Caddyshack, Harold Ramis (U.S., 1980)

Par for this course is three jokes under, a double-eagle. In his first directorial tee-off, Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters) takes us to the well-manicured Bushwood Country Club for a day on the green with Judge Elihu Smails (Ted Knight); crusty cofounder of the club; his philandering nephew Ty (Chevy Chase); and the hilariously smarmy developer Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield in a role that kept rolling). But the real riot in the rough comes from Carl Spackler (Bill Murray), groundskeeper extraordinaire who has declared war on all burrowing rodents—“In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, ‘Au revoir, gopher.’” For a sports comedy, Caddyshack is a verified bunker buster.

—Steve Seid

• Written by Ramis, Doug Kenny, Brian Doyle-Murray. Photographed by Stevan Larner. With Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight. (98 mins, Color, 35mm, From Warner Bros.)