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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 20,759 films · Page 319.

Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)

Comedy

Following the death of Granny, Jed Clampett returned to his roots to live in a backwoods cabin in the town of Bug Tussle rather than living alone at his Beverly Hills mansion after having voluntarily divided his massive fortune between daughter Elly May and nephew Jethro Bodine, both of whom have remained on the West Coast (Jethro is now a successful Hollywood producer running his own film studio and Elly May has opened a zoo for her beloved critters). Jane Hathaway is now a Washington bureaucrat working for the United States Department of Energy. Her former boss, Milburn Drysdale, has passed away.

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Mozart and the Whale (2006)

Drama, romance film, romantic comedy

Donald Morton (Josh Hartnett) is a taxi driver with Asperger syndrome and drives two Japanese passengers and his pet cockatiel around Spokane, Washington. Distracted, he bumps into the back of a florist's van, damaging his stock. Unfazed, Donald and his budgie take their groceries and leave, abandoning his taxicab and passengers.

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Buffalo Dreams (2005)

teen film, Teen Comedy Film, Western

Set against the backdrop of New Mexico, the film follows a boy, Josh Townsend, who moves because of his father's job and becomes involved with a group of teens attempting to preserve the buffalo and Navajo traditions. Along the way he makes friends and learns important lessons about life. The movie teaches about a few Navajo traditions.

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Simple Men (1992)

Comedy, Comedy drama, Crime, Drama

Brothers Bill and Dennis reunite after their anarchist father escapes from the hospital. Bill is angry after being double-crossed after a robbery by his girlfriend, and he promises to break the heart of the next woman he meets, while Dennis is fresh out of college and somewhat naive about the world. Dennis is set on finding their father, and Bill is broke, so they set off to find him.

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Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (2011)

Comedy, family film, Family Comedy

Linus Van Pelt is criticized by the other kids, except Charlie Brown, for always having his blanket with him, but Linus ignores them, loving it no matter what and insisting on never outgrowing it. Snoopy agrees with this and tries to take it for himself, but fails. One day, Lucy Van Pelt informs Linus that their grandmother is coming in a week, and if Linus doesn't get rid of his blanket, it will be cut up into pieces by their grandmother.

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The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)

Comedy, Crime Comedy

Set in Glasgow, the film centres around 50-year-old Barney Thomson, who works at Henderson's Barbers in Bridgeton and lives a life of desperate mediocrity. Barney's uninteresting life is turned upside down when he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of a serial killer after accidentally killing his boss Wullie. The film starts with Thomson, who lives a dull life as a Glasgow barber for 20 years, looked over by the owner James' son, the manager Wullie.

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Too Many Girls (1940)

American football film, musical film, musical comedy

Tycoon Harvey Casey (Harry Shannon) is frustrated by his daughter Connie's (Lucille Ball) frequent efforts to escape her hired bodyguards. She arrives back in the United States from finishing school in Italy, intent on going to Harvey's alma mater Pottawatomie College in Stop Gap, New Mexico. He is suspicious of her intentions, and even more concerned about her safety.

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Tormented (2009)

Comedy horror, Ghost, Horror, Slasher, teen film

Head girl Justine Fielding (Tuppence Middleton) is escorted out of Fairview High School by the police, as other pupils look on. Five days earlier, Justine is reading the eulogy at the funeral of unpopular, asthmatic student Darren Mullet (Calvin Dean). Mullet's equally unpopular friend, Jason Banks (Olly Alexander), is (literally) thrown out of the church by the sadistic P.E.

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Return to Babylon (2008)

Comedy drama, silent film

Photographed with a hand-cranked camera and scored with music of the roaring twenties, this silent film strings together the lives of the most famous and infamous stars of the 1920s, including Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow, Lupe Vélez, Fatty Arbuckle, and William Desmond Taylor.

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The Jerk, Too (1984)

Comedy

The story centers upon Navin Johnson, the white adopted son of a black farming family living in Alabama. One day his penpal Marie informs him that she will be marrying Count Marco and that the wedding will take place in Los Angeles, California. Navin decides that he shall attend the wedding and along the way, meets a hobo named Diesel.

