![American Dreamer (1984) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NWJAM0VDL._SL75_.jpg) | American Dreamer (1984) [VHS]
Buy used from: $0.57 Lots of fun. Jo Beth Williams plays a suburban housewife who gets a bump on the head and bumbles into a drug ring plot under the delusion that she's a character in a romance/thriller novel.
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 | North Avenue Irregulars
Buy used from: $33.94 Old Disney live action at its best. A group of bumbling church ladies (including Cloris Leachman and Karen Valentine) unite to break up a crime ring
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![Jumpin' Jack Flash [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510MNZCJE9L._SL75_.jpg) | Jumpin' Jack Flash [VHS]
Buy used from: $0.01 Arguably the best Cold War comedy ever. Whoopi Goldberg plays a working class eccentric who bumbles her way through a spy plot. Laugh-out-loud funny.
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 | Nine to Five
Buy used from: $3.89 A classic of its time. One of the great "little guy gets revenge" movies.
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 | Ruthless People
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.99 Bette Midler and Danny Devito rework The Ransom of Red Chief into one of the best comedies of the 80's
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 | True Lies
Buy used from: $1.75 Turns into a more serious action movie near the end, but Jamie Lee Curtis' scenes as the "housewife turned spy" are fabulous
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 | Cops And Robbersons
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.42 Warmer than the Vacation movies, and Dianne Wiest steals it.
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 | A Fish Called Wanda
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $2.39 The humor in this one is a little harsh compared to the others on this list, but when Michael Palin does get even, it's worth it.
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![Going in Style [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71J9C55BPDL._SL75_.gif) | Going in Style [VHS]
Buy used from: $1.14 Not exactly happy, but bittersweet, and somehow also very life-affirming
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 | The Muppet Movie
Buy used from: $4.69 Back when "children's" characters were aloud to smoke, drink, and make love, there were some genuinely good movies with morals more sophisticated than "just say no."
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