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Comedy drama, Dance Film, family film, teen film, Tragicomedy
April Dibrina, a young dancer seeking success on Broadway, steals a cab from an older woman during a rainstorm to get to an audition. She performs well, but sponsor Ruth Zimmer meets the potential dancers. When she recognizes April (from the taxi incident), she vows that no one on Broadway will hire her.
Action, Adventure, Drama, romance film, war film
In the South Pacific in 1944, U.S. Marine Corporal Allison and his reconnaissance party are disembarking from a U.S. Navy submarine when they are discovered and fired upon by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).
body horror television series, Comedy horror, Horror, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, Slasher
Prologue A creepy-looking coroner introduces three different horror tales involving his current work on various gruesome cadavers in "body bags." "The Gas Station" Directed by John Carpenter. Anne is a young college student who arrives for her first shift working at an all-night filling station near Haddonfield, Illinois (a reference to the setting of Carpenter's Halloween). The worker going off shift, Bill, reminds her that a serial killer has broken out of a mental hospital and cautions her not to leave the booth at the station without the keys because the door locks automatically.
Action, Action Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film, thriller film
When fast-talking, petty thief and hustler Alvin Sanders gets arrested for stealing prawns, the worst of his problems would seem to be going to jail. Unfortunately, he ends up sharing a cell with John Delano Jaster, who, while stealing $42 million in gold from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, double-crossed his partner, Bristol, after Bristol murdered two bound and gagged guards during the gold heist. Bristol, who is the mastermind of the heist, is shown to be a dangerous man, with a knack for computers, a long memory, and who will go to any lengths to find where Jaster hid the gold, including killing others.
Coming-of-age, Drama, musical film, romantic comedy, teen film, Tragicomedy
In 1978 Chicago, after the local roller rink the "Palisade Garden" closes down, 16-year-old Xavier Curtis Smith (known as 'X') and his friends Junior, Boo, Naps, “Mixed” Mike, along with his new neighbor Tori, spend their summer roller skating in the ritzy uptown rink "Sweetwater" where they are disrespected by the five-year roller disco contest champions Sweetness and his crew, the Sweetwater Rollers. The five enter the end of summer skating contest themselves to earn their place at the rink. Xavier also reconnects with an old crush, Naomi.
Comedy, Family Comedy, katastrophe
In the wilderness of Oregon, a prairie dog screams after Riggs, a worker, drives past and throws a cigar at it while talking to Lyman Enterprise CEO Neal Lyman on the phone while planning to check up on co-worker Dan Sanders. This causes a raccoon to signal a mink to release a boulder that pushes Riggs' car to the edge of a cliff, teetering back and forth. After that, the raccoon throws the cigar back to Riggs who yells "You're a bad raccoon!" The raccoon then blows the car down the cliff.
Comedy, Drama, Tragicomedy
My Dead Friend Zoe is a dark comedy drama that follows the journey of Merit, a U.S. Army Afghanistan veteran who is at odds with her family thanks to the presence of Zoe, her dead best friend from the Army. Despite the persistence of her VA group counselor, the tough love of her mother, and the levity of an unexpected love interest, Merit's cozy-dysfunctional friendship with Zoe keeps the duo insulated from the world.
Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, romance film
Fifteen-year-old Neil Shafer is a nerd in high school whose secret passion is writing slash – amateur fiction that imagines erotic relationships between the two male characters of various TV and film series. His specialty is the book and film series Vanguard. Neil is greatly embarrassed when another student snatches the exercise book that contains his writings, and it is shown all around the school.
Comedy, Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy
In the small Kansas town of Fair Oaks, diner waitress Betty Sizemore is a fan of the soap opera A Reason to Love. She has no idea that her husband Del, a car salesman, is having a sexual affair with another woman, his secretary. She also doesn't know that her husband supplements his income by selling drugs.
Comedy, musical film
God narrates the tale of Craig and Trevor, two straight, womanizing, misogynistic business salesmen who are, unbeknownst to them, identical twins separated at birth by their parents. When their companies undergo a merger, they finally meet. Initially competitive with one another, they realize that they are brothers when they notice each other's matching necklace pendants and learn each other's birthdays.
Comedy, Comedy horror, Horror, musical film, Science fiction, science fiction comedy, Slasher
In the early 1960s, a motown three-girl "Greek chorus" – Crystal, Ronette and Chiffon – introduce the film, warning the audience of some impending horror ("Prologue: Little Shop of Horrors"). Orphaned Seymour Krelborn and his co-worker, Audrey, work at Mushnik's Flower Shop in the rough, rundown Skid Row neighborhood of New York City, which they lament that they cannot escape ("Skid Row (Downtown)"). Struggling from a lack of customers, Mr.
