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Comedy, Magic realism, romantic comedy
Hayley's Story American tourist Hayley becomes engaged to lawyer Michelangelo while spending a summer in Rome. Hayley's parents, Jerry and Phyllis, fly to Italy to meet her fiancé. During the visit, Michelangelo's mortician father Giancarlo sings in the shower and Jerry, a retired—and critically reviled—opera director, is inspired to bring his gift to the public.
Comedy, romance film, romantic comedy, teen film
Paige Morgan is an ambitious pre-medical student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, Denmark's Crown Prince Edvard prefers to live the life of a playboy, and often ignores or marginalizes his royal responsibilities when with his family. Inspired by a television commercial showing Wisconsin students flashing their breasts, Edvard meets with his parents, King Haraald and Queen Rosalind, and announces his intention to attend college in America—specifically, Wisconsin, and to do so anonymously.
children's film, Comedy, Drama, Family Comedy
In 1956 Paris, a young orphaned girl named Madeline attends a Catholic boarding school with eleven other girls, taught by the strict yet loving nun Miss Clavel and fed by the passionate chef Hélène. Despite having neither a family nor money, Madeline maintains a positive, yet mischievous attitude. One night, Madeline is stricken with appendicitis and taken to the hospital, where she undergoes an appendectomy.
Comedy, Dark Comedy
Forty-year-old misanthrope Guy Trilby discovers a loophole in the Golden Quill Spelling Bee. It stipulates that participants must have not graduated from the eighth grade, allowing him to enter since he dropped out of middle school. Guy wins a regional spelling bee and progresses to the national competition after confrontations with the parents of children and the spelling bee hosts.
Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, Tragicomedy
In 2003, Burlington, Ontario, egotistical Lawrence Kweller and his sociable best friend Matt Macarchuck present a short movie to their class about their weekly "Reject's Night" ritual of watching SNL skits. Classmate Lauren P. attempts to support the film, much to Lawrence's chagrin, and the class' reaction embarrasses Matt.
Comedy, fantasy film, Raunchy comedy, romance film, romantic comedy
Set in England during the Middle Ages, stories of peasants, noblemen, clergy and demons are interwoven with brief scenes from Chaucer's home life and experiences implied to be the basis for the Canterbury Tales. Each episode does not take the form of a story told by different pilgrim, as is the case in Chaucer's stories, but simply appear in sequence, seemingly without regard for the way that the tales relate to one another in the original text. All the stories are linked to the arrival of a group of pilgrims at Canterbury, among whom is the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, played by Pasolini himself.
children's film, Comedy
Air Bud's Golden Retriever puppies (known as the Buddies) from the town of Fernfield, Washington are having fun with their new owners before they go to school. The puppies meet up in the park and decide to play hide and seek. Budderball sees an ice cream truck and decides to go in, forcing the others to try and rescue him, but the Buddies become trapped in a truck heading to Ferntiuktuk, Alaska.
Comedy
A man and his fiancée driving out to meet her parents stop to get gas at a gas station. The man mentions his plans to the owner, who advises him against it, then begins the tale of Greg: an advertising agent from Chicago who met his fiancée Pam's parents, Irv and Kay Burns, in a small town in Indiana for a weekend that ended disastrously. Despite his efforts to impress the Burnses, Greg sets off a number of mishaps.
children's film, Comedy, Science fiction
Two scientists, Dr. Elena Kinder and Dr. Heep, use genius-baby studies to fund BabyCo's theme park "Joyworld".
Comedy horror, comedy television program, fantastique film
Gomez's brother Pancho is staying with the family while Gomez must travel to Tombstone, Arizona. While Gomez believes he is traveling to a lodge convention, in reality he has been lured off by crooks who have bugged the house in order to steal the family fortune. Halloween is nigh and Pancho tells the legend of Cousin Shy, who distributes gifts and carves pumpkins.
Drama, romantic comedy
David Basner, a shallow, childish yuppie recently promoted at his Chicago ad agency, returns to work from a vacation. His father, a career salesman, tells him that his wife, David's mother, has left him after 36 years of marriage. David must now care for his aging, bitter father, Max, and support his emotionally fragile mother, Lorraine.
Comedy, musical film, teen film
The film begins in Manhattan, two years after the events of the first film, The Cheetah Girls. The girls have just completed their junior year, and are performing at a Graduation Party for the Manhattan Magnet's Class of 2006 ("The Party's Just Begun"). Later, while having a sleep-over at Galleria's home, Chanel tells the girls that her mother, Juanita, is planning a trip to Barcelona, Spain, where she and Chanel will be visiting Luc, Juanita's boyfriend.
