The best Fran Ryan’s comedy movies

Fran Ryan

Fran Ryan

29/11/1916- 15/01/2000
Today we present the best Fran Ryan’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Fran Ryan’s movies.
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Stripes

Stripes
6.8/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 25/06/1981
  • Character: Dowager in Cab
John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the U.S. Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.

Private School

Private School
5.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 29/06/1983
  • Character: Miss Dutchbok
Private-school student Christine loves Jim. But her classmate, Jordan, is also vying for Jim's attention and trying to end his relationship with Christine. Meanwhile, Jim's friend Bubba embarks on a series of sexual escapades, including dressing up as a woman to access the girls' locker room. Despite Jim and Christine's efforts to spend some time alone, various shenanigans and schemes interfere.

Big Wednesday

Big Wednesday
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 26/05/1978
  • Character: Lucy
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.

The Sure Thing

The Sure Thing
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/03/1985
  • Character: Lady in Car
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.

Chances Are

Chances Are
6.5/10
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not until Alex is invited to Louie's home that he begins to remember his former life, wife and best friend. Of course, there's also the problem that he's attracted to Louie's/his own daughter.

The Million Dollar Duck

The Million Dollar Duck
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 30/06/1971
  • Character: Mrs. Purdham (uncredited)
Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.

Savannah Smiles

Savannah Smiles
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 09/04/1982
  • Character: Farmer Wilma
The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of two not too bright crooks who are slowly converted into parent figures as the police web closes down on the supposed kidnappers.

Out Cold

Out Cold
5.5/10
A comedy about an angry married couple, a private investigator, and a walk-in freezer.

Lucky Stiff

Lucky Stiff
4.7/10
Ron Douglas has no luck in women, and when his bride runs away on their wedding day, he goes on holiday up in the mountains, only to be reminded more of his misery when placed in the honey-moon wing of the hotel. However he finds love with Cynthia, a beautiful blonde, and his self esteem improves. Cynthia invites him for Christmas dinner, and he accepts, only to meet Cynthia's eccentric cannibal family, and finds out HE is the main course.

The Apple Dumpling Gang

The Apple Dumpling Gang
6.4/10
A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon find themselves facing a surly gang of sharpshooters.

Fuzzbucket

Fuzzbucket
5.2/10
In the vein of "Harvey", an invisible creature befriends a 12 year old boy. Of course, no one else can see him nor believes in him.

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
5.3/10
The classic comic book characters created by John L. Goldwater are brought to tv in a slightly older version. Here the characters are adults returning to their high school reunion and remembering old times and romances from good old Riverdale High

The Great Brain

The Great Brain
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 01/06/1978
  • Character: Aunt Bertha
Based on the book by John D. Fitzgerald, this movie stars Jimmy Osmond as a mischievous boy out to swindle his whole town for everything they're worth...and who occasionally puts his smarts to use for a good cause.

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