lines.

65

6.7

/123177/

69

/4271/

64

/2037/

3.1

/64465/

89

/38/

60

/3580/

62

/13/

2.0

age 12+

When a New York reporter plucks crocodile hunter Mick Dundee from the Australian Outback for a visit to the Big Apple, it's a clash of cultures and a recipe for good-natured comedy as naïve Dundee negotiates the concrete jungle. He proves that his instincts are quite useful in the city and adeptly handles everything from wily muggers to high-society snoots without breaking a sweat.

62

6.4

/175498/

68

/6735/

63

/3226/

3.2

/169083/

76

/38/

54

/11117/

63

/11/

2.0

age 6+

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

64

6.6

/104736/

70

/3953/

65

/1496/

3.1

/91941/

60

/40/

69

/3742/

46

/8/

3.0

age 15+

Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.

62

6.6

/237861/

70

/10870/

65

/4705/

3.2

/232981/

55

/44/

61

/9559/

56

/14/

age 10+

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

78

7.1

/93503/

74

/3760/

70

/1574/

3.9

/249650/

91

/55/

79

/5052/

81

/15/

3.5

age 12+

Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day, Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for it’s supper.

82

8.0

/433015/

80

/11970/

77

/4753/

4.0

/367079/

96

/73/

93

/10665/

77

/15/

3.0

age 15+

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

68

7.2

/165047/

75

/6574/

72

/3221/

3.7

/215635/

72

/68/

82

/6071/

53

/15/

2.0

age 14+

Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.

74

6.9

/92060/

71

/3278/

66

/1637/

3.4

/61430/

92

/52/

69

/1120/

71

/8/

3.5

age 16+

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

70

6.9

/148252/

73

/6263/

68

/2005/

3.7

/226908/

83

/58/

75

/10466/

50

/16/

age 11+

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

81

7.5

/163880/

74

/4167/

72

/2344/

3.7

/128158/

96

/68/

84

/3924/

80

/17/

4.0

age 16+

While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

70

7.5

/148348/

75

/7359/

73

/4548/

3.8

/252172/

58

/31/

81

/7732/

57

/9/

age 5+

With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men.

71

6.9

/110874/

71

/3662/

68

/1977/

3.4

/74286/

86

/56/

70

/1793/

63

/17/

3.0

age 12+

Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.

54

6.2

/75554/

66

/2422/

61

/951/

2.9

/46861/

37

/30/

49

/1555/