I enjoyed Ishtar so much! It was very funny, and this is one of the comedies I can watch more than once.
I think if you like Ishtar, maybe I like other comedies that you like. Something must be common. So, please let me know which comedy movie you love.
I agree, "Ishtar" was pretty good. It had the same kind of zaniness of the the Bing Crosby and Bob Hope road pictures. I enjoyed it. (8 out of 10)
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Thank you for your reply. I have not seen any Bing Crosby and Bob Hope movies but I'll try to find them.
share "Three Amigos" (1986) Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short
"Small Time Crooks" (2000) Woody Allen , Tracey Ullman
"A New Leaf" (1971) Walter Matthau, Elaine May
"Tootsie" (1982) Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange
"Lost in America" (1985) Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty
"Some Like it Hot" (1959) Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
"The Darjeeling Limited" (2007) Owen Wilson , Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman
"Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" (2005) Albert Brooks
"The Linguini Incident" (1991) Rosanna Arquette, David Bowie
"This is Spinal Tap" (1984) Rob Reiner, Michael Mckean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer
"Foul Play" (1978) Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Dudley Moore
Thank you for your reply and a lot of movies. I've seen six of them, but I don't know the rest. I need to find them!
("Three Amigos" "Small Time Crooks" "Tootsie" "Some Like it Hot" "The Darjeeling Limited" "Foul Play." )
Great list! I would include:
"The In-Laws" (1979) Peter Falk, Alan Arkin
"Raising Arizona" (1987) Nicholas Cage, Holly Hunter
"The Out-of-Towners" (1970) Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
"Best in Show" (2000) Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and many more
"The Princess Bride" (1987) Cary Elwes, Robin Wright-Penn
"Real Genius" (1985) Val Kilmer, William Atherton
"Little Miss Sunshine" (2006) Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette
"Better Off Dead" (1985) John Cusack
Here are some movies that made me laugh as much as Ishtar.
Bedazzled (1967)
The Magic Christian (1969)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) (be careful not to confuse this with Revenge Of or other titles)
Pandemonium (1982)
Noises Off... (1992)
If you like old movies, you might try
It's a Gift (1934)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Thank you for letting me know more movies. I watch old movies when TV stations show them because there are too many and I'm not sure which ones are good. I'll look for the ones you recommended later. Thanks.
shareI just finished watching Ishtar on TCM tonight and I was laughing out loud. Many of the movies, listed by previous posters here, are crack ups as well. I loved the scene at the market with all the differant agents. Funny stuff. You have good taste in comedies.
shareThank you. I wish our TV stations show this movie, too.
shareAlso really enjoyed Ishtar, discovered it on DVD years after being scared away by all the jokes and haters. Very fun road movie, two '80s movie icons not taking themselves so seriously and having a blast.
Two more buddy/road movies from that '80s period that are a lot of fun:
1) Midnight Run - Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin
2) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Steve Martin and Michael Caine
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Peter Sellers' Being There, the original The Ladykillers with Alex Guiness (definitely not the Coens unfortunate remake) and Paul Newman's best ever in my opinion Nobody's Fool and a few more a bit more raucous, Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up,Doc?, and Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles and let me add one mentioned by estella2 by the magnificent writer of Istar, Elaine May, A New Leaf which I have attempted to find at an affordable price and have frustratedly "saved" on Netflix for well over two years.
bon appetit
Ishtar is an action adventure comedy. Firewalker (1986) is a comedic action adventure. It also has basic production values and story but great chemistry between the characters/actors. A poor man's Indiana Jones. And don't be scared of Chuck. He's a nice guy here.
shareI loved Ishtar. I had some real big laughs while watching it, even though the critics thumbed their noses at it. It has a serio-comic presentation that I thought was very funny and with the cast of Beatty, Hoffman and Charles Grodin you can't go wrong. Here are some of my favorite comedies: Ruthless People (1986); Down and Out In Beverly Hills (1987), My Cousin Vinny, Ghostbusters.
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