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Comedy, romantic comedy
Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are a couple that have been secretly living together for one year and a half, pretending to each have roommates to not draw the ire of their tradition-minded families; they ultimately announce a proper engagement to be married. Amidst their liberated yet simple romance, the couple's extended family are dealing with their own sexual hang-ups. Susan's father has been sleeping with his wife's best friend.
Adventure, Comedy, Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, Road Movie
In 1971, at a fraternity house on the University of Texas campus in Austin, a graduation party is going on. Gardner Barnes is a member of a clique called the Groovers, whose other members include Kenneth Waggener, engaged to be married, and ROTC geek Phil Hicks. Phil's parents arrive at the fraternity house in time to see Groover Lester pass out.
Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama, romantic comedy
In a New York City bar, a drunken Catholic priest, Brian Finn, tells the bartender about the ongoing love triangle involving him; his best friend Jake Schram, a Jewish rabbi; and their childhood friend, Anna Reilly. Dedicated to his calling as priest since childhood, Brian shares the duties of his parish with the elderly Father Havel. Jake, inseparable from Brian since childhood, is the youngest rabbi at his synagogue; he focuses on his work to the detriment of his romantic life, much to the chagrin of his mother, Ruth.
Adventure, animated film, Cartoon, children's film, Comedy, fantasy film
The Cherrywoods are a middle-aged couple who run an orphanage. Mr. Cherrywood tells the orphans a story about the Care Bears and Care-a-Lot, their home in the clouds.
buddy cop film, Comedy, Parody, Secret Agent, spy film
At Bureau of National Security headquarters, Special Agent Alex Scott is accosted by rival, Carlos, before his next mission's briefing. Alex has to recover a prototype stolen fighter, the "Switchblade," sold to arms dealer Arnold Gundars. Gundars is sponsoring middleweight world boxing champion Kelly Robinson's next match as a cover to auction the plane.
Action Comedy, Comedy, Martial arts, ninja film
The three titular ninjas of the story, 13-year-old "Rocky", 12-year-old "Colt", and 7-year-old "Tum-Tum" are brothers experiencing the pressures of growing up. They frequently spend time training in the ninja arts with their grandfather, Mori Shintaro (Mori Tanaka in the previous film). Mori plans a trip for the four of them to Japan to take them to a martial arts tournament of which he was the champion fifty years ago.
Comedy
The film begins as an autobiographical look at Shore's early professional successes on MTV and as the star of a series of '90s comedies. Shore's film career leads to his taking a starring role in a vehicle on the Fox Network, in which he plays the slacker son of a millionaire. The pilot of the series turns out to be a commercial and critical failure, and Shore becomes a pariah virtually overnight, with his friends distancing themselves from him for fear that it will tarnish their own careers.
Adventure, children's film, Comedy, fantasy film, musical film
In 1951, Pippi Longstocking, who travels around the world on the ship Hoptoad with her sailor father, Efraim, encounters a sudden storm caused by a volcanic eruption. After Efraim disappears into the sea, Pippi travels to the small coastal town of Rocksby, accompanied by her horse, Alfonso, and monkey, Mr. Nilsson.
Comedy, Dark Comedy, Horror, LGBTQ-related film
Lady Divine is the owner and operator of the Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling freak show of various perversions and fetish acts and obscenities, such as the "Puke Eater". The show is free, but the various performers must persuade and even physically drag reluctant passersby to attend. At the finale to every show, Lady Divine appears and robs the patrons at gunpoint.
Action, Comedy, Crime Comedy, mystery film
Mona Dearly can't unlock her car so, as her keys fit her son's Yugo, she takes that and drives off. On a bend, the brakes fail completely and she drives off a cliff into the Hudson River. Clarence, fishing in the river, sees it happen.
Comedy, Silly Movie
In Maxine, Georgia, A.J., Jesse, and Sylvia are planning a surprise party to celebrate the 40th wedding anniversary of their parents, Vianne and Anthony, with the assistance of A.J.'s wife, Carol. Madea, Joe, Brian, Aunt Bam, and Hattie travel to the backwoods of Georgia for the anniversary party. Also in attendance for the anniversary party is Madea and Joe's brother Heathrow.
Christmas film, Comedy horror, list of holiday horror films, Slasher, thriller film
On Christmas Eve four years after the events of the first film, Ricky Caldwell (né Chapman), the now-adult brother of serial killer Billy Chapman, is being held in a psychiatric hospital for a series of murders he himself committed. While being interviewed by the psychiatrist Dr. Henry Bloom, Ricky tells the story of the murders his elder brother committed throughout a series of several flashbacks.
Comedy, Coming-of-age, fantasy film, LGBTQ-related film, mystery film, Science fiction, science fiction comedy
Smith, an 18-year-old film student who identifies sexually as "undeclared", has been having strange dreams recently. He is going to college with his best friend, Stella, whom he has known since junior high, and finds a note saying he is the "chosen son." He has a roommate named Thor, whom he lusts after even though Thor is straight. Smith and Stella go to a party where Stella hooks up with a girl named Lorelei, whom Smith recognizes from one of his dreams.