Comedy, Family Comedy, fantasy film
Evan Danielson is a successful financial advisor, who had been working at the same securities firm for eight years as their top account manager, until Johnny Whitefeather was hired as his rival. Whitefeather seems to have the whole company under a spell as he spiels his nonsensical idioms filled with Native American mumbo jumbo. The top executives seem more content with chanting Indian-style noises than listening to how they can make money through sound investments.
Comedy, Parody
Bobby Taylor is a young black man aspiring to become an actor. His younger brother Stevie watches him prepare to audition for a part in Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge, a movie about street gangs which is so full of stereotypes that the light-skinned black actors who audition are cast as Latino gang members and have to speak with cartoonish Spanish accents. Bobby's grandmother overhears the "jive talk" of Bobby's lines and expresses disapproval.
Action, buddy cop film, Comedy
Bucum Jackson, a maverick bounty hunter, is out to capture a petty drug dealer, Lil J. Bucum confronts Lil J in his trailer home and nearly handcuffs him, but Lil J's girlfriend, who wields a shotgun, recklessly shoots at Bucum. Bucum manages to tackle Lil J's girlfriend and arrest Lil J.
Comedy, Family Comedy
The strict Nate Johnson and his son, aspiring rapper DJ, visit an auto body shop in Los Angeles to pick up the former's Lincoln Navigator, only to discover that it has been mistakenly upgraded with extravagant features. Despite Nate's objections, they are forced to take the customized SUV because they have a family reunion to attend in Caruthersville, Missouri. On their way home, Nate receives a call from his disapproving mother, Glorietta, who criticizes his marriage to his wife, Dorothy.
Comedy, Horror, monster film, Science fiction
Annie, her little brother Johnny and their father Clifford are on their way home from vacation when one of their van's tires blows out, forcing them to stop at a rest area. While Clifford fixes the tire, Johnny and Annie meet Josh, stepson of their corrupt landlord Briggs. While wandering into the forest to retrieve their frisbee, they encounter Charlie McFadden, the bounty hunter who is after the Critters.
Action, Adventure, Animal horror, Comedy, Comedy horror, disaster film, Horror, independent film, monster film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, suspense film, television film, thriller film
Fin Shepard and his former wife, April Wexler, are traveling to New York City to promote How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters, a book April has written about the Los Angeles sharknado. As the plane comes in for a landing through a storm, it is battered by airborne sharks, losing an engine. Sharks enter the plane, killing passengers and the crew, including both pilots.
Comedy drama, Criminal Comedy Film, Drama, Gangster Film, mystery film
Charlie Barret walks to his private table in a restaurant, only to see a group of young men sitting at his table – Avery, Max, and Brett. Charlie happens to know Avery's father, and, after an initial reluctance, is willing to go with the boys for a "night on the town". When they go out, the young men knock out Charlie and kidnap him.
Comedy, Drama, romance film, Sitcom
Self-obsessed Georgia Mozell is the editor of her wildly successful self-titled women's magazine. Her sister Maddy is a vacuous soap opera actress who has always struggled to find her own identity. Their youngest sister, Eve Marks, struggles to balance her family life with her career while also caring for their father.
Action, Action Comedy, Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film, female buddy film, Heist, Western
In 1880 Mexico, María Álvarez is an uneducated, poor farm girl whose caring father is being forced off his land by a cruel U.S. land baron named Tyler Jackson. Sara Sandoval is the highly educated, wealthy daughter of the arrogant owner of the nearby properties, and has recently returned from Europe where she attended numerous grade schools and colleges in England, Spain, and France for several years.
Comedy drama, Tragicomedy
A young excommunicated seminarian named Vikar arrives in Los Angeles on August 9, 1969. After briefly being suspected of complicity in the Tate—LaBianca murders, which occurred the same day, Vikar takes a job at Paramount Studios, where he meets film editor Dotty Langer. Dotty senses potential in Vikar and introduces him to a studio executive known only as Viking Man.
High School Comedy Film, mystery film, teen film
Comedy
Beaver has his heart set on a bike in a store window. Eddie Haskell, Wally's best friend, tells him that if he flatters Ward by signing up for football, he will get it for his birthday. He joins the football team and endures the practices, despite his disadvantage of being smaller than his teammates.
Comedy, Crime Comedy, Drama, Tragicomedy
Buddy Ackerman, an influential movie mogul, hires Guy, a naïve young writer, as his assistant. Guy, who had just graduated from film school, believes that his new job is a golden opportunity. Despite warnings from Rex, the outgoing assistant who has become hardened under Buddy's reign, Guy remains optimistic.