Perfect examples are movies rated around 5-7 out of 10 like Summer Rental and The Great Outdoors and The Burbs. And they don't have to be comedies but comedies are always the best from the 80's.
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Ricochet
After Hours
Southern Comfort
Backbeat
The Idolmaker
The Emerald Forest
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Sorry, but I can't limit it to 5.
Alien Nation (1988)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Biloxi Blues (1988)
Bull Durham (1988)
Cannery Row (1982)
Dragonslayer (1981)
Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
Flashdance (1983)
The Fly (1986)
Heavy Metal (1981)
The January Man (1989)
Ladyhawke (1985)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
The Long Riders (1980)
Midnight Run (1988)
The Natural (1984)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Real Genius (1985)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Roxanne (1987)
Runaway Train (1985)
Southern Comfort (1981)
Streets of Fire (1984)
Summer School (1987)
Time Bandits (1981)
Top Secret! (1984)
Troll (1986)
Tron (1982)
Turner & Hooch (1989)
Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
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1. Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon
2. Bloodsport
3. Ernest Goes to Camp
4. They Live
5. No Holds Barred
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Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Lost Boys
Chariots of Fire
Ed
California Dreaming
Strange Brew (some parts do suck but some are funny)
I'm Gonna Get You Sucka
Airplane! (seems to go in and out of public knowledge for some reason)
Spaceballs