# The best comedy-dramas of the 1980s

Dead Poets Society, Amadeus, Rain Man, Cinema Paradiso, The King of Comedy and Down by Law: the 1980s comedy-dramas rated highest by AlloCiné viewers.

- 3 votes · 15 items
- Jun 3, 2022 · Alexandre André
- https://even.best/en/l/4780/the-best-comedy-dramas-of-the-1980s

## Top 15

1. **Dead Poets Society (1989)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Peter Weir.
2. **Amadeus (1984)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Miloš Forman.
3. **Rain Man (1988)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Barry Levinson.
4. **Cinema Paradiso (1988)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Giuseppe Tornatore.
5. **The King of Comedy (1982)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Martin Scorsese.
6. **Torch Song Trilogy (1988)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Paul Bogart.
7. **Down by Law (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jim Jarmusch.
8. **And the Ship Sails On (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Federico Fellini.
9. **The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Peter Greenaway.
10. **Après la guerre (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jean-Loup Hubert.
11. **Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Éric Rohmer.
12. **Mystery Train (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jim Jarmusch.
13. **The Breakfast Club (1985)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — John Hughes.
14. **To Be or Not to Be (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alan Johnson.
15. **Sugar Cane Alley (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Euzhan Palcy.

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