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animated film, Comedy, Comedy drama, Sitcom
Daria and Jane discuss their plans for attending college. Daria's first choice is Bromwell University, a fictionalized version of Harvard or Yale, and her second choice is the selective but less elite Raft College. Jane's first choice is Boston Fine Arts College (BFAC), but she also intends to apply to two state schools as a backup.
buddy film, Comedy drama, Drama
Jo is a taxi driver in Chinatown, San Francisco who, with his nephew Steve, is seeking to purchase a cab license. Jo's friend Chan Hung was the go-between for the transaction but has disappeared, taking Jo's money. The two men search for Chan by speaking with various Chinatown locals, each of whom has a different impression of Chan's personality and motivations.
Comedy
World-famous prostitute Xaviera Hollander is called to testify in front of the United States Congress.
Computeranimation, Science fiction
Meeper, the janitor of an alien pub called the Ale-E-Inn, has higher aspirations—a karaoke performer. After he accidentally electrocutes a singer, he is ejected from the pub. Outside, he is told by an incautious Gungan that "The ChubbChubbs are coming!" Meeper sees aircraft land in the distance, and huge, weapon-bearing monsters exit the craft.
Adventure, children's film, Comedy, Drama, fantasy film, Science fiction
Three teenage friends, named Timmy, Mick, and Jamie, enjoy watching an animated TV series called Dino Saurs, which features anthropomorphic dinosaurs and cavepeople. Wanting to watch the cartoon on a better screen, Timmy, the youngest of the three, suggests that they try watching it on the big TV screen in his parents' laboratory. However, this screen is part of an experimental device designed to open a portal to another dimension.
Comedy drama, Comedy horror
Cooper is a slacker who works as a telemarketer. Arriving late for work, he is promptly fired by his boss, Maureen, for always turning up late, driving customers away, and fooling around in the office. Shortly after, an extremely loud sound is heard and Cooper faints with a pained expression on his face.
Comedy drama, Coming Out, Destiny, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, prison film
The movie starts with Saxx in an LA prison, so high on drugs that he cannot be questioned. However, prison guard Johnson seems to take a special interest in him, bribes a colleague, and puts him in a holding cell for cellblock K-11, a unit for LGBT inmates. With him is a young transgender woman who calls herself "Butterfly".
Adventure, Cartoon, Comedy, Comedy horror
Daphne is trying to pass her driver's test and get her license. She is in the Mystery Machine. Velma tells her she can do it, yet despite the encouragements, Daphne crashes the van into a tree and fails the test.
Comedy, Western
In the frontier of New Mexico Territory, Joe Baker is an aging bandit determined to do "something big" before his fiancée Dover McBride arrives from the Eastern United States. Dover's brother Tommy is a partner in Baker's banditry. Baker must deal with outlaw Jonny Cobb and his ruthless sidekick Angel Moon, while also opposing his plan is the cantankerous Colonel Morgan, who is about to retire from the U.S.
Comedy, Erotic Film, musical film
Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his life story in a series of production numbers on a seashore in front of his two toddlers and aged mother. His promiscuous relationships with women are explored, particularly Polyester Poontang and the adolescent Mercy Humppe. Merkin compares the relationship with Mercy Humppe to that of Humbert Humbert and Lolita.
Comedy, romantic comedy
At a shareholders' meeting for International Projects, a billion-dollar corporation, John T. Blessington announces that he is replacing Edward L. McKeever, the company's founder, president and chairman of the board who is resigning to serve as Secretary of Defense in Washington D.C.
Comedy, Drama, Family Comedy, Tragicomedy
All Morrie's wife wants is to start a family. But when Morrie's two siblings show up needing a place to stay will they be able to juggle the pressure, or will it all be too much?
Comedy horror, Coming-of-age, Zombie
In 1987, in the small oceanside town of Hubris, awkward teenager Oliver Martin lives all alone in his house following the loss of his beloved mother, Dolly, a year prior. After doing some time in a psych ward to deal with his trauma, Oliver was granted the freedom to return home. He's often visited by social workers Margot Seale and Julius Carter, who check up on him and his mental health.
Comedy, Crime, Heist
In 1980s San Francisco, Weslake, who was laid off from his job, is working in a low-paying position at Garvey's pawn shop. Weslake has one friend nicknamed "Turtle" who is homeless and is seen throughout the whole film searching for something to eat. One day, Dillard, who is an amateur musician, and Ramon, an illegal immigrant from Mexico who lives with his sister Maria, come to Garvey's shop.
Comedy
Mildred is keen to ascertain whether or not her husband George has remembered their 27th wedding anniversary. Needless to say, he has not. When he finally remembers, he books a table at the restaurant where he first proposed to Mildred.
Tragicomedy
Newlyweds Diane and Travis decide to improve their social life by throwing parties in their Brooklyn apartment. Over the course of a year, the couple stages three events: a birthday party; a Halloween party; and a New Year's Eve party. The film explores how friendships and relationships are tested during each of these social gatherings.
Comedy, Western
The concept of the film is explained in a voiceover wondering what it would be like if one of the old Rex O'Herlihan films were to be made today. At that point, the scene shifts from black and white to color and the soundtrack changes from mono to surround sound. As a consequence of this paradigm shift, Rex O'Herlihan, a "singing cowboy", is the only character aware of the plot outline.
comedy of remarriage, romantic comedy
Molly de Mora invites her divorced parents to her wedding, where they see each other for the first time in 14 years. During the reception a shouting match between the two ensues. Following this, their spark is rekindled.
musical film
Jon-Jon sees a ripe opportunity for a major party when he snags the job house-sitting for his rich Uncle Charles. The mansion comes with a platinum colored Mercedes-Benz 430 and, although Uncle Charles has told him not to drive the car or have people over, Jon-Jon wastes no time in doing both; Jon-Jon is not only having an "entertainment party", but he's auditioning his hip-hop band (IMx) for a record executive. When Jon-Jon finds out his uncle is coming home earlier than announced, he has to race against time to try to put everything back the way he found it.
Adventure, children's film, Comedy, musical film
In the South Pole, Bill Barnacle, his first mate Sam Sawnoff and crewman Buncle are shipwrecked. After Bill stops a starving Buncle from eating Sam, the iceberg cracks and produces Albert, a rude, everlasting magic pudding who demands that they continue to eat him. Buncle runs off with the pudding and claims it as his own, but the ice breaks and he falls into the sea.
Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Raunchy comedy, romantic comedy
Joey Davis is an unemployed former child star who supports himself as a hustler in Los Angeles. Joey uses sex to get his landlady to reduce his rent, then seduces Sally Todd, a former Hollywood starlet. Sally tries to help Joey revive his career but her status as a mediocre ex-actress proves to be quite useless.
Comedy
Quincy Johnson is a barely employed adult gamer who lives at home with his parents. Quincy plays video games under the username "Q" and is renowned in the gaming community for his many awards and world records. Much to Quincy's dismay, his parents decide to sell their house, meaning Quincy will need to find a new place of residence.
Comedy
musical film
Wendy Reed is a young aspiring singer in New York City who sings backup in her boyfriend Mike's band. After a gig, Wendy is furious to learn that Mike is planning to replace her with another female singer. The next day, she receives a postcard from a friend who lives in Tokyo.