Ah, the 1980s.  My generation has taken nostalgia from a wistful remembrance and turned it into a marketing campaign.  If you mention this decade in the context of film, you’ll likely find yourself in conversation about the numerous blockbusters and the franchises built from them, but there were also a lot of entertaining comedies that have largely fallen by the wayside as basic cable programmers have abandoned older comedies to the history books.  Here are some of the gems waiting for you on Netflix.

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