Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Audacious at the time: I was 11 years old, watching an R-rated movie with Eddie Murphy using the “fuck” word a lot. Murphy and producer Jerry Bruckheimer invented the buddy cop-action-comedy genre that is now such a cliché. Or maybe it was “48 Hrs.”

d: Martin Brest | 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