The Blues Brothers (1980)

John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd reprise their “Saturday Night Live” characters, two white boys playing the blues on a mission from God in a musical action-comedy. But the highlights are performed by James Brown, Ray Charles and especially Aretha Franklin.

d: John Landis | imdb.com | trailer

Stripes (1981)

Bill Murray and straight man Harold Ramis join the Army in a Marx Brothers-style farce, outlasting Sgt. Hulka, seducing beautiful MPOs, surviving basic training and making a rescue mission to Czechoslovakia. One more thing: John Candy mud-wrestles strippers.

d: Ivan Reitman | imdb.com | trailer | Introductions | Graduation
Interview: Bill Murray | Interview: Ivan Reitman | deleted scene