Comedy, Crime, Drama, mystery film, romantic comedy
Philosophy professor Abe Lucas joins the faculty at Braylin College in Rhode Island. He is experiencing an existential crisis, is depressed, sees no meaning in his life, and drinks excessively. Despite this, he catches the eye of two women: chemistry professor Rita Richards and Jill Pollard, a gifted student of his.
Animal horror, comedy television program, disaster film, Horror, Science fiction, speculative fiction
In Washington, D.C., Fin Shepard attends an awards ceremony at the White House, where he is given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the President for his heroic actions during the 2013 and 2014 sharknadoes. When a tropical depression approaches D.C, a sharknado forms and attacks and destroys the nation's capital, killing the Mayor of New York City, White House Chief of Staff, and multiple Secret Service agents. Fin and the President work together to defeat the sharks, and the sharknado eventually evaporates into thin air, rather than having been taken down by force like before.
Comedy, family film, fantasy film
The story revolves around Mildred Hubble, who is invariably the "Worst Witch" at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches. Mildred causes many mishaps, including being late for school, making all of her classmates fall down, unintentionally turning herself and her friend Maud Warlock invisible, and transforming the class bully Ethel into a pig. The climax surrounds Miss Amelia Cackle's notorious evil twin sister, Agatha, plotting to take over the academy.
Drama, romantic comedy, Tragicomedy
Jane and Corinne, best friends since they were seven, live together in Los Angeles. Corinne is the ultimate extrovert, while Jane is introverted. Corinne works with powerhouse talent agent Benita as her assistant, where Jane works in the mailroom.
Comedy, High School Comedy Film, teen film
Meek high school student Jerry Mitchell and his sister, Brei, are home alone while their parents are on vacation. The Weaver High School students this morning gossip about new student Buddy Revell, an allegedly violent psychopathic delinquent transferred from a continuation high school. Jerry's day begins at the school newspaper, where his best friend, Vincent Costello, is editor.
Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy
Dr. Wilhelmina "Wil" Pang is a successful young American surgeon living in New York City. Wil is a lesbian but is closeted to her mother Hwei-Lan and her mother's friends.
Comedy, Drama
Bill Anderson is a dissatisfied middle-aged man, working at his father-in-law's bank, where no one takes him seriously. Out of shape and struggling with body image issues, he stashes and consumes candy in his home and office. His father-in-law, Mr.
Action, Criminal Comedy Film, Heist
Richard Pace is a professional thief, and prison escapee. Werner Schultz, owner of several private prisons, three of which Pace has escaped from, learns he is about to be released, but Pace escapes the day before Schultz's visit. Pace stayed in the prison to learn about a wealthy man called the Prince, who is currently in Los Angeles.
Christmas film, Comedy, Comedy horror, Dark Comedy, Horror, monster film, Slasher
On a snowy December night, a state execution transfer vehicle crosses into the quiet backwater town of Snowmonton. Inside is serial killer Jack Frost, who eluded police for years and left a trail of thirty-eight bodies across eleven states before finally being arrested by Sam Tiler, the sheriff of Snowmonton. Jack is scheduled to be executed at midnight, but he kills the guard and the vehicle crashes into a genetic research truck.
Comedy, Comedy horror, Dark Comedy, Horror, thriller film, Vampire
Three years after surviving an attack by vampire Jerry Dandrige, Charley Brewster is now a college student undergoing psychiatric therapy. Convinced that vampires are not real, he believes Dandrige was merely a serial killer. Charley is dating Alex Young, a psychology student, and the two visit his old friend Peter Vincent, now back to hosting Fright Night, his late-night horror show.
Comedy, romantic comedy
As a child, Mary Katherine Gallagher rescues a boy with a distinctive birthmark at the public pool. An orphan, she lives with her grandmother, and becomes obsessed with achieving "superstardom" and having her first kiss. At St.
Comedy, Drama, Family Drama
After drifting apart over the years, two single siblings—Jon and Wendy, the younger of the two—band together to care for their estranged, elderly father, Lenny, who is rapidly slipping into dementia. Wendy and Jon first travel to Sun City, Arizona, to attend the funeral of Lenny's girlfriend of twenty years. When they arrive, they are told that Lenny signed a non-marriage agreement and will not have rights to any of her property.