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Comedy, Comedy horror, crossover fiction, Parody, Science fiction
Lou Francis and Bud Alexander have just graduated from a private detective school. Tommy Nelson, a middleweight boxer, comes to them with their first case. Tommy recently escaped from jail after being accused of murdering his manager, and asks the duo to accompany him on a visit to his fiancée, Helen Gray.
Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film, Heist, romance film, romantic comedy
Richard and Kate Jones are divorcees with two children Sophie and Matt. Soon after Richard's company is sold to the corrupt French businessman Vincent, the company's pension plan is lost, including all of Richard and Kate's investments for the whole family. They go to Paris and confront Vincent, where Vincent does not deny all the things he did legally, if not morally.
Comedy, Crime Comedy
In Miami, police detectives Ernie, Ramon, and Doug grow frustrated at their inability to convict the criminals they arrest. Ernie is the most frustrated, and plans to retire within days so he can receive his pension. Their supervisor Captain John Geiberger recruits another police detective, Louise Webster, to help them.
Adventure, children's film, Pirate Film, swashbuckler film
In Jamaica in 1718, a band of pirates led by Captain "Red" Ned Lynch oppose the greedy acting Governor, the evil Lord Durant. Durant has illegally and ruthlessly imprisoned his Lord High Justice James Barnet (taking over the role himself), taken his possessions and lands, and mercilessly evicted the judge's wife and daughter. Mrs.
Comedy, Dark Comedy, fantasy film
Tex is a butcher who kills his unfaithful wife Candy. After cutting up the body, Tex buries most of her body parts in the desert in New Mexico. A blind woman accidentally trips over Candy's hand, which has not been buried.
buddy film, Comedy, musical film
musical film, romantic comedy
The movie runs as a long flashback in the 1890's in New York City and opening with Biff Grimes (James Cagney) as an unsuccessful dentist on a Sunday without work. Hugo Barnstead (Jack Carson), an old partner, nemesis and rival makes a desperate appointment to see him. As Biff considers killing Hugo when he gives him nitrous oxide, the flashback begins.
Comedy horror, Horror, Psychological Thriller
Rex Coen (O’Toole), an American veteran, visits a bank to see a teller on whom he has a crush. While the two are flirting, a group of armed robbers storm the bank. With the help of his subconscious, which he sees as an external entity, Rex kills the group of robbers and saves everyone except one employee, Angela, who was inadvertently shot when Rex shoots a robber.
Comedy, Drama, Magic realism, Science fiction, Tragicomedy
Sophie and Jason are a couple in their 30s. Each works a dead-end job, he as a tech support agent and she as a children's dance instructor. Feeling stuck in their lives, they plan to adopt a cat expected to die within six months due to terminal disease.
Biography, Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama
As he is arrested by the state police on an island in New England, a man born as Ferdinand Waldo Demara, but known by many other identities, recalls the events that brought him to this point. Demara quit high school as a boy and joined the U.S. Army.
Comedy, family film
Adventure, children's film, Comedy
Paula Tracey, an adventurous and fearless girl, is the daughter of veterinarian Dr. Marsh Tracey. Dr.
Drama, romantic comedy, Romantic drama
Jack is a shy limousine driver who lives with and works for his uncle. His best friend and co-worker Clyde and Clyde's wife Lucy set up a dinner date at their house with Lucy's new co-worker, Connie, who has intimacy issues of her own. As Jack and Connie get to know each other, he sets his sights on learning to swim so he can take her boating when summer comes; with Clyde eager to help him learn, they begin swimming lessons.
Comedy, Comedy drama, Crime Comedy
In the not very distant future, where crime has been completely eradicated, a group of crooked cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
Comedy, Drama
Sid is a software company manager who is asked to help plan a reunion for West Coast graduates of the University of Pennsylvania. One of the graduates is Elizabeth Banks. She knew him in college and Sid sends her numerous messages, not realizing they are public.
Comedy
Comedy, Crime, Drama, musical film
When singer Guy Lambert and his entourage travel from Swinging London to Antwerp on a tour, he is followed by Jill Conway, a beautiful but unworldly heiress, and Claire Dunham, a sexy, sophisticated socialite. Complicating matters are a pair of ineptly comical jewel thieves who have hidden smuggled diamonds in Jill's luggage, a trio of bumbling Clouseau-like Flemish detectives, and a mysterious murderer who seems bent on killing Jill.
children's film, Science fiction
Brian Foster (Wesley Eure), a young inventor, creates a robotic dog for use as part of a home protection system. C.H.O.M.P.S. is an acronym for "Canine HOMe Protection System".
Comedy drama, Drama, romantic comedy
Charlie Ryan (Burns) returns to his hometown after failed attempts at unmentioned endeavors in California. It becomes apparent that his mother no longer finds Charlie's Kerouac-like tendencies to be entertaining as one of her first greetings is telling Charlie she's not going to put up with his crap this time. At first, Charlie lays low, embarrassed he's returned home empty handed and unaccomplished.
Drama
In the 1930s, an eight-year-old boy who is given the Native American name "Little Tree" (Joseph Ashton) was being raised alone by his mother, having been widowed by war, and is left an orphan when she dies of illness. His white mother's sister comes to take him but his paternal grandfather (James Cromwell) and grandmother (Tantoo Cardinal), whose ancestors had escaped from the Trail of Tears and hidden in the Great Smoky Mountains, arrive and take the boy to live with them. In his grandparents' care, the boy learns about his heritage as a Native American through them and their Cherokee friend Willow John (Graham Greene).
Comedy, Crime, Detective, mystery film
While Miss Marple and Mr Stringer are soliciting donations for a charity ("The Reformed Criminals Assistance League"), they call on Mr Enderby, a rich recluse. He tumbles down the long entrance staircase, apparently the victim of a fatal heart attack. Knowing that Enderby had a pathological fear of cats, Miss Marple becomes suspicious when she finds one in the house.
Comedy horror, Horror, monster film
Biker Queen, twin sister of Harley Mom, discovers the severed arm of her sister from the previous film. Upon discovering the surviving Bartender, she tortures him into telling her who killed Harley Mom. He reveals that it was Bozo and points her to a town where he lives.
Comedy
In an attempt to impress his American girlfriend, Mischa, actor Steve Coogan accepts a commission from the Sunday newspaper, The Observer, to undertake a tour of leading restaurants in the north of England for a column in their monthly food magazine. However, when Mischa, who was expected to accompany Coogan on the tour, insists that they take a break from their relationship and returns to America, Coogan is obliged to search for another companion. After finding that other friends are "busy", he decides with feelings of some ambivalence to invite his former colleague, Rob Brydon, with whom he shares an uneasily competitive relationship.
Action, Adventure, buddy cop film, Comedy, fantasy film
Casey Gallagher, a young and inexperienced police detective, is running a sting operation in a park attempting to catch the criminal Zadar in an illegal jewelry sale. Casey is knocked unconscious and one of Zadar's henchmen takes the jewels and then kills Casey's partner with a briefcase full of explosives. At the same time, Gnorm, a gnome who lives underground, emerges in the park and witnesses the explosion.