Comedy, Drama, fantasy film, Ghost, romantic comedy
Seeking background material for an occult-based novel he is working on, writer Charles Condomine invites eccentric medium Madame Arcati to his home in Lympne, Kent, to conduct a séance. As Charles, his wife Ruth and their guests, George and Violet Bradman, barely restrain themselves from laughing, Madame Arcati performs peculiar rituals and finally goes into a trance. Charles then hears the voice of his dead first wife, Elvira.
Comedy, Crime, Criminal Comedy Film, fantasy film, Horror, LGBTQ-related film
Neurotic Guilford housewife Peggy Gravel and her housekeeper Grizelda Brown go on the lam after killing Peggy's husband. After being detained by a cross-dressing police officer, they are given an ultimatum: arrest for murder or exile to Mortville, a shantytown of criminals and social outcasts ruled by the fascist Queen Carlotta. Peggy and Grizelda choose Mortville and settle at the boarding house of lesbian wrestler Mole McHenry and her lover Muffy St.
Biography, Comedy drama, Crime, Drama, Gangster Film
The plot is based on a true story and follows Nate Norman, an eighteen-year-old high school dropout, who lives with his younger brother and single mom in northern Idaho. One day while delivering pizza he encounters a wealthy customer who tells him about the money to be made through drug trafficking marijuana from Canada. Nate later reads about the potency of Canadian weed in High Times Magazine and decides to recruit his friend Topher to help him with his grand plan.
Action Comedy, buddy cop film, Crime
When a body is found hanging on top of the sign demarcating the Ontario–Quebec border, police officers from both Canadian provinces must join forces to solve the murder. David Bouchard is a rule-bending, francophone detective for the Sûreté du Québec, while Martin Ward is a by-the-book anglophone Ontario Provincial Police detective. The bilingual detectives must resolve their professional and cultural differences as well as their bigotry and prejudices.
children's film, Comedy, fantasy film
After Jimmy is wrongfully ejected from the school band for tripping, his flute transforms into a magical talking golden flute named Freddy and they venture on a journey. Orchestrated by Witchiepoo, Jimmy takes an evil boat to Living Island, an island where everything is alive. He befriends the island's inhabitants, who are led by Mayor H.R.
Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama, musical film, romance film
A naive, unintelligent, socially inept, loud-mouth cowboy, Beauregard "Bo" Decker, and his friend and father-figure Virgil Blessing take the bus from Timber Hill, Montana, to Phoenix, Arizona, to participate in a rodeo. Virgil has encouraged the 21-year-old virgin Bo to take an interest in women. Initially reluctant and frightened of the idea, Beau declares that he hopes to find an "angel" and will know her when he sees her.
Comedy drama, Dark Comedy, Drama
Ray Aibelli has finished his first year of college at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is forced to forego a prestigious medical internship he earned to take care of his mother, Susan. She has suffered a leg injury keeping her homebound just as her husband, Tom, is about to leave for an extended period to work as a traveling salesman.
comedy of remarriage, romantic comedy
Jerry Warriner tells his wife he is going on vacation to Florida but instead disappears for two weeks without telling anyone where he is really going. He returns home, with a sunlamp tan, to find that his wife, Lucy, spent the night in the company of her handsome voice teacher, Armand Duvalle. Lucy claims his car broke down unexpectedly, but Jerry refuses to believe Lucy's assurances that nothing untrustworthy happened.
Action, buddy cop film, Comedy, Sitcom
San Diego Police Detective Michael Dooley leaves his police car during a stakeout to contact his girlfriend, Tracy, when a helicopter attacks and destroys the car. At the police station, Dooley confides to his lieutenant, Byers, that the attack was likely ordered by Ken Lyman, the drug lord Dooley has been after for two years, but Dooley still insists on working alone, in spite of Byers’ attempts to get him a partner. Following a tip regarding an informant, Freddie, he spends the night in his personal car.
Adventure, Comedy, comedy television program, fantasy film, Ghost, live-action/animated film, mystery film
As summer vacation begins, the group heads to meet with Daphne's uncle, Thornton "Thorny" Blake V, who has given them summer jobs at his country club in Erie Point in order to pay back damages from a previous mystery. After a frog monster attacks on the night of the club's opening party, they investigate lighthouse keeper Elmer Uggins, the only person who has taken a picture of the lake monster. He tells them the story of the lake monster: when people first settled in Erie Point, a witch named Wanda Grubwort, who was living there, told them to leave, but they ignored her warning.
Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, Drama, teen film
The film tells the story of three young friends whose passion in life is surfing. The friends include Matt Johnson, a self-destructive type who has a devil-may-care attitude; Jack Barlow, the calm and responsible one of the bunch; and Leroy "The Masochist" Smith, whose nickname tells a lot about his personality. Their surfing lives are traced from the summer of 1962 to their attempts at dodging the Vietnam War draft in 1965 (including faking insanity, homosexuality, and all manner of medical ailments), and to the end of their innocence in 1968 when one of their friends is killed in Vietnam.