Comedy

Jingle All The Way

(1996)

Directed by Brian Levant

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Jake Lloyd

Rating: ******
5/6

For Christmas 1996, Arnie, man of men
Decided to dip his toe into comedy again.
He

(1990)

Directed by Ivan Reitman

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed

Rating: ******
5.6/6

One of Arnie’s greatest movies
Has a minimal of action.
It’s a family-friendly comedy
With the

(1993)

Directed by John McTiernan

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney

Rating: ******
2/6

Ugh.
This is the very movie, I fear,
That began to derail Arnie’s career.
The year

(1994)

Directed by Ivan Reitman

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Emma Thompson

Rating: ******
3/6

Arnie plays a scientist.
Danny DeVito gives him a hand.
Together they both strive to make
The

(1988)

Directed by Ivan Reitman

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston

Rating: ******
5/6

A genetically-engineered Superman
Is born.  It’s a scientific win.
But what the scientists didn’t account for
Was

(1976)

Directed by Bob Rafelson

Starring Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Rating: ******
4/6

This rather early Arnie film
Is a comedy only in name.
It’s not particularly funny,
And in

(1991)

Directed by John Landis

Starring Sylvester Stallone, Ornella Muti, Peter Riegert

Rating: ******
5/6

Oscar has the most intricate plot
Of any Stallone comedy.
It’s also his absolute funniest,
With a

(1970)

Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman

Starring Arnold Stang, Arnold Schwarzenegger (as Arnold Strong), Deborah Loomis

Rating: ******
4/6

In Arnold Schwarzenegger’s debut movie,
He’s billed as Arnold Strong.
The producers rather

(1979)
AKA Kaktus Jack

Directed by Hal Needham

Starring Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margaret, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Rating: ******
4/6

In 1979,
A decade after the Moon,
There was a renewed interest
In the classic

(1979)

Directed by Robert Aldrich

Starring Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri

Rating: ******
5/6

A young Jewish rabbi
Played by Gene Wilder
Transports a Torah
Throughout a West that was wilder.