Alfonso Arau

[7] Before they struck box office gold with Back to the Future, co-writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale offered up this wacky dark comedy about used car salesmen trying to save their run-down lot from a hostile takeover. Kurt Russell stars as the top salesman, a sweet but narcissistic man with delusional aspirations of becoming a senator. Jack Warden co-stars in dual roles, playing the …

[5] John Landis (Animal House, An American Werewolf in London) directs comedy heavyweights Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short in this goofy flick about three silent film stars who accept a job in Mexico only to realize it’s not a film they’re working on, but a real-life battle between a small village and their tyrannical overlord. I suppose for a kid-friendly comedy, ¡Three Amigos! …