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beach party film, Comedy, musical film
Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello are a husband and wife living in Ohio — far from the surf and sand of their earlier lives together. Frankie is a stressed out car salesman and former "Big Kahuna" of the surf scene in California while Annette bottles her own sense of angst up in a bevy of shopping. Together they are raising a son, Bobby, who is in the throes of rebellion against his seemingly square folks.
Comedy
A humiliated London businessman enrolls in a college that teaches him how to get the upper hand in life.
Family Comedy, teen film
A reluctant youngest son joins his family on a goodwill trip to a South Pacific island that soon turns their vacation into a test of family unity.
Biography, Comedy, Crime Comedy
After a struggling longshoreman finds a fortune fallen from an armored van, he must decide what to do with the money before the discovery catches up with him.
Comedy, romantic comedy
A party-loving mail clerk helps an ambitious executive pursue a club promoter, hoping the connection will advance his own career.
Comedy, trial film
A cash-strapped man prolongs jury deliberations to keep his luxurious hotel suite, then finds himself drawn into a search for the truth.
Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy, Romantic drama
Three very different couples compete to stage the most original wedding, with a house at stake.
Comedy horror, found footage film, Parody
Mystery Inc. documents a case in the woods, where their familiar mystery-solving routines give way to a found-footage horror parody.
Action, Adventure, Science fiction, science fiction comedy
A debt-ridden bounty hunter crosses a quarantined planet to rescue stranded women, with a teenage thief as his reluctant guide.
Comedy
When a former nerd tries to reinvent himself, his nephew and the Tri-Lambs must defend their place at Adams College.
children's film, Comedy horror, crossover fiction, fantasy film
When a royal food-tasting job goes awry, Scooby and Shaggy try to escape by telling their hungry young ruler two fantastical tales.
Comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy, Tragicomedy
Two high-school girls from very different worlds discover first love while navigating secrecy, social pressure, and family conflict.
children's film, Comedy
Buddy finds that he also has the uncanny ability to play volleyball. Throughout this experience, he and a talking parrot stop some crooks, Doug and Gordon. Andrea Framm attempts to earn money to fly out to California to visit Tammy Slayton after her family must move there.
Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, Drama, romance film, romantic comedy, Tragicomedy
Set in the summer of 1976, the film follows the adventures of Drew Tate (Larenz Tate), a 16-year-old from upstate New York, when he and his family spend two weeks with affluent relatives on Martha's Vineyard. Drew's parents, Kenny (Joe Morton) and Brenda (Suzzanne Douglass), worry that their son is emotionally disturbed. His favorite companion is a doll, in which he names Iago (after the character in William Shakespeare's Othello), with which he engages in animated conversations.
Comedy, Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, Drama, High School Comedy Film, teen film
Overweight and depressed 15-year-old Terri Thompson starts to slack off in school and wear pajamas, to the chagrin of his teachers. Soon Terri is taken under the wing of unconventional assistant principal Mr. Fitzgerald, who creates a series of Monday-morning counseling sessions for social outcasts at the school.
documentary film, Documentation
Biography, Comedy drama, musical film
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is a biopic directed by Mat Whitecross, starring Andy Serkis. The story follows Ian Dury, who helped create the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 70s despite being diagnosed with polio.
black comedy film, Dark Comedy
After a car accident transforms her appearance, a repeatedly humiliated college student turns her new identity into a means of revenge.
Comedy
thumb|left|The poignant last scene in The Tramp was filmed in Niles Canyon. The Tramp is walking down the road, narrowly escaping two cars. Seeking refuge on a farm, he faces various humorous situations, including a hobo trading his sandwich for a brick.
Comedy, Comedy drama, musical film, romantic comedy
After graduation, a young singer leads her all-girl band south for a summer gig that could change their futures.
apocalyptic film, Comedy, fantasy film
After the rapture leaves them behind, a young couple must outwit the Antichrist in an apocalypse-struck world.
Adventure, fantasy film, Raunchy comedy, sexploitation film
A butterfly expedition in China draws a determined young woman, her maid, and a mercenary into a perilous journey.
Comedy drama, Drama, Tragicomedy
Two young men, Sonny Burns and Gunner Casselman, return home to Indianapolis after serving time in the US Army's 7th Infantry Division during the Korean Warthe quiet Sonny as a private from a Public Information posting in Kansas City, the confident Gunner as a highly decorated corporal from the Korea combat zone. Back in civilian life, they search for love and fulfillment in middle America during the conservative 1950s.
Drama, romance film, sport film
Jaclyn "Jackie" Dorsey, the daughter of Olympic Gold medalists Doug Dorsey and Kate Moseley from the original film, also enters the figure skating field, with ambitions of winning her own Olympic gold. However, a serious injury derails that ambition. After months of training, Jackie is finally ready to skate again but has trouble keeping up with the rigorous demands of singles skating.