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...All the Marbles (1981)

Action, Comedy, Drama, Satire, sport film, Tragicomedy

Harry is the manager of a tag team of attractive female wrestlers, Iris and Molly. On the road, they all endure a number of indignities, including bad motels, small-time crooks and a mud-wrestling match while trying to reach Reno, Nevada, for a big event at the MGM Grand Hotel.

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68 Kill (2017)

Comedy, Crime, Dark Comedy, Horror

Chip is a timid sewer worker who is at the beck and call of his bombshell girlfriend. Liza is unhappy with her life as a prostitute and she is repeatedly abusive towards Chip in their relationship, but he is convinced that he is in love with her. One day, Liza's landlord and steady client, Ken McKenzie, shows her a safe that contains $68,000.

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Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)

Comedy, Western

Hoke Birdsill rides into Yerkey's Hole demanding the law take action because Dingus Magee has robbed him. Since no law exists, the mayor, Belle, who also runs the town's bordello, sees to it that Hoke himself becomes the new sheriff. Dingus keeps getting away with his crimes, helped by Anna Hot Water, his young Indian companion, but when he tries to steal from Belle, he finds Hoke has beaten him to it.

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The Monk and the Gun (2023)

Comedy, Drama

In 2006, as Bhutan prepares to hold its first democratic election, the Bhutanese government stages a mock election as a training exercise. In the town of Ura, an old lama instructs young monk Tashi to procure some firearms by way of preparation for the impending upheaval. Meanwhile, American gun collector Ron Coleman arrives in the country seeking to acquire an antique rifle.

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Final Portrait (2017)

Biography, Comedy drama, Drama

In Paris 1964, famed sculptor Alberto Giacometti bumps into his old friend James Lord, an American critic, and asks him to be a model for his latest portrait in his studio for a couple of days. Flattered by the request, Lord complies and is told that only two days are needed to do the portrait. Giacometti lives with his wife Annette and also with his brother Diego at his studio which he also uses as a home.

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The Cat and the Canary (1939)

Comedy horror

left|thumb|thumbtime=33|The Cat and the Canary trailer Cyrus Norman was a millionaire who lived in the Louisiana bayous with his mistress Miss Lu. Norman died ten years previous, and now an American Indian man paddles the executor of Norman's estate, Mr. Crosby, through alligator-infested waters to Norman's isolated mansion, where his will is to be read at midnight.

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Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991)

Comedy drama, Coming-of-age, Tragicomedy

Tom, Willie, Johnny, and Vinny are four friends who grew up together in the Bronx. Tom aspires to be an actor and sells magazine subscriptions over the phone to pay the rent. Johnny, the youngest of the group, works in a supermarket; though he's been encouraged to go to college, he's afraid to take the first step—filling out an application for a scholarship.

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Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)

Comedy, Satire On War, Stop motion

In 1940, Nazi Germany invades Great Britain by drilling under the English Channel and up through the cobblestones on Whitehall, London. From his bunker under Downing Street, away, Prime Minister Winston Churchill issues a call to arms for all of Britain to band together to resist the invaders. In a small village, Chris, a young everyman, rallies the residents to fight back.

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Pocket Money (1972)

buddy film, Comedy, Drama, Western

Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy known as Jim Kane gets mixed up in some shady dealings with Stretch Russell and Bill Garrett, a crooked rancher. Russell tells Kane to escort 250 head of cattle from Mexico to the United States for a good sum of money. Kane agrees and brings along his friend Leonard to aid him.

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Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars (2010)

children's film, Comedy, spy film, Teen Comedy Film

Young spy Harriet M. Welsch (Jennifer Stone) crosses paths with popular student Marion Hawthorne (Vanessa Morgan), as the two girls compete to become the official blogger of their high school class. After Marion has started blogging, Harriet lags behind because she reports what she finds interesting.

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