And here, for your deliberation, are his ten finest movies…

But thats just common sense for all concerned.

So wed best move on.

Streets Of Fire

Rick Moranis paired with director Walter Hill on a duo of consecutive movies.

He had a small role in the funBrewsters Millions, which came out in 1985.

If youre looking for what you could define a traditional Rick Moranis piece, this is absolutely not it.

His role here isnt a particularly demonstrative one, although its a part of narrative importance.

Im a massive fan of both of them, and this should have been a dream comedy pairing.

But it never gels.

The material, though, never lets them.

The same Henry Hill whose story Martin Scorsese filmed so triumphantly withGoodfellas.

Screenwriter Nora Ephron never gets the script right for me here, though.

But theres ambition to the project, nonetheless.

Still worth a spin, though.

Not least because they persuaded Max von Sydow to take part.

The plot is fairly straightforward from there, that they discover all is not well at said brewery.

But its a platform for comedy, and an effective one at that.

Always a bonus…

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But you try resisting one of his very best on-screen comedy creations further down the line.

Visually, he looks ridiculous here, which is all part of the fun.

But its the lines that he manages to chuck out from underneath it that really ice this particular cake.

And its very much Moranis at the heart of it.

Hes the glue that holds a very strong film together.

Moranis battled gamely on, but he was on a losing battle in both cases.

Its a tremendous, and generous, comedy performance.

Parenthood

What differentiates comedians in film, and comedy actors, is a role such asParenthood.

Adam Sandler, therefore, does, while someone like Martin Lawrence doesnt.

In the wrong hands?

It could have been a disaster.

Ghostbusters

Its perhaps inevitable that one of the finest comedies of the past 30 years tops the list here.

But for the winning mix of both criteria,Ghostbusterswins out…

And One Last Thing… Its extremely good, and well worth a listen.