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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 20,759 films · Page 310.

Don Peyote (2014)

Comedy

Warren (Dan Fogler) is an unemployed artist and pot head who has crazy dreams. That is the only remarkable thing about him until a day comes when a crazy homeless man confronts him on the street. From that day on, Warren descends into himself, insanity and a confusion of mind and body, spurred on by drugs, along with Doomsday and conspiracy theories.

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It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! (1974)

Cartoon, Comedy, family film

As Easter approaches, the Peanuts gang busily prepares for the holiday, though Linus remains steadfast in his belief that their efforts are unnecessary. He fervently argues that the "Easter Beagle" will ensure everything is taken care of, but his insistence is largely dismissed by his friends. The only one who listens is Charlie Brown's sister, Sally, though she remains hesitant due to their previous experience with the Great Pumpkin during Halloween.

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The Inspector General (1949)

Comedy, musical film

thumb|The full film Georgi, a naive and kind-hearted member of a band of Gypsies is kicked out by their leader Yakov after revealing to some villagers that the elixir they were peddling was fake. Tired and hungry, he wanders into the small town of Brodny. Whilst trying to eat from a horse's feedbag, he is arrested as a horse thief and sentenced to hang the next day.

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The Strawberry Statement (1970)

Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, Drama, romance film

The film follows the radicalization of Simon, a student at a fictional university in San Francisco. Initially indifferent to the student protests around him, Simon learns of plans to occupy a university building in opposition to the construction of an allegedly segregated gym against the wishes of the local minority community. His curiosity is piqued, and he makes his way to the protest.

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Unlikely Angel (1996)

Christmas film

While driving home from a bar one night, straight-talking singer Ruby Diamond crashes her car and dies. In heaven, she meets Saint Peter who reveals she can return to Earth, but only to reunite an estranged suburban family who have been torn apart since the mother died. If she succeeds by midnight on Christmas Eve, she will be granted her wings as an angel.

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The Drop (2022)

black comedy film

The film follows a young married couple, Lex and Mani, running an artisanal bakery in Los Angeles and making plans to start a family. Their plans are thrown into upheaval when, while at a tropical resort for a destination wedding, Lex accidentally drops their friend's baby.

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Quicksilver Highway (1997)

Horror

The main story is centered on Aaron Quicksilver (played by Christopher Lloyd), a travelling showman who tells horror stories to the people he meets. He first runs into a newly married couple who are hitchhiking, to whom he tells the story "Chattery Teeth", about a man who is saved from a dangerous hitchhiker by a set of wind-up toy teeth. He later runs into a pickpocket to whom he tells "The Body Politic", a story about a man whose hands rebel against him.

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The Paper Tigers (2020)

Action Comedy, Martial arts

Three childhood kung fu prodigies have grown into washed-up, middle-aged men—now one kick away from pulling their hamstrings. But when their master is murdered, they must juggle their dead-end jobs and dad duties, and overcome old grudges to avenge his death.

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The Luck of the Irish (1948)

Comedy, fantasy film, romantic comedy

Stephen Fitzgerald, a newspaper reporter from New York, meets a leprechaun and beautiful young Nora, while traveling in Ireland. When he returns to his fiancée, Frances, and her wealthy father, David C. Augur, in the midst of a political campaign in New York, he finds that the leprechaun and the young woman are now in the big city as well.

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The Young Ones (1961)

Comedy, musical film

The story is about a youth club member, and aspiring singer, Nicky and his friends, who try to save their youth club in London's West End from an unscrupulous millionaire property developer Hamilton Black, who plans to tear it down to make room for a large office block. The members decide to put on a variety show to raise the money needed to buy a lease renewal. The twist in the story is that Nicky is Hamilton Black's son, something he keeps secret from his friends until some of them try to kidnap Black, to prevent him from stopping the show.

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The Intern (2000)

Comedy

Jocelyn Bennett is an intern at the fictional New York City magazine, Skirt. Horribly mistreated, overworked, and underpaid, Jocelyn lives for Skirt, especially the photo spreads. A spy begins to hand over Skirts spreads and story ideas to its rival glossy, Vogue.

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Tweetie Pie (1947)

Cartoon

Thomas the Cat persistently endeavors to capture Tweety, a canary he discovers outside seeking warmth from a smoldering cigar stub amidst wintry conditions. Thomas's unseen owner intervenes just in time to prevent Tweety from becoming his prey, reprimanding Thomas for his predatory instinct. Despite explicit instructions to leave Tweety undisturbed, Thomas repeatedly attempts to seize him from his cage, each endeavor culminating in calamitous failures that attract his owner's admonishment and physical chastisement.

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Last Resort (1994)

Comedy, teen film

Sam and Dave, after being fired from a fast food outlet and getting evicted, are magically transported to Sam's uncle's island. Sam and Dave are asked to help save the island. The band Dread Zeppelin perform the film's theme song as credits roll at the end.

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Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film

Early on September 30, 1975, in McCarthy, Texas, at a Woolworth's five-and-dime store, its owner Juanita listens to gospel music on the radio. She gets ready for the day, opens the store, and addresses someone as "Jimmy Dean". The all-female fan club Disciples of James Dean is having a reunion meeting at the store, to honor the twentieth anniversary of the actor's death.

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Violet & Daisy (2011)

Action, buddy film, Drama

Violet and Daisy are a pair of gum-chewing young assassins who casually snuff out crime figures in New York City, distracted only by the fact that a concert by their favorite pop idol Barbie Sunday has suddenly been canceled. Determined to raise cash to buy a pair of the newest Barbie Sunday dresses, the duo takes on a new hit job offered to them by their handler Russ. The target is a mysterious unnamed loner who stole from rival boss, Donnie.

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Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)

Comedy

Benjamin Fiedler is the 12-year-old son of Jewish couple Adam and Joanne Fiedler. After attending the elaborate bar mitzvah party for the son of Arnie Stein — which was done on a cruise ship, with a Titanic theme — Benjamin's parents decide to go all out for his bar mitzvah to compete with them. Benjamin is unsure of how he wants to do for the bar mitzvah party they will have for his 13th birthday in three months' time.

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Lady for a Day (1933)

Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama

The story focuses on Apple Annie, an aging and wretched fruit seller in New York City, whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. Louise has been led to believe her mother is a society matron named Mrs. E.

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Undrafted (2015)

Biography, Comedy drama

A summer league baseball team called the DBs (for Diamondbacks) is in the league semifinals. Maz, one of their players, decides to play despite the disappointment of finding out minutes earlier he was not drafted. The opposing team, the Bulldogs, have ringers so the DBs will have to play extra hard to win.

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Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)

Comedy, silent film

left|thumb|250x250px|Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) was Chaplin's second released film. Made by Keystone Studios and directed by Henry Lehrman, the movie portrays Chaplin as a spectator at a "pushcar" race in Venice, Los Angeles. The film was shot during the Junior Vanderbilt Cup, an actual race with Chaplin and Lehrman improvising gags in front of real-life spectators.

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Christmas in Connecticut (1992)

Christmas film, Comedy, romantic comedy

Elizabeth is the star of a successful cooking show and the author of several cookbooks. Alexander, her manager, sees a heroic forest ranger named Jefferson on the television news, saying he has lost his cabin in a fire and wishes he could get a home-cooked Christmas dinner. Alexander arranges for Elizabeth to do a special live show on Christmas, where she will cook a Christmas dinner for Jefferson.

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